Interesting artifact

[Bob Bradley]

My dad found this while walking in the woods many (30 or more) years ago. Not sure of the age, but obviously very old. It is a very old musket ball that hit a tree. The tree grew a burl around the ball. Eventually the tree died, fell, and decayed. All that was left was the piece here. The ball is actually loose in the burl. I wish I knew the real story behind the shot.

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[Avenger]

That is very cool.

Maybe it was somebody target shooting. Maybe it was a revolutionary war battle. Maybe they missed the deer. Or maybe they didn't miss the deer that fed a family, but the ball got lodged in the tree behind the deer.

It's a piece of history. It's a moment of a life. Frozen in time. It's an animated three dimensional photograph.

Maybe it was ordinary, maybe it was frustrating, maybe it founded a nation.

Maybe the mystery is better.

Thanks for sharing.