Oldest US firearm unearthed in Arizona, a bronze cannon linked to Coronado expedition

[GOYABEAN]

Oldest US firearm unearthed in Arizona, a bronze cannon linked to Coronado expedition

Independent researchers in Arizona have unearthed a bronze cannon linked to the Vázquez de Coronado expedition, making it the oldest firearm ever found in the continental United States. The discovery sheds new light on the artillery used during the 1539–1542 expedition into the American Southwest.

phys.org

 

[fresch]

No-one needs a hand cannon to shoot a deer.

 

[Grimscale]

Gotta hand it to the Arizona climate. That cannon looks like it could have been manufactured yesterday and just dropped in the dirt.

 

[spat]

Found just around the corner from my place.

A friend of my father's was involved in the dig.

I believe they have found a second one.

 

[Zerex]

Spaniards were Searching for Aztec gold cache.....failed

 

[pshift]

The Aztec's buried it...

 

[MuttCat]

Load that sucker and shoot it!

 

[Robin]

For sure, I would!
Robin

 

[GOYABEAN]

Spaniards were Searching for Aztec gold cache.....failed

Supposedly they buried it at Blind frog ranch

 

[fresch]

That made my skin walk

 

[Depick]

Load that sucker and shoot it!

Beat me to it

 

[MuttCat]

Good for spudguns, why not a cannon....Things To Shoot

 

[CaseHardened]

Simply wonderful.

Of course it's mine.