TREASURES UNDER BUTTPLATES

George Lander · 05-19-2011, 10:49 PM

Have any of you here made it a practice of looking under the buttplates when you acquire a gun? A friend of mine did & told me that he found a five dollar bill! So I started looking under mine & so far I have found a 1921 hunting license from Pennsylvania (in an A Grade Fox) and a King George VI 10 pond note (in a W.W. Greener).

Inquiring Minds want To Know....George

Brush Buster · 05-19-2011, 11:59 PM

I started the practice years ago of removing Butt Plates ,I read about a fellow that removed a plate on a B Grade Fox and the large hole where the bolt goes through the stock into the back of the receiver to hold the stock on ,had a wad of $100.00 Bills rolled up and stuck in the hole ???? So far " NO LUCK !

MarketHunter · 05-20-2011, 04:56 AM

I've looked in every gun I ever owned and found nothing except some lead and some newspaper scraps.

10 bore · 05-20-2011, 05:29 AM

just dates and names under grip caps, still nice to find

chris dawe · 05-20-2011, 05:33 AM

I do it as well,and have found note's ,string ,fish hook's & a couple St.Christopher medal's.

Dean Romig · 05-20-2011, 05:49 AM

Odd that there should be St. Christopher medals and not St. Hubert medals...?

ED J, MORGAN · 05-20-2011, 06:38 AM

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Originally Posted by Dean Romig

Odd that there should be St. Christopher medals and not St. Hubert medals...?

HAVE GUN WILL TRAVEL ?

chris dawe · 05-20-2011, 04:26 PM

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Originally Posted by Dean Romig

Odd that there should be St. Christopher medals and not St. Hubert medals...?

There is some very old time strick Catholic's up here in Newfoundland .I did'nt see a direct connection as well.

Dean Romig · 05-20-2011, 06:39 AM

Agreed, but St. Hubert is the patron saint of hunters.

winplumber · 05-20-2011, 07:04 AM

I had a heck of a time getting into my DH the outside came off with the screws but the wood part I had to use a band saw. Didnt find anything . Does the wood just get glued back on ?