Small Pistol

Relichunter1 · Dec 18, 2011

Went out today to a local school and did a little detecting with the kids. I basically assisted my youngest with her treasure hunting by doing the labor end "digging". We found a few modern coins and plenty of hair pins and aluminum foil. After about 2 hours and a few bucks in change we went to a local coffee shop and spent it on a fruit smoothie and a donut. Went back home and I was still restles...s as I did not have a find myself, so I took my Tesoro Tejon and hit the property for a few hours. One thing I was pretty sure of was that I pretty much cleaned it up in the last 8 years and did not expect too much. But I just added the Tejon to my arsenal of detectors and you know, "you just never know". One thing I have to say is this Tejon performs like a champ! Properly ground balanced, gain set at 9-10, slight threshold this machine was nailing the smallest targets inches below the ground that my previous detector missed! After about an hour of searching and being completly amazed at the performance, the Tejon SCREAMED loud telling me to "Dig," only 2 to 3 inches under the soil comes out this cool black powder pistol ! The handle all gone after 160 years in the ground and trigger guard rusted out, but still a find of the day for me.

birdman · Dec 18, 2011

That is a killer display piece. Awesome find.

CladMagnet · Dec 18, 2011

cool!!

worldtalker · Dec 18, 2011

GOT THAT RIGHT!

birdman said:
That is a killer display piece. Awesome find.

PikesPeakCharlie · Dec 18, 2011

Sweeeeeeet pistol !!!!!!!1 :headbang:

love it !!! Congrats

James from TN · Dec 18, 2011

That is a fantastic boot pistol! You just don't see them very often. Looks to be in great shape.

Imnengr · Dec 18, 2011

That is SUPER COOL! :headbang:

kuger · Dec 18, 2011

Awesome bud!!!!!That must have been a common sidearm here.I know of five of the exact gun dug now....one just a couple days ago.
The Tejon does breathe new life into old sites...gets down to that next layer!! :thumbsup:

Nooberz · Dec 18, 2011

Wonderful find!!

wwwtimmcp · Dec 18, 2011

way cool find relichunter1, and thank you for sharing.

BosnMate · Dec 18, 2011

Great find! That pistol probably never had a trigger guard. The trigger tucked up into the frame and when the gun was cocked, the trigger dropped down for use. I used to have one that was still good enough to shoot, but it was long ago traded away, so I don't have a photo just off hand.

jewelerguy · Dec 18, 2011

very cool find :thumbsup:

kuger · Dec 19, 2011

BosnMate said:
Great find! That pistol probably never had a trigger guard. The trigger tucked up into the frame and when the gun was cocked, the trigger dropped down for use. I used to have one that was still good enough to shoot, but it was long ago traded away, so I don't have a photo just off hand.

Thats right! :thumbsup:

tigerbeetle · Dec 19, 2011

That sure looks like what's left of a Philadelphia Der(r)inger .45-caliber percussion -- among the most famous handguns in the history of our free-fire nation.

kuger · Dec 19, 2011

Posted by Big Cy

flatbuttonman · Dec 19, 2011

Relichunter1 said:
Went out today to a local school and did a little detecting with the kids. I basically assisted my youngest with her treasure hunting by doing the labor end "digging". We found a few modern coins and plenty of hair pins and aluminum foil. After about 2 hours and a few bucks in change we went to a local coffee shop and spent it on a fruit smoothie and a donut. Went back home and I was still restles...s as I did not have a find myself, so I took my Tesoro Tejon and hit the property for a few hours. One thing I was pretty sure of was that I pretty much cleaned it up in the last 8 years and did not expect too much. But I just added the Tejon to my arsenal of detectors and you know, "you just never know". One thing I have to say is this Tejon performs like a champ! Properly ground balanced, gain set at 9-10, slight threshold this machine was nailing the smallest targets inches below the ground that my previous detector missed! After about an hour of searching and being completly amazed at the performance, the Tejon SCREAMED loud telling me to "Dig," only 2 to 3 inches under the soil comes out this cool black powder pistol ! The handle all gone after 160 years in the ground and trigger guard rusted out, but still a find of the day for me.

Very cool!! find and in great shape for its age,good luck next time out
flatbuttonman

Relichunter1 · Dec 20, 2011

Thanks for the update information on this pistol folks ! :icon_thumright:

ivan salis · Dec 20, 2011

similar to the type lincoln was shot with - phildelphia style (barrel screws off / on for loading ) single shot blackpowder / percussion cap derringer - might be caliber wize 36 / 41 / 44 / 45 all were common blackpowder calibers :thumbsup:

way cool find.