Friend of Mine Finds Some 1945 Ammo in The Ceiling of Her New House

[kman]

So a friend of mine bought this house that is about a hundred years old and wanted to redo the the ceiling in her dining room so she ripped it down and saw this


With this box

Inside the box is this ammo dated 9/30/1945

 

[Gator9329]

Where there's smoke, there's fire
Where there's ammo there's a .....

 

[Picton]

Cool!

Choot it!

Nah, I'd throw it up on GB as a lot with no reserve. Who knows who wants that stuff?

 

[Mr. Brownstone]

That is not safe and needs to be disposed of properly. PM me her address please and I will handle it. She’s hot, right?

 

[one-eyed Jack]

How about all the other ceilings ? A nib Colt Walker? a Colt 1921 Thompson with paperwork? Bag of gold coins? Also fear of fire if more ammo. I'd get and use a really good metal detector. Jack.

 

[sig shooter]

Neat display for the man cave.

 

[MisterHappy]

House just doubled in value.




Back when I was in the car business, people would come in with a sh!tbox, looking to trade. "Customer want $1000 for the trade."

"Only if there's $950 in the glove box!"

 

[kman]

Where there's smoke, there's fire
Where there's ammo there's a .....

So she sent me this too. 9 shot 22 revolver with a knife. The cylinder is in a bag

 

[IPSC_DRL]

Awesome finds.

 

[n1oty]

In

 

[Gator9329]

Where's the pictures of the home owner?
NES stud club wants to know

 

[Sterg]

What’s the tang stamp on the knife? Kinfolks, Marbles, or Remington or something. It’s worth some money.

 

[one-eyed Jack]

Now for the 15 page thread on how she can "own" the gun. Jack.

 

[Individualist]

Damn, the only things I found when replacing walls and ceilings in my old house was dead mice.

 

[Mike-Mike]

I have some of those and I have been shooting them.

 

[HorizontalHunter]

Damn….. I’m gonna need a better hiding spot.

 

[thorin]

That knife and sheath look pretty similar to one I have made by Western Knife, US made in Colorado except mine has stag scales. Nice finds

 

[Quantavious G]

The Ingraham Clock box she found them in. Built by American Craftsmen. The Ingraham factory - I wonder what's there today.

 

[kman]

What’s the tang stamp on the knife? Kinfolks, Marbles, or Remington or something. It’s worth some money.

Union Cut Co. Olean NY....who apparently changed their name to Ka-bar

 

[PaulR]

That is sofa king cool.

 

[The5thDentist]

That's AWESOME!!

Is she in a gun-friendly state?

 

[kman]

That's AWESOME!!

Is she in a gun-friendly state?

Vermont

 

[The5thDentist]

Vermont

Cool! She's good to go. Congrats to her

 

[thorin]

The Ingraham Clock box she found them in. Built by American Craftsmen. The Ingraham factory - I wonder what's there today.

You sent me down the rabbit hole on this one. Looks like it was at 430 N Main St in Bristol CT, it was torn down and there's a parking lot on the spot where the factory stood now with what looks like a pharmacy behind it. Apparently Ingraham was one of the major clock makers in the US from the mid 1800s through the mid 1900s. Oddly the only way I was able to find the actual street address was from a nuclear regulatory commission paper on a project searching for radium contamination. https://www.nrc.gov/docs/ML1700/ML17006A098.pdf

Its quite a contrast from the photo of the old plant from the historical society here: E. Ingraham Clock Company

 

[Welder1]

People in MA are so conditioned. I hear fear in some of these posts like they think the atf is on the way as soon as you touch something like this.
Awesome find. Hope it is enjoyed.

 

[enbloc]

Well, rafters seem much better than burying them... are We in agreement???

 

[enbloc]

People in MA are so conditioned. I hear fear in some of these posts like they think the atf is in the way as soon as you touch someone like this.
Awesome find. Hope it is enjoyed.

Humor with a hint of fear...

 

[AHM]

Those photos are like touring Hunter's Rendzvous during the .22LR ammo drought.
Nice old guy was willing to sell them to me, but I wasn't that desperate.

Looks like it was at 430 N Main St in Bristol CT, it was torn down and there's a parking lot on the spot where the factory stood now with what looks like a pharmacy behind it. Apparently Ingraham was one of the major clock makers in the US from the mid 1800s through the mid 1900s. ... Its quite a contrast from the photo of the old plant from the historical society

You can see the old factory on this topo map.

 

[Quantavious G]

You sent me down the rabbit hole on this one. Looks like it was at 430 N Main St in Bristol CT, it was torn down and there's a parking lot on the spot where the factory stood now with what looks like a pharmacy behind it. Apparently Ingraham was one of the major clock makers in the US from the mid 1800s through the mid 1900s. Oddly the only way I was able to find the actual street address was from a nuclear regulatory commission paper on a project searching for radium contamination. https://www.nrc.gov/docs/ML1700/ML17006A098.pdf

Its quite a contrast from the photo of the old plant from the historical society here: E. Ingraham Clock Company


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kind of highlights the connection between letting industry die and people's ability to make living. That factory employed probably hundreds of people. The pharmacy like business that replaced it, not so many.

That's what a chinese clock radio for under $20 gets you

 

[Biff Quizler]

She discovered the stash of the first NES hoarder!!!