Stuff you find

[Phil C]

I found these hand forged Leg Irons in the Chiricahua mountains in 1978 along with a Winchester stock that was just barely visible due to sediment laying beside it. This is in the heart of the Apache country. I wish I would have taken a shovel with me and Dug around. I thought later that the metal being heavier probably went down while the wood had ridden up. I know approximately where I found these and have thought many times about taking a metal detector up in the area and looking around. It’s on National Forest so I don’t know how legal this is.
I gave the stock to Dr Findlay E Russel whom I was working for in Portal AZ at the time. He wanted the Leg irons but I kept them I probably should have gave them to him.
It wasn’t until years later this quite Dr I had worked for was a WWll medic that received a Purple Heart and 2 bronze stars.