I lost a pair of Winchester VDT 1042 field glasses about 8 years ago. found them today in the pasture. They appear to have condensation in them. what can I do to get it fixed and how much?

https://www.sportsmansguide.com/product/index/winchester-vdt-10x42-mm-waterproof-binoculars?a=506959

Hello, Billy -

You are fortunate in that the Winchester firearms company provides a list of firearms manufacture dates and serial numbers.

This is the link to the Winchester Repeating Arms company home page:
http://www.winchesterguns.com/

You will see the Support link near the upper right of the home page: Choose that and then look for the Frequently Asked Questions link:
http://www.winchesterguns.com/support/faq.html

On the FAQs page, scroll down to #8, "What year was my Winchester manufactured? Click or tap on that link.

You will be taken to a web page with the heading:
Winchester Firearms Manufacturing Dates by Serial Number and Year; 1866 through the early 1990s.

Scroll down that page until you see an image with typed columns. Click or tap on that.

You will then be taken to a PDF (Adobe Acrobat Reader - free software) document which you can search through to find the year your firearm was manufactured.

On the first page of the PDF document, you will find toll free phone numbers you can choose to call for additional information.

The lists for the Model 94 (1894) begin on page 9 of the PDF document.

Best wishes.

see if this link helps you.
http://www.winchesterguns.com/content/dam/winchester-repeating-arms/support/faq/serial-number-reference/Winchester-Manufacture-Dates-by-Year-2012-Scanned-Documents.pdf
or this one.
http://oldguns.net/sn_php/windateslookup.php?file=win1894.dat
or this.
What year was my Winchester manufactured Serial Number Reference
or this.
https://www.google.co.uk/webhp?sourceid=chrome-instant&rlz=1C1CHBD_en-GBGB719GB719&ion=1&espv=2&ie=UTF-8#q=Winchester+serial+number4808667

Winchester says a lot of records were destroyed:

1. A fire at the factory
   

2. Inadvertent destruction (during office cleaning)
   

3. Records simply lost in filing
   

4. Records misplaced between ownership transitions
   

5. Documents borrowed but not returned
   

From what I have found late 1953

This may help if it isn't your exact weapon
http://guncollectionsonline.com/model12.htm

We need make, model, year, engine size and or vin number

It appears your Winchester was manufactured around the middle of 1919. See page 9 of the attached PDF.
http://www.winchesterguns.com/support/files/images/wfa/2012-All/2012-Articles/Winchester-Manufacture-Dates-by-Year----2012-Scanned-Documents.pdf

You can try to clean the rust with toothpaste and a lot of rubbing with a soft rag. Have a gunsmith order a magazine tube for you and install it. This shouldn't be expensive. hope this helps you

It probably has lost all residual magnetic field from the rotor.

You may need to "flash" the field to restore operation.

Search Google for instructions. Sometimes others have found that plugging in an electric drill that does NOT have a throtling trigger and spinning it while connected to the generator will get the generation started again. There are other methods as well.