As promised - Here is the revolver after 14 days of cooking

[creskol]

It looks like there are 5 balls still in the cylinder, but the chambers are empty otherwise. Is that a bit odd?
The bluish/white shininess you see is uncured preservation solution.

The oblong thing that I originally thought was a big pocket knife turned out to be an old glasses case.
It was in the hot pot for the same amount of time.

The first photo is the revolver as found. The last four are of the glasses case.

 

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[billb]

It looks like there are 5 balls still in the cylinder, but the chambers are empty otherwise. Is that a bit odd?
The bluish/white shininess you see is uncured preservation solution.

The oblong thing that I originally thought was a big pocket knife turned out to be an old glasses case.
It was in the hot pot for the same amount of time.

The first photo is the revolver as found. The last four are of the glasses case.

This is such a beautiful recovery Congratulations

 

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[billb]

This is such a beautiful recovery Congratulations

 

[eyemustdigtreasure]

It looks like there are 5 balls still in the cylinder, but the chambers are empty otherwise. Is that a bit odd?
The bluish/white shininess you see is uncured preservation solution.

The oblong thing that I originally thought was a big pocket knife turned out to be an old glasses case.
It was in the hot pot for the same amount of time.

The first photo is the revolver as found. The last four are of the glasses case.

Well, could be the black powder went bye-bye, leaving the round balls alone...!
Very, VERY Cool Find...!

 

[creskol]

Thank you all for your replies.

 

[UnderMiner]

Nothing is more satisfying than stabilizing and preserving a relic, especially when it's a cap and ball revolver!

 

[Mud Hut]

Golly! That is freakin beautiful.

 

[ecmo]

Golly! That is freakin beautiful.

Golly! That is freakin beautifu

 

[ecmo]

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 years. Don't know if you were at an old site with Civil War possibilities or not as I missed all that. I'd say it's original.

Don

 

[KY Treasure Hunter]

Beautiful cleaning job! congratulations!

 

[eyemustdigtreasure]

For relics, I'd choose weapons over most everything else...!

 

[devldog]

What a Great Restoration job on one Great artifact and piece of our History. Job Well Done to say the very least. That is one beautiful revolver. Congrat's, and Thanks for sharing this with us. This made my day.

 

[Cletus]

very nice !!

 

[Georgivs]

Incredible finds, was it still loaded?
edit: nevermind, I see that was addressed on the first page. Still getting used to the new forum format

 

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[Jim in Idaho]

Explain?
Walgreens is political now? You are cheering for law breaking shoplifters now? You hate San Francisco? What are you trying to say?

Beautiful job! I'd love to have a revolver like that. It's a cap and ball, so the chambers would have been filled with powder but there would have been no brass cartridge. Likely the powder leached out if they are empty.

Or, the owner was killed in the act of loading.... and only got the balls loaded...
Jim

 

[ArfieBoy]

Great cleanup job! Beautiful pistol! Thanks so much for sharing with us all.

 

[creskol]

Thank you all! It is a special find for me for sure.

 

[Jim in Idaho]

Forgive me Creskol...I forgot to mention what a terrific find that is. I can only dream. And a great job of cleanup!
Jim

 

[metaldiggr]

Wow, sweet find!

 

[PetesPockets55]

Great find and fantastic conservation.

I may have missed the ID but were you able to determine a year and model?