I found this metal detecting

[Wolf1979]

I found this metal detecting , seems like a civil war cover for a gun holster, its made out of copper....any one know what this is ?

 

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[nhbenz]

Pretty nice, I’d never seen such a thing. I guessing it was originally silver plated, which from what I see online appears to be mostly attributed to Mexico. Are you near the border?
Welcome to TreasureNet!

 

[Wolf1979]

Pretty nice, I’d never seen such a thing. I guessing it was originally silver plated, which from what I see online appears to be mostly attributed to Mexico. Are you near the border?
Welcome to TreasureNet!

I found it in Torrington ct , in the woods, it does seem to be plated over copper....and thanks

 

[hucklburry]

I don't know what it is, but I want one

 

[NOLA_Ken]

https://picclick.com/Vintage-GOLD-Wild-Bill-Hickok-Cap-Guns-and-182911991971.html

 

[Rookster]

There you go, Nola_Ken has it has it nailed.

 

[nhbenz]

Good job Ken! Dang, those are some pretty fancy capguns!

 

[Wolf1979]

Looks like its figured out.... thanks for the help and replys....but yea it looks like you nailed it Nola _Ken ☺

 

[Phishfindr]

Ken's on the case! Nice ID!

 

[BLK HOLE]

I love this forum!! I am continually amazed on how quickly and accurately stuff gets ID’d

 

[NOLA_Ken]

I remembered seeing a set of these before in some antique shop. I'll bet the kid who lost that was heartbroken

 

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[sutphin]

OLE HOLSTER FIND

 

[Wolf1979]

OLE HOLSTER FIND

Ok thanks are you agreeing that it came from a cap gun and how old do u think it is....

 

[Gare]

Good job Ken i was going to say i had a set like that when i was growing up

 

[Tony in SC]

Good job! We were so poor when I was growing that one Christmas my brother got a cap pistol and I got the holster!!

I remembered seeing a set of these before in some antique shop. I'll bet the kid who lost that was heartbroken

 

[NOLA_Ken]

Ok thanks are you agreeing that it came from a cap gun and how old do u think it is....

It's from the 1950's

 

[Wolf1979]

Ok thanks for the info, ☺