Cannon stolen- please keep an eye out for it!!!!!!!

[Beaner]

Bill Vecchioni Wrote on the NSSA Website: My Cannon, limber and covered 18ft Car hauler was stolen from my lot at 4218 Pelham, Dearborn Heights, MI 48125. Batty B 1st Michigan Light Artillery's entire gear was enclosed in the well locked up trailer. My trailer has distinctive bullet hole decals running up both sides and a giant cannonball splat on the back door. I want to get this information out as quick as I can. The more eyes we have looking the better! U.S. 1841 6pdr cannon mark C.A.&CO 1845 on trunnions 298 over W.V. on Muzzle No. 5. Limber U.S. 6 pdr. Trailer is a 2000 Haulmark 18ft covered car hauler charcoal gray VIN 16HGB1834YH065667. Please forward to any and all your C.W. reenactors and reenacting websites. Police Contact is: Dearborn Hgts. Police 313 277-6770 Officer Beaudree Case # 2010-84 Reward! Thanks Dr. Bill Vecchioni 313 277-1100 313-274-5412

[Shantyman]

Re: Cannon stolen- please keep an eye out for it!!!!!!!

Im sorry for your misfortune. As long as you put the word out in the hobby, file a police report and contact local militaria, pawn shops and such Im sure you'll get your piece back.

Ill keep an eye out.

The fiend will have a difficult time hiding a gun and limber!

[Docknocker]

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Here's a link to the local news story:

http://www.wxyz.com/news/local/story/Search-For-Thieves-in-Cannon-Heist/YMvQejZCoUKXNZZavhyFGw.cspx

Mike Robertson

[bdyanko]

Re: Cannon stolen- please keep an eye out for it!!!!!!!

Dave,

I will tell everybody I know to be on the look out. I don't think they would have left the metro area.

[Docknocker]

Re: Cannon stolen- please keep an eye out for it!!!!!!!

I just received word that Bill has recoverd the gun, limber, and trailer. Thank the Lord.

[Beaner]

Re: Cannon stolen- please keep an eye out for it!!!!!!!

Thanks Brian. I think someone is trying to sell for scrap. Spead the word. I'm sure Bill will appreciate it. Let people know there is a reward if they provide info for its recovery.
Dave Prince

[Dan Wambaugh]

Re: Cannon stolen- please keep an eye out for it!!!!!!!

Just got word through Facebook that the cannon has been found in Detroit. Only the winch and car battery were missing. Hopefully this can get confirmed on the news or elsewhere, but if true thank heaven for big favors!

[coastaltrash]

Re: Cannon stolen- please keep an eye out for it!!!!!!!

Would be hard to take that to a scrapyard.

[Curt Schmidt]

Re: Cannon stolen- please keep an eye out for it!!!!!!!

Hallo!

Sad to hear.

I would just add a concern that the address listed above is indeed a lot, and not a residence as it would seem not announce where more Civil War "stuff" might be found for
B & E burglary/theft?
(Especially when hobby-related magazines, newspapers, and websites such as this announce when events are held that folks may be absent from their homes attending.)

Sorry...

CHS

With thoughts of local scrap metal dealers nagging me...

[BrianHicks]

Re: Cannon stolen- please keep an eye out for it!!!!!!!

Cannon found and returned to owner. Yeah... I'm willing to bet that when the trailer containing the cannon was stolen, the thieves thought they would find within, a really fancy Harley, or some-other type of vehicle. Imagine their surprise when they opened the trailer and found cannon instead.

[mtvernon]

Re: Cannon stolen- please keep an eye out for it!!!!!!!

Would be hard to take that to a scrapyard.

A local cemetery had a naval Dahlgren stolen recently. Evidence at the scene suggests it was stolen for it's scrap value. I'm shocked that a person could process an item like this through a scrap dealer, but as it hasn't been found one must wonder.

[briangauthier]

Re: Cannon stolen- please keep an eye out for it!!!!!!!

I'm surprised that someone could move the naval dahlgren. Isn't there a picture somewhere of a Dahlgren gunner actually sitting inside of his cannon?

[hireddutchcutthroat]

Re: Cannon stolen- please keep an eye out for it!!!!!!!

A local cemetery had a naval Dahlgren stolen recently. Evidence at the scene suggests it was stolen for it's scrap value. I'm shocked that a person could process an item like this through a scrap dealer, but as it hasn't been found one must wonder.

Which cemetery was it?

[Curt Schmidt]

Re: Cannon stolen- please keep an eye out for it!!!!!!!

Hallo!

As a modern day aside...

Here in a large midwestern city, there is an on-going issue of scrap metal dealers, and attempts at regulation or licensing to get them to have to record and account for their purchases.

Which is wishful thinking as the very problem is that the purchasing of stolen goods is already illegal, and trying to legislate a process and paper trail
(other than in enfrocement sting operations) can be futile.

Yes, many of the scrap dealers hereabouts have horrendous records (when caught) of smelting stolen stuff that one should question.

While aluminum siding can be from a condemned or salvaged house, or cooper wiring oir plumbing, homeless men and druggies have been caught stripping it from houses with the people still inside or out of the house.

Plus, scrap dealers have been caught with the copper roofing from churches that they did not question.

And even biggies such as the giant bronze heads sawed off of statues in memorial gardens. Or, a popular one hereabouts, street man-hole covers.

I guess at the end of the day for some folks, a crucible of bronze or iron is just a profit whether it is legit or came from say a cannon.

Curt

[mtvernon]

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Which cemetery was it?

Sunrise Memorial in Vallejo. It was one of four installed on a Spanish-American monument. The thieves used a purpose-built a-frame with pulleys to lift it up after releasing it from it's mount. What makes me think it was metal scavengers is that a file was left there (along with their a-frame) near one of the remaining 3 cannons. One of them was filed down to the bare metal, evidently to determine if it was a saleable metal.

Here's a link to my original post: http://www.authentic-campaigner.com/...Cannon+Vallejo

Through our local SUVCW resources we were able to determine the markings and date of manufacture in order that the cemetery could inform the FBI, who is supposed to keeps a list of all weaponry of this sort being used as memorials around the world. Unless somehow obtained privately, cannons like these are still US govt. property, making it's theft a Federal crime. Having said that, I'd be surprised if that cannon wasn't melted down by now.