FANTASTIC !! HUGE CONGRATS !! So happy for you that you finally found it ! It is gorgeous !! Looks to be very heavy. How much does it weigh ?? Since the beginning of your finds until now, I thought your relic was a Flintlock Pistol, not a "musket/long gun/rifle". I couldn't tell by your image of the barrel. I know from searching about Joseph Heylin that he made pistols, muskets, blunderbusses, fowling guns etc. & used John King for the silver pieces. So judging from your butt plate, it looks like it isn't from a pistol after all.
The image I've been making has the wrong text but I can easily change things. Let me know if you would like something different & I will gladly make the adjustments. But for now, the image in this post has the old text but your latest find is included. I increased the "canvas" size from 1220 x 920 pixels to 2400 x 1600 in order to squeeze in more pieces & keep the clarity. It's great that the images that you post are 4000 to 5000 pixels & very clear. They can be "enlarged down" & keep their sharpness of clarity.
In regards to your post in the other thread when you found the thumb plate, & for any of our "TNET" members who might be interested, I use a free internet download from "GIMP - GNU IMAGE MANIPULATION PROGRAM"
It has tons of tools & functions but I only use a few for making the images I post. I started doing it a few years ago to "clean up" & enlarge old family photos suitable for framing. GIMP has its own tutorials on its website & there are great Youtube tutorials on the net. I just Google; "How do I do such & such using GIMP?" People are very helpful.
It's not that complicated but it does take a little practice to get the hang of it. It's like learning how to use a different type of metal detector or learning to play a musical instrument. What takes the most time is cutting an image out of another image and saving it to a picture file & properly following a handful of steps, then those images can be pasted onto other images in layers. Like anything, if you do it enough, it becomes second nature. I'm not an artist by any means. I couldn't draw a picture or paint a painting to save my life. My cellphone is an antique that I just use to make or receive calls in an emergency. I use an old desktop HP computer with a manual mouse & I still haven't upgraded out of Windows 7. But I enjoy fiddling around with GIMP late at night for pictures etc. for family & friends. I really enjoy your story & finds. Very worthy of a little "GIMPING
AROUND" with. Makes me feel creative. Anyone can do it if interested. Keep those parts coming !!!
A very beautiful, historic find ! You deserve it for all the effort in the mud & muck you are putting in.
Thanks for sharing. Huge congrats again !!
CHEERS !! J.T.G.
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