Some Interesting Relics from FL

[cambria09]

Hello All. I dug these items with Btoots at a wooded site that has an old road running thru it to a long gone 1890's home site.

Got the usual miscellaneous items and a few unusual ones including a melted silver spoon pc, a glass insulator, a coin changer, a tiny vintage style lock, and part of gun.

The gun looks to be nickel plated brass and seems like it was made to be concealed or for someone with a small hand.

Also dug a strange looking gold?? ring...probably copper though.

Thanks for the view Good Luck out there. C9

 

[GaRebel1861]

I've dug that exact same little lock here in Georgia. Have any idea of it's use? I thought maybe a diary book lock? ?

 

[PikesPeakCharlie]

Congrats on a great hunt !!! I found a pistol this fall that I believe is almost ,if not exactly like yours, when spring comes back around I'm gonna be searching for the cylinder and barrel

 

[Professor of Engineering]

Congratualtions on the cool relics!

 

[scruggs]

Congratulations on your nice assortment of finds! Good luck on your next adventure!

 

[Kurios1]

You are always finding such cool old relics. That Model T Ford is like one I recovered a few months back. SWEET! That tiny old lock is the CUTEST! A real gun is almost always a Bucket List Find for folks. Nice pair of old brass cosmetics items. Nice. Lots of nice old head stamp brass shells. Four of them appear to be dropped before firing. Even a cool old ring. You are a real treasure hunter mate. Always a nice selection of cool finds. Almost like a visit to a museum.

 

[vpnavy]

Nice assortment of finds Cambria09. Now - what I can tell from your pictures - you found (what looks like) a S&W Model 1 made between 1860-1868!

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HOWEVER, what is throwing me is the hinge location - can't seem to find a "tip-up" with that location...

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I left a picture of your find on a S&W Forum I belong to - will let you know what they think it is...

 

[Trezurehunter]

Congrats on some great looking relics.

 

[Phishfarmer]

Nice finds. I lived in Florida 5 years and only managed to find a bunch of clad and a few rings.

 

[sprailroad]

Cambria, I've found two Ford keys like that years ago. One of them has a small circle with a "B" inside it, below Ford, where the "Diamond" is on yours, IT was made of nickel/silver by "Briggs & Stratton, 1919-1920, the other, just like you have with the diamond is made of brass, around 1926 I believe. Very early pin and tumbler ignition keys, very neat to find.

 

[Carolina Tom]

Well done C9! I like the blue glass insulator and the little lock.

the gun is something that I've always wanted to find. all mine have been toy guns so far.

Congrats on good luck to you sir!

 

[treblehunter]

Nice finds, ring looks gold to me, I'm thinking 10 K.

 

[against the wind]

Yep, I'm thinking same as treble.
Get the ring tasted. It does look like gold.
Congratulations on a really nice assortment of finds.

 

[cambria09]

You are always finding such cool old relics. That Model T Ford is like one I recovered a few months back. SWEET! That tiny old lock is the CUTEST! A real gun is almost always a Bucket List Find for folks. Nice pair of old brass cosmetics items. Nice. Lots of nice old head stamp brass shells. Four of them appear to be dropped before firing. Even a cool old ring. You are a real treasure hunter mate. Always a nice selection of cool finds. Almost like a visit to a museum.

Hello Kurios1. Thanks for the kind comments...I try hard to out dig my buddy Mike (Btoots) but he has found some even better items at this site.

You aint too bad yourself...I've seen some great finds from your shovel as well.

Keep the faith and we'll keep the light on for 'ya down here. C9

 

[Kurios1]

Nice assortment of finds Cambria09. Now - what I can tell from your pictures - you found (what looks like) a S&W Model 1 made between 1860-1868!

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HOWEVER, what is throwing me is the hinge location - can't seem to find a "tip-up" with that location...

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I left a picture of your find on a S&W Forum I belong to - will let you know what they think it is...

Jeff, you are a very considerate man. Well done mate!

 

[vpnavy]

cambria09 - sent ya a PM. Need to know if the "pistol" is attracted to a magnet.

 

[WaterScoop]

Awesome relics. Here is some info I dug up:



3rd Issue Edition

The Model 1, 3rd Issue represented a substantial redesign for the Model 1, with a fluted cylinder, a round barrel and a rounded "bird's head" style grip. Finishes included full nickel plating, full blued steel, and a "half plate" nickel/blue combo, and there were two barrel lengths offered by the factory. Variants include the "square" and "triangular" top strap design that changed around serial number 9,500. The 3rd Issue guns were produced from 1868 through 1882 with serial numbers from 1 through approximately 131,000



You have a Model 1 Third Issue. I believe the hinge is for the barrel to swing up.

Cheers & Merry Christmas

 

[vpnavy]

3rd Issue Edition

The Model 1, 3rd Issue represented a substantial redesign for the Model 1, with a fluted cylinder, a round barrel and a rounded "bird's head" style grip. Finishes included full nickel plating, full blued steel, and a "half plate" nickel/blue combo, and there were two barrel lengths offered by the factory. Variants include the "square" and "triangular" top strap design that changed around serial number 9,500. The 3rd Issue guns were produced from 1868 through 1882 with serial numbers from 1 through approximately 131,000...

Noppa! The "hinge" (see red line) swing is in a different position. I am (now) leaning to a non-S&W pistol probably made in Belgium...

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[Steve in PA]

I also dug a little lock like that. I'm not sure of their age or use.

 

[WaterScoop]

Noppa! The "hinge" (see red line) swing is in a different position. I am (now) leaning to a non-S&W pistol probably made in Belgium...

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Not so sure about Belgium since the serial numbers falls within the limits.
107996 out of 131000