Cannonball

Henry Lehman

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My son and his best friend were searching a spot where he was stationed in the CG by yorktown last week, they were scanning a steep bluff and found this huge 50 lb dalgrehn naval round.... pretty cool it was still live as well, had to take it to a expert in Winchester Va to have it disarmed.
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I remember reading an article maybe 4 years ago claiming that the latest cival war death had recently occurred...as a result of someone finding one of those and trying to disarm it himself.
 

Henry Lehman

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yes they are full of gunpowder, I thought it was a mixture of gunpowder and steel shot, but the guy from rebel relics said this type is just pure gunpowder.
 

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GOHUNT said:
I remember reading an article maybe 4 years ago claiming that the latest cival war death had recently occurred...as a result of someone finding one of those and trying to disarm it himself.

It was a fellow in Virginia, I think he was cleaning it and it exploded.
 

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