Watch List notes:

Model 1816 Springfield rifle, converted from flintlock to percussion (rare), from the Lady Elgin (1860). 3940 grams, about 6-1/2' long with bayonet. A complete firearm of any period from a shipwreck is a rare item indeed, and this one has the distinction of being super long and accompanied by its original steel bayonet, great for an impressive display, the whole surface dark and waxy from preservation but showing some rust and rot underneath the shiny coating, the firing mechanism with arm bent over from the old frizzen to a new percussion hole in the barrel, obviously not operational but with everything in place, also interesting for the wreck itself, rammed in a storm by a poorly lit schooner, prompting the requirement of running lights on all vessels as is now the rule.
($2000-3000)