incredible discovery at late 1700s site need help identifying please!

[Anasazi]

PNWScot​

and I had a great 4th ! spent the day recovering history. He found this cannon. no trunnions or makers marks. Looks like it was over loaded and burst in antiquity. any information you all have would be appreciated.

 

[releventchair]

lol... your funny :P... but good
Definitely FLINT.

Till the lock is inspected , I don't know what method of ignition was used.

We have site context from O.P.'s dating.
Certainly leans towards flint.
But what transpired since the given sites date on site; and if anyone later added a drum to a flintlock (and such conversions happened) I'm being conservative on guessing.
Locating the lock and missing parts would make confirming speculation much better.

 

[Almy]

Let's hope this was being proof tested, fired using a long lanyard and the people were a long distance away. Not likely, but we can hope.
I've tested old guns in that manner, but they all passed the test.

 

[iAmMike]

If your finds were the US belt plate, half dime and others, then I think you did just as fantastic as the cannon guy!

 

[ArfieBoy]

Great and super finds! Congratulations. Thanks for posting and sharing.

 

[scruggs]

That is a cool find!

 

[PNWScot]

So...
IMO you did not find a cannon... well even though they are often referred to as one.
What you have found... errr... or your buddy has found... is much much rarer.

Amazing finds ... well done.

ARC,
Thank you so much helping Anasazi, and I. We were a bit stumped because of what’s missing, But….what will hopefully be found.

 

[FinderTravis]

PNWScot​

and I had a great 4th ! spent the day recovering history. He found this cannon. no trunnions or makers marks. Looks like it was over loaded and burst in antiquity. any information you all have would be appreciated.

Very cool find! is the round still lodged in barrel? IDing the type of projectile might help approximate age and use..?

 

[Anasazi]

Thanks guys. It’s a special site my Buddy and I are going to be detecting there for a bit😂. Found this odd piece of brass. Thought it may be a jaw screw, only a couple threads at the top tappering down to the end about an 1 1/4” long.

 

[ARC]

Thanks guys. It’s a special site my Buddy and I are going to be detecting there for a bit😂. Found this odd piece of brass. Thought it may be a jaw screw, only a couple threads at the top tappering down to the end about an 1 1/4” long. View attachment 2092386

Hmmm... awfully resembles a "jaw screw".... i wonder... if stripped out from piece when failure.

 

[TimberCrack]

Fantastic finds...Congrats!!

 

[Anasazi]

my thoughts exactly.

 

[Bamasteve]

Awesome finds, congrats!

 

[johnnycat]

Man, I would have jumped to the moon!

 

[PetesPockets55]

Excellent info and ID information.

Keep finding more pieces!

 

[THing4CSA]

Hi My Fellow TH'ers
Here are two of what I was told was 'Man Killer Rounds'. I dug these in the Presidio of Monterey back in 1979-1980. These were both found in an area where the muzzle portion of a bronze cannon was found as well as a handful of assorted round ball bullets and early US Marine Corps and US Army two piece and US Navy one piece buttons. The battle of the Presidio of Monterey was a cake walk in the end as the US troops just walked in and took over the fort. I tend to wonder as I have searched the area around the high ground and have found many relics of the Mexican War era. I realize that many of the items are pre-Civil War and post WWI and even a few WWII items. The site was a total mix of everything under the sun. The one thing that I regret is that I did not have a better detector at the time. I was using was a Compass Judge 1. It was a better detector that the original detector I had which was a Jetco Mustang, a simple BFO detector! LOL ;-)

 

[kitkatcjb]

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2 1814 Wellington Half Penny token Bank of Canada found 3 years apart holes at the same time same place same square nail😂 wild. 1871 S half dime 3 general service buttons a US belt plate and miscellaneous musket balls and smalls. Incredible 4th of July!

Great stuff! I'm so jealous!

 

[E-Trac-Ohio]

Excellent !