Monday, October 4, 2010

Beach Cannonball


"An unusual discovery was made Sunday afternoon as Dawn Karafa, from Southport, and her fiancé were using their metal detector near the Oak Island Golf Club in Caswell Beach.

It was the couple's curiosity that led them to their treasure, not their metal detector. They saw a large object poking through the dirt near a construction site in the residential area. The metal object caked in mud was large and round. It appeared rusted and was fairly heavy.

Karafa said she and her fiancé were unsure what they had found, but thought it could have been part of a ship. They loaded it into their vehicle and took it to their home in Southport where they began cleaning the mystery object."

Read more HERE.
There also a video of them detonating the cannonball in the article!

Image credits: Dawn Karafa

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