A couple searching for shells, artifacts and other treasures on Folly Beach found two Civil War-era cannonballs unearthed by Hurricane Dorian.
Aaron Lattin and his girlfriend discovered the cannonballs on Sunday near a pile of brush on the beach near Charleston, South Carolina."At first we just thought it was a rock, but the more we got looking we realized that it was something more than a rock," Lattin told CNN affiliate WCSC.Lattin said he had wanted to get a metal detector to search for artifacts after Dorian, but they made the find without any equipment at all.
"It took the better part of the day, so I'd say close to six hours or so, give or take," Gilreath said.People had to keep their distance from the shells, Gilreath said, but it didn't disrupt their day at the beach.Gilreath said the explosive experts hauled off the cannonballs and that they would probably be destroyed.Folly Beach Island was occupied in 1863 by Union forces, who built roads, forts, an artillery battery and a supply depot, according to the city's website.
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