HUBLEY "STAR" REUNITED

[Cool Hand Fluke]

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Really, really cool. 9 times out of ten these kind of cap guns come out of the ground in pieces. Way to go on a nice complete one!

 

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[genlee]

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It took Joe about 4 seconds to recognize the gun and the fact that he had the barrel to it. I am glad we could united the piece after so many years. I have fond memories of playing with one of those when I was a wee little man.

It was an awesome day even with the poop smell. LOL


John

 

[matt092079]

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Cool find!

It was an awesome day even with the poop smell. LOL

That's a mean way to talk about Joe. I mean, I did meet him once with Roger(getty) and I did notice a bit of a smell, but didn't wanna say anything!

 

[relicminer]

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Neat!!

 

[Giant056]

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I really like finding them old cap guns too, a great matched pair of finds Feberuary 1st I found my first complete Hubley cap gun. It's the Pal

 

[genlee]

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HA it may have been me for all that matters, I was feeling kind of ripe that day. LOL JK I think the farmer spreading manure was more than enough for all of us.



John

 

[matt092079]

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Yeah when they spread that manure you can smell it miles away. Stinks pretty bad.

 

[civilman1]

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Nice old gun Joe.
Cap guns and capped busts in that field.
Congrats,
Dug

Wishful thinking on the Capped Bust Doug,but Thank's

Very cool to be able to find the two pieces in seperate hunts... Even more amazing that you didn't throw away the barrel after all this time

I rarely throw anything away until I get some kind of ID on it WildBill,Thank's

It took Joe about 4 seconds to recognize the gun and the fact that he had the barrel to it. I am glad we could united the piece after so many years. I have fond memories of playing with one of those when I was a wee little man.

It was an awesome day even with the poop smell. LOL


John

Thank's for leaving it with me John......POOP smell is even worse now But they're DONE!!!!

Really, really cool. 9 times out of ten these kind of cap guns come out of the ground in pieces. Way to go on a nice complete one!

Thank's Cool Hand!

Awesome .. I love old cap guns! Good team work there!

Thank's Rob.....Any suggestion's on displaying?

Are you going to reattach the barrel?

I'd like to,could you send some info to me on how?

If you want to, you can send it to me and I will attach the barrel for you. No charge other than shipping. Drop me a PM if you would like.

Thank's Rob I'll get you a PM out later on tonight.

 

[MiniMe]

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Even more amazing that you didn't throw away the barrel after all this time

Believe me when I say my husband throws Nothing away...we've got the basement, spare room and stuff moving into the barn to prove it. He's a dedicated collector of many things - just saving history one piece at a time. Gotta love it.

Yeah when they spread that manure you can smell it miles away. Stinks pretty bad.

Yeah with those winds we had that day coming from the West, we thought it was you, until we saw the tractor coming up the drive. (JK )

 

[creskol]

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Making progress .........................................

 

[rjsupersonic]

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Very Cool!!

 

[liftloop]

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super find there.

 

[MiniMe]

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Making progress .........................................

That is so cool Creskol. What is that thing you have it soaking in? Can't wait to see it when it's done.

 

[civilman1]

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If it's anything like your other restoration's Rob,I'm going to be on happy camper Thank You Sir!!

 

[creskol]

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...the work continues ..........

 

[CoinandRelicMan]

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Wow it is great to see such love for old toys here! This post got me to thinking. Believe that I have one that is largely intact minus only a few minor parts. Found it while metal detecting around the remains of an old one room county school. Thought I was rather skunked on that day because that was it for the whole afternoon not a single coin. If I recall right the toy gun is not very large. And it has a bulls head with horns on the handle. What is the approximate age of these toy guns?

 

[creskol]

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Wow it is great to see such love for old toys here! This post got me to thinking. Believe that I have one that is largely intact minus only a few minor parts. Found it while metal detecting around the remains of an old one room county school. Thought I was rather skunked on that day because that was it for the whole afternoon not a single coin. If I recall right the toy gun is not very large. And it has a bulls head with horns on the handle. What is the approximate age of these toy guns?

The Hubley Star originally had a nickel finish, and was popular enough that they were made for a duration of 10 years .. from 1955-1965.

 

[CoinandRelicMan]

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This is the one cap gun was found out by a falling down one room school house. Not sure if this gun ever had any nickel plate tho. Does this look like the 1955 to 1965 model?

 

[creskol]

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This is the one cap gun was found out by a falling down one room school house. Not sure if this gun ever had any nickel plate tho. Does this look like the 1955 to 1965 model?

Yours looks like a Hubley Tex, made from 1955 -1960. It should measure about 5 3/4 inches long by 2.5 inches high, and should say TEX on the other side. The construction is two piece die cast metal and it originally had a bright silver finish .. not sure if it was nickel plated .. but it was a shiny silver originally.

Nice little gun!

 

[MiniMe]

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Creskol,
With those pictures I will never be able to give Joe a hard time about keeping every little piece of everything Can't wait to see the final outcome.