11/5/09 beach finds, very small cannon

[wwwtimmcp]

found this today at the new spot on the beach. it looks like a very small cannon, also found another cutlass handle,short .38 colt round,fishing reel parts,what looks to be a cobblers hammer head,and of course my 3.5lbs of sinkers.

happy hunting to all.

 

[Goldiver]

That little cannon thing is pretty cool, I have been checking out your posts, looks like you have a fun site to detect, loaded with history. Keep up the good work!


Steve

 

[johnnyi]

Very exciting finds again. Could the hammer possibly be a calking hammer. The trunnions on that cannon are gigantic. When do you suppose it dates from? (signal cannon?)

 

[Hardy]

Can we see more front /side pics of your Cannon

 

[cedarratt]

I think it may be one of those early hand cannon things that you lit with a ember rope. they were mounted on a stick and the bottom lug was used as a Mace type implement.

 

[Rusted_Iron]

Nice relics, I like the hammer head and the cannon. I wonder if that was a signal cannon like johnnyi said.

 

[mlayers]

Some intesting finds. Fish weights all adds up if you keep them for the lead or resale them to the fishermans....Matt

 

[wwwtimmcp]

here are a couple more photo's. I dont think the hammer was for caulking as it seems too small and the bend on the pointy end curves too much. I have pulled hundreds of nails from this site so I think a cobblers tools, nails and a heel plate add up to that. my grandmothers father was a cobbler, we have his hammer here. her maiden name was hammerill. I think this stuff dates from around 1770 and I hope you are right about it being a signal cannon, that would just tickle me pink.

happy hunting to all.

 

[johnnyi]

here are a couple more photo's. I dont think the hammer was for caulking as it seems too small and the bend on the pointy end curves too much. I have pulled hundreds of nails from this site so I think a cobblers tools, nails and a heel plate add up to that. my grandmothers father was a cobbler, we have his hammer here. her maiden name was hammerill. I think this stuff dates from around 1770 and I hope you are right about it being a signal cannon, that would just tickle me pink.

happy hunting to all.

Great to see the new scans of the cannon. Those trunnions sure are strange though and a little hard to figure out. They look reinforced on the underside. Now that we can see the end diameter of them, they do conform to about the same diameter as the bore which was pretty much the rule for cannon dimentions.

 

[allen]

that cannon part is a really cool find !!!