Tiniest cannon I've ever seen

[Oldrvrrat57]

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Got out today for a few hours and did pretty good! 1847 large, couple of wheats and good for tokens but my favorite find of the day was the tiniest cannon I've ever seen!!! Just starting to take out the beans around here!! 1 pewter spoon bowl and one sterling!!

 

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[pepperj]

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Got out today for a few hours and did pretty good! 1847 large, couple of wheats and good for tokens but my favorite find of the day was the tiniest cannon I've ever seen!!! Just starting to take out the beans around here!! 1 pewter spoon bowl and one sterling!!

Congrats on your toy cannon.
Not many ever posted up on this side of the pond. Great hunt!

I have my cherished toy, I put it on a One Cent for reference.

 

[Oldrvrrat57]

Congrats on your toy cannon.
Not many ever posted up on this side of the pond. Great hunt!

I have my cherished toy, I put it on a One Cent for reference.
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Looks alot like the one I recovered today , I have one found 3 in over 10 years , must be fairly rare!

 

[Back-of-the-boat]

I have seen some found on YouTube channels over in England but yours is the first I've seen posted here. The guys over there had little trunnions made for theirs. So they could display it better.

 

[Digger RJ]

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Got out today for a few hours and did pretty good! 1847 large, couple of wheats and good for tokens but my favorite find of the day was the tiniest cannon I've ever seen!!! Just starting to take out the beans around here!! 1 pewter spoon bowl and one sterling!!

Very Cool!!! Congrats!!!

 

[E-Trac-Ohio]

Excellent finds !

 

[ARC]

I have seen some found on YouTube channels over in England but yours is the first I've seen posted here. The guys over there had little trunnions made for theirs. So they could display it better.

it already has trunnions.

Banner find... well done.

 

[Bamasteve]

Awesome finds, congrats!

 

[Georgivs]

oh man i had a little one like that when i was a kid, spent many hours blasting ant hills with fireworks from it

 

[scruggs]

Very neat find you made!

 

[ironhorse]

I love those little cannons!
I've seen many dug over the years...finally found my own first one just this year.

Welcome to the club !

 

[Gulf Coast Pirate]

Nice find!

 

[oldmxrat]

Congrats on a top-shelf find!

 

[ARC]

Congrats on a top-shelf find!

Bah !

You cannot see them well up on the top shelf... better on the bottom shelf.

:P ......

 

[Back-of-the-boat]

it already has trunnions.

Banner find... well done.

Well the carriage then, I thought the carriage was called a trunnion.

 

[Kona Koma]

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Got out today for a few hours and did pretty good! 1847 large, couple of wheats and good for tokens but my favorite find of the day was the tiniest cannon I've ever seen!!! Just starting to take out the beans around here!! 1 pewter spoon bowl and one sterling!!

Those are nice finds.

 

[dognose]

interesting find.
do you think it would have fired a small charge?

 

[Old Bookaroo]

Oldrvrat57 - That little cannon is swell! Think about making a wood carriage for it.

Good luck to all,

The Old Bookaroo

 

[Back-of-the-boat]

The guys in England had friends with those CNC machines that made the carriages for thiers. They turned out real good. You can Google up tiny carriage for cannon I seen some on there.

 

[CRUSADER]

They are a cool find, we get a few over here but rarer over there.
Much rarer are the Petronel's;

PETRONEL..............

It might not be very old or made of gold like some of my other finds but it has a special place in my heart. The Cannon pictured are a fairly common UK find. But a complete Petronel, Fishtailed musket from circa 1640s is a great find in anyones books. They are highly collectable & this one is...

www.treasurenet.com

The earliest type goes back to the late 16th C (not had one of those yet). Not seen any posted on Tnet yet......