pinebarrens1
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very small fire able cannon very small .............i love it . anybody can date it ... someone looks like they put to much powder in it and blew it out
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uch , that's gonna leave a mark Hope that didn't happen ! Nice cannon pinebarrens1leefields said:ok...so he is holding this in his hand...fully charged...the bottom blows out....
he looses 3 maybe 4 fingers...the palm of his hand...
that was one long day for the previous owner...
BuckleBoy said:That is a rare find for the states. Seems like these were not manufactured here at all, but rather carried over from Europe in peoples' or childrens' pockets. I have seen some posted dug in Canada, and some posted from Europe. Not too many found in the states. But it is at least an early to mid 1700s find. Great recovery!
Best Wishes,
Buckleboy
pinebarrens1 said:i dont think it was a toy ..... the way it was blown open on the bottom . i think it shot small round shots ...... the opening is just as wide as a small caliber round
BuckleBoy said:pinebarrens1 said:i dont think it was a toy ..... the way it was blown open on the bottom . i think it shot small round shots ...... the opening is just as wide as a small caliber round
I feel certain that this was a toy. There were miniature guns for kids to shoot in the 18th c. and earlier, and these are found in europe with some frequency. They, like the cannon, just fired a little powder charge.
These were dangerous toys it is true, but I do think they were toys--just as I am convinced that the toy axes and hatchets dug here in the states were toys as well.
Best Wishes,
Buckles