My son Jeremy, our friend Doug, and I were hunting an old house site today and dug a nice little boot pistol. Not sure what it is yet as we haven't cleaned it.
Re: Dug a nice boot pistol today (a couple of new photos posted)
Cleaning this little pistol has been a very slow process. It is close to being finished, so I will post some updated photos tomorrow.
As with many other relics found at this site, it appears as though this pistol has suffered extreme heat - fire damage.
It is pretty rough, and no markings are visible.
Very cool for a 100+ year old pistol...You mentioned the pieces looked like they had been in a fire...Do you know if there was a house on the site that caught fire back in the 1800s?