Found a WW2 plane "crash", rifle part, bullet game token?

[cti4sw]

Found a WW2 plane "crash", rifle part, bullet game token?

Went back to a site I hit once last year for my second 2016 hunt. Great day.

Found a brass whatsit I know I've seen before; some say trigger guard piece, others say butt plate. I think it's too small to be a butt plate, but what do I know.

Then I got a coin hit that turned out to be the top of a 1950s Hubley Kiddie-Toy P-47 Thunderbolt. Not two feet away was the bottom and one wheel, but no propeller.

On my way back to my car I hit upon (and accidentally decapitated) a non-lead toy figure, maybe a policeman (no pic) and this flattened lead piece. I've heard of Civil War soldiers making game tokens from bullets, could this be one? About the size of a half dollar.

 

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[trapperart]

Congrats on your finds

 

[Loco-Digger]

Congrats, that plane cleaned up nicely.

 

[cti4sw]

Here's a pic of the figurine I beheaded lol

 

[ArDirtSlinger]

The toy Airplane is awesome!!! but reminds me of the P 47 Thunderbolt.. Congrats... Finding OLD toys is always Fun for me ....

 

[s.c.shooter]

The toy plane is really cool!

 

[joee5]

That plane, all cleaned up, looks great

 

[Peyton Manning]

yeah, that is no p 40

 

[cti4sw]

The toy Airplane is awesome!!! but reminds me of the P 47 Thunderbolt.. Congrats... Finding OLD toys is always Fun for me ....

Ok! I was having a hard time matching it to a pic. That's why I share online, someone always knows

 

[digmesomestuff]

Looks more like a Seversky P-35 to me. In any case, it's very a cool item!

 

[NOLA_Ken]

The plane is great! The first thing though isn't a gun part, it looks more like part of a handle or something, whatever it is, it looks to have been riveted to something iron

 

[ScubaDetector]

Love the plane. Toys are tops on my list. Thanks for the pictures

 

[Professor of Engineering]

The plane cleaned up nicely! Congratulations!

 

[kingskid1611]

Beautiful!

 

[cti4sw]

Looks more like a Seversky P-35 to me. In any case, it's very a cool item!

I got the impression that Hubley made their own plane that was a mixture of a P-40, P-47, and F4U. So it may have elements of a few in it.

 

[SeabeeRon]

Your title had me there for a minute! I was expecting a WWII plane crash site somewhere in Europe!

Love the finds though, thanks for sharing!

Go Navy!!