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Found old rusted cap gun need help identifying
JTMcC
Posts: 26 ✭
found it in the yard about 6-8 inches down.
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JTMcC
Posts: 26 ✭
JTMcC
Posts: 26 ✭
JTMcC
Posts: 26 ✭
JTMcC
Posts: 26 ✭
found it in the yard about 6-8 inches down.
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Most coin guys aren't up on cap guns.....now if you found a Smith and Wesson, 357, that might be different.
bob
yeah im sorry i just realized i was in the wrong categorie, any way a moderator or someone can move it?
Our cap gun guru @ricko should be along soon once he awakens from napping
haha thanks broad. i'm thinking its an old paper buster, but not sure the exact make. thanks for being kind even though i was in the wrong category
Welcome to the forum. This can be moved to the MD forum.
I’d be interested in hearing how old the house is and what else is there !
thank you for the welcome,
i currently rent a house, homestead built in 1840's sitting on 52-53 acres of farmland and woods. souther part of michigan.
That could be holding some good stuff. Underneath the clothesline, on the way to the outhouse, fence lines, etc. etc.
original out house is still standing
That look like it may be just a 'toy' gun, as opposed to a 'cap' gun. It appears to be simply pressed metal with rivets holding it together. It probably made a click noise when the 'trigger' was depressed.
Kind of like these......https://odo-7.top/ProductDetail.aspx?iid=51583840&pr=32.99
that does look pretty similar, i think thats what it might be! or at least the same variety
Is there a gun category I missed?
"When they can't find anything wrong with you, they create it!"
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I think you found Roy Rogers Ruger.
Likely not the original outhouse. Might be close to the original though. Outhouses were used well into the 60's. Eventually health departments cracked down on them requiring septics or cesspools. If you can locate the original outhouse locations and get the owners permission, they are great digs with often great finds that fell in or got tossed in (like bottles).
Check with a detector around large trees where couples would sit in the shade an eat a snack or their lunch while farming, etc. Check rock wall and rock fence lines with a detector for hidden stashes of coins. Whatever, make sure you have the owners permission first and an agreement that if you find anything of value how you will split it with them.
good luck searching....
bob
@JTMcC .... Just post it on the Metal Detecting forum... Interesting find... and that property will likely have a lot more to offer. Good luck.... Cheers, RickO
@Broadstruck... I have been up since quarter to five (Eastern time)... Always up early... and late to bed....Too much fun this experience called life... Don't want to miss it while sleeping. Cheers, RickO