We were on bay street and I saw this lot and said lets hit this and see what we find. We found not much of anything but we climbed the hillside and fo

[Low-Boy/LCPM]

[attachment 29139 456456456.jpg]I was using my compass XP Pro
We were on Bay Street in San Francisco and I saw this lot and said lets hit this and see what we find. We didn't find much of anything but we climbed the hillside and found a silver dime and a few wheat's and then I hit this target and think, it's a pipe, but if I can pry a target out of the ground I will dig it to see what it is, and there it was a gun! My first, and we were blown away to find this...Ha

 

[jeff@middlesex]

Holy man is that real?

 

[Low-Boy/LCPM]

YES IT IS IT WAS ABOUT FOUR INCHES IN THE GROUND MY FRIEND SAID HOW DID THAT GET HERE MAYBE IS WAS USED IN A MURDER?

 

[Ed in SoDak]

That's pretty cool, and a Ruger to boot. I suppose the barrel is filled in, as well as beneath the handles. What do ya think, buried maybe 5-6 years? Maybe it's a discarded crime weapon or tossed to avoid getting nabbed for it in an arrest.

I knew a guy who walked a little too close to that side of the law and he once ditched a little chromed 22. He told me the approximate place where he threw it. This was back in the 70's, I went and detected for it last year but never found it.

-Ed

 

[Low-Boy/LCPM]

THE BARREL IS STILL OPEN YOU CAN STICK A TOOTH PICK INTO IT AND I WOULD SAY THIS COULD BE VERY OLD AND IN THE GROUND A LONG LONG TIME

 

[Ed in SoDak]

n/t

 

[jeff@middlesex]

n/t

 

[Ed in SoDak]

I believe the design has been around quite a while before that. Plastic handle or wood? Wood might not last long, platic is pretty "modern." Maybe take it to a gunshop for dating.

-Ed

 

[Low-Boy/LCPM]

PLASTIC

 

[Low-Boy/LCPM]

THANKS YOU

 

[KCK]

If you show it to police you'll never get it back! We found a cash last year It had several pieces of jewlery, 3 rings, Lots of other items...Had to be from a house robbery. We turned it into police hoping it would be returned to the owner. Police sold it all in auction. They got the money????


I was like gee....I'll do that again...DUH!!!!

KCK

 

[Gatehider]

LCPM,

If this weapon was used in a violent crime, and you were one of the victim's family members, wouldn't you want the crime solved?

The cops could get ballistics and other evidence in a pending case.

Do the right thing and turn the gun over....it has very little monetary value at this point anyway!!

Good luck,
GH

 

[Fred/in Fla.]

n/t

 

[Butch in Colorado]

....You serve as a goodwill ambassador for the metal detecting commuinity in turning that over to the police.

 

[Low-Boy/LCPM]

Sorry but for all I know I would be arrested for having the gun things are a bit different in Calif.