<BR>This is probably off topic but this is the best place I could think
of to find out.
<BR>A few years ago, I was watching a t.v. prograsm dealing with phenominons,
lost
<BR>people, etc. They were at the Alamo & were going to dig up the
well there.They had
<BR>done ultrasounds & think there was a big stash of artifacts at
the bottom of the
<BR>well. Rumors said the folks there threw all their good posessions into
the well,
<BR>including a big stash of gold when they were being attacked. The next
program, they
<BR>were still digging up the "street" & found a lot of artifacts &
were way behind in
<BR>their digging as scheduled. I never saw the outcome of what they found
in the well.
<BR>Anyone know?
<BR>Thanks for being indulgent.
<BR>JD
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Date: Sat, 4 Mar 2000 08:08:54 -0800
From: bcunningham@gwe.net (Bill Cunningham)
Subject: Re: MtMan-List: period correctness
Glad to see you're just like most of the rest of us.
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From: Douglas Hepner <dullhawk@texomaonline.com>
To: hist_text@lists.xmission.com <hist_text@lists.xmission.com>
Date: Friday, March 03, 2000 6:58 PM
Subject: Re: MtMan-List: period correctness
>Roger wrote:
>
>> I'll be perfectly honest and admit that I am not sure where you are
coming
>> from with these statements. But if you mean to imply what you sound like
>you
>> are implying, I think it is you who may be missing the point...
>
>I agree with Roger and I have learned a lot from this list. Some of the
most
>heated discussions have led me to facts that I might never have known if
not
>for this list. I am not an AMM member, but have MUCH respect for the
>organization. I have learned so many things from some of the members. I
>strive to not only look authentic, but be authentic. I take my gear out and
>trap, hunt, and hike. Some of my gear holds up well, and some fail. This is
>how I do it. I just wanted to add, that if my gear was 100% perfect, and I
>had nothing else to learn, then I would give up living history. Heck,
that's
>what makes it fun for me! Finding that new fact, or going to museums,
>digging thru relics at antique stores. Isn't that what this is all about?
Or
>am I just crazy like my wife thinks?
>
>Sorry for rambling...
>"Dull Hawk"
>
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Date: Sat, 04 Mar 2000 08:18:22 -0700
From: "Ole B. Jensen" <olebjensen@earthlink.net>
Subject: Re: MtMan-List: traditions flintlock
Tim,
I don't know what type of gun you have or who made it, I do know that most
of the Italian made guns, use to good a steel in there frizens which make
the flint come apart. I also don't know if L&R has a comparable made frizen
that will work. Now that I have been so much help here is what I have done
in the past. Find a good gun builder and have him re-sole the frizen for
you.
Re-soling is where you grind out the face of the frizen and silver solder on
a new face made of high carbon steel preferably an old piece of file, the
gun smith also needs to check the angle of the cock in order to make sure it
is correct in the mean while what are you using to hold the flint, I have
found leather to be the best it tends to deaden the impact and last, get
some English Flints from Track of the Wolf.
Ole # 718
Aux Ailments De Pays
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>From: "Tim Nevins" <timnevins@hotmail.com>
>To: hist_text@lists.xmission.com
>Subject: MtMan-List: traditions flintlock
>Date: Sat, Mar 4, 2000, 12:58 AM
>
>I recently purchased a Traditions Pennsylvania flintlock rifle. I have a one
>small problem with it though. It chews up flints, I can't even get through a
>24 shot shoot without having to change it. I am using knapped flints trying
>them bevel up and down and it doesn't seem to matter. I have case hardened
>the frizzen and that hasn't seemed to help either. I haven't tried cut
>flints yet. I have heard about L and R Lock Company's RPL locks. Does anyone
>if the frizzen and pan are the same size are a little bigger. Any help would
