Musket Barrel?

[Davers]

Dug this last week. Would love an ID if indeed it is a musket barrel and if so what type. Thanks Davers

 

[Professor of Engineering]

A very cool relic, congrats! I believe it will clean-up nice.

 

[Joe-Dirt]

You know Joe D ?

You may be correct , I was looking yesterday hard & could not see where a Rear site would have been & I saw no evidence of a front site either ( tho the muzzle area has the most rust ) I was also thinking " that barrel hole look's awful big for a 58 cal " but I have not measured it . I did get the dirt out & pretty 99% sure it's not loaded.

It would be an oldie for this area but not impossible esp , cause of the area it was found .

As for the rest of the rifle , I doubt it's there (I'm gonna look hard tho ) as this area has been hunted for Decades , I'm very surprised it was still there , heck it was not deep , I could see it just under the dirt ( an inch or so ) when I got the signal , I'm 'thinking ' somebody dug it before then discarded it , or the old growth in the area brought it closer to the surface .

To be honest I know very little about CW rifles but want to learn , I hope that I'm able to get some more pic's this PM or the weekend .

Thanks for your help , I really wish this thing could talk .

Having no front sight makes sense, the m1842 smoothbore’s front sight (and only sight) was on the front barrel band which probably rotted away years ago. There should be a little square nub near where a front sight should be, but that’s a bayonet lug and it’s probably gone as well. Great find for sure!!

 

[NOLA_Ken]

Thanks Man.

I had that type of tub pictured in my mind , so ill def , be on the lookout for 1 .
GD

I'd use evaporust rather than zapping it, that way you don't risk losing any metal. You'll need to get the dirt out of the barrel first but if you get a steel rod and flatten one end you can chuck it into a drill and use that to break it all up

 

[Davers]

I'd use evaporust rather than zapping it, that way you don't risk losing any metal. You'll need to get the dirt out of the barrel first but if you get a steel rod and flatten one end you can chuck it into a drill and use that to break it all up

Thanks for the suggestion , I saw evaporust at harbor fright the other day but I may need a few jugs of the size they had , Ill figure it out , as I'm behind on so much right now but when I get it done Ill post here so y'all can see .

When is the question LOL

I'm shooting for the end of the year .

 

[parsonwalker]

Davers! Haven't been hunting since the heat and so not paying much attention to Tnet since the artillery shell in the spring. Congrats on a GREAT find! I'm still looking for my first. Have never done better than a butt plate or ramrod! Great job bro.

 

[cannonball]

Nice Find!!! Here's a picture of a flint lock that I recently found. It matches a British Navy Boarding Pistol. You can see the touch hole.

 

[WannaDig3687]

Hey, Davers! WOW! What a really cool find for you!!!!! I bet you are still doing a jig! I hope you find more of the pieces that go with it. A huge Congratulations!

Mizpah!

~WD

It's my first & a land find at that , so I think if you put in the time you will come across one in the future .

Thanks AARC .

Hope you a doing great say hello to Wrightdigger , or whatever she goes by these days & if still around .

I keep meaning to look myself but get sidetracked every time .
GD

 

[Davers]

Davers! Haven't been hunting since the heat and so not paying much attention to Tnet since the artillery shell in the spring. Congrats on a GREAT find! I'm still looking for my first. Have never done better than a butt plate or ramrod! Great job bro.

Yea PW , you sound like me , I've only hunted a few times since this time last year , hence I been off T-net as well .

Until this all I got was a couple butt plates & No ram-rod pieces , well a couple maybes .

I really wanna cook this 'as I know how to do that pretty well ' I just need to come across the right tub or "Thing" to put it in .
GL This Fall & Have a Blessed Day.

 

[Davers]

Nice Find!!! Here's a picture of a flint lock that I recently found. It matches a British Navy Boarding Pistol. You can see the touch hole.
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That's nice & OLD as you know , You gonna cook it up ? & if so let me know when yr done , I need to get mine done but I'm overwhelmed with Iron right now.

No really it's OCD. LOL

 

[Davers]

Hey, Davers! WOW! What a really cool find for you!!!!! I bet you are still doing a jig! I hope you find more of the pieces that go with it. A huge Congratulations!

Mizpah!

~WD

Thanks so much , glad to hear from you ..I been going through a different Season in my life but relics & history make me happiest .

God Bless you & yours .

 

[Tpmetal]

nice find!!! I found one myself that was used as a stake in the ground lol. Literally tripped over it and pulled it out in a fit of rage and threw it in the back of my truck. never even noticed what it was till a week or two later

 

[Truth]

Man Davers that’s something you don’t see every day that is amazing you got to do electrolysis on it you need to bring that beauty back to life. Congratulations my friend it gonna happen to a better guy

 

[Wildcat1750]

Awesome find and great job realizing that it might be something special!

 

[Metal Detecting SC]

Awesome save , definitely a an old barrel.

 

[Davers]

Thanks Man.

It was a good day to find that piece of history , hope yr doing great today .

 

[Davers]

Awesome save , definitely a an old barrel.

Really appreciate the kind words , it should clean up nice .

 

[Davers]

Awesome find and great job realizing that it might be something special!

Yea , it had the right look , GL to you up in the Historic NE USA .

 

[Davers]

A Short update on the Barrel .

I took it & showed a couple new friends yesterday , I was still thinking it was /is a .69 Smooth Bore , but the guy had a 58 cal Minnie & tried to fit it in the Muzzle ( yes it has rust & a small dent at it's crown ) but the .58 looked like a tight fit So ? a .69 it may not be , ill do more investigation and will update for those who are curious.

GD
Davers