Logging camp Winchester 1894 saddle ring carbine

[highnam]

I posted this Carbine in my first post on this site over four years ago, titled "100 year old Washington State logging camp finds".
I found this Carbine in the first week of a three year dig! Talk about setting the hook on a young md'er!
The camp suffered a fire in 1913 that burned a row of 14 bunkhouses, my family owned the property and we have roots that go back to the R.R. logging company. After this find I was fully prepared to pull every nail out of the burn site. The next 3 years produced hundreds of buttons from work clothes and suspenders of 30 different designs. The Carbine will always be my favorite "best" find.

 

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[highnam]

I would like to change the post title to 1894....don't see how to do it.

 

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[Treasure_Hunter]

I would like to change the post title to 1894....don't see how to do it.

Title changed.

 

[A2coins]

wow you say that hooked i say you swallowed the hook were netted and mounted adter that great job thanks for the great post

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[highnam]

wow you say that hooked i say you swallowed the hook were netted and mounted adter that great job thanks for the great post

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Haha!! I wish I knew what I had dug up at the time, I hunt and own guns but I'm not a collector and had no idea what kind of gun it was...I called my buddy (non-metal detector) who knows his guns and he drove over and just about died, he freaked out and I knew it was a cool gun find. Now I realize just how cool it was. Thanks A2...appreciate the encouragement you give myself and others on here

 

[A2coins]

Thanks for the kind words. I text on my phone with my big fingers and later realize al my type Os and Es and Rs and Ts and Bs lol

 

[hbru123]

That is absolutely amazing! Congrats on the finds!!!

 

[scruggs]

SPECTACULAR FIND!!!

 

[Lanny in AB]

Unique finds for sure!

Nicely done, and all the best,

Lanny

 

[highnam]

Thank you, fellas!!

 

[Goldfinger450]

Cool find, it is surprising how even old rusty guns hold our interest.

 

[highnam]

Cool find, it is surprising how even old rusty guns hold our interest.

I agree...I think more would be found if they weren't passed up by a iron tone. I was lucky and found it before I knew how to read my machine, just dug anything that made noise. Haha

 

[Johnnybravo300]

Amazing!

 

[Gare]

AMAZING find Do you need help detecting that camp ? LOL
Thanks for sharing