PetesPockets55
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- All Treasure Hunting
I certainly wasn't expecting this find the last day of July, especially since I have already found 2 this year. (First Handgun link , Second Handgun Link )
I've been working crazy this summer and stopped by the same site as before, for an hour, on my way to a slow Saturday of working on some memorial plaques.
I found a bike frame and a couple of toasted zincolns when I got a signal in the low 80's about 4" down on my AT Max. (Sure to be a nickel.)
Well I see this white handle for what I assume is a kids toy pistol.
For posterity I stopped digging and got a couple of in-situ pictures with my phone.
There was even some of the greeninsh/grey pot metal in the dirt around the grip.
And a plastic bag laying next to it.
I grab the grip and confirm it is white plastic by looking at the back.
But when i reached into the hole for the rest of the "cap gun" I pulled out a piece that seemed to be a cylinder.
Kind of odd that a kids cap gun would feel that heavy. Hmmm...
When I grabbed the barrel I knew it wasn't a cap gun. No image of the barrel in-situ and I haven't measured the length of the barrel.
(It's funny how the mind changes gears slowwwwly when we've already convinced ourselves about something.)
And this image show the handle grommet/rivet that helped me id the manufacturer, Hi-Standard.
After some research (once SPhillips had pointed me in the right direction) I found info at the following link that leads me to believe this is a Hi-Standard Model W-106 produced in about 1971.
The manufacturer used aluminum for the W-105 according to the link and started using steel for the frame on the Model W-106 in 1971. (Sears was a customer.)
Most of the info I came across said these were reliable guns and fairly well made for being inexpensive.
The manufacturer (Hi-Standard link) started in 1927(?) in Hamden, Ct. but ceased in 2018.
Thanks for looking and I hope you enjoyed the thread.
PP55
I've been working crazy this summer and stopped by the same site as before, for an hour, on my way to a slow Saturday of working on some memorial plaques.
I found a bike frame and a couple of toasted zincolns when I got a signal in the low 80's about 4" down on my AT Max. (Sure to be a nickel.)
Well I see this white handle for what I assume is a kids toy pistol.
For posterity I stopped digging and got a couple of in-situ pictures with my phone.
There was even some of the greeninsh/grey pot metal in the dirt around the grip.
And a plastic bag laying next to it.
I grab the grip and confirm it is white plastic by looking at the back.
But when i reached into the hole for the rest of the "cap gun" I pulled out a piece that seemed to be a cylinder.
Kind of odd that a kids cap gun would feel that heavy. Hmmm...
When I grabbed the barrel I knew it wasn't a cap gun. No image of the barrel in-situ and I haven't measured the length of the barrel.
(It's funny how the mind changes gears slowwwwly when we've already convinced ourselves about something.)
And this image show the handle grommet/rivet that helped me id the manufacturer, Hi-Standard.
After some research (once SPhillips had pointed me in the right direction) I found info at the following link that leads me to believe this is a Hi-Standard Model W-106 produced in about 1971.
The manufacturer used aluminum for the W-105 according to the link and started using steel for the frame on the Model W-106 in 1971. (Sears was a customer.)
Most of the info I came across said these were reliable guns and fairly well made for being inexpensive.
The manufacturer (Hi-Standard link) started in 1927(?) in Hamden, Ct. but ceased in 2018.
Thanks for looking and I hope you enjoyed the thread.
PP55
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