Could it be a gate weight?  

http://shop.colonialwilliamsburg.com/Gate-Weight





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-----Original Message-----

From: Anne Lewellen [mailto:[log in to unmask]] 

Sent: Monday, January 09, 2017 10:06 AM

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Subject: [MUSEUM-L] Need help identifying object



A friend of mine has a mysterious object he cannot identify. It is a bronze or brass sphere, about 4” in diameter, with a molded ridge around the middle and a small filled in hole or indentation in one end (possibly broken off metal?).  He cleaned several very small areas and the metal is a dull brass color (red/orange/brown).  It is solid and relatively heavy.  He has not weighed it. 



The artifact was found buried in the ground outside of a Catholic Church in Florida during its recent renovation.  The Church dates to the middle 1800’s. (1859 – original wooden Church; 1872 – Current Church)



It’s not a cannonball, due to the molded ridge.

 

If anyone has any ideas of what it is, or would like photographs, please contact me via e-mail. 



Thanks!



Anne Lewellen

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Timucuan Ecological & Historic Preserve

National Park Service

Jacksonville, FL



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