These comments are hilarious 😂🤣😂😂 When he started grinding I stopped watching and started reading the comments. I knew it was going to be golden. 🤣🤣
@danwingo75122 жыл бұрын
Yeah, he's out in one of the western states now. It seems they found what appears to be a wooly-mammoth skeleton and he took his explosives out there to excavate it...............LOL.
@Herbybandit4 жыл бұрын
My heart sank when you introduced the grinding wheel! If anything I'd have tried electrolysis on a small portion first.
@davidcouch6514 Жыл бұрын
Early he used the “W” word.
@JohnDayDude4 жыл бұрын
When he said, “I dropped it and cracked it,” I knew I was in for a good time... And the camera work... zeroing in on the back of the hand and the cloth on the table. Pure professionals!
@PJ-gx3ji4 жыл бұрын
Next project for him is finding Davinci's signature on the Mona Lisa.
@kelvinnaidu63294 ай бұрын
LMAO 😂😂😂😂
@Sniper_Cat_714 жыл бұрын
I have worked in museums for over two decades. I handle artifacts on a daily basis. This is one of the most appalling things I have ever seen. Way to go FloriDUH man.
@stevehenderson65772 жыл бұрын
I don't work in a museum, and the whole time I was like WTF is he doing.
@researchaccount40992 жыл бұрын
As someone who handles artifacts and would never forgive myself if I so much as scratched one, this was the worst thing I've watched in a long time. So upsetting to see him do his best to destroy this irreclaimable piece of history, it should be illegal to deface artifacts.
@ohyikes12 жыл бұрын
If it is from that famous battle, he did a great job of ruining that gun. Unbelievable!
@gumecindogarcia10702 жыл бұрын
Should have got out the museum and hit the gun show scrap box, then you could have handled it properly!
@GIGI-lp1gc Жыл бұрын
I know that's was brutal to watch
@donprestage90025 жыл бұрын
stay tuned for the next episode when we polish and re chrome the thing
@ImDave19624 жыл бұрын
When appraisers on Antique Roadshow screw up, they're tied to a chair and forced to watch this video.
@ajaxmaintenance51044 жыл бұрын
Baking soda and water and a battery charger removes rust and corrosion too. But for the times when I’m working on a National Treasure, I go straight to the acid and a grinder.
@jimwiskus88623 жыл бұрын
And a hammer.
@StonegaardForge4 жыл бұрын
One time, I took King Tut's burial mask and turned it into a fine hood ornament for my '72 Gremlin using a belt grinder and a blow torch.
@winston12674 жыл бұрын
That's good.
@BeckVMH4 жыл бұрын
Dang! You sir are obviously a professional.
@judymarlene34143 жыл бұрын
Hahahaha…..funniest thing I’ve read all day…..how this ended up in my suggested I’ll never know but I enjoyed all the comments.
@BackPorchMods2 жыл бұрын
This is a quaility comment
@4thamendment2372 жыл бұрын
I did the same thing, but just skipped the blow torch part.
@its-_-foxgrrr60413 жыл бұрын
Give the gun to the historians, it belongs in a musium not some old man's hands who destroys it.
@Theywaswrong3 жыл бұрын
Easy now. He was wrong in his "cleaning" efforts but come on..."old man's hands"?
@christianblankenship76834 жыл бұрын
The Smithsonian has some dishes from the pilgrims they need your help with. I suggest you bring your sledgehammer.
@fredflintstone15474 жыл бұрын
haha
@kelvinnaidu63294 ай бұрын
LMAO 😂😂😂
@johngibbs73794 жыл бұрын
Can't believe he didn't use rust remover, sandblasting before destroying this artifact
@tookalook1 Жыл бұрын
Powder blast
@tookalook1 Жыл бұрын
Unbelievable brutality nobody is really that dumb. I don’t understand why he didn’t just grind the rust off
@dillongreen70015 жыл бұрын
Taking a wire brush to Letting rust in water dropping Cracking soaking in acid and grinding with a dremel a rare battlefield relic that belongs in a museum.....sounds pretty legit
@UltraHarley1004 жыл бұрын
And then out came the hammer: "Oh look. I knocked a little piece off". LOL They should let this guy loose in the Sistene Chappel helping to restore those paintings. "Where's my Sawzall?".
@mike-kn5jf4 жыл бұрын
Brings the whole family, and the cameraman.
@Super50calbmg5 жыл бұрын
I'm watching this in utter horror in 2019.
@guarddog3185 жыл бұрын
Same here. Except I can't watch the whole thing. This idiot is destroying something more valuable than he is. He should have turned it over to a museum, or at very least a professional to conserve it. And we won't even talk about him washing it in the kitchen sink and not even drying and oiling it afterwards....
@Super50calbmg5 жыл бұрын
Guard Dog I agree, that relic should be returned to the battlefield museum at little big horn.
@SpaceRanger1874 жыл бұрын
Right..I was thinking they have lasers that can remove rust without destroying
@uarbor704 жыл бұрын
I stopped watching when he pulled out a grinding Stone. What an idiot
@1959jimbob4 жыл бұрын
@Boston My Home Town . You are right that it is his gun but only to a point. He bought a gun that was illegally removed from a highly protected site and he likely didn't know anything about the gun or where it came from at first. But, that doesn't excuse his idiotic behavior in his quest. He posted the video to impress viewers and since HE opened the box, HE let Pandora out and as such HE is the one that must suffer the consequences for his stupidity. Not to mention his total disrespect for the relic and his absolute disregard for the ultimate in stupidity of one Colonel Custer that lead the Trooper to his demise. Heck the gun could very well have belonged to Custer himself. What this dude not only did but he did so trying to impress all the while he was destroying the a piece of very important history of this great nation. And all this coming from a Native American...
@jasguy27154 жыл бұрын
This guy is doing more damage than being buried in the dirt for over a hundred years
@SevenSixTwo20125 жыл бұрын
That grinder is just painful to watch. Electrolysis or chemical rust removal like "Evapo Rust" would've removed all the surface rust while not damaging the metal. WTF...?
@wallaroo12954 жыл бұрын
The problem is - he was using modern *criminal lab* scientific techniques and, unfortunately, historical value is (usually) irrelevant in those cases. Cops want Make, Model and Serial Number - ballistics if you can get it. He got some *terrible* advice. Not all that long ago, it wasn't uncommon at all for many police departments to have the seizing officers electro-pencil their initials and the date, on any "removeable part" - and I've also seen those department's pay out later when the court orders the return.
@barbarasteed39664 жыл бұрын
Hay I would let this guy wash my dog.
@4thamendment2372 жыл бұрын
@@barbarasteed3966 that's funny! 🤣
@zkitzo30005 жыл бұрын
well first let me drop it. then i'll follow up with a grinder...
@1959jimbob4 жыл бұрын
I almost stopped the video when he said he had dropped it that left a crack and then he began "tapping" on it. I was sick at watching him
@mathewwinney80364 жыл бұрын
roy stump (electric wire wheel and a file should do the trick)
@Odins_Rebel364 жыл бұрын
Someone drop this dumbass on crack him . Wtf is wrong with this guy
@GottliebGoltz3 жыл бұрын
10 - 4.!
@hunterofliars96005 жыл бұрын
I am glad I am not the only one who thought this guy is crazy. Grinding a relic ????
@duncanidaho20973 жыл бұрын
@Hunter Of Liars-I kept thinking of grinding away on an Anglo Saxon sword from a dig to see if the steel was pattern welded or crucible, or on an item from the Sutton Hoo burial.
@speedyspooley4 жыл бұрын
Who the hell runs a grinder on a historically significant artifact?!?!
@robertlohr18604 жыл бұрын
the one who owns it
@sugarnads4 жыл бұрын
Robert Lohr its butchery.
@b50richard3 жыл бұрын
@@robertlohr1860 I agree, it's HIS gun!
@b50richard3 жыл бұрын
@@sugarnads go get your own old beat-up gun and sit around and look at it.
@jimd21013 жыл бұрын
he should store this gun in a bucket of water.....
@omardumbrell4356 жыл бұрын
Who else needs counselling after watching this madman?
@theloudamerican21936 жыл бұрын
Omar Dumbrell , makes me cringe...
@cityandsuburb5 жыл бұрын
I must concur......
@JM-ei7eb5 жыл бұрын
obama...but then he needed it in 2008
@elifoust76645 жыл бұрын
Dumbbell good name.
@colt-ss3lw5 жыл бұрын
WTF is this moron doing to that fine relic ? Really ? Isn't the 1 number enough ? They didn't swap cylinders back then, they were made by hand 1 at a time . He should be flogged .
@taisontaison41185 жыл бұрын
I can't believe anyone would be crazy enough to grind on something like this.
@JosephStealin3 жыл бұрын
The question is though, could Hickok45 hit the gong with it?
@rayjohnson9781 Жыл бұрын
No question about it of course he always hits the gong. Are you from Kentucky?😅😅
@marcusmason3440 Жыл бұрын
Only if he threw it!!
@georget49755 жыл бұрын
Omg if there is gun abuse hell this man should be condemned to it forever. I cried watching this and believe I will no be able to forget it. This gun is a national treasure and the “restorer” should be barred from buying guns ever again!
@SilentNoMore64 Жыл бұрын
I almost want to report this to KZfaq for abuse. This man must be stopped!😟
@dodriggs5 жыл бұрын
Oh...my.....GOD! DUDE....! Why would you NOT relegate this work to a professional forensics unit of some kind? Who knows how valuable this piece is, esp. after being documented as a genuine 7th piece!!
@ssherrierable2 жыл бұрын
I’m hoping this is a joke and he is the professional restorer that the real owner brought this relic to work on. Omg…
@michaellockard2561 Жыл бұрын
He's only thinking about the money he's not thinking about the history for some money means more then who had it when they died sick just plain sick
@deanvaught16364 жыл бұрын
This is like stopping on a railroad crossing and then looking to see if any trains are coming!
@SilentNoMore64 Жыл бұрын
More like handing your two year old an original Michaelangelo sketch and telling her to draw a masterpiece.
@herrent5 ай бұрын
In a school bus with kids
@kenibnanak55544 жыл бұрын
It is rare for me to give a thumbs down to a gun video, but every once in a while, I have no choice. LoL From collectable to scrap metal with only a grinding wheel and a hammer, aome dropping, and some acid. 😄 The proper way of removing rust from a gun is to boil the disassembled parts in distilled water for about 20 minutes which will convert the rust to ferric oxide, then with a fine, oil free steel wool gently hand buff the parts while still warm. Repeat as needed (heavy rust sometimes requires that)/ Afterwards immediately dry and oil the steel to prevent new rust. Noting also if this artifact or relic was recovered from a National Park after the area was designated a National Park, then it is the property of the US Government, specifically the National Park Service.
@jamesjones89575 жыл бұрын
I was about ready to holler at him to answer his damn phone at the beginning of the video! lol
@rotorheadv85 жыл бұрын
There is no shortage of very well qualified individuals in Florida who could have done this. Multiple universities and crime labs would have been thrilled to have performed this task
@rickbroten6 жыл бұрын
He could document the relic then glue that big piece of rust back on and everyone will be happy. HE DIDN’T DESTROY ANYTHING!!!!!
@bf75045 жыл бұрын
In 2019 I watched this and thought the second i realized the number on the cylinder id be calling the Smithsonian or NRA gun museum for proper help. Then he mentioned acid I was triggered then wtf they use this method on crime guns that have no value not possible relics
@fredobrien46814 жыл бұрын
OMG i think this guy would search for dinosaur bones using sticks of TNT...
@celticguy64055 жыл бұрын
I cant imagine the feeling after seeing that same number in the Colt book, but I definitely would have been too scared to do any type of removal to it to find out the serial number. I'm a coin collector and cleaning or removing material has always been a no-no in that field as far as collectability and worth. Pretty cool to see that piece of history either way!
@HotZTrain11 ай бұрын
That's not the case as a coin here. Proving that the serial number on the Colt frame matches the cylinder totally increases the value of the gun. Basically proven it was from the battle and in the 7th Calvary number range.
@hjackwingo7 жыл бұрын
Dropped, grind, hammered and acrid, you have respect for history
@michaelconway15526 жыл бұрын
i wonder how many native americans this gun murdered
@thefutureairmen80465 жыл бұрын
At the very least if owned by 7th cavalry im glad the racist bastard got what he deserved scalped stripped and left for dead that battle was begin beginning of the end for my people
@ADRAGONSLIFE5 жыл бұрын
@@thefutureairmen8046 it's called manifest Destiny . You aren't complaining about all of the benefits you use from it . IE. Cars , cell phones , AC , electricity , TV , internet , etc .
@colt-ss3lw5 жыл бұрын
Diminished the value .
@8mmkyle8655 жыл бұрын
Michael Conway if you find a Comanche arrow, do you ask yourself how many soldiers this probably killed? Or if you find a Sioux knife, do you ponder how many settlers it probably scalped... nope, I bet you don't lol
@alanpeterson62244 жыл бұрын
"Get down to where we can use some acid." I think this guy's already done some. Amazing.
@bertholdschwarz9637 Жыл бұрын
Best comment !
@carolinastringband Жыл бұрын
Well, the general consensus in these comments are exactly what I thought as soon as he mentioned he 'dropped it'! Then came the grindstone! Speechless from here...
@jaysilverheals44455 жыл бұрын
I cannot believe he did that.
@MrCshank5 жыл бұрын
Pro tip: Always make sure you dunk it in cold blue afterward to keep it from rusting again and to preserve value.
@RoDe5 жыл бұрын
If you use "browning" instead of "bluing", it is actually putting a protective rust coating back on the relic, which is different than bluing, which decreases the value to collectors.
@SuperKernov Жыл бұрын
Don’t think this guy bothered about the preserving part
@kennethbailey26165 жыл бұрын
As a Montanan who lives fairly near to the Battlefield I found this very interesting. I knew some Northern Cheyenne in Lame Deer and some Crow in Hardin and Crow Agency who were young children when the battle took place. There was a range fire at the Battlefield in the 80s, a friend from Colstrip helped plot out the area after the fire. They discovered lots of bullets and brass so they could follow the progression of the battle more clearly. They also found a skeleton and by super-imposing pictures of the soldiers they actually identified the remains. It was in the Billings Gazette so you might be able to get more information from the paper.
@terrillrausch30062 жыл бұрын
You tube has a video
@DS-gg2dp2 жыл бұрын
@@terrillrausch3006 link?
@robertwaid35792 жыл бұрын
Nice reminder. My Mother & I both followed through the Gazette very closely ourselves. Thank You so much.
@danjohnston3422 Жыл бұрын
@@DS-gg2dp - kzfaq.info/get/bejne/jLF0nrCQ35m-eGw.html - this deals with Fox's survey of 1984 - nearly 40 years ago now, but remarkably comprehensive.
@darrenfischer181 Жыл бұрын
25 years,ago,i talked to an old guy in a bar in Billings montana called the eagle's nest.he was 80 something at the time and he says he grew up among the people on that reservation and as a small kid,he says the natives had battle souvenirs hidden in their houses.george said he saw saddles,bridles,boots,pistols,rifles etc.they kept them hidden because they were afraid that the government would confiscate them.
@janetgreenslade64785 жыл бұрын
Man that colt should be in a museum, not under a grinder!
@papafrank70946 жыл бұрын
Just watched this 7/20/18. This old disabled vet thanks you for sharing this. Lovely relic with an amazing history. Thank you for making my morning. A cup of coffee with your video made this old vet smile.
@joshuatichota50465 жыл бұрын
Papa Frank, you're a US veteran?
@charlesscruffy52145 жыл бұрын
Great job of uncovering this historic relic. Me personally, I would have taken a sawzall to it first. Cut in half and then you have two sides that match. Grind off rust with an table mounted electric stone wheel, sorta amaturist with his handheld wheel.
@fm33404 жыл бұрын
I watched this in absolute horror and wondered if I was the only one, then I read the comments and found that I was in good company.
@bandit995154 жыл бұрын
yep, you're all triggered. its none of your business.
@kyrg4 жыл бұрын
Was the camera guy trying to balance himself in a canoe while recording this? Not sure I ever saw the numbers but did knuckle hair, lots and lots of knuckle hair.
@theronin51634 жыл бұрын
Don't be like this guy. From historical piece to paperweight. Wow.
@kennkid99127 жыл бұрын
I THINK.A SOAK in white vinegar would gently remove the rust. GRINDING AWAY IS kinda stupid.
@kennkid99127 жыл бұрын
And you know this how sickness ? ONCE you grind it away,it's gone TRY SOAKING rusty metal in white vinegar.IT works.. I have restored knives this way.. YOU have to be gentle,not mental. HAVE a rotten day.
@adampratt62737 жыл бұрын
old school toolmaker here. but walter is correct.
@kennkid99127 жыл бұрын
I have redone some severely rusted tools with white vinegar. Its really a m azng. I bought an old sauerkraut cutter and it cleaned up good. Thanks for the input.
@clayhenderson75786 жыл бұрын
You really are hard trolling people here and your ..YOUR actual lack of a clue is rather childish and annoying. Yes I realise you are mad about your Hillary losing, YES we all realise you THINK you know what you are trying to talk about...and YES you are being a small minded simple minded snowflake. But, in the meantime, all the rest of us are trying to say is, for a relic this old, and this fragile, the best thing to do is NOT use a grind stone to remove rust. There are far better and actually simpler ways, even on a relic as old as this, to achieve better results. However, no matter what the correct method would be, nothing can compare to you being a little liberal asshole. A childish sniveling jerk. Another internet troll with a small mind and no wit. But thank you either way for your entertaining folley.
@grahamclennell10286 жыл бұрын
walter chiappini c
@patrickauffray27462 жыл бұрын
Incroyable ! je suis FRANCAIS et outré de la manière dont cette venerable pièce historique est traité😡😡
@tonyadkins83204 жыл бұрын
This is a prank....right? Someone tell me this is a prank....
@DrJonathanRoss4 жыл бұрын
yes, the letter makes no mention of the number 7047 he stated...
@stevefowler21126 жыл бұрын
That is awesome as hell...what a find...
@senorboardhead5 жыл бұрын
Well, we found Bubba . He has aged a bit, moved to Florida , and is now carving up historical Colts with his nursing home light saber.
@kelvinnaidu63294 ай бұрын
Legend has it Paaps is just as Gentle with the ladies as he is with Priceless relics 👌
@sawboneiomc88094 жыл бұрын
There’s 547 hairs on the back of his hand.
@goneballistic6 жыл бұрын
literally hurts to watch this.... :-(
@GottliebGoltz5 жыл бұрын
A good engraver could have chipped and cleaned the numbers without doing that much damage. This reminds Me of a person that was touring the battlefield and seen a reflection and left the assigned boardwalk and pried up a pair of binoculars, didn't turn them in at the information center. Took them home and tried to sell them on eBay. MISTAKE - He was caught before His auction was over, and was awarded a Federal Offence for His troubles. The binoculars were returned to the Bighorn battlefield museum. Yup.
@deltabravolima15145 жыл бұрын
@@GottliebGoltz needless to say how he said he cracked it when he dropped it.
@williamdefries44604 жыл бұрын
the entire video was one big body cringe for me.
@alastairadams36834 жыл бұрын
MultIplay3r 0
@MrTigre64 жыл бұрын
@@GottliebGoltz , Wow, you are so correct!! He "looted" this from the LBH and then destroyed it by using a wire brush! He screwed himself both ways!
@Manviewer615 жыл бұрын
At first I thought hmmm interesting. But when he started grinding the colt I could not believe it, he has to be one of the top all time bad mistakes. What where you thinking?
@1959jimbob4 жыл бұрын
AND he called himself a jeweler and collector, I would hate to take a ring to get resized by this idiot before I saw the vid
@jeffjeff44774 жыл бұрын
Don't do anything to it!!!! Oh My goodness, He knows it's a Historical artifact, and his brain still doesn't stop him
@jamesgraham73904 жыл бұрын
He states that he cant see part of the first 7!! "Thats becouse hes already ground it off" lol
@buggsy54 жыл бұрын
It is certain further grinding is not going to reveal more of that first digit.
@alanjackson27105 жыл бұрын
Watching this mad man with a grinder has made me feel sick .can not understand why someone would do this to history 😣😰😢
@kenestrada79205 жыл бұрын
Removing rust by soaking in vinegar would be a safer method in preserving this historic relic. I can't believe you took a grinder to this!
@craigmignone28632 жыл бұрын
TRUE
@HircineDaWolf Жыл бұрын
no it would not it ruins any leftover finish underneath as well, it would be in the white
@lolatyou Жыл бұрын
I bought an old Michelangelo painting and I had to touch it up with some house paint I had laying around. Lucky I knew what I was doing. I cut the crappy parts off first.
@knucklesdragon40404 жыл бұрын
The only thing more annoying than hearing the yelling and clomping around in the background is watching a ham handed amateur destroy a historical relic.
@walterashley1494 жыл бұрын
I just screamed!!!!!!!!! TG somebody else reacted!!!!..... Feel the urge to punch an old man.
@stevenlang5954 жыл бұрын
He's never heard of electrolysis?
@multipipi12342 жыл бұрын
Spaghetti Bolinnase. Thank you.
@av8rschannel3975 жыл бұрын
A documented Custers Last Stand revolver... if only it could tell it’s history first hand
@chuckschillingvideos Жыл бұрын
If only this wasn't entirely bullshit.
@Hillside405 жыл бұрын
Very interesting. I speak as a restorer of old ag equipment. Would an initial process of electrolysis to remove the bulk of the rust, maybe eliminate as much actual loss of "good" steel that "may" have been incurred by a abrasive process as is shown? I believe the rust could have been almost totally removed through the electrolysis process leaving a sharper number image result. But again, this was very interesting.
@Wilett614 Жыл бұрын
You are 100% Correct !!
@LARRYPREAVIS4 жыл бұрын
REVERSE ELECTROLYSIS WOULD WORK MUCH BETTER ! JUST HAVE TO BE PATIENT !
@barryrothman74303 жыл бұрын
Dumb ass
@armadagunshow Жыл бұрын
I would not have used a tool like that for this piece. Fascinating piece and history behind the video.
@NormanBraslow-nh2tz7 ай бұрын
It has no value now.
@briankesterson43655 жыл бұрын
A fantastic find! Your expertise as a jeweler paid off and it was like it was met to be that you found the gun to restore that bit of history and solve that mystery for us! Great find and thank you for sharing it with us!
@dave-in-nj93937 жыл бұрын
grinding on a historic relic seems sac-religiousness.
@richardbowers36475 жыл бұрын
He can get a job in the museum cleaning & polishing their stuff?
@connieferguson97075 жыл бұрын
no
@kenwise45965 жыл бұрын
I was waiting for him to tie it to the rear bumper of his car and drag it down the street.
@tango-bravo5 жыл бұрын
Dave -in-NJ pfff - is the old relic a religious artifact for you? Really? And old broken revolver? What’s wrong with doing a little cleaning up to try to read a serial number? It’s not like this hunk of rust has been attributed to someone famous like John Wilkes Booth or Al Capone. It’s a rust relic, a paperweight at this point and it’s his property let him do what he wants with it.
@andrewchime15085 жыл бұрын
@@tango-bravo the battle of little big horn, Custer's last stand???? Yeah it is important you dumb shit.
@hammertime6634 жыл бұрын
I was hoping he told us how much he paid for it. That way we could know how much he wasted on it when the grinder came out!
@SabotPottery4 жыл бұрын
Reminds me of that little Italian lady restoring an historic painting of Christ and turning him into a pumpkin-head. I hope this guy gets charged for not having a brain.
@marcotomat1493 жыл бұрын
she was Cecilia Giménez, a Spanish lady.
@ScarrednCharred3 жыл бұрын
😂
@bobm75147 жыл бұрын
Absolutely one of the dumbest things I have ever seen. Selfish and destroyed a piece of history.
@bobdwilliams6 жыл бұрын
correct....this guy is a dumb asshat!
@timothymeyer1235 жыл бұрын
it is fucking painful to watch
@barrygarner61257 жыл бұрын
He should use electrolysis like museums uses to slowly get rid of rust. I have used it to remove rust from two antique shotguns. That method works so much better without damaging the metal.
@1220b4 жыл бұрын
I'm a archaeologist who specialises in artefact conservation. Watching this is like bloody water torture mixed with have your teeth drilled.
@richrog53b5 жыл бұрын
Some great shots of the back of your hand. That cut looked like it hurt!
@andypeterson80134 жыл бұрын
This guy is NOT the brightest flower in the meadow.
@billbright17557 жыл бұрын
Did the same thing with King Tut's mummy mask, never found the numbers. Just some crazy gibberish marks, man who knew gold would dissolve in acid. Might be able to melt down what’s left to get some value out of it, if I can get this glass stuff out of the smelt. This darn exploration stuff is more work than they let on. Oh well better luck next time. The shroud of Turin, I’ve got some plans on dry cleaning to see what gives. There’s a rumor there’s a treasure map behind the paint on the Mona Lisa,, now where did I leave that Zip Strip,,,
@benwright98536 жыл бұрын
Bill Bright .. Gound it all the way to a pile of dust and no numbers? ..then you sneezed, and now, nothing but a cloud of dust! Dangit. Reconstruction may be alittle more time consuming, no?
@reggielongoria18484 жыл бұрын
What a historically, remarkable find.
@Mr.Big-Gunz Жыл бұрын
"Bubba" the gunsmith strikes again, i was already upset at the wire brush, then dropped it & cracked it, and when he broke out the grinder & hammer i had to turn it off.....damn damn damn
@mattdeshane24355 жыл бұрын
Still painful to watch in 2019. Shame on you sir.
@gabbybaptist24 жыл бұрын
The fool is senile...….
@superbee-di5tp4 жыл бұрын
Yeah and we don’t know anything more at the end that we knew in the beginning except how not to handle a relic. What an idiot.smh
@vaultman1004 жыл бұрын
Could not believe what I was watching! The soap and water = rust was a huh? what was he thinking.... must know more than me. Then when he whipped out the grinder and started to have at it I just wanted to reach through the screen and smack it out of his hand! What a foolish, ham handed, irresponsible possessor of history.
@user-qo9et7xi3k4 жыл бұрын
Unbelievable he owns a business apraising gold. And destroying a rare colt. CRAZY.
@Nomad76562 ай бұрын
When he gets a toothache, he probably says “never mind the dentist, i got me some tools…i can do it myself”😂 What an idiot.
@para13243 жыл бұрын
Congratulations on this find. 🇺🇸
@DOLARNICK2 жыл бұрын
I’m astonished why not send it to the Colt company and allow their experts do it properly
@nojustno12167 жыл бұрын
The value has not been compromised in any way. Removing rust which is not original to the gun is hardly destructive. Now there is no doubt whatsoever that the gun was there. As far as it being a "national treasure", that doesn't translate into needing to be in a museum. I've dealt with museums in the past and if they need money, they don't hesitate to sell off relics of historical value.
@littlesister34776 жыл бұрын
all rust is part of the original metal, thats what rust is, decaying metal, you need to stabilize it and than go as little as possible just enough to get the desired info,
@LindaTCornwall5 жыл бұрын
Damn another for the idiot brigade!! Yeah that's what professional preservation is all about, some acid, a grinder and a hammer! You always see the three in their tool kits... I must confess when I watched this and I thought how the hell can ANYONE be that stupid. Then you commented and I thought ah yeah, quite easily lol...
@LindaTCornwall5 жыл бұрын
lol... my ex was professional restorer, used to work for the British Library in London, he'd have a heart attack if he had watched this video. It does beggar the question where the brains are with some people, let alone common sense. I know they use a lot of sonic cleaning tools, and they do it very very slowly haha.. Can't tell you how many times he has done private work and I've had my kitchen table strewn with small tools and that constant humming of the damn sonic thing cleaning items. They also use tiny tiny little water jet things, don't know the names lol... :D But I tell you Nick there are many of them around sadly. You only have to look at bad restoration of paintings for that truth!! Brakes my heart to see what he did to that gun...
@LindaTCornwall5 жыл бұрын
@@oldnick4707 I know, it's very very sad that every day our history is simply being destroyed by have a go idiots, with no idea of what they are doing. :(
@thepandeslar80625 жыл бұрын
Didn't you have any schooling at all? where do you think rust comes from - the Metal Fairy? It is part of the item.
@alexandermccarthy5 жыл бұрын
I'm sure someone else must have commented, however, instead of grinding which removes the metal, why not use electrolysis to remove all the rust, then preserve it properly? Even better, have a professional conservator do it correctly?
@kevinredmond2683 жыл бұрын
I seriously can't watch you completely destroy a piece of history!!!
@Lipo5 жыл бұрын
That's amazing!
@alaindonnell89244 жыл бұрын
He just drained all the stupid from his entire neighborhood. Saved lives!!
@jlpytlewski6 жыл бұрын
The thing I can't figure out is, after reading all these negative comments...well deserved...that this guy didn't delete this video...lol.
@ADRAGONSLIFE5 жыл бұрын
Ego I think .
@brendanroberts48985 жыл бұрын
Because he was so stupid, that's why you don't take any thing to jewelers to be restored, they have no fking idea.
@dennislockhart19724 жыл бұрын
He didn't know how to delete it, he tried grinding it off KZfaq now his phone is fked..smh
@alanhope1190 Жыл бұрын
ked up. He has done irreparable damage to an important historic artifact. Way to go, Bubba!
@GoodOlBoy19764 жыл бұрын
OMG I would have never done that to that great peice of history.
@dominiccon35486 жыл бұрын
Say what you will about Chuck's means and methods, however, what he did was necessary to fully authenticate this pistol. The key components have serial #'s, backstrap, cylinder, frame, barrel, etc and these numbers ALL MATCH thanks to Chuck's expertise. So, it wasn't pieced together as was done on previously submitted Custer/Battle field relics/pistols. This 'relic' will now be making its rounds - NRA headquarters, etc, so if you're not familiar with the back story on this - you will be! Good Luck Chuck! Laugh all the way to the bank!!!!!!!!!!
@olskool39675 жыл бұрын
you are as stupid as he is!
@jesscast51225 жыл бұрын
No. he did it to self-gratify...... not to authenticate..........
@waltershattenkirk30875 жыл бұрын
I don’t know how to restore firearms, I don’t know about protocol but I do know a butcher when I see one.
@its-_-foxgrrr60413 жыл бұрын
Lol
@easyrdr20085 жыл бұрын
Why don't you just completely destroy your relic? You've started a pretty good job of it!
@frankdawe51564 жыл бұрын
I have no experience restoring old weapons, but I am indeed a history buff. I was cringing as I watched all that grinding, as I am sure the authors of that book were.
@brenttaylordotus5 жыл бұрын
I'm no expert but I can't imagine grinding that thing was a good idea.
@93gunnz826 жыл бұрын
"I washed it and woke up the next morning and the rust rusted." So I reckon it's made of some kind of metal. LOL!
@pnotuner16 жыл бұрын
Rust actually preserves the metal underneath it. Remove the rust and the exposed metal rusts more.
@edmaguire10122 жыл бұрын
Outstanding video. I can only imagine coming across a find such as this!
@steve210sa5 жыл бұрын
I'm staring at the bak of your hand 90% of the time!
@bryangrocke50387 жыл бұрын
wonder if it had all empty chambers , when it was first found in 1933.
@Mr.56Goldtop7 жыл бұрын
You are braver than I! I would have let a professional conservator do this.
@donrowe71946 жыл бұрын
seattwa braver? Sounds like you got more common sense than this idiot. Nothing brave about stupidity
@paulorchard79604 жыл бұрын
That is cool, a genuine custers last stand colt ! I would not have used the same methods to clean it though! I have been restoring old tools, some of them buried for decades for 40 years and old iron loves to be soaked in diesel, weeks, months and sometimes years but it just seems to soften corrosion. Not a metallurgist so I do not know why but even the crustiest tool can be stripped of the gunge with time and occasional cleaning with scrapers and brushs and back into the pot! Nice find, be careful with it!
@careymitchell47312 жыл бұрын
i, also, have restored many antique tools. I also restored a Lehman .36 cal trade rifle - very slowly and carefully. I did not attempt to get it back to original condition, only to remove superficial rust and grime. BTW, the first item on the agenda was to measure the depth of the bore to determine if it was still loaded. The critical key is knowing when to stop - or in many cases, not to begin.
@everyredlight41624 жыл бұрын
Well...he found those numbers didn’t he? The trolls never rest do they
@billlozier55514 жыл бұрын
I watch PAWN shop show in Las Vegas. The numbers on the gun depict the history of a gun & can locate the previous owner. The numbers can say if the gun is worth 50 bucks or 50 thousand. I dont think the critics realize taking shit of a piece of history hurts it. It helps!
@buggsy54 жыл бұрын
@@billlozier5551 The complaints are not about revealing the serial number, they are about the ham-handed methods used to do so.
@garyschreckengost12044 жыл бұрын
Thats because s lot of people here realised that there are better ways to clean the rust away without seriously damaging the peice. If you dont know what your doing, hire a professional.