Now this is a cool find. The story this 1863 pistol could tell.
Excerpt from a Retroactive publication:
"The gun was discovered along a path on Buffalo Lake in 2004 when Darryl Bereziuk, now Director of the Archaeological Survey of Alberta, was scanning dirt for tiny trade beads and arrowheads and spotted the rusty barrel. “We realized it was likely associated with an historic Métis occupation nearby. The artifact attests to how lively a place this was in the 1800s”. The design and markings indicate that the gun was produced in the latter half of 1863 and had been accepted by the U.S. Army. It was likely issued to a soldier in 1864 but it’s not known if the gun was used in the final year of Civil War combat that ended in 1865." photograph by Darryl Bereziuk.
To read the whole story...
https://albertashistoricplaces.wordp...usty-revolver/