Old gun/muzzleloader barrel or toy cannon?

[treblehunter]

I found this in a agricultural field in Greenwich NJ, it was about 10-12 inches deep. This area has allot of colonial history, one of the most pounded areas near me.
It's about three inches long ID is 5 sixteenths.
It has a symbol/trademark on side with possible makers mark above that?
Smooth bore, with, I think, looking into the muzzle, hole coming from outside, what looks like a spot where a nipple for a percussion cap would have been?

Check out the pix, Oldjerseygirl was with me, she found a roached out flat button, could just make out Plated on the backmark.





This is the mark, what I'm seeing with my loop




HH & GL
Brad

 

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[treblehunter]

http://www.nramuseum.org/media/940944/proofmarks.pdf

Second page down, Belgian proof mark, definitive black powder proof for breech
loading guns, small bore guns and handguns

 

[treblehunter]

http://damascus-barrels.com/Belgian_All_Proofmarks.html

 

[treblehunter]

Hits and Misses: Deciphering Belgian Proof Marks

This is the mark
E with L G under it with the star under that.

Cool I found a 1800's gun barrel!

 

[OBN]

Dag boy you are onto this land stuff...!! Love the Gun!! VC! ..

 

[OutdoorAdv]

Treble, that's a really awesome pistol barrel. Looks tiny, like maybe from a pocket pistol or boot pistol. Great find and I'm sure it'll display great. Would love to dig one of those one day.

 

[ARC]

Gun barrel...
WD Treble...
Water too cold these days ?

 

[ironhorse]

Those old pistols are a very nice find!
I've seen more than a few found over the years and can't wait to get one for myself.
Great job on the recovery!

 

[treblehunter]

Dag boy you are onto this land stuff...!! Love the Gun!! VC! ..

Thanks Joe.

Treble, that's a really awesome pistol barrel. Looks tiny, like maybe from a pocket pistol or boot pistol. Great find and I'm sure it'll display great. Would love to dig one of those one day.

I got excited when it first popped out. Never know what your going to find.

Gun barrel...
WD Treble...
Water too cold these days ?

I'm working on it, wetsuit is coming.

Those old pistols are a very nice find!
I've seen more than a few found over the years and can't wait to get one for myself.
Great job on the recovery!

Thanks

 

[romeo-1]

That's a great find...one of the best gun parts to be found in my opinion.

 

[ARC]

That's a great find...one of the best gun parts to be found in my opinion.

You know...
I have to lean toward this opinion as well...
Hmmm...

Maybe a banner is in order here ?

 

[deepsecrets]

Very cool find! Congrats...Belgian Boot Pistol indeed...
Late 19thC Belgian ELG Single Shot Percussion Boot Pistol With Brass Octagonal Barrel, Steel Tri

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[Diggin Dude]

WOW !! That is so cool! 1800s gun barrel, I keep thinking who held it last, what happened. It would be great to reconstruct the gun for display purposes. Congrats!! HH

 

[pepperj]

That's a great find indeed, it'll look awesome in the display.

 

[against the wind]

Not a very common find. I can't even find a modern day gun in a crime infested area. You would think more than a few have been ditched over the years.
Very cool save.

 

[treblehunter]

That's a great find...one of the best gun parts to be found in my opinion.

I looked around imediate area, that was all I could find, thanks

Very cool find! Congrats...Belgian Boot Pistol indeed...
Late 19thC Belgian ELG Single Shot Percussion Boot Pistol With Brass Octagonal Barrel, Steel Tri

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Thanks for the link to my gun!

You know...
I have to lean toward this opinion as well...
Hmmm...

Maybe a banner is in order here ?

Thanks

WOW !! That is so cool! 1800s gun barrel, I keep thinking who held it last, what happened. It would be great to reconstruct the gun for display purposes. Congrats!! HH

I'm going to talk with a gunsmith today or tomorrow about getting it restored! Great minds think alike.
Thanks

Not a very common find. I can't even find a modern day gun in a crime infested area. You would think more than a few have been ditched over the years.
Very cool save.

Thank you, I'm wondering just how rare this particular gun is?

 

[Loco-Digger]

WTG Brad, That's the 1st one of those I have ever seen. What does a barrel ring in at?

 

[ironhorse]

You know...
I have to lean toward this opinion as well...
Hmmm...

Maybe a banner is in order here ?

I recall one of the old pistol barrels making the banner a few years ago, maybe it is that good?

 

[treblehunter]

WTG Brad, That's the 1st one of those I have ever seen. What does a barrel ring in at?

I thought I was digging a big silver.
I was in the 90's on my Deus

 

[park pirate]

Very cool find...