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Pistol and brass knuckles found at Silver Lake Park reservoir.Reader submitted photo<\/p>\nWhat, I\u2019m supposed to be surprised that you found a gun in the Silver Lake Park reservoir? <\/p>\n
That was the vibe among posters on Instagram after the Advance\/SILive.com reported that a starter pistol and a pair of brass knuckles had been found in a suddenly dry basin of the Silver Lake Park reservoir. <\/p>\n
\u201cThat gun definitely killed someone,\u201d Instagram poster giovanni529 said. <\/p>\n
Pistol and brass knuckles found at Silver Lake Park reservoir.Reader submitted photo<\/p>\n
The weapons were discovered wrapped in black electrical tape at the park. Water levels in the reservoirs have dropped to stunning levels thanks to warm weather and a lack of rainfall. <\/p>\n
The evaporation has allowed urban explorers to descend into the basins for a look around even though the city Department of Environmental Protection has warned against that. <\/p>\n
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Pistol that was found wrapped in black masking tape in Silver Lake Park reservoir basin.Reader submitted photo<\/p>\n
Many Instagram posters were quick to sound off about the find:<\/p>\n
\u201cSo ur saying .. there could be treasure ?\u201d said poster killianmccole.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat in the Saturday night special is goin on \ud83d\ude02” – the\\_hungry\\_guido\\.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhy is this news.. id be shocked if theres not 100 more at the bottom\u201d \u2013 gasface.<\/p>\n
\u201cThat belongs to my cousin\u2019s dad\u2019s brother from the first marriage. He shot his girlfriend\u2019s mother\u2019s aunt with that and tossed it in there.\u201d \u2013 jeffreypwiesemann.<\/p>\n
\u201cSwim with the fishes era…. \ud83e\udd0c\ud83e\udd0c\ud83e\udd0c\ud83e\udd0c” \u2013 aelias.<\/p>\n
\u201cWyatt earp lost his pistol….\ud83d\ude02” – joeyspecial61.<\/p>\n
\u201cThat gun definitely killed someone\u201d – giovanni529.<\/p>\n
\u201cBahahaha I love this island\u201d \u2013 notsophdeane.<\/p>\n
\u201clol not too surprised\u201d \u2013 maltezokevin.<\/p>\n
\u201cCap gun\u201d – martins\\_williamsburgland.<\/p>\n
The gun was discovered by a former Staten Islander named Chris who was exploring the basin. <\/a><\/p>\n Another reader, a former Staten Islander who gave his name as Michael, said that the pistol appeared to be an Italian-made RTS Model 1966 .22-caliber starter pistol.<\/a><\/p>\n Starter pistols fire blanks, but it was still speculated that the Silver Lake gun could have been used in a crime. <\/p>\n \u201cWhy go through all of that trouble to wrap it up in a mile of tape and hurl it into a lake along with a large rock?\u201d Chris said.<\/p>\n The DEP cautioned urban explorers to refrain from visiting the areas of the Silver Lake Park reservoirs <\/a>that have been newly exposed by dwindling water levels.<\/p>\n \u201cFencing and signage are installed around Silver Lake to clearly warn visitors not to trespass onto the reservoir grounds. Regardless of the current water level, DEP strongly urges the public to stay out of the basins, as doing so poses serious safety risks and could result in injury.\u201d<\/p>\n Back in 2017, a revolver was found by a magnet fisher at the bottom of a lake in Flushing Meadows Corona Park, Queens.<\/p>\n If you purchase a product or register for an account through a link on our site, we may receive compensation. By using this site, you consent to our User Agreement<\/a> and agree that your clicks, interactions, and personal information may be collected, recorded, and\/or stored by us and social media and other third-party partners in accordance with our Privacy Policy.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"What, I\u2019m supposed to be surprised that you found a gun in the Silver Lake Park reservoir? That…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":173122,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5122],"tags":[5229,405,403,5226,5225,5228,5227,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":{"0":"post-197593","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-new-york","10":"tag-new-york-city","11":"tag-newyork","12":"tag-newyorkcity","13":"tag-ny","14":"tag-nyc","15":"tag-united-states","16":"tag-united-states-of-america","17":"tag-unitedstates","18":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","19":"tag-us","20":"tag-usa"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115141997321592633","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/197593","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=197593"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/197593\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/173122"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=197593"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=197593"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=197593"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"silver](\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/TL42HMMVZ5GQPNLHCKPU56J5WY.jpeg\")
You can tread on ground that’s usually submerged in the reservoir basins at Silver Lake Park.Tom Wrobleski\/Staten Island Advance<\/p>\n