Barncrawler
Newbie
- Jul 3, 2021
- 1
- 6
- Primary Interest:
- All Treasure Hunting
Hi. I?m Bradley. I?m so green I don?t even have a metal detector. I have had cheap ones and never did anything spectacular with them. I do have access to some historic properties so I should get another. For now, just a picker, collector, enthusiast, and a fan of picking money up off the ground.
I just acquired a small bronze cannon, alleged to have been recovered from a wreck in the Caribbean in 1969 by (group? Ship?)
Called Four shadows? It does appear very old, has corrosion in powder magazine, appears to have had its touchhole linered, worn shiny on its trunnions.
However, it looks like someone used a grinder or something to get the coral off, it has mold seams down the length of each side and it?s oral alleged provenance said ?15th or 16th century pirate cannon? which casts a cloud of bullshit over the whole thing. One unusuallity, apparently, is that the ?button? on the breech end is square, which I haven?t seen in any image searches except on one French signal gun photo which had zero info and was being offered for sale as a stock image.
Bore: about 2 1/4 inch
Length, about 26? overall
It?s appearance does lend credence to its having been on the sea floor for a while, wall thickness and heft not consistent with reproductions.
I?d like to identify it so as to build the correct carriage or mounting for it.
Can you help? May I send pics?
Meanwhile, I?ve made a batch of powder, not yet corned but flashes ok, and I?m going to lash it to a heavy pallet and shoot some pool balls out of it. Fun!
God help the British navy if they come up the bay this afternoon!
I just acquired a small bronze cannon, alleged to have been recovered from a wreck in the Caribbean in 1969 by (group? Ship?)
Called Four shadows? It does appear very old, has corrosion in powder magazine, appears to have had its touchhole linered, worn shiny on its trunnions.
However, it looks like someone used a grinder or something to get the coral off, it has mold seams down the length of each side and it?s oral alleged provenance said ?15th or 16th century pirate cannon? which casts a cloud of bullshit over the whole thing. One unusuallity, apparently, is that the ?button? on the breech end is square, which I haven?t seen in any image searches except on one French signal gun photo which had zero info and was being offered for sale as a stock image.
Bore: about 2 1/4 inch
Length, about 26? overall
It?s appearance does lend credence to its having been on the sea floor for a while, wall thickness and heft not consistent with reproductions.
I?d like to identify it so as to build the correct carriage or mounting for it.
Can you help? May I send pics?
Meanwhile, I?ve made a batch of powder, not yet corned but flashes ok, and I?m going to lash it to a heavy pallet and shoot some pool balls out of it. Fun!
God help the British navy if they come up the bay this afternoon!
