several years ago in fayetteville tenn a fellow bought a treasure chest very much like these at an estate sale .. paid something like 15 bucks for it in a blind bid .. took it home and stuffed it in his garage for a few years .. one day decided to cut off the lock and see what was inside .. found some civil war era clothes .. some news paper clippings of some fellow recieving a matching set of engraved dueling pistols for some gallant deed he had done during the war .. dug a bit deeper and found a small box in perfect condition containing the two pistols .. turns out it was the elderly lady who had passed away grandfather ... he very quickly found a buyer for the pistols .. got 175 thousand $$$ for them .. these chests had already been relieved of anything they mite have held