Big Bang at the farm today!!!

[ModernMiner]

I felt like I was at Toys-R-Us at lunch today at the farm. While working a section of the hill pictured behind the house, I hit on a patch of toys buried about 6" down. The toys Ridley and I have found in the past have been Tootsie Toys and soldiers from the 1940's. Today was no exception.

I dug up what looked to be a futuristic looking car/truck. It still has all four tires, but both axle rods are snapped in two. Cool looking anyways. Any idea on this one?

Then I dug up a Jeep (?). This one had no tires.

My next toy I didn't know what it was at first, and almost left it buried in the ground with all the other rusty farm iron I have dug. (plow pieces, horseshoes, hoes, etc)
Well I'm glad I dug it up, because it turned out to be an old toy Big Bang 6F cannon from the late 1930's I believe. The kicker is, I had found the other wheel and igniter about two months ago closer to the house. I almost threw the wheel away last week thinking I would never need it. Here is the igniter post I had put in the "what is it" section:
http://forum.treasurenet.com/index.php/topic,71574.0.html

Here is an original Big Bang 6F canon with the original box I found on E-bay:
http://cgi.ebay.com/1935-Big-Bang-6...20091304945QQcategoryZ721QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

I think I will reattach the wheel back on, spray the cannon with some stop-rust, and then leave it as-is. It looks very rustic in it's present state.

I think there are more toys on that hill, I just ran out of time. I need a 2 hour lunch.
Thanks for looking,
MM

 

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[wildrider]

I had a big bang that was my dads, but my cousin hijacked it to be lost forever.

 

[twister]

Great finds, Congrats

HH Twister

 

[julesjunk]

How does one loose a cannon??.......
Very interesting finds. Love the toy cars as well.
Regards,
Jules

 

[ModernMiner]

How does one loose a cannon??.......
Very interesting finds. Love the toy cars as well.
Regards,
Jules

Maybe Mom tried to take it away, and they buried it for safe keeping?

 

[EDDE]

didnt you find the breech part of that a while back ?

 

[ModernMiner]

didnt you find the breech part of that a while back ?

What's a breech?

 

[Wolfbite]

Great finds.Love that old truck.That cannon is nice.
WTG Wolfbite

 

[Green1]

sweeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeet finds !!

 

[txkickergirl]

really cool love the cannon

 

[Capefearsman]

That is a nice cannon. hh

 

[River Rat]

That's really fantastic that you found the rest of cannon. Like that old car too.

RR

 

[Burdie]

Those are the finds that make this hobby so much fun. I hope you find some more neat finds. HH
Burdie

 

[karib2517]

ha ha funny stuff right there ,nice finds

 

[Gribnitz]

That is just too neat Miner. Interesting finds like that just make this hobby second to none! I may have to look for one of those. It would look good on my Civil War self

 

[3searchin]

Awesome finds.

I never seen one like that..........


HH
3s

 

[Charlie P. (NY)]

I'd say tha Big Bang is from the 50's. I had one otherwise identical from the 60's except it had rubber wheels. The hole on the tailpiece held the carbide ("Bangsite") and had a rubber stopper. The breech is the igniter piece that used Ronstan cylindrical flints and a push striker and had a tiny cup that dumped the carbide onto the cannon when you gave it a 1/3 +/- turn to lock it(it has an internal water tank: carbide + water = acetelene gas).

Don't put an ounce of carbide in to get a bigger bang. Been there, done that, never found all the cannon pieces. Still have all my fingers so I made out, however.

 

[Merf]

Neat stuff and OOOOOld, Congrats.

 

[sfinder]

That is a nice toy cache.

 

[Montana Jim]

You are the man!


holy crap this was funny!