Piece Of Americana Found In Pieces, Silver And My 18th Brass Nozzle

[Natman]

Hello fellow TNetters,

I got permission to hunt another yard up the street..I tried in vain to find a silver coin, but I didn't even find a wheatie.

I think I made up for it though..first on one side of the house I pulled up part of an old cap gun. I waved the coil over the hole again and still got a signal..it ended up being a crusty old barrel. You could just imagine my surprise when I got home to clean it off and saw whose name was engraved on the side.

Needless to say it was in bad shape..if only the elements were more kind to these long-lost metal objects..

Side view

Front view

Close-up of the stallion next to Gene's name

I tried relentless ly to find the trigger and hammer but no luck..it appears this model is a break-open type gun, where the trigger is actually part of the piece that breaks open. It may have disintegrated along with the other parts.

On the other side of the house I got a dime signal, so I started to dig..under about 2 inches was this little bootie..then I saw a chain. When I picked the chain out of the grass roots I could swear I saw 2 little booties, but when I looked at it again there was nothing in my hand but the chain. Finally I picked up the signals again and found both in the grass. They ended up being SILVER !

So I ended up finding silver anyway..not in the form of coins, but in the form of 2 small booties.

I also found ANOTHER brass nozzle for my ever-growing collection. Here's a pic of the entire bunch for your viewing pleasure..I never knew there were so many different varieties of these things.

Hope everyone had a good day and happy hunting!

Nat

 

[JJS NEW ENGLAND]

IT WAS WORTH THE TRY. YOU WILL GET SILVER NEXT TIME. HH

 

[crazyjarhead]

Nice finds, Natman. They should call you the "nozzle Man"

 

[Nana40]

That's a great gun, Nat, but I LOVE the bracelet! 8) Great collection you got going too!

Congrats on that silver! Nana

 

[watercolor]

When I was a kid, I parked myself in front of the old B&W TV every
Saturday morning to watch Gene Autry. . . I wanted one of those guns sooooo bad!

(The bracelet & nozzles are cool too )

Take care & HH!
watercolor

 

[bongo1962]

Nozzleman, nozzleman finds a nozzle wherever he can, is he hot? listen bud he's got Brasso in his blood. Watchout, here comes the nozzleman. Cool stuff, Bongo

 

[silverfreak]

That gun is cool
The silver charms are sweet too

 

[Baggins]

That gun is way cool! Looks like a great day to me!
HH
Baggins

 

[Rob66]

Them boots are cool.Nice finds

 

[ModernMiner]

Nat,
I'm totally jealous of your nozzle collection. I started saving those too, but only have about 6 or 7 so far.
I saw a picture in a magazine where the person drilled some holes in some weathered looking wood, mounted the nozzles in the holes, and then hung stuff on the nozzles.
Man, you got a great collection going there. Thanks for posting that picture for us to see all the different varieties.
Congrats on your finds,
MM

 

[Evolution]

I like the gun Nat. I've got a few of those nozzles too but no where near that many. Cool stuff!

 

[sfinder]

Nice stuff, and the nozzles are quite designer!

 

[Captn SE]

Nat, that's one heck of a nozzle collection you have there. You'll never need to buy another one.

Nice booty chain too!! Silver is silver!!

HH,
CAPTN SE
Dan

 

[wyattrr]

Nice Digs Nat...The Toy Gun is way cool. I'm surprised by the overall condition. You still found Silver even though you didn't score any coins...It's all good. The next time out You'll being showing us that Diamond Ring you just found... HH

 

[Merf]

Neat finds Nat [---Love that gun

 

[allen]

the gun is still a cool conversational piece...

 

[unclejesse67]

I keep finding those nozzles too. They hit like deep quarters.