60streeter
Senior Member
DUG THIS 50 CALIBER SMITH CARBINE BACK IN 73 WHILE BOTTLE DIGGING
WHILE BOTTLE DIGGING
WOW! THAT IS AWESOME.... COULD IT BE A HENRY?Found it in a woods. The roots had pushed the end out of the ground and I eye balled it. I’m thinking it’s 1830s
CAP GUNS ARE COOL!SERIOUSLY!! Ya'll found these things. I absolutely live under a very large rock. Dang well done on these finds. MDM I love how you put the whole gun next to the parts you found. I have found two guns detecting and they both took full rolls of caps.
Im guessing it was probably was made local. There where a lot of Pennsylvania gun smiths back than. I looked on the brass and silver parts for a makers mark with no luck. To find a old gun is cool. But to find a old gun that exploded is over the top. There are so many possibilities of how it happen.WOW! THAT IS AWESOME.... COULD IT BE A HENRY?
COULDNT HAVE BEEN A PLEASANT EXPERIENCE THAT IS FOR SURE. THE GUN I DUG WAS FOUND AT AN OLD GUNSMITH SITE. THE BUTT END WAS STICKING OUT OF THE GROUND JUST A COUPLE OF FEET FROM PAVEMENTIm guessing it was probably was made local. There where a lot of Pennsylvania gun smiths back than. I looked on the brass and silver parts for a makers mark with no luck. To find a old gun is cool. But to find a old gun that exploded is over the top. There are so many possibilities of how it happen.
What detector do you us to find them??The best I have found so far...
Cool lol... I'm not a big dirt guy anymore but found part of a belgium boot pistol... found it on a 1700's customers property the house was once a tavern... next to a huge old tree he may have been taking a leak behind lol...The best I have found so far...
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Very cool! I need to go back and see if I can find the side plate for the flintlock barrel I found late last fallFlintlock plate, probably late 1700's or early 1800's. First photo is how it looked out of the ground, second is after electrolysis and third is after I coated it with rust converter.
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