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Originally Posted by Robert Coleman
Great find! Is it just me or has someone spiked the touch hole? 
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Robert,
It is a piece of Styrofoam from the packing. I have actually fired this cannon with a light black powder (no projectile) charge.
Noticed in the pictures what looks like iron rust around the muzzle. It is no longer there and don't know where it came from or what it as. The American term is "groddoo."
The entire cannon is bronze and can't rust. I have one that was at the bottom of the ocean long enough to have some coral in the bore. Best estimate is it was down there between 200 and 250 years.
These cannon I have were made sometime previous to 1610. There are certain characteristics present that were made differently after that period of time as technology changed.
Friendly Regards,
Bill