First time in awhile I logged into T-net truth and the very first posting I see is of you with another fantastic find. Congratulations old buddy. Also so very sad to hear about the queen. Don
Wow that probably in the early 1800s amounted to several dollars of buying power. How did that old timer allow so much money carelessly get lost in one small area.? Huge congrats.
Back in the later 1970s Asia would always see an old school friend and his older brother around town detecting and it intrigued me. Finally around 1988 I went to visit him and to ask him where I could buy one. He had recently upgraded detectors and said he would sell me his older one. I don't...
Congrats on the really cool find. Somehow I got logged out of T net awhile back and now the whole layout looks different then on tapatalk. Anyway I missed the backstory on your find. That's either an original 1858 Remington revolver or a repo of one which they've been making repos for over 40...
Congratulations I believe that to be gold. Misshapen as it is if it was other metal goldplated there would be tell tale signs on not gold. The color looks right too. Have a jeweler test it.