1800's Rollin White pistol? #7?

[Kmercer87]

Found this pistol last year metal detecting in Southport NC. Around this pistol within five yards I found 4 Yankee eagle buttons, some three ringers, along with some common relic brass objects for the junk drawer. If done some research on it finally today and only one that I can find that matches this pistol is a Rollin white pistol. I also read these RW pistols had serial #'s on the topside of barrel and left bottom of grip exactly where the #7 is on this pistol. I'm a avid relic hunter but first pistol ever. Anyone have any ideas? Know if that is the serial #? If so would it be valuable being such a low numbered pistol? Also looks to be a .32 calibre not .22, which I read to be more rare at that time?

 

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[A2coins]

Bullets buttons and a gun Did the guy get shot there and wither away sorry I get carried away I wish I could help with your find that is really cool!!!!!!!

 

[BosnMate]

Smith and Wesson manufacture pistols like that one. The only reason I know, is my great grandfather carried one in the Civil War, and I have it now. It's a little under-powered revolver, and I'm sure he felt well armed. I'm also sure if he ever shot a rebel with it, and the rebel found out about it, my great grandpa would have probably been hurt really bad. I've never heard of a Rollin White pistol.

 

[Kmercer87]

Rollin White had the patent S&W used to design their .22 bored through pistol and was mass produced during civil war. Anyone know about low serial numbers?

 

[NOLA_Ken]

Putting a makers name to it will be pretty hard if not impossible. If you go to google images and type in "spur trigger pistol" you'll find a whole lot that are pretty much an exact match to yours. The thing about these little pocket pistols is that there were just so many companies making them, and there are so many that look almost identical. These were "hardware store guns" and they can be hard to match to a specific maker even if they still have markings on them...

Here's a Hopkins and Allen that could be what you have, yours could be a Rollin White, if the pin and screw holes and the left side plate match up to a known example it could be, but it's just so hard to tell for sure

 

[sutphin]

NICE FIND INDEED..

 

[cw0909]

adjusted your imgs
some info
Serial numbers were issued sequentially for the Model 1 1st Issues ranging from 1 through approximately 12,000

There were approximately 110,000 2nd Issues produced from 1860 through 1868, with serial numbers ranging from approximately 12,000 (following the 1st Issue) through to approximately 120,000

Produced from 1868 through 1882, the 3rd Issues were serial numbered from 1 through approximately 131,000.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smith_&_Wesson_Model_1

 

[cw0909]

forgot a link
Smith & Wesson