Civil War Pistol Frame

[Helo]

. I was hunting in a park that was once a plantation . I have dug old farm tools , parts of wood burning stoves and the typical iron infested site stuff there before. This morning I thought I would swing the EX II there to see what I might stumble upon. After about 20 minutes of digging a few pieces of junk, a brass whatsit and a few pennies, I get a deep warbly high tone at the bottom of the depth meter. I was running wide open IM and auto 25 at the time, with the stock coil. After digging a good 6" plug ,I wave the X1 probe in the hole and it sings like a canary. I dig a few more inches out with my digging tool and I see green metal, I figured it was another piece of old brass so I pried it out of the hole, and was surprised to find myself holding what I immediately knew was a real old gun, and not just another toy. The weight and the rusted metal parts and what looked like a "crack barrel design" convinced me I had finally found an old gun, something I always wanted to find.After looking through some books for comparison, I am pretty sure its a Smith and Wesson # 1. Second Issue 22 Short cal. revolver , used by the union army during the Civil War..The added pic is from "The Civil War Catalog" book page246.
I scanned the hole with the X1 but it didn't hit again, I know this land was bulldozed at one time so the barrel is probably rusted away or lost forever, .. Thanks for looking..HH.. Helo aka..LaDigger

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[EDDE]

[seger98]

Wow, now that's a cool find!


Chris

[crazyjarhead]

Thats really a cool find

[johnreb1980]

Very nice find, way to go.

[phantomfinder]

Thats a super cool find,wtg

[rammjäger]

Amazing find ! - Congrats.
This pistol's trigger was called "mexican Trigger" if I'm not
mistaken. Without the normal Trigger ward it must have been
dangerous to handle ....
HH.
Mike