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Digger
02-11-2015, 10:22 PM
Was checking on one of my crews here in Lake Tahoe and came across this.
It is laying next to a driveway, just off the street .
At first glance , thought is was just a rusted section of pipe .. but look closer !
click on the pic ..
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mattw
02-11-2015, 10:24 PM
Cannon barrel!
dtknowles
02-11-2015, 10:24 PM
Looks like a K-Bottle, maybe.

Tim
troyboy
02-11-2015, 10:33 PM
Second on the cannon
Beerd
02-11-2015, 11:10 PM
that's a cannon, or what's left of one
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TXGunNut
02-11-2015, 11:16 PM
Could be.
Digger
02-11-2015, 11:22 PM
10-4 Gentlemen ! , surprised the heck out of me !
Not that often one comes across something like this in the front yard of your everyday house.

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Plate plinker
02-11-2015, 11:22 PM
Cannon. Ask for it or to buy it. Heck of a yard ornament.
Digger
02-11-2015, 11:28 PM
Cannon. Ask for it or to buy it. Heck of a yard ornament.

Yeah , I can see it now ...."Sweetheart , I just found what I wanted for Valentines day !"
:veryconfu
Frank46
02-12-2015, 12:20 AM
Definitely a cannon. You can see the field around the touche hole. Yeah inspite of it's condition I would definitely ask the owner what they wanted for it. Didn't see any trunions but maybe has an under the barrel mount. Shame to see it in it's present condition though. Frank
Blacksmith
02-12-2015, 12:24 AM
Here is a book of carriage plans in case you get it:
http://www.trackofthewolf.com/Categories/PartDetail.aspx/321/1/BOOK-B18C-NA
fatboy
02-12-2015, 12:33 AM
love it when someone has a good find.
Digger
02-12-2015, 08:32 AM
Trunions intact ...just hidden a bit in the weeds.
rush1886
02-12-2015, 09:44 AM
If those are cut off pieces of 4x4 in the background, scale and barrel shape indicates a possible mountain howitzer.
Digger
02-12-2015, 02:55 PM
If you look close , it has a broken ring at the cascable for lashing with rope ...
been trying to find something similar online but no luck so far .
the muzzle is very narrow as in a carronade type ..
notice the ring in front of the trunioions
the ignition port on the flare/rib and ring on the breech ...
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BLTsandwedge
02-12-2015, 06:44 PM
That's the fake leg off a girl I knew in high school.
Snow ninja
02-12-2015, 06:55 PM
That's awesome luckily the woman I married would be just as happy to have that in our yard as I would be.
Digger
02-12-2015, 07:00 PM
That's the fake leg off a girl I knew in high school.

Yeah , but what did you say when she stepped on your toe ? ...:bigsmyl2:
BLTsandwedge
02-12-2015, 07:56 PM
Yeah , but what did you say when she stepped on your toe ? ...:bigsmyl2:

Gddmit that hurt!
beagle
02-12-2015, 09:34 PM
Never know what you'll turn up. Went to a country store in NC and got a pop in the 60s and was walking around outside and here's a machine gun set in concrete with flowers growing over it. I asked and the lady said her son brought it back from WWII and she got tired of it being in the garage so she set it in concrete and painted it white. Stayed there for years and I missed it and was hunting behind her house and she'd gotten tired of it and drug it back in the woods. It was pained with enamel. Wonder if it's still there./beagle
Thumbcocker
02-12-2015, 09:44 PM
IIRC During the Boer war Sir Baden-Powell's troops found a cannon being used as a gate post in a yard at Ladysmith during the siege. The cannon was dug up, mounted and put into service against the Boers. Extra credit for any of the scouts who know who Baden -Powell was. And yes I am weird enough that stuff like this sticks in my mind.
Digger
02-12-2015, 10:15 PM
You mentioned a cannon being used as a gate post ...
do search for "British cannon" ... lots of pics as the surplus pieces were used as ballards ,pier post , etc.
RED333
02-12-2015, 10:16 PM
IIRC During the Boer war Sir Baden-Powell's troops found a cannon being used as a gate post in a yard at Ladysmith during the siege. The cannon was dug up, mounted and put into service against the Boers. Extra credit for any of the scouts who know who Baden -Powell was. And yes I am weird enough that stuff like this sticks in my mind.
Started the Boy Scouts
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Baden-Powell,_1st_Baron_Baden-Powell
Digger
02-12-2015, 10:33 PM
maybe the piece is something along these lines ...1825 Falkirk Gunnade ?
link:
http://www.cannonsuperstore.com/stolen_cannons.htm
Outch
02-12-2015, 11:12 PM
Now that is a conversation starter ! great find.
flyingmonkey35
02-13-2015, 12:07 AM
Nice find
KYCaster
02-13-2015, 12:10 AM
That's the fake leg off a girl I knew in high school.


Was her name Peg?

Jerry
bob208
02-13-2015, 05:53 PM
they found a few cannon barrels used as lintels for fire places in houses in Gettysburg. they were built after the battle. in Chambersburg the squire has cannon barrels buried about a 1 1/2 foot in the ground standing straight up chained together with a large ball on top of each muzzle. must be about 20 of them.