found winchester

[badhoopty]

you guys see this? really cool! i thought finding arrowheads and shark teeth was cool...



132 Year-old Model 1873 found against a tree at Great Basin National Park - Winchester Repeating Arms Article

much better read and images on the great basin nat park fb page.

[Chiphead]

I have been seeing it on Facebook. Very cool find. The Great Basin National Park is fairly close to me. I have been there several times and wonder where in the park they found that?!?

FYI... Great Basin National Park = least visited park in the country.

[badhoopty]

i find it completely fascinating. if the guy met his demise while camping or something it'd be cool to find more artifacts that might shed a little more light on what might have happened.

[bob1961]

Originally Posted by Chiphead

FYI... Great Basin National Park = least visited park in the country.

why it was never found till now....

[nmanuel01]

Someone posted its the least visited park in the country, also it blends in pretty well.

[wings_of_fire]

Originally Posted by badhoopty

i find it completely fascinating. if the guy met his demise while camping or something it'd be cool to find more artifacts that might shed a little more light on what might have happened.

I had the same thing going in my mind...

[THX_138]

Definately sounds like a location to spend a full day with a metal detector

[nmanuel01]

I'm sure you'd find nice artifacts there!

[wings_of_fire]

Originally Posted by THX_138

Definately sounds like a location to spend a full day with a metal detector

Bracesdad

[KJ10]

They should not have messed with it. Just made a "shrine."

[Natedog]

Originally Posted by badhoopty

you guys see this? really cool! i thought finding arrowheads and shark teeth was cool...

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132 Year-old Model 1873 found against a tree at Great Basin National Park - Winchester Repeating Arms Article

much better read and images on the great basin nat park fb page.

Yes, very cool and interesting!

Originally Posted by Chiphead

I have been seeing it on Facebook. Very cool find. The Great Basin National Park is fairly close to me. I have been there several times and wonder where in the park they found that?!?

FYI... Great Basin National Park = least visited park in the country.

NIce, just looked it up on map, looks like great camp and crawl area. Described as natural area with cave system and hiking.

Originally Posted by badhoopty

i find it completely fascinating. if the guy met his demise while camping or something it'd be cool to find more artifacts that might shed a little more light on what might have happened.

Yes, I was thinking what stories it could tell, very interesting to know what happened to the owner(s) and their party.

[jmz6]

That is a nice find.

Back in the early 90's I found the remains of an old black powder shotgun at the base of a tree on private property. (I was working for a land surveyor at the time so we had permission to be there) All the wood was long rotted, but I dug up all the metal parts I could find (I had a metal detector with me). The metal parts and barrel were all in very rough condition being along the edge of a swamp, it was impossible to read the lettering on it due to rust pitting, I am sure some gun expert would be able to identify it. Not sure of the age but it was odd that someone would have leaned a gun against a tree (barrel up) and just walked away from it. Still a cool find though.

I wish I would have kept it, but I gave it to my boss at the time and he had/has it on display in his office. Sorry, I don't have any pictures.

BTW: This was northwestern New Jersey near Pennsylvania, not in a dry climate.