Located by a beach goer outside of our AO. Details provided by a local LEO, it is currently secured pending ID---
It's a rusty iron sphere, the size of a baseball, about 3.5 pounds. There is a brass device sticking out of it which swivels slightly, and which is threaded on the inside; inside the brass device is a piece of wire that can be pulled on, which may go into the sphere. I did not find any images of historic ordnance that matched the object exactly, but there were so many close resemblances I decided not to risk it. Any time I see rough iron paired with finely-machined brass, I think historic ordnance.
It's a rusty iron sphere, the size of a baseball, about 3.5 pounds. There is a brass device sticking out of it which swivels slightly, and which is threaded on the inside; inside the brass device is a piece of wire that can be pulled on, which may go into the sphere. I did not find any images of historic ordnance that matched the object exactly, but there were so many close resemblances I decided not to risk it. Any time I see rough iron paired with finely-machined brass, I think historic ordnance.
