roy brewington
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Was recently gifted 11 Herters Blk. duck decoys by a friend whose father hunted our bays in the 60,s to maybe early 70.s Also quite a few Victor d9,s in various diver & puddler configurations and a few fiberdomes. My question on the herters flat bottoms is do they have an internal weight similar to the bulb keeled ones from latter dates. They spent their life on the salt but dont see any signs of spliting out on the flat bottom denoting an internal steel/iron weight hidden by foam. They also are old enough to have the small brass eyebolt secureing heads to body. All the ones i,ve owned were the newer model that had a plated steel eyebolt and ofd course would usually split head spud after a period of salt use.