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00:00This is an infrared heat seeker for the Sidewinder missiles.
00:06Holy .
00:08Is it legal to own these?
00:10I'm not sure.
00:11What do we got?
00:12I have a torpedo gyroscope from World War II.
00:16This is the brains that made the torpedoes work.
00:19And it's Japanese, right?
00:20It is.
00:21It does kind of have that steampunk vibe.
00:24I got you a grenade.
00:26Oh, get that thing out of my store.
00:29I brought my antique table lamps.
00:32Well, these look a little different than your standard table lamps.
00:36Someone made some helmets into a light.
00:39That's a bright idea.
00:41All right, Rick, I told you once, I'm going to need that raise.
00:50OK, so at this point, it'll shoot or blow up, right?
00:53Exactly.
00:55Fire in the hole!
00:57Yeah!
00:58Oh, my God!
01:00So I got a call from a guy with an antique cannon that he doesn't know a lot about.
01:18So Corey and I are meeting him out here at a local shooting range.
01:21And since this is in Alex's wheelhouse, he's going to meet us out here and check it out.
01:26So that's the cannon.
01:28Yes, sir.
01:33It's a little bigger than I imagined.
01:34Right?
01:35So this is what you brought me out here to see.
01:38Um, yeah.
01:39It's a mountain cannon, which means that it's designed to be put on a bunch of mules.
01:44So basically, it's a cannon you can disassemble.
01:46Um, yeah.
01:47Yeah, so you could literally, like, take it to the top of that mountain up there and just drain down terror and hell and damnation.
01:54You know what I mean?
01:56Look at that thing.
01:57So where'd you get this thing?
01:59So back in the 70s, my dad picked it up from a private dealer and he ended up willing it to me.
02:04So I've just been hanging on to it.
02:07You know, it's, uh, obviously British because it has all this Latin on it and the crown.
02:13We have 1902 on the carriage.
02:17Do you have any paperwork with it?
02:19I have the ATF paperwork that came with it, but that's about it.
02:23Can I open up the breach?
02:24Yeah, go for it.
02:25Uh, I should...
02:27Maybe I'm doing it wrong.
02:30You know, we have a guy coming down here to do all this stuff, Dad.
02:33You know what, son?
02:34You know, I'm having a good time here, right?
02:36Well, here's a few things we're gonna have to know if it works.
02:39Um, if it fires and it works, that's one thing.
02:42If it doesn't, then it's just redneck lawn art to me.
02:44Did you say redneck lawn art?
02:46Yeah.
02:47That's the only person that puts a cannon in their front yard, man. I'm sorry.
02:49I keep it in a storage unit, so we're good.
02:52Okay, um, how much are you looking to get out of it?
02:55So, I kind of did some homework, and they're kind of expensive, so maybe about $50,000.
03:01How much?
03:02$50,000.
03:03Five-zero?
03:04Five-zero.
03:05Okay.
03:06Um, to tell you the truth, I have no idea.
03:09Um, if we just hang out for a little bit, I got my buddy coming down.
03:13He'll look at it, and if there's a deal to be made, there's a deal to be made.
03:18Cool.
03:19Well, I'm gonna go sit in the truck and wait for Alex, because it's cold.
03:22How you doing?
03:26Pretty good. What can I help you with?
03:31I got a Civil War Union soldier capy, or cap.
03:35Oh, a capy, yeah. Where did you get this?
03:38I got it from a collector in Chicago.
03:40Mm-hmm.
03:41It's kind of a funny-looking hat, right?
03:42They also call it the slouch cap.
03:44I can see why they call it the slouch cap, because it's a little slouchy.
03:47Right.
03:49Yeah, it's definitely pretty cool.
03:51I've actually never seen one in person before, but, of course, I've seen tons of them in photographs.
03:55Sure.
03:56The Kepi military cap originated in the Algerian War, and the version we used during the Civil War was basically copied from the French.
04:03There's not many of them out there because they weren't made very well.
04:06After a few years, they would just fall apart.
04:08So how are you so sure this is from the Civil War? Because I know these were around pre- and post-Civil War as well.
04:15Doing some research, the buttons are Scoville buttons from Connecticut, Scoville Manufacturing Company, and those are period. That's what I'm guessing.
04:23Let's check it out here. It's got some paper in here. Do you know what that is right there?
04:28No, it looks like it's like a shipping departure and arrival list.
04:33Okay. I don't know much about them. It looks like it's in pretty rough condition, though, but it's what you'd expect out of something this old.
04:42I mean, it's a fabric, so a lot of things are gonna eat away at it and deteriorate it over time.
04:48But the leather actually looks, you know, pretty good for its age.
04:52How much are you looking to get for it?
04:55I'm asking 3,500.
04:57Okay. I mean, taking a look at it, it looks authentic. It looks period.
05:01But before I make you an offer on that, I'm really interested to know if this is actually from the Civil War or if this predates the Civil War.
05:08So if you have a little bit of time, I'd like to call someone down to come take a look at this and figure out what exactly time period it's from and maybe we can go from there.
05:18Sounds good.
05:19Give me just a few minutes, all right?
05:20All right.
05:21So Cory and I are currently meeting with this guy at a local shooting range who's got an antique mountain cannon.
05:31He wants $50,000 for it, which might be a crazy price.
05:35Fortunately, Alex is gonna meet us out here, and he's gonna clear all this up for us.
05:40Wow. That is good looking.
05:43Sort of the nickname for these are called screw guns because this big collar here,
05:49this part comes off and the whole thing unscrews so the muzzle and the breech become two pieces.
05:57So you could put them on mule trains and get them up into the mountains and set up the gun in under 10 minutes and be firing.
06:05Now these are really rare.
06:07Fewer than 200 of these were made.
06:09They had a very short window, about 1901, 1902.
06:13And then they were obsolete because this whole system back here is friction primed,
06:19which was an archaic way of making this gun fire developed in 1863.
06:26But I mean, this is a beautiful, beautifully maintained cannon.
06:29Here is the original data plate.
06:32So yeah, it is dated 1902.
06:35So the way the law is in the United States, if it's made after 1898,
06:40typically a cannon would be considered an explosive device and would be regulated.
06:44This is not because of that friction prime system.
06:48Because it's such an archaic system, this is still considered an antique.
06:52And so you can certainly buy it if you like it.
06:55There's nothing legally stopping you from doing that.
06:58Do you mind if I open up the breach door and take a look?
07:00No, go for it.
07:08Oh, look at that.
07:09I mean, the board's really nice.
07:10It's maintained well.
07:11There is pitting, but you can still see all the lands and grooves quite crisply.
07:16I don't see any reason why we couldn't fire it if you're up for it.
07:19Let's do it.
07:20I'm down.
07:21I'd love to shoot it.
07:22Yeah, I think it would be really fun.
07:23And if you want to sell this, you need to show collectors that it can fire
07:27because these things are really fun to shoot.
07:29Let's do it.
07:30All right.
07:31I'll go back to my shop and start getting ready.
07:33You grab some stuff for it.
07:34We'll go have lunch.
07:35Meet you back here in two hours.
07:36Sounds good to me.
07:37All right.
07:38I'm hoping it's going to fire.
07:40It's maintained well, so we'll see how it goes.
07:48I have a customer who claims to have a super old Civil War Kepi hat.
07:52The condition is questionable, but there's a huge market for Civil War stuff.
07:56So I invited the beard of knowledge, Mark Hall Patton, to come on down and check it out for
08:01me.
08:02Thanks for coming out, Mark.
08:03Sure.
08:04What do we got here?
08:05Well, nice little hat.
08:07All right.
08:08Yeah, it looks like it's a chasseur cap, normally known as a Kepi, but there are variations
08:15on it.
08:16When you think of Civil War uniforms, this is the cap that you think about.
08:21Mm-hmm.
08:22But the question is whether or not it's Civil War vintage or Indian War vintage.
08:27Do you mind if I take a closer look at it?
08:29By all means.
08:31OK.
08:32These were intended to slouch forward.
08:34You can see that it's much longer in the back, much shorter in the front.
08:40That's the correct buckle.
08:42The buttons look correct.
08:44These are Scoville buttons.
08:45OK.
08:46Do you happen to have a tape measure?
08:49Yeah.
08:50Hold on.
08:51It's not very big, but I think it'll do the job.
08:56That'll do fine.
08:58Add a needle.
09:01OK.
09:03That's interesting.
09:05Is this going to help you determine what period it's from?
09:08Yeah.
09:09The measurements changed slightly.
09:11They're fairly minor, but it's one of the few things that you can look at.
09:16The top here in the Civil War vintage is oblong rather than round.
09:22This one is round.
09:24So my impression of this is that it's not a Union Civil War piece.
09:29That it is an Indian Wars piece.
09:31OK.
09:32Still very much of interest to people that collect these, just not Civil War.
09:38OK.
09:39Well, I appreciate you coming down, Mark.
09:41Not a problem.
09:42So Mark likes the hat.
09:45Unfortunately, he doesn't think it's Civil War period.
09:47But, you know, it's just shortly after their Indian War.
09:51How firm are you there on that price?
09:53A little wiggle room.
09:54Would you wiggle down to, like, $1,000?
09:57I'll wiggle to $1,700.
10:01I think the most I could pay is probably $1,200 for it, you know, because I'm not going to be able to say it's the Civil War period.
10:06Although it's still highly collectible, most people prefer to have the Civil War name attached to it, you know?
10:13How about $1,300?
10:15Call it a day.
10:16$1,250.
10:17And that's more than I want to pay?
10:18No, I can do that.
10:19All right.
10:20I got a deal.
10:21All right, thanks.
10:22I sold it for $1,250, but I only paid $900 for it.
10:26So what I'm going to do is I'm going to either upgrade to another kepi or buy some more Civil War photographs.
10:38So Corey, Alex, and I are out at a local shooting range with a seller who's got a mountain screw gun cannon.
10:44And the guy wants $50,000 for it.
10:47So we're going to test this baby out, and if it works, we're going to try and come up with a price.
10:52So we're going to fire this thing?
10:53We are going to fire it.
10:54I set up an old wine barrel, and I put some special stuff inside.
11:00So if I hit it, you'll get to see what's in there.
11:02Okay.
11:03So load the thing up.
11:04I can't wait.
11:05All right.
11:08So I put the projectile in.
11:10Now I made some powder packs.
11:12This is filled with black powder.
11:17I'm going to close the breach.
11:18This is a friction primer.
11:21This is exactly what they would have used in 1902, and they would have done this exact process with a lanyard.
11:29All right.
11:30It's loaded.
11:31Okay.
11:32So at this point, it'll shoot or blow up, right?
11:34Exactly.
11:40Fire in the hole!
11:41Fire in the hole!
11:42Yeah!
11:43Oh, my God!
11:44What?
11:45That was so awesome!
11:46Whoa!
11:47We got at least 20 feet!
11:48Oh, my God!
11:49Oh, man!
11:50That was awesome!
11:51Well, we got like 15, 20.
11:52Yeah.
11:53We had at least 20 feet, right?
11:54That was safe.
11:55Well, it works!
11:56That is called shretanol.
11:57Yeah.
11:58Mega cool.
11:59Mega cool.
12:00So tell me, what is this thing worth?
12:01Oh, man.
12:01That was awesome.
12:03Well, we got like 15, 20.
12:05Yeah.
12:05We had at least 20 feet, Rick.
12:07That was safe.
12:09Well, it works.
12:15That is called shretanol.
12:19I got to admit, mega cool.
12:21Mega cool.
12:22So tell me, what is this thing worth?
12:24I think in this condition, doing what it can do
12:27and how beautifully restored it is,
12:29is anywhere $35,000, $40,000.
12:32Okay.
12:34So will you take $20,000 for it?
12:38Can you do $25,000?
12:39Yes, absolutely.
12:40We could do $25,000.
12:42He let us blow something up with his cannon.
12:43Give the guy the $25,000, man.
12:45Okay.
12:46$25,000.
12:46All right, man.
12:47Can we blow up one more thing?
12:48As long as I get to pull the trigger.
12:49Well, you guys don't know if we have another barrel.
12:51I know you and I know we do.
12:52We absolutely do.
12:54Yes.
12:56I'm totally happy with the $25,000.
12:57It was just sitting in the storage unit collecting dust.
13:00So if these guys can take it and start shooting it,
13:02you know, that's totally okay.
13:08I have a warrior.
13:10Thanks so much for selling me this thing, man.
13:12No worries, buddy.
13:13Thanks, Alex.
13:14This is great.
13:14You're welcome.
13:15I'm going to take the money from the sale
13:16and just put it into savings and hang on to it.
13:18How are you doing?
13:25Fine.
13:26How are you?
13:26I'm good.
13:27Can I help you today?
13:28I brought my antique table lamps.
13:31Well, these look a little different
13:32than your standard table lamps.
13:34I believe they're Belgium Cavalry Army officer helmets
13:38from 1850.
13:40Okay.
13:40Well, that's pretty cool.
13:41Someone made some helmets into a light.
13:44That's a bright idea.
13:47So we have a military expert
13:49who's schooled me on some of this stuff.
13:50So I know a little bit.
13:52This style of helmet was made popular
13:54by Napoleon's Cavalry,
13:56and then it was adopted by many other countries.
13:59It looks kind of cool, too, you know.
14:01They have the lion mounted right here on the front,
14:03and that would be typical.
14:05This guy would have been mounted up
14:06on the back of the horse,
14:07and he probably would have looked
14:09a little better dressed than your foot soldiers, you know.
14:11It's kind of why the helmet looks so cool and decorative.
14:14It's probably why they put the horse hair on there
14:16because, you know, it's durable.
14:18You can see it's still all there.
14:21But also, they wanted this helmet to serve a function,
14:23so they wanted it to be safe,
14:25wanted it to protect them.
14:26What can you tell me about these?
14:28Well, on the back of one of the lamps,
14:30it's stamped 1850.
14:33It's on the helmet underneath the horse hair.
14:35Okay, I see that, yeah.
14:37Um, there's definitely some wear and tear in them,
14:40and I'm feeling some dings here on this side,
14:43and that's a good thing, you know.
14:44But that lets you know this was worn by someone,
14:47whether it was in battle
14:48or they were just wearing it as their uniform
14:50in a day-to-day setting.
14:52These weren't decorations when they were made.
14:53You know, these were meant to be used,
14:55so whoever had this probably dropped their helmet
14:58every time they got off their horse like that.
15:02How much are you looking to get for them?
15:03$3,000 for the pair.
15:04Okay, um, so these are definitely
15:08real Belgian cavalry helmets.
15:10You can find them for $500 to $700,
15:12and that will be depending on the condition.
15:14But they've been modified.
15:16It would usually not have a lamp through it, though.
15:19I thought about taking the light out of them
15:21just for the helmet
15:22and say it was a bullet hole in the top.
15:25This is the first I've seen of this,
15:27but it takes a lot of the value away,
15:29and it takes away the collectability of the helmet.
15:31Unfortunately, I'm going to have to pass on them.
15:35Thanks for bringing them in, but...
15:36Oh, thank you.
15:37I think you'll have to take these home
15:38to light up your house.
15:39Yeah.
15:40Have a good day.
15:42I know my wife won't be happy
15:44I'm bringing the lamps back home,
15:45but I hope to find somebody
15:49that really likes them
15:50and wants them
15:51and find a good home for them.
16:00Hey, how's it going?
16:00I'm doing good.
16:01How are you doing today?
16:02I'm doing good.
16:02What do we got?
16:03I have a torpedo gyroscope
16:05from World War II.
16:07This is the brains
16:08that made the torpedoes work.
16:10And it's Japanese, right?
16:11It is.
16:12It does kind of have that steampunk vibe.
16:13This is definitely cool.
16:17So, where'd you get this?
16:18Well, my father got it
16:19from a guy at work
16:20that was in the war.
16:22Okay.
16:23The Japanese were our allies
16:24in World War I.
16:25They didn't feel like
16:26they got taken care of really well.
16:28Seeing as how Japan
16:29had never lost a war in their lives,
16:31they figured they would
16:32just go blow up Pearl Harbor,
16:34which we all know
16:35how mad that made the United States.
16:37This is what they used
16:41to guide their torpedoes.
16:43Because of the gyroscopes,
16:44their torpedoes
16:45were so much better than ours.
16:46This is why theirs
16:47went in a straight line perfectly.
16:50They were able
16:50to take an 1,100-pound torpedo
16:52through water
16:53and blow up a ship.
16:55I mean, it looks like
16:56it's in good condition.
16:57What are you looking to do with it?
16:59I'd like to see
16:59if you guys would be interested in it.
17:00I know there's one
17:01in the World War II museum,
17:02so I think there'll be
17:03some interest in it
17:04from people out there.
17:05How much are you looking
17:06to get out of it?
17:06I'd like to see about 500 bucks.
17:08About 500 bucks?
17:10You know, in all my years
17:11in this business,
17:12I've never had
17:13a Japanese gyroscope
17:15collector come in,
17:17so I don't know
17:17if it's collectible or not.
17:19So do me a favor.
17:20Let me get my friend Mark down here
17:22who actually runs a museum,
17:23and he can kind of tell me
17:24how interested people
17:25are in these things
17:26and if they're collectible or not,
17:27because you kind of
17:28got me baffled here, man.
17:30So if you don't mind hanging out,
17:32I'll give him a call
17:32and see if I can get him down here.
17:33Sounds great.
17:34All the way around.
17:34I agree.
17:35I like that they have
17:36an expert coming in
17:37to kind of tell me
17:38some more information about it.
17:39I'm not really familiar with it,
17:40so I'll be being educated
17:42at the same time.
17:53Hey, how's it going?
17:54Good.
17:55I got these crutches here
17:56that I wanted to kind of check out.
17:57They're not only crutches,
17:58they have like a pistol on them.
18:01Okay.
18:02Gives a whole new perspective
18:03of like Tiny Tim.
18:04They're definitely different.
18:10So you're telling me
18:11these crutches
18:12have a gun built on them.
18:13Yeah.
18:13It's pretty obvious.
18:14It's right there.
18:16Yeah.
18:16Where in the world
18:17did you find these?
18:18Recently, my great-aunt passed away
18:20and she was a collector.
18:22She's always a collector
18:23of a lot of Navy stuff,
18:24just like all Navy,
18:25because she was in the military as well.
18:27They look 1770 to like 1810.
18:32Are you serious?
18:33What?
18:33Well, this part,
18:34they stopped using flintlocks
18:36sometime in the 1820s.
18:38Okay.
18:38I'm pretty sure
18:39these are British hallmarks.
18:41Really?
18:42The British had a lot
18:43of bureaucracy, you know?
18:44There was all these rules
18:45and regulations in England.
18:47So basically,
18:47if you're a gun maker,
18:48you had to put marks
18:49on who made it.
18:50They had to be proof tested.
18:51So Captain Something Morris.
18:57You ever heard of that guy?
18:58Um, no, but...
19:00I bet he was a pirate.
19:03Could you imagine?
19:04All right, walk the plank, mate.
19:06No.
19:10Um, probably not a pirate.
19:15There's a good chance
19:16captains who've been at sea
19:17for a long time
19:18might be missing a limb or two.
19:20Like, you see the old movies
19:21where, like, guys in the Navy
19:23were, like, the peg-leg guys
19:24and stuff like that.
19:24That really did exist.
19:26And back then,
19:28I guess when the captain
19:29would have been like,
19:30well, the blank is about
19:31to hit the fan
19:31and get me my loaded crutches, so...
19:33What's the blank?
19:36A bad word.
19:38All right.
19:38Okay?
19:39That's the best way
19:40to put it.
19:40Um, so,
19:42everything about him's super cool.
19:45Um, how about you
19:46offer these things?
19:47Uh, honestly, I don't...
19:48I have no clue.
19:50You're telling me information
19:50that, like, is blowing
19:52my mind right now,
19:53so I have no clue
19:54what they were.
19:54Okay, um, quite honestly,
19:57I could figure out
19:57who the captain is,
19:58but there's a million
19:58other questions I have.
20:00I have a buddy
20:00who will know
20:01all about this stuff.
20:01Okay.
20:02And if you give me
20:0415, 20 minutes,
20:06I'll get him down here.
20:06Cool.
20:07Okay.
20:08All right.
20:09Don't touch them, Joe.
20:16Earlier today,
20:17a customer came in
20:18with a gyroscope
20:19used for Japanese torpedoes
20:20during World War II.
20:21This is why theirs went
20:23in a straight line
20:24and what made theirs
20:25so much better than ours.
20:27He's asking $500 for it,
20:29and I don't know
20:29if this thing's collectible.
20:31So I'm calling
20:31the museum man himself,
20:33MHP,
20:33to come down
20:34and take a look at it.
20:35Help me not torpedo this.
20:36I don't know exactly
20:38what I'm working with here.
20:39So this would have been
20:41the gyroscope
20:42for a long-lance torpedo.
20:44So at the end
20:45of World War I,
20:46the Japanese
20:47were quite militarized,
20:49so we were worried
20:50about them.
20:51So in 1921,
20:53we called
20:53the nine-member
20:54naval conference,
20:55and out of this
20:56came a series of treaties.
20:58The main one
20:59was one that set limits
21:01on how much tonnage
21:03the various countries
21:05could have
21:06in terms of ships.
21:08So that meant
21:09the Japanese
21:10had to do something
21:12that would offset
21:14not having
21:15as many battleships.
21:17So they went into
21:19designing
21:19a better torpedo.
21:22And they came up
21:24with a torpedo
21:24that could use
21:26pure oxygen
21:27as a way
21:29of propelling
21:30their torpedo.
21:31And they were using
21:33this gyroscope,
21:34so it was going straight.
21:36So this was
21:38a ship killer.
21:41Do you mind
21:42if I take a closer
21:43look at it?
21:46Oh, all right.
21:48Looks to me
21:48like it's in
21:49pretty nice shape.
21:51The interesting thing
21:52about these
21:53is they are
21:54collectible,
21:55but they're
21:56a niche collectible.
21:57Think of your dad.
21:58I mean, your dad
21:59would love this
22:00kind of a piece
22:01because it's
22:02a mechanical piece.
22:04It's because my dad's
22:04a dork.
22:06Mark, I appreciate
22:07you coming down.
22:07I appreciate it.
22:10I know you want
22:11500 for it,
22:12but I truly believe
22:14it's going to be
22:14a hard sell
22:15and a long sell.
22:17Would you take
22:18150?
22:23Could we need it
22:24three?
22:26I'm going to have
22:26to educate
22:27every single one
22:28of my employees
22:28on what this is,
22:30and I still don't know
22:31after hearing
22:31everything Mark said
22:32on how to do that.
22:33So, how about
22:34two?
22:36250 in color good?
22:38225.
22:39250.
22:41225.
22:42250.
22:43Fine, 250.
22:44You got me a 250.
22:45All right, all right.
22:46Come meet me over here.
22:47We'll do some paperwork.
22:47All right.
22:48There's one
22:49in the World War II
22:49museum, so I know
22:50there's going to be
22:51somebody out there
22:51that's going to want one.
22:52I came in looking
22:53for 500.
22:53We settled for 250,
22:55but I had a blast
22:56learning all about it.
22:56So, earlier a guy
23:03came in the shop
23:04with a really old
23:05set of crutches.
23:06They have brass
23:07flintlock pistols
23:08built into them,
23:09and we're thinking
23:10English Navy,
23:11but I have no idea
23:12what they're worth,
23:13and the only person
23:14I can think of
23:14that might come up
23:15with a price
23:16is Alex Kramer.
23:17So, he's coming in.
23:18Hey, guys.
23:19Hey, how's it doing?
23:20Good to see you, man.
23:21So, it's not quite
23:23a peg-leg gun,
23:24but it's pretty close.
23:27They're flintlocks.
23:28They look late 18th,
23:30early 19th century,
23:31so I'm figuring
23:32who's an officer
23:32with a peg-leg?
23:33Basically, he doesn't
23:34know anything about them,
23:35and he won't admit it,
23:36but that's why
23:37we called you down here.
23:38Okay.
23:39Do you mind
23:40if I pick it up?
23:40Yeah, please.
23:41Yeah, help yourself.
23:42So, I'll just start
23:44with the pistols.
23:46They are flintlock.
23:49Wow, that is so cool.
23:51So, normally,
23:52there would be
23:52a side plate here,
23:54right, which holds
23:55the lock to the wood
23:57of a stock.
23:58They did away
23:59with the side plate
24:00and actually put in
24:01sort of little brass
24:02washers on each end,
24:03and you can see
24:04how the screw
24:05is designed.
24:07So, they took
24:07the original screws,
24:08created brass washers,
24:09and just put them,
24:10grafted them right
24:11into like a,
24:13it looks like
24:14an existing pair
24:15of crutches.
24:16So, basically,
24:18you would have it here,
24:20it would be loaded,
24:23and you'd kind of
24:24bring it up
24:26and fire.
24:28That is so cool.
24:31Let me see.
24:32So, Captain Morris
24:36are, I mean,
24:37Royal Navy for sure.
24:39So, it makes sense
24:40to me that it was
24:40a captain who got injured.
24:42If this guy's on crutches
24:43and he's, you know,
24:44injured or has one leg
24:45or something,
24:46he needs some self-defense.
24:48That's crazy.
24:49This is built in.
24:50I mean, how quickly
24:51could you do that
24:51if you had to?
24:53So, what do you
24:53think it's worth?
24:54Normally, I like
24:55to give you
24:55an immediate evaluation
24:58and a price.
24:59I'm not there
25:00with these.
25:02The first unknown
25:03is this captain.
25:04I'm not exactly sure
25:05who that is,
25:05and I want to research it
25:06to see if it lines up
25:08with why these even exist.
25:10And the other thing is
25:11I'd really like
25:11to test fire them.
25:13Let's do it.
25:14Which you said.
25:16All right.
25:17Let me get my phone.
25:19We'll change numbers
25:20and we'll get to the range.
25:21Okay.
25:22All right?
25:22That sounds good.
25:22Be right back.
25:23All right, thanks.
25:23So, a couple days ago,
25:34a guy came in the shop
25:35and he has these
25:36two crutches
25:36that are at least
25:37200 years old
25:38that have guns
25:39built into them.
25:40Alex looked at them
25:41and said,
25:42you know what?
25:42Give me a few days
25:43and I'm going to do
25:43some research.
25:44So, if we find out
25:45some really cool history
25:46on these things
25:47and they shoot here
25:48at the range,
25:49we could be talking
25:50a lot of money.
25:53So, we ready
25:54to fire these things?
25:55Yeah, I think we are.
25:56Now, I did do
25:57some research
25:57on the engravings.
26:00So, that engraving
26:01says Captain J.N. Morris
26:03and J.N. I believe
26:05stands for
26:06James Nickel Morris.
26:07He was in the
26:08Battle of Trafalgar
26:09which was essentially
26:11the sea battle
26:12that stopped
26:13Napoleon's expansion
26:14in Europe
26:15on October 21st, 1805.
26:17He took a shot
26:18to the knee.
26:19He had to use crutches
26:20all the way
26:21until his death
26:21at 1830.
26:22So, theoretically,
26:23it all lines up.
26:26That's incredible.
26:27I didn't give Rick
26:28a value at the shop
26:29because I needed
26:30to do more research
26:31and I'm really glad
26:31I didn't.
26:32These crutches
26:33belong to a famous
26:34sea captain
26:35in the Royal Navy.
26:36It just doesn't get
26:36any better than that.
26:37Any kind of historically
26:38significant item,
26:40especially one
26:40that's a little kooky,
26:41you know, like pistols
26:43and crutches
26:43that are 200 years old
26:45is a good item for Rick
26:46and a good item
26:47for the shop.
26:49Um, are there
26:50any volunteers
26:50for firing?
26:52That's why I'm here.
26:53He's got to be good
26:54at something.
26:55I set up some apples
26:56on strings
26:57because they're kind
26:58of fun to aim at.
26:59It's going to be
27:00very hard to hit them,
27:01so I want you to get
27:02pretty close
27:02if you're going to fire them.
27:04Okay, sounds good.
27:05All right, you guys
27:06come over here.
27:07I'm going to load them.
27:08All right, so go ahead
27:09and put on your eyes
27:10and ears.
27:11This is Triple F
27:12Flak Powder.
27:18Okay.
27:21Okay, so this one's
27:22going to be ready.
27:23And that one's ready.
27:29All right, you ready, Chum?
27:32All right, Rick,
27:33I told you once
27:34and I'll tell you again.
27:38I'm going to need that raise.
27:47Oh!
27:47Woo!
27:50Not bad for a one-legged captain.
27:54Arg, I think I got her, mate.
27:57That's how it's done.
27:59Well, they work
27:59and Chum didn't kill himself.
28:01All right.
28:02Pretty freaking awesome.
28:04Yeah, so, um,
28:06what do you think they're worth?
28:09It's hard to value
28:10something like this
28:10because it's, you know,
28:12you haven't seen
28:13another one come through,
28:14but I think the association
28:16with the engraving
28:17of the name of
28:18the Captain Morris
28:19and his association
28:20with Trafalgar
28:21and the fact that
28:21they're so unique
28:22and that they work,
28:24I think at the right auction,
28:27$25,000 for it.
28:29Okay.
28:30You like that?
28:31That's what I'm saying.
28:32All right.
28:33I'm going to leave you to it.
28:34Hey, Alex.
28:34Yeah?
28:35Can you give me a ride?
28:36Absolutely, buddy.
28:38Okay.
28:40So what will you take for him?
28:42Alex said 25 racks.
28:43I want 25 racks.
28:45Well, good luck with that.
28:48If you want to put it in an auction,
28:50you can go get paid
28:50a year and a half now.
28:51I don't know anything
28:52about auctions, so, yeah.
28:54So I'll give you $10,000.
28:56Well, I mean,
28:57the value to 25,
28:58can we go,
29:00let's go 20.
29:00Can we go 20?
29:01Let's go 20,000.
29:02I might get 20,000
29:03out of them
29:03if I sell it for 25.
29:06Okay.
29:06Okay, I'll be fair with you.
29:08I'll give you 13 grand.
29:11What about 15?
29:13Can we go to 15 at least?
29:16I mean, come on, 15.
29:1715.
29:22You know what?
29:23There is always the possibility
29:24I could go for more than that
29:25at auction.
29:25I could do much better,
29:26so you know what?
29:27I'll risk it at 15.
29:28Yeah, that sounds good.
29:30Let's do it.
29:31So bring him down to the shop.
29:32We'll do some paperwork.
29:33I'll get you paid.
29:34Okay.
29:34This is pretty awesome.
29:37I'm more than happy
29:37with $15,000
29:38because that's more
29:40than what I walked in with
29:41and it's way more
29:42than what I was expecting.
29:43Also, the fact that
29:44it's a little piece
29:44of history to it,
29:45that makes it even
29:46more valuable
29:47just to me personally,
29:48and I dig that.
29:51So what exactly
30:03do we have here?
30:05Like a big flashlight.
30:06This is known
30:07as an infrared heat seeker
30:09for the Sidewinder missiles.
30:11They were attached
30:11to the F-4 Phantoms.
30:13And should I call
30:14Homeland Security now,
30:15or?
30:19Rick, this is first.
30:20Uh, no, we've never
30:22had a guidance system
30:23for a missile.
30:24I've never really
30:25needed one.
30:27So this was attached
30:29to the F-4?
30:29Yes, and they were used
30:30to guide the Sidewinder missiles.
30:33All right.
30:34Um, so where did
30:36you get this thing?
30:37Well, my father used
30:38to do military surplus bidding
30:39in the 70s and 80s,
30:40and he bid on empty
30:41shipping containers,
30:42400 of them.
30:43Sealed bid.
30:44He won it for $25.
30:45Okay.
30:46As he's loading them
30:47into the truck,
30:48he noticed some were heavy.
30:50He opened it up,
30:51and these were inside.
30:53This is crazy.
30:54A guy buys a bunch
30:55of run-of-the-mill
30:55shipping containers
30:56at a government auction
30:57for $25
30:58and finds these inside?
31:00That's incredible.
31:02But I gotta dig
31:03a little bit more
31:03before I have the Air Force
31:04come breathing down my neck.
31:06All right, this is really cool,
31:08but do you have paperwork
31:10from the Department of Defense
31:12or somebody saying
31:13you can own this thing?
31:14Yes.
31:15They were supposed
31:15to have been destroyed,
31:17but they ended up
31:17at the auction.
31:18And this is all
31:19from the Department of Navy, huh?
31:21Dear sir,
31:22a copy of the board's decision
31:24on your owning this?
31:26Rick, that's official
31:26Navy documents.
31:28It looks like it's good to go.
31:30Okay.
31:31So, um,
31:32apparently you own this.
31:34But this isn't
31:35an actual missile, right?
31:36It's been decommissioned.
31:37Yes.
31:38I believe they're totally safe.
31:39Okay.
31:41Um, it is cool, though.
31:43I mean, I really do dig it.
31:45Before this,
31:45you had to see your enemy.
31:47Yep.
31:47These came out.
31:49Now you had dogfights
31:50where you were just looking
31:51at a radar screen
31:52inside the cockpit.
31:54Right.
31:55In 1964,
31:56this was so high-tech,
31:57it was unbelievable.
31:59This was Cold War technology.
32:01And, um,
32:02the whole thinking was
32:03not if we were going
32:04to go to war
32:04with the Russians,
32:05it's when.
32:06It's something
32:07you didn't want
32:07to fall in enemy hands.
32:08Right.
32:09If this really is
32:10a Cold War-era heat seeker,
32:12there's all kinds
32:13of people I could sell it to.
32:15Aviation collectors,
32:16war collectors,
32:17technology geeks.
32:18But I have to know for sure,
32:20is this thing
32:21what she says it is?
32:22Or if it's legal to buy?
32:25It's really interesting,
32:26I'll tell you that.
32:27What I'm trying
32:28to figure out is,
32:29what in the hell
32:30are you going to do with it?
32:31I mean,
32:31are they worth any money?
32:32I mean,
32:32I don't know
32:33if this thing's worthless.
32:34I don't know
32:34if it's worth $20,000.
32:35I don't even know
32:37if it's legal
32:37to own these things.
32:38The last thing
32:39in the world
32:39I want to do
32:40is end up
32:40on the no-fly list.
32:43Let me go
32:43give someone a call
32:44and we'll find out
32:45what's going on with it.
32:46Great.
32:47If I can,
32:48you can bet your ass
32:48I'm going to try
32:49and buy this thing.
32:50I just don't want
32:50to end up
32:51with federal agents
32:52knocking on my door.
32:52The guy that works
33:02for me every now
33:03and then
33:03called me up
33:04and said he's got
33:04something to show me.
33:05He wouldn't tell me
33:06what it was
33:06but he sounded
33:07pretty excited
33:08so I told him
33:09to bring it in.
33:11Hey,
33:12what's up,
33:12Scott?
33:12What's going on,
33:13Rick?
33:14Scott spends a lot
33:15of time out
33:15at flea markets
33:16and estate sales
33:17and every once
33:18in a while
33:19he finds some
33:19great things
33:20and if they're
33:21really great
33:21sometimes I buy
33:22them for the shop.
33:23I got you a grenade.
33:25Oh,
33:25get that thing
33:25out of my store.
33:26Oh,
33:26dude,
33:27I took it apart
33:27before I brought it in.
33:29How do you put it together?
33:32That's what
33:32I don't remember.
33:36Well,
33:37there's no
33:37boomy stuff
33:39inside of it.
33:40Nope.
33:42It's not every day
33:43that someone walks
33:44to my shop
33:44with a grenade.
33:45I consider that
33:46a good thing
33:47but this particular one
33:49I have never seen before.
33:51So what do you
33:51know about it?
33:52It was either made
33:53by the OSS
33:54or the CIA
33:5460 years ago.
33:56The Office of Strategic
33:57Services was formed
33:58during World War II
33:59to gather military
34:00intelligence.
34:01In other words,
34:02they were spies
34:03and after World War II
34:05the OSS
34:05became the CIA.
34:07Well,
34:07you got a lot of balls
34:08for buying a grenade
34:09and then taking it apart.
34:10I'll tell you.
34:10I've never seen
34:13a design like this.
34:14Looks like it'd be
34:14easy to throw though.
34:16The only thing I know
34:17was EKC means
34:18Eastman Kodak Company.
34:20Wow.
34:20Okay.
34:20I know during World War II
34:22Eastman Kodak made
34:22all sorts of weird things.
34:23I'm pretty sure
34:24they made rifles.
34:28Let me call it
34:28Tony down at the gun store.
34:29Maybe he knows
34:30something about it.
34:30Maybe he can tell you
34:31what it's worth.
34:32Cool.
34:32Maybe he can get
34:3250 bucks out of it.
34:33I don't know.
34:34All right.
34:34That sounds good.
34:35Okay.
34:36Let me give him a call.
34:37All right.
34:38This grenade
34:39definitely intrigues me
34:40but until I get it
34:41checked out
34:41I have no idea
34:42what it's worth.
34:46Earlier,
34:47a woman brought in
34:47what she says
34:48is the heat-seeking
34:49part of a missile.
34:50So I asked my buddy
34:51Matt to come
34:52and take a look.
34:52Hey guys.
34:53How are we doing?
34:54This is it.
34:54The heat-seeking device
34:56for an F-4.
34:57Wow.
34:58I'm a U.S. Marine Corps
34:59F-18 pilot
35:00with 17 years of experience.
35:01I'm a graduate
35:02of the Naval Fighter
35:03Weapons School
35:03Top Gun
35:04and also a U.S. Navy
35:05Blue Angel pilot.
35:06Now this is a very
35:07interesting item.
35:09I'm really surprised
35:09that you own this.
35:10Do you have documents
35:11that say that you
35:12can have this?
35:13Well, what you do,
35:14we have a letter
35:14that says we won them.
35:15Okay.
35:16You know,
35:17I almost didn't believe
35:18Rick when he called me.
35:19It's actually an AIM-9
35:20heat-seeker head.
35:21They showed me
35:22documents of paperwork
35:23so they're legal to own it.
35:25It's very rare
35:26to have that outside
35:26of a military base,
35:27let alone in a pawn shop
35:28in Las Vegas.
35:30So how exactly
35:31did these work?
35:31This item is basically
35:33the top foot and a half
35:34of a nine-foot
35:35heat-seeking missile.
35:36If we were to take
35:37off this dome,
35:38there would be a mirror
35:39in there with another
35:40reflecting mirror
35:40that would actually spin
35:42and behind that
35:42we've actually got a filter
35:44and that filter
35:45would be able to decipher
35:46some heat-seeking sources,
35:48i.e. an engine on a jet.
35:50It probably came out
35:50early 1960s.
35:52This was leading technology.
35:53So we went from
35:54shooting bullets,
35:55either the 50mm
35:56or the .20cal,
35:58and then we expanded
36:00it to missiles.
36:01And we were the first
36:01in the world to do that.
36:03So instead of shooting
36:03from hundreds of feet,
36:04we can now shoot out
36:05to a mile,
36:06mile and a half.
36:07So obviously,
36:08that gave us an advantage
36:09early in Vietnam.
36:11National security
36:11is a big issue,
36:12especially nowadays.
36:14Back in the 1960s,
36:15actually,
36:16this missile was compromised.
36:18Off a German base,
36:19an AIM-9 went missing.
36:20It was trucked
36:21past the Iron Curtain,
36:22and a year later,
36:23the communists
36:23had the exact same missile.
36:24So that advantage
36:25we had initially in Vietnam
36:26was gone by the late 1960s.
36:29So you're not like
36:29a Russian spy or anything,
36:31are you?
36:33No.
36:36Okay.
36:37So is there any collector
36:39value for this thing?
36:40It's in good shape.
36:41On a 1 to 10 scale
36:42as a fighter pilot,
36:43I'd give it about a 9.
36:44It's pretty neat.
36:45No one really has one.
36:48It's really
36:49commercial value,
36:50nothing.
36:50I'll be honest with you.
36:52You know,
36:52it's hard to put a dollar on it,
36:54but Aviation Museum,
36:55Aviation Nut,
36:56you know,
36:56heck,
36:56I'd like to have one at home.
36:58So...
36:58All right.
36:59Thanks, man.
37:00You bet.
37:00I appreciate you coming out.
37:01Good to see you.
37:02As a fighter pilot
37:03who has fired the AIM-9 missile,
37:04it's exciting to see this.
37:05If you find a person
37:06that really is into it,
37:08perhaps an old Vietnam F-4 pilot
37:10or somebody like myself,
37:11that could be
37:12a perfect item for him.
37:13So how much
37:14were you looking
37:14to get out of this?
37:16About $3,000.
37:18No.
37:19Um...
37:20I just don't know
37:23what to say.
37:23I'm thinking 500 bucks
37:25and maybe I can do
37:26something with it,
37:26maybe I can't.
37:27I don't know.
37:28It's a real shot
37:29in the dark
37:29at 500 bucks.
37:31You don't think
37:31this is worth
37:31more money than $500?
37:32I think it's a neat piece
37:34of history,
37:34but it's an antiquated
37:36thing that's going to sit...
37:39So $750 is out of the question.
37:41$750 is out of the question.
37:42I'll tell you what,
37:42I'll go $550 bucks
37:44and I'm crazy
37:45even buying it, I think.
37:48Hmm.
37:48Okay, well we have more
37:54so I'll take $550.
37:56Okay, $550.
37:57All right, let's go
37:57do some paperwork.
37:59I'm psyched I got this.
38:00It's something that'll
38:01definitely get people
38:01in the door
38:02and have them talking.
38:03Even if I don't sell it,
38:04I'm just as happy
38:05having it sit on my shelf.
38:07It's awesome.
38:08Earlier today,
38:17one of my part-time employees,
38:18Scott, came in
38:19with a World War II grenade.
38:21It's something
38:21I have never seen before.
38:23So I called in my buddy,
38:25Tony, to take a look.
38:26This is it.
38:27This is it.
38:29Wow.
38:29I'm Tony from the gun store
38:30here in Las Vegas.
38:31Everything that comes in
38:32that is unusual
38:33or strange or old,
38:35they call me.
38:36This is a grenade
38:37that was made
38:38for the OSS,
38:39the Office of Strategic Services.
38:42It was the forerunner
38:43to CIA.
38:44Oh, cool.
38:44This is James Bond stuff here.
38:46Old school James Bond.
38:48This was an impact
38:49detonating grenade
38:50made by Eastman Kodak Company.
38:53They made it look
38:53like a baseball
38:54because they figured
38:56that every American boy
38:57could throw a baseball.
38:58This would normally
38:59be filled with TNT.
39:01It screws on us like that.
39:03Okay.
39:04And then this goes in
39:05like this.
39:06Forty-three people
39:08were injured
39:09during the testing.
39:10Three people died,
39:11right,
39:12because they couldn't
39:13get the fuse just right.
39:15They actually never saw
39:16any action
39:17because the war ended.
39:18And when they ended it,
39:19because of the OSS,
39:20super secret stuff,
39:22they destroyed
39:23all of the examples
39:24and they classified
39:26all the records.
39:27This grenade
39:28is like the holy grail
39:29of ordinance collectors.
39:31And it goes for
39:32a ton of money.
39:33How much did you pay?
39:34Five dollars.
39:36Five American dollars.
39:37Yeah.
39:39Okay.
39:40You did way good.
39:41You did real good.
39:43Good.
39:43So I got some gas money
39:44coming.
39:44You got car money coming.
39:47Rick,
39:48the last time I saw
39:48one of these for sale
39:49was in 2007.
39:52And it sold for
39:53over $2,000.
39:57Oh.
39:57Yeah, you did way good.
40:00Thanks for coming in,
40:01Tony.
40:01I appreciate it.
40:02Hey, Rick, anytime.
40:03Who's the man now, Rick?
40:04Apparently you are.
40:05This thing is beyond cool
40:07and I definitely
40:07want the damn thing.
40:08Scott knows the deal.
40:10I got to make a profit,
40:11but he's not a pushover.
40:12This is how he makes
40:13a living too,
40:14and that's why
40:14we don't make deals
40:15very often.
40:16So how much
40:17do you want for it?
40:18Well, I'm thinking
40:20$16,000 now.
40:21I know how it operates
40:22around here,
40:23and I want to leave you
40:23a little money
40:24to make in it.
40:25So, yeah, $16,000.
40:35You can do that.
40:41All right.
40:42Let's go write it up.
40:42Sounds good.
40:44I'm psyched
40:44I got this grenade.
40:45It was a great find.
40:46It was designed
40:47by a secret
40:48government organization.
40:49It doesn't get
40:50any cooler than this.
40:55It was a great find.
40:56It was a great find.
40:57It was a great find.
40:58It was a great find.
40:59It was a great find.
41:00It was a great find.
41:01It was a great find.
41:02It was a great find.
41:03It was a great find.
41:04It was a great find.
41:05It was a great find.
41:06It was a great find.
41:07It was a great find.
41:08It was a great find.
41:09It was a great find.
41:10It was a great find.
41:11It was a great find.
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41:17It was a great find.
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41:20It was a great find.
41:21It was a great find.
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