My Find of Tha Month <> Cap n Ball Pistol Cylinder

[tabdog]

Hi folks,

I met up with Rick and Gary of the Arkansas Treasure Hunters
Club this morning. I decided to take them to my secrete place
down on the river,

I have hunted this place for the last couple of years. It can still
produce some nice finds now and then. It is little known and it
has very little modern trash,

We hunted about 3 hours, and it was hot and muggy. Here's my
pile of goodies,

I found the remains of an old clock,

and part of an old wagon wheel,,, (COOL)

Folks,,,,, This one blew my doors off,

It is a Civil War era cap and ball pistol cylinder.

Shazam,,, WHERE"D THAT COME FROM

I feel like a little kid now. I ain't never found nothin like this
before!!!

I am coolin down now, but still excited.

Thanks fer L@@kin Yaw,

Tabdog

 

[allen]

that is one cool little find !!!

 

[2bits]

Excellent finds! Wagon wheel hub is great, but that cylinder is super, could be off a Remington 58", Colt, or a # of others. Looks to be .44cal also. .454 Round ball. HH
Doc

Electrolysis that thing and see what it looks like!

 

[vayank54]

those cylinders are not a common find. WTG

 

[BerntOut]

Super find that cylinder. Man, those things are as rare as hens teeth! Congratulations!

 

[prolab69]

how cool is that

 

[kuger]

Great find!I hope you have better luck than I finding the rest!!

 

[d2]

Great job!!! Maybe the frame is out the somewhere...d2

 

[jtshombre]

Very cool find, looks like it could also be off a 1860 Colt Army. I guess it was common back in the day of the very slow loading black powder revolvers to carry an extra cylinder or two, a civil war speed loader. It was of course much easier to change a cylinder quickly than recharge the empty cylinder.

Congrats...

 

[mastereagle22]

Very nice find. Grats.