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sweet gun - 7/27/2009 7:53:31 PM    judu   Posts: 307 Joined: 7/7/2009 From: greenville sc Status: offline i found this gun today with a bunch of bottles. the bottles are from the 20s and 30s, i wonder if this gun is from then too?.. Attachment (1) Post #: 1

RE: sweet gun - 7/27/2009 7:55:33 PM    GuntherHess Posts: 11468 Joined: 12/13/2004 From: Frederick Maryland Status: offline looks a bit like an oreo, have you tried dipping it in milk? Sorry, dont know much about weapons made after 1865 _____________________________ FREE Online Medicine Guide - http://www.antiquemedicines.com/MedicineNexus/Nexus.htm Web Site - http://antiquemedicines.com Email : mknapp@antiquemedicines.com (in reply to judu) Post #: 2

RE: sweet gun - 7/27/2009 8:49:21 PM    judu   Posts: 307 Joined: 7/7/2009 From: greenville sc Status: offline yea, looks like an oreo indeed, if i cant find anything else in the house, i might give it a try... (in reply to GuntherHess) Post #: 3

RE: sweet gun - 7/27/2009 8:51:57 PM    privvydigger Posts: 2591 Joined: 7/16/2006 From: Heart of the Coal Regions Status: offline I need the chamber off one of those for one we found. _____________________________ thx privvydigger gtr'dug Collector of all Coaldale & Lansford, And love digging Summit Hill, Mauch Chunk & Tamaqua, Pa. sodas, beers, milks..... (in reply to GuntherHess) Post #: 4

RE: sweet gun - 7/27/2009 8:52:40 PM    privvydigger Posts: 2591 Joined: 7/16/2006 From: Heart of the Coal Regions Status: offline definately a cool find and who knows where its been _____________________________ thx privvydigger gtr'dug Collector of all Coaldale & Lansford, And love digging Summit Hill, Mauch Chunk & Tamaqua, Pa. sodas, beers, milks..... (in reply to privvydigger) Post #: 5

RE: sweet gun - 7/27/2009 9:28:37 PM    RICKJJ59W Posts: 10973 Joined: 3/8/2007 From: Lehigh Valley US of A Status: offline maybe a snub nose 25 cal.I cant see the barrel _____________________________ My web site. Lots of privy and dump dig pictures.(New look) Also dig story's I wrote, published in Antique Bottle & Glass Collector magazine. www.19thcenturybottlediggers.com (in reply to judu) Post #: 6

RE: sweet gun - 7/27/2009 11:27:23 PM    judu   Posts: 307 Joined: 7/7/2009 From: greenville sc Status: offline i have it soaking overnight so tommorow you might can see it a little better. i was thinking of where this gun has been and how it made its way to the city dump. i bet theres some really interesting history about this gun that i will never know..... (in reply to RICKJJ59W) Post #: 7

RE: sweet gun - 7/28/2009 12:36:53 AM    capsoda Posts: 9823 Joined: 11/15/2005 From: Seminole,Alabama, USA Status: offline quote: maybe a snub nose 25 cal.I cant see the barrel Hey, Hey....that is a barrel and caliber impaired pistol man... Take it easy with the harsh language..... Looks pretty gone to me. They must have eaten alot of tomatoes and peppers for their poop to cause that kind of damage. < Message edited by capsoda -- 7/28/2009 12:38:29 AM > _____________________________ Warren Diggin down in Dixie, USA Work is for people who don't dig bottles President, Panhandle Cruisers http://www.panhandlecruisers.org/ http://www.bornagainamerican.org (in reply to judu) Post #: 8

RE: sweet gun - 7/28/2009 5:55:19 AM    RICKJJ59W Posts: 10973 Joined: 3/8/2007 From: Lehigh Valley US of A Status: offline lol _____________________________ My web site. Lots of privy and dump dig pictures.(New look) Also dig story's I wrote, published in Antique Bottle & Glass Collector magazine. www.19thcenturybottlediggers.com (in reply to capsoda) Post #: 9

RE: sweet gun - 2/2/2010 9:43:24 PM    riverdiver   Posts: 621 Joined: 6/27/2009 From: The Lake Sunapee region of NH Status: offline Hey I found one of those too, mine is a little more rusty though... Attachment (1) _____________________________ Will dive anywhere, anytime for awesome old glass (except in ICE WATER)...Matt aka Lucky! (in reply to RICKJJ59W) Post #: 10

RE: sweet gun - 2/2/2010 10:44:05 PM    judu   Posts: 307 Joined: 7/7/2009 From: greenville sc Status: offline nice find riverdiver, did you find that underwater?...if so, makes you wonder what kind of shady past that gun has .... (in reply to riverdiver) Post #: 11

RE: sweet gun - 2/3/2010 9:00:52 AM    riverdiver   Posts: 621 Joined: 6/27/2009 From: The Lake Sunapee region of NH Status: offline Hi judu, I did find it underwater, it was down stream of a bridge in the center of a major city. Since this is a cool subject we are on, I will add one more photo of another gun. I was contacted by a local police department and asked if I could train some of their 'diving' officers in search and recovery techniques with an u/w metal detector. We chose a blackwater river in their district and proceeded to 'mow the lawn' with a 10'sq grid. About halfway though the tank the officer pictured, wrote on his slate that he thought he was detecting a length of pipe. I instructed him to recover it so we could verify it and this is what surfaced. It has been identified as an 1850's cap and ball rifle and was a very common hunting rifle, it is completely intact and since the officer was on duty, his Chief would not let him keep it so it is in my collection now. Sometimes it pays to be the teacher and not the student. Attachment (1) _____________________________ Will dive anywhere, anytime for awesome old glass (except in ICE WATER)...Matt aka Lucky! (in reply to judu) Post #: 12

RE: sweet gun - 2/4/2010 12:13:11 AM    Rockhounder55 Posts: 810 Joined: 7/22/2008 From: Winnemucca, NV. Status: offline That's an incredible find riverdiver. The rifle, I mean. It's in remarkably good shape for being underwater, compared to your pistol above.  ~Mike _____________________________ I see dead bottles.............and they're all broken. (in reply to riverdiver) Post #: 13

RE: sweet gun - 2/4/2010 6:33:55 AM    riverdiver   Posts: 621 Joined: 6/27/2009 From: The Lake Sunapee region of NH Status: offline Hi Rockhounder55, You are correct about the preservation differences. The pistol was lying in a on top of the sand in a swift water river environment, whereas the rifle was embedded in a peat type of bottom with a high tannic acid content (low oxygen level) and was thus preserved to include intact brass trigger guard and butt plate, the rifle was about 12" deep into the 'peat' at about 10' deep. This river winds through farm land and only has a current during the spring snow melt and after heavy rains. Another cool note is that the barrel is octogon shaped. _____________________________ Will dive anywhere, anytime for awesome old glass (except in ICE WATER)...Matt aka Lucky! (in reply to Rockhounder55) Post #: 14

RE: sweet gun - 2/4/2010 11:24:05 PM    RedGinger Posts: 6539 Joined: 12/7/2007 Status: offline That is a really neat story, Matt.  It's a very nice looking gun, too.  Thanks for sharing the story.  What if you had just blown it off as being a pipe?  _____________________________ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zyVTdY2BI3g (in reply to riverdiver) Post #: 15

RE: sweet gun - 2/5/2010 10:53:10 AM    glass man Posts: 7554 Joined: 1/30/2008 From: GEORGIA Status: offline BET THAT OFFICER WAS TICKED OFF HE COULDN'T KEEP IT!!! BET SOME ONE LONG AGO WAS TICKED OFF THEY LOST THEY HUNTING RIFLE!!! _____________________________ LET NOT YOUR HEART BE TROUBLED ! IF YOU NEED A BLESSING OR A SONG THAT WILL PICK YOU UP PLEASE LISTEN TO THIS SONG FROM"VAN THE MAN"MORRISON! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qi4R2YXv_AE (in reply to RedGinger) Post #: 16

RE: sweet gun - 2/5/2010 2:10:46 PM    Staunton Dan Posts: 2249 Joined: 5/5/2005 From: Batesville, VA Status: offline Here's my gun find, the barel of a 6" octagon boot pistol. I found it while digging bottles in an 1850s era privy last April. Attachment (1) _____________________________ Just when you think that you have life figured out, someone changes the rules. (in reply to glass man) Post #: 17

RE: sweet gun - 2/7/2010 10:17:17 AM    riverdiver   Posts: 621 Joined: 6/27/2009 From: The Lake Sunapee region of NH Status: offline Hey glassman, The officer was and still is upset, he is also still one of my dive partners. We have done several law enforcement recoveries since that find and he is an excellent diver with a detector and not a bad bottle digger either. He bought his own detector after that dive and has since made some great recoveries. The rifle is hidden away and when we both retire in 10 years (He is an Officer in the same town I am a FT FF-EMT) he gets the gun. _____________________________ Will dive anywhere, anytime for awesome old glass (except in ICE WATER)...Matt aka Lucky! (in reply to Staunton Dan) Post #: 18

RE: sweet gun - 2/7/2010 9:48:52 PM    Rockhounder55 Posts: 810 Joined: 7/22/2008 From: Winnemucca, NV. Status: offline Good for you, riverdiver. You're an honorable man. I would have also found a way to get that officer that gun.  ~Mike _____________________________ I see dead bottles.............and they're all broken. (in reply to riverdiver) Post #: 19

RE: sweet gun - 2/8/2010 12:17:00 AM    surfaceone Posts: 5734 Joined: 12/9/2008 Status: offline quote: The rifle is hidden away and when we both retire in 10 years (He is an Officer in the same town I am a FT FF-EMT) he gets the gun. Well done, sir. Did'ya pack it in Cosmoline? Amazing that the stock is intact! Was the wood saturated? Are you ontemplating any conservation? Or, is it all good? (in reply to riverdiver) Post #: 20

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