Found an old pistol while remodeling an old basement

VonPalm

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Dec 4, 2013
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The other week while I was doing some work for an old friend in a small river town on the southeast tip of Minnesota helping her with some work in her basement. I noticed something wooden sticking partially out of some mud, i dug it out and it was what looked to be an old stock to a shotgun/rifle with a name scratched in it. I had heard old gangsters used to etch their name in the stocks of their guns and knew they had frequented river towns such as the one i was in. i took a shovel and continued to poke around and hit a metal lunchbox, inside i found this wrapped in a cloth.

Its a .32 Cal Smith and Wesson, or what i think was reffered to as a lemon squeezer, their are 3 dates written very small on the top of the barrel and the last is "April 9th 1888" if anyone knows anything about this gun or its value your expertise would be very much appreciated.
The gun looks to be in working condition however my local Gunshop doesn't carry the ammo i need .32 S&W
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Id go back and look around that basement some more...where there are hidden guns..there could be hidden cash (!)....is there a lot of cool old junk down there(?).....
 

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Yeah, I've been planning on making another attempt and dig around down their. yeah a lot of clutter some interesting stuff here and their it's a pretty old house, i'm going to take my metal detector around the yard next time the grounds soft enough to dig unfortunately it's gonna be awhile, Minnesota winters ehh
 

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Yeah i'm not going to attempt to shoot it i was toying with the idea but i don't wanna risk damaging the gun or myself, i'll stick to my Springfield XDM
 

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