Iron Cannon fragment.

[JC Florida]

I'd sure like to know the story on how the cannon blew up.
I found this a few years ago after a Hurricane washed away 8 feet of sand dune. It was an encrusted / rusted piece. I finally got around to electrolysis this weekend and it cleaned up great. I have estimated the barrel diameter by the curvature in the piece. It's a 4" barrel (9 pounder) The guitar pick is for scale.

 

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[TORRERO]

How do you know its a canon barrel ? Just wondering
I've dug so much scrap iron over the years that if its unidentifiable I just toss it.
Back in Spain we dug on a Napoleonic battle site and there were LOTS of fragments from Canon balls that had exploded, and we also found about 10 unexploded canon balls, some solid shot some that still had powder in them,
I did not keep any of them, but a friend of mine did, he soaked it in water a used a toothpick or something to get the old fuse out (hemp) and clean out the inside.... then kept it as a souvenir,

 

[Sandog]

I'd sure like to know the story on how the cannon blew up.
I found this a few years ago after a Hurricane washed away 8 feet of sand dune. It was an encrusted / rusted piece. I finally got around to electrolysis this weekend and it cleaned up great. I have estimated the barrel diameter by the curvature in the piece. It's a 4" barrel (9 pounder) The guitar pick is for scale.

Sounds like south Jetty Park Ft Pierce.