Derringer Cap Gun Reunited with Owner!

[payload77]

I found this at an old tavern and hotel in Pa. The property owner has lived there since 1950. He helicoptered me as a detected. I pulled this out if the dirt, and his eyes lit up. He got it as a gift when he was a boy, and lost it. He's 65 years old now, but when he held it for the first time in 55 years, he looked like a little boy again. He cleaned it up that day, and it still works! He couldn't be happier.

 

[releventchair]

Your pic and story are well worth his keepsake staying with him. Congrats!
Them detector things work. l.o.l.

 

[retire05]

Those are the things that really make this hobby worthwhile. Great job and great story...Brad

 

[payload77]

Yeah! He told me I could keep whatever I found, but there was no way I was seperating him from childhood nastalgia. For what?

 

[qaela4]

Some things are worth way more than money.

 

[CoinandRelicMan]

Yeah! He told me I could keep whatever I found, but there was no way I was seperating him from childhood nastalgia. For what?

Great heart there Great story , making a friend happy is a higher calling than

 

[ajaj]

Excellent find and nice return! I love term "helicoptered" or "helicoptering", though I hate it when it happens.

aj