If you ever sell that nickel plated KP, I call dibs! Was the first pump gun I ever shot back at Airsports when you let me borrow it. Gogged Jim Masse with it on my first game haha.
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That is one of Punishers (Lee Kinney) and a real joy to shoot.
Dug into a box today that held clothing. Many T-shirts paintball, including some of Sgt. Splatters designs signed by the artist (Fred Moulton).
By coincidence, we were at Jim Masses house when he signed them.Comment
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Well, crap. Been raining twelve of the last fourteen days. Not to mention some high winds and downed trees.
To top it off, another death in the family. Twice in two months. Still waiting on EMTs to arrive.
I'll get back to the excavation soon.
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All righty, then. Getting back to it after blowing a spinal disc from dropping & pulling wood.
Got into a box today and I did not recognize a lot of what was in there. I did take pics.
I think four more boxes to go through before I hit the paydirt (the markers) and about 600 lbs. of magazines.
On the plus side, I've ordered a new komputer that should enable me to get photos up to display all this flotsam & jetsam. I hope.Comment
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Awesome, I am looking forward to seeing the treasure trove!!
At this point, it might be worth dumping the photos onto google drive instead of uploading them here or to imgur. Once you get the new computer of course.
Also I didn't see your last post, sorry to hear about the death in the family. Two in as many months is really rough.Comment
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I appreciate the sentiment.
It's like the digging is never ending. Aside from a large "Steamer Trunk" I think you call it, filled with costumes left over from LARPing scenario games, I'm hitting boxes of curious stuff.
There's a fair bag of SMG-60 stripper clips (30-40), lots of old paperwork (adverts, field fliers, old magazines.), several trophies from my tournament days, even a pirate stock to fit a KP-2 that I had made out of cherry and several other shoulder stocks.
And it's all mixed up. The fifth box with old Co2 tanks? To gather them together means re-opening the other four.
I'm looking forward to getting all this documented and uploaded. I should have the means within a week, but the learning curve to use it may take some time.
And I still haven't gotten to the markers. Well, some I listed in the "go to" box and a few others. The majority of them however, haven't seen the light of day in years.Comment
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Double bonus today. The new komputer arrived (now I have to figure it out) so I can hopefully get pictures up and I've reached the first crate of markers. Had to push other stuff aside like the literature, paintball books, magazines and such. I'll get to that later.
The top of the first crate held markers unused. Tippman 98 Custom, Sheridan XTS, cheap stuff like a Splatmaster and a couple Vulcan 5000's all still in original package.
An Evil pod pack 9+4 (loaded) & a 4.5k 114ci tank with remote on Raptor reg. I'm almost amazed that I used to carry that much weight.
There were a couple gems sifted out of the first dig.
An AFT in an aluminum briefcase with "Rain cover", 8 spring loaded paint tubes, 2 extra barrels all fitted inside.
A Tagline AT-85 with 4 underbarrel hoppers and 3 mags, one with elbow extension. Again, all in a fitted plastic case.
Like I said, that's the top layer of the first crate that I've taken pics of. Below that layer there's a lot of jumbled up stuff. I can see 3 SMG 60's, an F4 Illustrator, several old BE's, a Rainmaker, and even an Ion with a pink body kit. And there's other boxes below those that I have no clue what they may contain, below that I can see something with a thermotank sticking out. Maybe a Puma.
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I have to get that other komputer hooked up. I want to set it up separately before shutting this one down.
But the picture taking continues in the form of group shots at this stage.
One little gem dropped out today, an NGS Savage. Even V-rex has only the one pic, and it's not quite the same. But what I have is stamped into the body, no mistake.Comment
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Finally received the final hardware to set up pictures. Now to learn how to do it. 🙄
I'm kinda mad now that I haven't been making a list. Sure, I can look back at the pics and identify stuff but I should mention what I'm finding.
So, I'm making a list. Todays excavation revealed a dozen fun ones, let's see...
Lada Sterling in red anno w/AA barrel,
P-68sc w/Daisy point site,
Tippmann 68 Special,
Stingray 1,
SL-68 2,
P-68 oc,
P-12,
Kingman Hammer w/Spyder frame,
Combat Connections Enforcer,
TMA-11,
BE Barracuda,
And a Darkside MK-4.
Keep in mind that is ONE box. The crates I'm excavating hold multiple boxes.
One of the reasons I need to make a list is that I don't actually know the totals. How many markers, Air tanks, etc....Oh! And barrels. Found a whole box full I don't remember.
I can guess at values, but much has been stored in, shall we say a "less than optimal" environment for the past decade. Many would need tear down and re-build before going to market.
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Went back and re-dug to make the list. The additions:
Tippmann Pro-Am,
B.E. Poison
SP Ion w/pink body kit,
F-1 Illustrator,
B.E. Cobra
NGS Savage
Spyder Shutters (x2),
Rainmaker,
Snake Eyes (oddball)
Puma w/thermo-tank,
Tippmann 98 Custom long barrel & stock,
S.M.G. 60 (x3)
This growing list is just what I have taken pictures of.
I noticed an omission, I did not list the markers in the "go to" box which were;
Splatmasters (x2),
PGP w/Masse speed feed in holster,
My primary, Lukes Cutoms body SC Automag with SP wood grips (green) and Line SI lever "island style",
Two Phantoms. One in pink acid wash, hardline and clear parts. With eyes! (wait for the pics)
The other I've had since the 90's. In woodland camo with a JCS Voodoo folding stock (I won that in a costume contest at EMR)
Both are VSC, and I have almost enough pieces to put together a second woodland OC, just need the gripframe.
That one is interesting because the vert is not an ASA. It's a vert 12g changer only.
By my recollection, I'm almost 1/3rd of the way through markers, after pushing aside other boxes that still need going through.Comment
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Mucho interestedo in the Lada Sterling and Hammer with Spyder frame.Comment
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Rained yesterday. Today, however, I was able to shake loose another mixed box. Some horrible, some in good shape.
A broken Talon,
Green PT Extreme missing feed plug,
Nel-Spot so rusted I don't think even Doc would give it more than a shallow grave,
Some of the ones in decent condition.
NW comp (x2) One with diy bottomline hooked to a dummy 12g,
WGP Ranger w/ Joker grips & stock,
TASO Spartan with tactical pump,
Team AGS Bloodsucker,
Lapco Grey Ghost,
Lapco Specter(black).
Both the Lapco are the old style, and honestly think the Specter is superior to the Ghost.
Still more to come, I'm only listing what I've taken pictures of.
What focus my brain has left is concentrating on recording what's in there first, then getting it to display online.
So it may take a little while, hopefully it will be worth the wait.
The best is yet to come.
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More rain today, but I did get pics of another batch.
Nelspot 007 in a leather holster,
AGD Sydarm # SY00087,
1st gen Spyder custom solid walnut grip,
Unibody Phantom,
Classic L7 Automag w/ Autoresponse grip, AA barrel,
Chrome MiniMag, DYE barrel,
PTP dust red Sleeper full body 'cocker w/ pump kit & original pneu's,
'98 LF 'cocker missing back block and bolt,
Pre-2K 'cocker rainstorm milled body clear anno. I swapped most parts out with ANS in magenta.
A half-block 'cocker pump I cannot identify, but it does have nice parts inc. an OTP G-1 barrel with 3 inserts.
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New batch today. Two boxes better kept, holding some good items.
Getting near the end of the markers, still might hit 100 total ~ maybe.
(as the little voice whispers "you can get there" just buy more)
Razorback,
Nightmare LB,
Nightmare SB Comp (both on Crossman stocks),
USI Eliminator missing barrel,
another Bloodsucker,
3357 Spot Marker,
AGA .62 (x2),
Kingman Hammer,
PMI 68 Magnum ~ nice T-stock with drop ASA,
And a Nelson I don't recognize but it's also in a Crossman stock.
Not recognizing something I own is unusual.
Next box is some good stuff. The "Families".
Wintec Thunderbolt,
Wintec Double Thunderbolt (only 15 made),
Gotcha Ace,
Gotcha Deuce,
PPS Pug,
PPS Houndstooth,
PPS Super Stocker,
PPS Nasty Typhoon.
Hopefully, tomorrow I can get to the rifle cases with the K series for pics. (only 3, don't get excited)
There are more boxes, but few have markers. That I can remember, anyway. There's still 20 years' worth of magazines (about 600 lbs.) and a half dozen totes of "surprise!".
I'll let those sort of wait until after I hit the last of the markers. Then concentrate on providing visual proof before going through the rest.
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I've been on the hunt for an AGA .62 for awhile!Comment
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