What began as an ordinary day of digging on private land in Mississippi turned into one of the state's most remarkable Civil War discoveries in recent years.
While working on his property, a local resident uncovered what initially appeared to be a handful of rusted iron spheres.
As excavation continued, the number kept growing until more than 200 Civil War-era cannonballs emerged from the ground.
The cache, buried for over 160 years, is believed to date back to the American Civil War, offering a rare glimpse into one of the conflict's most turbulent periods.
The discovery also prompted an urgent response from explosives experts, as some of the projectiles still had the potential to contain explosive material despite spending more than a century underground.A routine excavation uncovered one of Mississippi's largest Civil War ordnance discoveriesThe discovery was made by Bobby Boyette on his Mississippi property, as he was conducting excavations, and the workers started to unearth massive iron balls underground.According to The New York Post, it all started as a single discovery that eventually became much bigger.
