Afternoon hunt yields Indians, V Nickels and a gun?

[Tony Two-Cent]

Such a beautiful spring day here today, high of 85 and sunny. So I went back to the same park I hunted a couple of weekends ago where I found the 4 V Nickels.

I only had about 3 hours to hunt, but I had halfway decent results in that time. I found 2 Indian Head Cents in the same hole, 1 Wheat Cent, 2 V Nickels and some clad. I also found part of a gun that was about 8 deep. It is very heavy and seems to be nickel plated? It almost seems too substantial to be a toy gun. I couldn't find any writing on it except what appears to be a serial number on the handle: 96553

Could it possibly be part of a real gun? If it is, it's a small gun like a Derringer.

Here are today's finds:


All of the coins and token:


The keepers:


The gun:




Thanks for looking and happy hunting! :beerbuddy:

 

[pulltabsteve]

Looks like part of a real gun to me. Love the tax token! Very nice digs Tony. erfect10:

 

[pulltabsteve]

Open top pocket revolver? COLT! http://www.nramuseum.org/the-museum/the-galleries/the-american-west/case-42-the-guns-that-won-the-west-colt-winchester/colt-open-top-pocket-model-revolver.aspx

 

[del]

wow very cool Tony :wow: , and great id Steve . |:cheering:

 

[Tony Two-Cent]

Wow, that's definitely it! Thanks a million, Steve!

After seeing those photos I looked at my gun again and you can definitely see where it says 22 CAL on it.

 

[OxShoeDrew]

wow very cool Tony :wow: , and great id Steve . |:cheering:

My gosh Tony, those Indians really hold up well in your soil. The Vs seem as bad as our's lol
You had temps of 85?! I think I'd faint lol
I agree with Dan on both accounts.

 

[del]

Tony i believe the age on those are around 1860's to maybe 1880's , a very close range weapon for personal pretection . i'm still waiting to find a &quot:beerbuddyot-Pistol :yes:

 

[POKIE73]

congrats on a great hunt you really made a interesting find i also like the tax token never have found one yet great hunt dennis erfect10: erfect10:

 

[Tony Two-Cent]

According to this website the gun with serial number 96553 was manufactured in 1877.

http://proofhouse.com/colt/

 

[RaZR]

That is way cool! I've found lots of toy gun parts but never a real gun part. [size=24pt]BIG :congrats:
Oh and the I.H.'s and V's are nice too.


GL/HH

 

[Thiltzy]

How cool is that! Nice digs Tony :wow:

 

[pulltabsteve]

Big congrats Tony! That is an awesome find. Imagine the stories that gun could tell.... :clapping:

 

[aloldstuff]

Tony, even though you had only 3 hours, the finds are fantastic. The gun is really cool and it got identified, |:cheering:

 

[Hook]

you always manage to find the cool stuff lol...congrats on a productive 3 hours!

 

[ChrisinCT]

Nice finds. The tax token is awesome.

I don't think I'll ever find one of those.

I don't think they were used in my area?

 

[CODY]

WTG Tony! Great finds! :congrats:

 

[jkress]

As always... great stuff Tony. :clapping: I love following your hunts. :smitten:

Any hunt with IH's and V's is a great one. Cool token too.

Congrats.

 

[DennisH]

That is way cool! I've found lots of toy gun parts but never a real gun part. [size=24pt]BIG :congrats:
Oh and the I.H.'s and V's are nice too.

To bad it didn't have a couple of pennies from that year with it. Love the gun!!

GL/HH

 

[milco]

Super finds Tony, the gun is real cool and some nice coins & tokens too!

 

[skribnodsister]

:wow: Tony, that's pretty cool! :congrats: on an Awesome Hunt! :cheering: