{"id":8673,"date":"2019-04-14T20:53:53","date_gmt":"2019-04-15T00:53:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/?p=8673"},"modified":"2019-04-14T20:53:58","modified_gmt":"2019-04-15T00:53:58","slug":"genesee-county-oakfield-man-makes-a-historical-find-in-his-yard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/index.php\/2019\/04\/14\/genesee-county-oakfield-man-makes-a-historical-find-in-his-yard\/","title":{"rendered":"GENESEE COUNTY\/Oakfield man makes a historical find in his yard"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Tim Nickels with his historical find
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Tim Nickels was doing some landscaping on Saturday at his home in Oakfield when he came across a historical find in his yard.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After checking with a Facebook site, several people seem to think it is a 19th century shotgun.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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“I found it while spring cleaning outside. I was digging for topsoil to fill holes and level the yard,” says Nickels.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nickels called police and they said he could keep it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He says he has lived in his home for about 5 years and it was built in 1873.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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“Right now it’s in the electrolysis stage so I can hopefully get some serial numbers off of it.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to a local historian, Cindy Amrhein, who checked with someone knowledgeable with antique guns, it looks like part of an over-under shotgun\/double barrel shotgun.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Nickels is hoping to be able to identify it and possibly link it to some local history. Amrhein seems to the think the barrel could be buried nearby.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Tim Nickels was doing some landscaping on Saturday at his home in Oakfield when he came across a historical find in his yard. After checking with a Facebook site, several people seem to think it is a 19th century shotgun. “I found it while spring cleaning outside. I was digging \u2026<\/p>\n

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