Offered here is a Ryker case of musket balls and shot recovered at Castine, Maine by Dean Thomas.

Included are four larger round balls and six buckshot.

In 1779 the British Royal Navy sent a detachment of troops to Castine.  They built a fort on the highest point of ground nearest the entrance to the bay and named it Fort George.  The colonial Massachusetts Board of War resolved to send a combined Army and Navy expedition to recapture the area, known as the Penobscot Expedition. After the success of initial attacks to the point where the British commander was waiting to surrender, poor coordination, bickering among American commanders, and inexplicable delays allowed the British to rally and inflict a humiliating defeat on the Americans.

Dean Thomas and Wendell Lang metal detected extensively in this area with permission from local chef Paul Brouillard who owned Nautilus Island and large tracts of property around Castine.  [jet][ph:L]

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