pistol found in dry creek bed

[AQC440]

The title pretty much says it all.
After being permanently laid off from my job of 27 years, I went back to running the lawn service I also own.
Since the economy is so tough we are taking any job offered, one of them being, trimming 3/4 of a mile of 4 board fence and 3 dry creek beds. While trimming one of the creeks I looked down and low and behold, there lay a revolver.
I called the sheriff and he and a detective came out and picked it up, at which point I was informed that this was a common occurrence. Well, it was a first for me, just thought I would share...

 

[Rookie]

Re: pistol found in dry creek bed

Probably used in a crime. Was it servicable? Maybe you could get it back after its been examined.

 

[AQC440]

Re: pistol found in dry creek bed

It was a stainless Rossi .357 mag.. It was in surprisingly good shape considering...

 

[EddieNFL]

Re: pistol found in dry creek bed

Decades ago a friend worked for a charcoal plant. The wood chips travel up a conveyor and a magnet picks up metal objects before they fall into the thing that makes them charcoal. One night a worker brought him a cocked 1911. The grips were gone, the frame and slide were rusted together and the safety was disengaged. We wondered if someone capped someone else and ditched it in a hurry.

 

[spaniel]

Re: pistol found in dry creek bed

My buddy lost his Taurus Titanium Tracker .357Mag in the mountains this summer. I bet that thing will look pretty good when someone finds it in a hundred years or so!

My uncle has found both a vintage Winchester and Peacemaker with the plow. Neither were in good shape, but recognizable.

 

[AQC440]

Re: pistol found in dry creek bed

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: ATH</div><div class="ubbcode-body">My buddy lost his Taurus Titanium Tracker .357Mag in the mountains this summer. I bet that thing will look pretty good when someone finds it in a hundred years or so!

My uncle has found both a vintage Winchester and Peacemaker with the plow. Neither were in good shape, but recognizable. </div></div>

losing anything, sucks!

I have plowed thousands of acres and the best thing I ever found was a mercury dime. The date was partially worn so it wasn't worth much...

 

[Cinch]

Re: pistol found in dry creek bed

One of my friends found a breach from a double barrel shotgun the other day while we were out hunting arrowheads. We looked around for a bit but couldn't find the barrels. You never know where that stuff is going to turn up.

 

[shootist2004]

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some kid found charles mansons 22 revolver in the bushes.....

 

[pale horse]

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I have a pre 64 wichester 1897 lever 30-30 found on the tundra geese hunting we plan on new barrel wood and father & Son project

 

[The_Hoff]

Re: pistol found in dry creek bed

never found one on DRY land, however I was diving in lake Pontchartrain with my scuba gear(as a dare). And found what looked to be an old 9mm in the muck. around the pilings for the causeway on the south shore about 1/2 a mile out. (no grips left all that was left was the frame, slide, etc. but was rusted and overgrown with marine life. One of my more memorable dives

my friend's face was priceless when i came up with it lol