Cash & Sir Charles!

Hey Gang!
Sorry it's been so long since I've posted, but you know how it is, sometimes life gets in the way of things. Well, now I'm back. No detecting in a while, so I thought I'd let you all in on a little known fact about the Cash-ster. Back in the late 90's, for 4 seasons, I was a Locker Room Attendant (Ball Boy) for the New York Knicks. I worked on the bench during the games, in the Knicks locker room before and after, and many a practice session at Purchase College in

Westchester County, New York.

I also worked for:

The NY Citihawks Arena Football Team for the 2 years they played at MSG.

The New York Liberty, including their inaugural season of 1997. St. Johns University Red Storm Basketball.(which also included the Big East Basketball Tournament as well as the NIT Championship)

The picture above is from February 22, 1998. The Houston Rockets were in town to play the Knicks. The Knicks won 92-74. Growing up, I was always a giant Charles Barkley fan. His style of play, and his mouth, I just couldn't get enough. I asked one of the other Ball Boys to let me work with the Rockets that game, he agreed, and I spent pretty much all day with Charles.

It was a great day, as I had just flew back from Florida that day after burying my Grandfather Tuffy who passed away a few days earlier.
The pic below is from the game, you can see Charles yelling at Charles Oakley (they did not get along) and you can see me at the far left side of the pic,
right next to Barkley.
Cash

Finally A Hunt to Post About! (Kind of...)

Hey Gang-
I know it's been a long time since I have had any actual Metal Detecting news for you, so I thank you for your patience. I was up and out early today, made my way back to Hollywood Beach again. It's been a few weeks since I've been there, so I thought that I would get lucky.

I WAS WRONG!

As you can see, the day was perfect. The hunt was anything but! Just Clad, and not much of it, a bunch of screws and nails, and the usual sh*t that we all hate using our valuable energy to dig up out of the sand. If Metal Detecting has taught me anything, it would be the importance of NOT LITTERING. I ask everyone who might be reading this that doesn't metal detect not to litter. Not just at the beach, anywhere, bring a bag with you and for pete's sake, clean up after yourself.

I'm done with Hollywood Beach for a while. It's a nice beach, the people are very friendly, waving, asking silly questions, but the beach is just not producing anything. If you are looking for a relaxing beach to bring the family to, I suggest it, if you are looking for treasure (including bikinis) I do not.

Thanks For Checkin' In-

Cash

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Welcome Gracie!

Hey Everybody!

I would like you all to welcome the newest addition to the Cash Clan,
Gracie the Cat.
Mama & Papa Cash just rescued Gracie from the Humane Society.
She is 9 months old and adorable.
Gracie is a Siamese mix and will be a welcome addition to the family!
I will add pics as she grows.
Congratulations Mama & Papa Cash!!Above: Mama Cash & Gracie, 4/20/08Above: Papa Cash & Gracie, 4/20/08

Thanks for reading,
Cash

Mrs. Cash Candid...BOO!

Hey Gang!

No Detecting this week, but I gotta keep you guys coming back,

so here is the next installment of the Mrs. Cash Candid Collection.

This is Halloween of 2006.

We went to a kick a** party...good music, lots of people,

pool, and everyone's favorite drunk activity...karaoke!

Doesn't Mrs Cash make a good looking witch?

She did both of our makeup, and the other two witches at the party couldn't

hold a candle to Mrs. Cash that evening!

I hope you enjoy...and hope we didn't scare the kids!

Thanks for reading,

Cash

Papa Cash!

Hello...

I thought it was about time to introduce you all to Papa Cash.

Here we are at the 2006 Daytona 500. It was a great race.

The weather was another story...cloudy, cool & rainy.

Papa Cash couldn't last the whole race,

he went to the Cash Mobile to listen to the last 30 laps.

Lightweight!

I stayed in the cold rain and watched Jimmie Johnson win and Dale Jr. finish 8th.

The picture was taken in Dale Jr's pit before the race.

One of my favorite pics, hi Papa Cash!!

See ya!

The Cash Museum

1951-2001

Greetings Readers-

Here is the latest installment of the Online Cash Museum.

Above is a ticket stub from the 2001 Daytona 500.

I don't have to explain the importance of this piece to Nascar fans,

but for those of you who might not know...

February 18, 2001

The last lap of 'The Great American Race'.

With Michael Waltrip driving to what was looking like his first Nascar victory in 463 career starts, Earnhardt did what he did best...Intimidated. He blocked the field and allowed Waltrip to take the checkered flag, and his son to take second place, but entering turn 3, slight contact was made with another car. Earnhardt began to lose control of his car and slid up the track, collecting Kenny Schrader's #36, then hitting the wall, head on. Officials said that he died on impact, ending the life and career of the most beloved-and hated-Nascar driver in history. Dale Earnhardt Sr. was 49 years old. I was never a Dale Earnhardt fan, I liked Rusty Wallace. And I had not watched a Nascar race in years, but for some reason, that day in February of 2001, I was at home, in Astoria, Queens, and on the couch in my living room, I watched every lap. I remember later in the same day, watching basketball, when Ahmad Rashad came on the TV for a halftime recap and informed everyone that Earnhardt had been killed. I was floored. I since have become a bigger Nascar fan than when I was younger. (Go Dale Jr!) I learned about Dale, and what a great guy he was-off the track, and his competitiveness on it.

I grew to appreciate the Michael Jordan of Nascar. Thanks Dale!

..
Below is a ticket stub from the 2002 Daytona 500,

the first one after Dale Earnhardt was killed.

Dale Earnhardt's Wikipedia Page

A Video Gift From Me to You!

Hello Everyone!
I thought I'd send you off to work tomorrow with a video to chuckle about. This is one of my favorites. Watch it over and over again, it keeps getting funnier! I hope you enjoyed.

Cash

Mrs. Cash Candids---A Day at the Beach!

I hope you are all having a good Saturday!
I took these shots yesterday as part of our beach excursion.

All received approval, so enjoy!This is at around 6:30 AM. Mrs Cash is making the coffee

to prepare us for the day.

This shot got approval because she likes the views of her ink.

The Stars on the arms are her newest.

Check my previous posts for detailed descriptions of all!

This was shot when we first got to the beach and all settled in. I was hunting and Mini-Cash was in the water. Mrs. Cash was cold...isn't she cute! This was a little later in the day. It started to warm up. Mrs. Cash was enjoying the view, so I thought that I'd snap a picture. Look at that sky!

(There are some bikini shots that are awaiting approval, so feel free to post any comments to Mrs. Cash. She enjoys the feedback too!)

As Always, Thanks for Reading!

Cash

A Family Day at the Beach...With a Little Hunting!

Hello...

I decided to make today a family day at Ft. Lauderdale Beach. The forecast was mostly sunny and 85 degrees. Mrs. Cash took the day off, we even kept Mini-Cash home for the day. He loves the beach, he had to go. We loaded up our stuff early this morning and made the 20 minute trip down to the coast. When we got there, it was cloudy, and there was even a little drizzle at some point. Mrs. Cash was cold, and there are pics of her wrapped up in a sweatshirt and towel to prove it. (I will post one day) The day turned out to be beautiful...the hunt...not so much. During the early morning hours, while Mrs. Cash tried to stay warm, and Mini-Cash tried his new skim-board, I got down to business. Business was bad. Again, nothing but clad and junk. And a crappy earring. We did have a nice day though. The sun, the waves, (which Mrs. Cash will not go into), the playing in the sand, it just doesn't get any better!

We also got some nice pictures to remember the day. Enjoy!

Cash looking for treasure.

Mr. & Mrs. Cash

Mini-Cash on the rocks.

My finds.

Thanks for reading.

The Big Fella, #33!

Hey everyone!
No hunting today, so I'll give you all another look into the Cash Museum!
Today's piece is an authentic, autographed practice jersey used by The Greatest New York Knick of them all and new Basketball Hall of Fame inductee,
#33, Patrick Ewing!
That's right, this jersey was used during a season's worth of
practices during the late 1990's.
It's signed on the back number, on the last three.
Pat was truly a warrior.
I was lucky enough to see him during his last 4 years with the Knicks,
after games he was so iced up, you'd think he was a snow man.
He always 'left it all on the floor'.
Patrick is the New York Knicks' all-time leader in
nearly every significant category
and the game's 15th all-time scorer with 24,815 points.

Career highlights and awards
11x NBA All-Star
(1986, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997)
NBA's 50th Anniversary All-Time Team
1984 NCAA Basketball Tournament Most Outstanding Player
1985 Naismith College Player of the Year
1985 Adolph Rupp Trophy
1986 NBA Rookie of the Year
1x All-NBA First Team selection
6x All-NBA Second Team selection
3x NBA All-Defensive Second Team
2x Olympic gold medalist (1984, 1992)
Thanks for reading!

Cash

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Attack of The Pull-Tabs!

I headed out early this morning to beautiful Ft. Lauderdale Beach.
As always, it was a perfect day for metal detecting!

Things started off slow, I think the Quick Draw II needs some time to warm up.

As you can see by the pictures, it was a day full of pull-tabs, 19 of 'em in all.

Ft. Lauderdale doesn't allow alcoholic beverages

(and I'm sure everyone respects that rule),

so the bottle cap count was down (4).

I saw two other Detectecorists while I was out there, an older gentleman sticking to the playground area, and a Ace 250 user later in the morning.

If anyone knows what that thing in the middle of the first pic,

please let me know.

And the large disc in the clad pic, I have no idea what that is!

I can't seem to get it clean enough to see any markings. (I'll keep trying)

3 days, 3 hunts, mostly clad.

As always, thanks for reading!

Cash

(Here's a picture for all the Northerners)

A Quick Hunt

Greetings Everyone!

I got out for a quick 2 hour hunt at Dania Beach today.

Not much to share except for some more Clad for the collection.

12 Pennies and 3 Quarters, that's about it!

Check out the pics, let me know what you think!

Since the Detecting was a little light today,

I thought that I'd treat you all to Mrs. Cash Candid, Volume 4.

A nice black & white pic. Taken around 2004.

This took some begging for approval, so enjoy!

Hunt #6

Well, here it is...the results from hunt #6!
I have a week off from work, so I am going to make the best of it and get out to hunt as much as possible. Today I decided to try Hollywood Beach again. I figured the weekenders would've dropped some good stuff! It rained all night in South Florida, so the when I got there today at 7:30 am, it was a tough start. The wet sand and my Bounty Hunter Quick Draw II do not get along well. It was very nice out there, not too hot, the sun was trapped behind the clouds, beautiful! As I continued to hunt, the clad came calling, again! 26 pieces of clad in all, including a game token from Namco. As always, there are a few things not pictured, trash and cans that I disposed of at the beach. I did find that heart, it's one side of a locket, no picture in it, and no markings to indicate what it's made of. (let's just hope it's Silver)

The oddest finds for me so far are pictured at the bottom, Horseshoes!
I found the first one a few inches down, luckily I was close to my car. I ran over and put it in the trunk, went back to the same area, and there was #2. Before running back to the car, I thought I'd look some more, and a few feet away, and a few inches down...say hello to #3.

I gonna give good ol' Hollywood Beach a break for a few weeks, it seems that I cleaned it all up!

Horseshoes, Anyone!

The Collection V.2

The next addition to the Collection Posts is one of my most talked about.

Here goes...

Before O.J. Simpson's wife was murdered, he signed a contract

with a card company to sign 2500 cards that were to be put into random packs.

Then June 12, 1994 happened. (I won't go into details)

Well, the card company wanted to make sure that Juice made good on his end of the deal, but there was a problem. O.J was in jail awaiting trial. I'm not sure how it was pulled off, but I guess 2500 cards were put in front of O.J. for him to sign, and he did, I'm sure he needed the money.

The card company put the card you see on the left side into the packs, the lucky few who pulled them had to sign them, and send them in. Well, it just so happened that my father and I had a card and memorabilia store at the time, so we were buying cards left and right. My dad purchased a few of the O.J. packs and BAM! He got the card on the left. A close up of the card is below, you can see me dad's signature on the top. He sent it in, and in a few weeks, we received the autographed card you see on the top right encased with the redemption card. It came in a nice screw-down, glass case, with all the engraving already done. It's a beautiful piece, one of my favorites, for two reasons, O.J.'s autograph and my dad's! I've included a close up of the redemption card for you to read where it clearly says

"Signed while Mr. Simpson was incarcerated in Los Angeles County Jail"

Candid V.3

Hey Everybody!

I thought that I'd add to the Mrs. Cash Candid Collection today. It's Volume 3. This picture is hot off the presses, taken today as Mrs. Cash was tanning outside. It was 83 degrees and sunny out there today. A perfect day for the sun. I get enough sun during my hunts, so I stayed inside and snapped some pics. This one was approved, so enjoy!

Collections V.1

Hello everyone!
A new feature of cash1977detecting.blogspot.com will be various

pictures and stories of some of my collectibles.

I'll begin with the #1 piece in my collection.

The Babe Ruth autograph!

My Grandfather, Tuffy, worked on golf courses his entire life. He was a career Golf Course Superintendent. He was working one day at Long Shore Country Club in Westport, Connecticut in 1946 when The Great Bambino showed up to play a round of golf. My Grandfather was not a regular caddy, but he was used to cater to the higher end golfers when they played.

I guess it doesn't get any more high end then The Sultan of Swat!
The Babe played, and at the end of his round, signed two score cards for my Grandfather. One of them is the entire score card, my dad has that one and it's locked away, safe and sound.

The one you see below was forgotten about for about 40 years.
When my parents were moving years back, my dad found an old journal he kept when he was a kid. While flipping through the pages, a little sliver of paper falls out, I picked it up and almost peed myself! My dad and I were both awestruck, as he didn't remember that this one existed. We are not sure why this one was cut out of the card, maybe the card was already used, I don't know. The Babe also apologized to no end because he rarely carried cash when he played so he wasn't able to give Tuffy the tip he deserved. He did however give him fifteen cents, a dime and a nickle, which my father has stashed away to this day. As they walked to the clubhouse, my Grandmother, Flo, and my dad, who was two at the time, were waiting for my Grandfather. The Babe introduced himself to her, picked my dad up, threw him up in the air and caught him two or three times. My Grandmother told this story until she passed away how she almost had a heart attack watching her baby fly through the air!

I know this was long, but between the value of the piece, and the sentimentality of the story, it had to be told!

(Nat Fein's Pulitzer Prize-winning photograph of Ruth at Yankee Stadium, June 13, 1948. This was his last public appearance before his death. My favorite photo ever, and the one that will be framed with the autograph)

Joe (Tuffy), 1915-1998 & Florence, 1913-2006

CLAD the Impaler!

I just got back from hunt #5.

Another gorgeous day on Hollywood Beach.

Mini-Cash was able to drag himself out of bed again before 7 AM, and we got there just before 8. There was another guy detecting when we got there and I wasn't sure where he'd hit already.

I didn't want to waste my time, hunting the same spots, but Mini-Cash ran for the waves and I got down to business. Things started slow, then picked up. I found the most clad I've ever found-25 pieces! Towards the end of the hunt, I dug the little hoop earring, no pair like last time (Darn!). I can't find a marking, so I'm not sure if it's silver or not. Over 70 pieces total today, by far the most ever for me. Sure most of it was crap, but a third of it was clad! (Not bad if I do say so myself) What else you ask...the usual...bottle caps, pull-tabs, a few keys, batteries (5), some random metal, a hair clip, just look at the picture.

Fun Facts thru Hunt # 5:

Hunt #1 Clad: 3 Total: 9

Hunt #2 Clad: 5 Total: 23

Hunt #3 Clad: 1 Total: 22 (Not a good day)

Hunt #4 Clad: 9 Total: 38 (A pair of Silver Earrings & Butterfly Pin)

Hunt #5 Clad: 25 Total: 70 (One Earring, maybe Silver)

As you can see, things keep getting better.

Thanks for reading,

Cash

Opening Day 2008

In honor of Opening Day 2008, I thought I'd post this picture of

Yankee Stadium that I took in April of 2005.

That's right, I am Yankee fan, born and raised.

26 World Championships and counting.

39 American League Pennants.
15 Division Titles.

33 Hall of Famers.

22 American League Most Valuable Players.

This is on my left calf.

To learn more about the most successful team in North American Sports history, check out the New York Yankee page at Wikipedia.

Mrs. Cash Candid. V.2

Here's the newest addition to the Mrs. Cash Candid Collection.

This is from 2003, at Mini-Cash's Birthday party.

(That's Mini-Cash in the pic, pointing at someone)

It's pretty easy to see why this picture was approved.

See Ya,

Cash

This One's for Buster!

Hello Everyone!

Not too much going on in the Detecting World today, so

I thought I'd let you all in on a little secret.

If I tell, you can't share it with anyone, except your spouse,

friends, pets, people at work, OK,

well I guess you can tell whoever you want!

My fellow Floridian friend from Treasure Quest, Buster,

has a little problem...he's addicted to Spam!

Post after post, story after story, Spam, Spam, and more Spam!

This one's for you Buster! Eat up!

Later-

Cash

Mini Cash Speaks!!

Here he is.....Mini Cash!

We were at the beach this morning and I wanted to send a little video to Mrs. Cash. It came out good so I thought I'd post it. Watch for the little nod after he says his lines, easily my favorite part of the video and an instant classic!

Hunt #4

Well here it is folks, the results from my birthday hunt. A beautiful day at Hollywood Beach. I got Mini-Cash to wake up at before 7 Am so we could get there early. He swam while I hunted. I dug some crap as always, but then I found the little butterfly pin. My first non coin find that I actually get to keep. Maybe I'll give to someone as a Christmas present, sshh-don't tell anyone. After finding some more junk, and some coins, including a Canadian Penny (my second foreign coin find) I found my best find so far-a pair of what I hope are silver hoop earrings. They were looped together, so finding the pair was cool. I hope my wife likes 'em...after cleaning and sanitizing, she might!

(the way she misplaces things, they might be hers!)

It was a very good day. The boy enjoyed himself, I had a good hunt, the weather was great, does it get any better? Well, it could have, if only Mrs. Cash was there to join in my excitement of finding the pin and earrings. Aahh, she probably would've laughed at me...

Me & Mini Cash

Third Times Not The Charm!

Hey everyone!! I went out to Dania Beach today, got there at 7:30 AM. The weather was great, cool, breezy, not too much sun.

Really a great day to be hunting at the beach.

Until I started hunting...

As you can see by the picture above, I dug a bunch of crap today.

The green kiddie scoop is not metal,

I found that while I was digging up the ball of tin foil!

Near the end of my hunt, I finally got a penny...and felt like a gold ring!

I'm not sure what that little bottle is from..but it has a metal rim on it, so of course I found it!

The positive about being out there...

This is where I was...

Not bad....

I'm Strange, What Can I Say...

I know it's odd but one of my favorite little things to do is taking pictures of the woman when she's not looking and not expecting it.

I call it the Mrs. Cash Candid Collection.

I thought that every now and then I post one of them, I hope you enjoy!

The one above is one of the very first.

It was taken with a cell phone, an old phone, sorry for the graininess.

(my current phone takes much better pics)

We were at a store which will remain nameless.

I'll post more when I receive clearance. (I can't have her mad at me!)

Thanks, Cash

Happy Easter!

Hello All. Thanks for checking back with me.

Above is the family, Cash, Mrs. Cash, and Mini-Cash.

We would like to wish you all a very Happy Easter!

Enjoy time with your family, take the little ones on an egg hunt,

and eat lots of ham and other goodies!!
(Hello to all the Treasure Quest people)

Speak to you soon!

Cash

Our Little Chickens!

Again-No Metal Detecting news today, except that I'm dying to get out there! I thought I'd post a video of the newest additions to the family, Cash (grey) and Carter (yellow) the Cockatiels. In this video, taken on January 5, they are about 2 months old. We are still at the bird store where we bought them from, Auntie Barb won't let you take them home until they are weened off formula (around 3 months). We adopted them as babies, maybe about 3 weeks old, they didn't even have all their feathers (I'll post pics soon), what a sight! We visited a few times a week so they would get to know us. A very interesting way to adopt a pet. We saw them grow and watched as their personalities developed as their feathers filled out. We finally took 'em home on February 8th. It's now late March and they are becoming more and more vocal. (tweet!)

The Wife's Tattoos

Hello all!!

Nothing new in the world of metal detecting, so I thought you'd like to see my lovely wife's ink. Like me, she likes the black ink.

Let's begin the journey....

This was her first. Actually the moon was first and the little star was added later.

Very cute, I enjoy looking at it....nevermind.

This was the second, believe it or not, that's my signature (no forgery please)!

Really my initials. I've worked on it since middle school, I have no artistic talent, so this is what I doodled in school. It my mark, and she's my woman. Easily my favorite!

The third, a little heart on her left foot. I always try to rub it off, but I think it's on there for good. Good thing she's got nice feet, you don't want to call attention to hammer toes! You know, she deals with pain better than anyone I know, and when she was getting this one on her wrist done, she was cursing like a sailor! It's very cool.
The newest additions. These stars on her arms were her Christmas present. I like them and they get more comments than any of the other ones...maybe because they're the most visible. I hoped you enjoyed this trip down tattoo lane. I'll put mine on here one day, but I'm sure she's the one you want to look at! Hehe.

Later!

The Second Hunt

Well, here's my take from hunt #2! 15 more bottle caps, 2 pull tabs, 3 pennies, 1 dime and the weird thing in the top right of the picture. (Does anyone know what it is?)
My best find of the day is a 2002 5 Peso Coin from the Dominican Republic! I'm sure it's not worth anything, but finding something other that a penny was very cool. I ran into a fellow hunter while I was on Dania Beach this morning. He was using an Excalibur which he explained to me was better on the wet sand. I was having some issues on the wet sand with my BH QDII.
I'm learning my machine (as you can see by the amount of stuff I got today) and my new sand scoop helped TREMENDOUSLY!!
Overall, it was a good morning, beautiful weather, empty beach, and a successful hunt!


Happy Hunting!

Shootin'

Me at the range shooting a Taurus .45.

FUN!!

When's My Next Day Off?

I got my scoop today. Just 2 days from order to arrival! I guess metal detecting people are the best eBay sellers there are! I hope to get out there for a hunt on Tuesday. I'll be posting pics of my finds...stay tuned.

Happy Hunting!

A Random Image...

Animals

No Metal Detecting news today, so I thought I'd share some pics of the pets.
Enjoy!

This is Francis Bean, the wiener dog...AKA Satan, AKA Devil Dog.

(Because he looks like the devil and he's shaped like a devil dog)

This is JuneBug. He's our little Ewok. Cute, affectionate and not that smart. (but we love him anyway)

These are the newest additions...

Above is Cash the Cockatiel.

He don't take no s**t!

This is Carter. He's sweet, and my wife's favorite. They're brothers.

And last but not least, this is Wilson, out Leopard Gecko. He likes crickets. Yum.

I hope you enjoyed. You're not getting pictures of the fish or my son's new rat..um, I mean Hamster. (It's a rat!)

The First Hunt...

Well, here it is, the results from my first ever real hunt. I was at Dania Beach at about 9 am, loaded up my supplies, and went for it! 2 Pennies, 3 Bottle Caps, 1 Key, bobber, and rusty ol' nail. Learning the machine will take some practice, but the results did not discourage me. I can't wait for my next day off, I just hope to get to the beach a little earlier.

I've read that Metal Detecting invokes an audience, and that sure is the truth. From the guy in the parking lot wishing me good luck, to the crazy, no English speaking Canadian man who stood over me for about 10 minutes while I dug up the quarter. Various people on the beach asked me if I found anything, and plenty of other people I'm sure made comments about 'the guy over there with the metal detector.'

Does any one wanna but a rusty nail? E-mail if you're interested!

Ready To Go!

Hello all hunters!!
I just got my detector, the fastest shipping ever from an eBay seller. Ordered it Sunday and it arrive this afternoon (Tuesday)!! Wow!

After my wife and son made fun of me for my new found hobby, my son wanted to go with me when I ran to the local park before it got dark to test the darn thing out. He might actually get into it, especially if I find something nice. No beginners luck, all that was dug was a piece of foil and foil type gum wrapper. Now I realize that there is definitely a learning curve to hunting. Practice with the machine is key.

Aint timing somethin'...
I just happen to have tomorrow off, guess where I'm going...?
That's right, straight to the beach to try some real hunting.
I'll keep you posted on any finds.

Happy Hunting!!

The Waiting Game

Now I'm waiting for my detector. The suspense is killing me. I am dying to get out there and hunt. I just joined the Treasure Quest forum. The people on there are great, very friendly and full of knowledge.

Check it out here: http://www.treasurequestxlt.com/.

Thanks to all of you!

Cash

Day 1

I finally made my purchase. A Bounty Hunter Quick Draw II.

I got it from some fancy Internet auction site.