I cleaned up the gun about as much as I dare without damaging it. The big news is that I got it working. It took a lot of oilsoaking and moving things with a pliers but it is now fully operational. You load it by sticking the barrel tip in water and pushing in the lever under the barrel. You then have 6 shots. As each shot is fired, the plunger moves back out a little.
daisy squirt gun update
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StratTone
Elite Member
Agreed that is super cool!
GLASSHOPPER1955
Elite Member
Amazing that it still works! Cool!
GroundSweeper
Forum Supporter
waaayyy waaayyy waaayyy cool!
metaladdict
Elite Member
thanx
Thanks for the comments, I appreciate them all. This is a very solitary hobby. Only once in the last 2 seasons have I seen another detectorist and that was at a distance and for some reason, when he saw me, he took off out the back way of the preserve.
Thanks for the comments, I appreciate them all. This is a very solitary hobby. Only once in the last 2 seasons have I seen another detectorist and that was at a distance and for some reason, when he saw me, he took off out the back way of the preserve.
georgeinsc
Elite Member
Nice find and nice work on the cleanup. One swinger in two years and I see that many nearly every hour at the beach. I counted 8 other coil swingers from where I was standing and that was just those that I could be certain what they were doing Every tourist that visits brings their metal detector to the beach.
Foragist
Forum Supporter
A six shooter squirt gun? If I had ever heard of that when I was a kid, I would've begged and cried and stomped my feet, and then maybe mowed a lawn or something to get one of those. Very cool find, and kinda shocking you got it working! 
Also, I don't remember the last time I saw anyone detecting, besides the utility workers.
Also, I don't remember the last time I saw anyone detecting, besides the utility workers.
Soil Surgeon
Forum Supporter
Congrats on an amazing find and getting it functioning . I did not know such a thing even existed !
RayK
Senior Member
If the finish is still pretty solid on the gun, you may want to try a little vinegar to help clean some of the rust off the finish. If the finish is bubbled up then the vinegar will just remove the loose finish.
People use vinegar on tools to take the rust off and it works real well.
Ray
People use vinegar on tools to take the rust off and it works real well.
Ray
