GUN Found

[Michigan Badger]

As most of you realize, many of us here on TNet don't live in locations with lots of cool finds. Many who read this forum live in areas where a wheat cent rates up there almost with a $5 gold piece find.

I happen to be such a person.

I hold the record in our club for indian cents for this area ...about a dozen over the last 2 years

Ya! Bad area!

Anyway, yesterday I decided to go in search of pirate treasure (ya right!) and came upon this old foundation. Old here means anything over 10 years. In this case though we're talkin ancient...80+ years old.

I got a solid signal that sounded like large deep iron. Using my full sized farm shovel I dug down to about 2 1/2 feet and thought I found a property stake. Upon closer inspection I saw it was some sort of gun. I'm guessing a toy of some sort but it's pretty darn heavy soild iron.

Well, heck! Beats a deep empty Bud can!

Now aren't you glad you read all this?

HH,

Badger

 

[SilverFinger]

Nice! I'd keep that for the cool junk find box. From your badger name, it looks like you live in my neck 'o the woods. You're right, not a whole lotta history unless you're inclined to secretly hunt the sites of the French fur trade era or copper culture. But, I'm happy with a Mercury dime from time to time....

 

[TN-Joe]

Cool Find. Can't wait to see it cleaned up.
Joe

 

[Michigan Badger]

Two and a half FEET? :P You must have had more rain than I have to be able to dig that far down, Badger! But that IS a cool find!! Clean it up and let us see the results!! 8) OH...and like that silver too!

Nana

Yes it was way down there. The place was mostly sand so it was easy digging.

It's been very dry here the last few weeks. You wouldn't believe the heat. We get some days as high as low 80's

Mostly we're in the upper 60's which is almost unacceptable. Does it get this hot down there this time of year

Badger

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Dirt Fishin Dale

CW rifles for property stakes? Wow!

Years ago a friend from Arkansas told me CW stuff was all over the place where he lived. As kids they played with broken rifles and pistols they found in the fields.

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21st Century Analog Boy

No, I'm a Michigan Badger. Never been to Wisconsin.
I'd sure like to hunt Copper Culture stuff more. I have a friend who digs hundreds every year. He sells most of his finds.

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TN-Joe

Thanks! I'll try to clean up soon.

 

[EDDE]

Nice dig. I looks like a long barreled version of the stevens "tipup" single shot pistol.

Les

or a sawed down version of the rifle

 

[MrBling]

Looks like a real barrel-not a toy

 

[tsgman]

Looks like the real deal to me, cool find!

 

[Michigan Badger]

Nice dig. I looks like a long barreled version of the stevens "tipup" single shot pistol.

Les

or a sawed down version of the rifle

I thought about this too but someone wrote and told me it was originally an early flintlock pistol. Think I'll go back and dig a basement at that site

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MrBling
I now think you're right.

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tsgman

Thanks much...I agree.

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rtde3

Thanks much Bob.

Hey, when you build that big Shark Pit museum someday are you going to have a lifesize photo of Floater in it? He came up with the name and it would only be fitting

 

[mastereagle22]

Nice find there MB. I think that is cool and you are wayyyy ahead of me. I have only found 2 Indian Head pennies in almost three years of detecting.

 

[Michigan Badger]

Nice find there MB. I think that is cool and you are wayyyy ahead of me. I have only found 2 Indian Head pennies in almost three years of detecting.

You've got a few of things going for you.

1st, you're honest.

2nd, you have the determination.

3rd, you have my wisdom from which to draw

 

[mastereagle22]

Yes but someone once said that insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different result.

I would LOVE to find some more Indians but they are hard to find. Heck I only have on Buffalo nickel and it is a No-dater!

As for your wisdom I wish I lived closer so you could teach me some things.

I did love that little Tesoro you got there. Haven't turned my Deleon on in 3 months now. Maybe time to get it out and dust it off.

 

[Michigan Badger]

Yes but someone once said that insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different result.

Ah what's sanity, does anybody know?

One day in Algerbra class the teacher asked for a definition to infinity.

No one could answer.

So he said: "Infinity is the place you come to after you've been traveling forever."

I thought on this for a moment and raised my hand. I was immediately recognized and I said: Well, if that's the case, then I know what negative infinity is.

The teacher looked puzzled and ask me to tell.

I said negative infinitely is the place you come to after you've been traveling forever in the wrong direction. After the laughter died down I was dismissed from the class (as was normal for me).

That teacher thought I was nuts. The next year when I repeated the class I pulled As.

So, sanity is a very relative subject.