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Hi we are new to the metal detecting thing but we have found soem awesome stuff so far!!! First we found a penny that we were nto too excited about it was from 1960 there is probably one of those in my wallet....then we found this play money we found out later that it was from about 1940 and is a Grimland Play Coin or soemthing like that. Then we found this flat tim rooster thing it appears to have been a part of a weather vane or seomthing, and last we found an old iron, like the ones that were actually made out of iron back in "the day". Then today ew found the greatest thing....it is a part from a flintlock gun/or black powder gun and could possibly be ancient we are trying to get all the "crust" off of it and tomorrow we are going to look for the trigger, lockplate, etc that we didnt find today...
So my first question is how the heck do you get that crust stuff off and what do I do next to see if it is actually civil war or something? Anyways any good tips please share them with us! We have the fever for metal detecting now and can't get rid of it!!!!!
Tori and Chris
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Here are some pics I found of an old H&R shotgun receiver for you to compare to. The H&R had an external hammer(note the long slot on the top) whereas I believe yours is an internal hammer model. I don't have a clue what brand though.
 

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Welcome to TNet and congrats on your finds. There are a lot of folks here with a vast amount of knowledge and they are all willing to share it. You could not belong to a better site.
Happy hunting
~Nash~
 

Welcome!

Looking forward to your future finds! Happy Hunting! ;)



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