I always wanted one of these.

[kenley]

Back in the late 50's, I worked next door to the shipping dept. They had a stencil machine that I could
use anytime I wanted. I labeled anything and everything. I always wish I could get one of my own.
Last December, I walked down to the East end of a wild pecan grove before daylight and set down with my back to a cottonwood tree waiting on the sun and some squirrels. I just lay my pistol agross my lap and with the sun at my back it's easy to pick off squirrels. I just let them lay until I get my 10. Then I holster the pistol and walk around picking them up. I spotted a wheel thing in a pile of leaves against a deadfall and investigated. I was my long sought after stencil machine, a quarter mile from a dirt road and 10 miles from the nearest town. There was no way I could carry it out, so I borrowed my near blind neighbors two wheel dolly and the next morning I picked 10 more squirrels and the stencil machine. My neighbor and I played with it and couldn't make it do anything. He suggested I leave it with him and let him "play with it." Last month, he ask me when I was going to pick it up. I don't know what he did, but it works well. We decided that it was dropped by a tornado.
Thanks for looking.

[buckshot]

Hey kenley,
That's a neat find! Good to hear you got it working.

[crazyjarhead]

I used one of those in the military for years

[AKiwi]

Ya waited so long....and then it came...
By the way, what do you do with the squirrels?

[trusty]

That brings back some memories!!

[allen]

im glad you finally got one,
even if it did take you 50 years !

[brendan1414]

thats incredible, and that squirrel hunting sounds awesome... u eat 10 a day? lol

[montepollock]

Iv,e never used one but would if I had one.
Thats a great find,obviously couldn,e have been there long.
HH,Mont

[dog, the treasure hunter]

great story and with photos,thanks. dog

[insulator-king]

What a neat story.

How much does it weigh?

[EMC45]

Reminds me of USN bootcamp. I have a nice Marsh ink brush for use with those stencils. I have it filled with gun oil. Puts a nice coat of oil on guns.

[HuntNdig]

cool!!

[kenley]

I was just using the stencil machine last night (labeling storage bins) in answer to the Insulator King: It weighs about "a double hernia " for a 72 yr. old fat man.
Brendan and Akiwi: The young ones get pan fried with biscuits and gravy. I share with my country cousin and they don't last long. The older ones go in the freezer for squirrel stew and dumplings.
I really enjoy just getting out in the creek bottoms and exploring the old homesteads.

[AKiwi]

Sound good, keep it up/going
Cheers AKiwi

[spartacus53]

Nice little freebie there

I just hope they won't be seeing treasure.net stenciled graffiti in your little town, they may trace it back to you

[airborne1092]

BTW Kenley,

I noticed you have/had three children in the service. Thank you for your sacrifice as a parent. You must be proud!


Bice find, BTW!