Old City Public Pool

bountyhuntergirl86 · Mar 8, 2014

Went to a public pool in my area and was able to find 2 wheats 1953 and 1945, a gold gilt button with Waterbury cos Conn. Back stamp it has some type of hunting or nature scene on the front. Also found $30 in change, bullet shell that is head stamped 43 TW and a green marble reflector... Any information on the bullet for a button would be great :-)

dig kzoo · Mar 8, 2014

Nice job! cant wait till mich is thawed out!

bountyhuntergirl86 · Mar 8, 2014

SusanMN said:
Wow, if you pulled out that much change, there HAS to be some gold and silver jewelry hiding there too. I definitely would go back and hunt it again.

I know right I was surprised that I didn't even find a silver ring not even a junk one

detroitdigger · Mar 8, 2014

Hey BHG, cool finds, the bullet casing was made in 1943, it's a military piece of ammo, WWII era.

jewelerguy · Mar 8, 2014

cartridge size looks to be .45 long. really hard to tell from a picture. looks to be made for an automatic since it has the tapered extractor groove.

winslow · Mar 8, 2014

That's an amazing face amount of coins especially all those quarters. Great decision to detect at that spot! I've never found that much in one day. :icon_scratch:

I found a similar shell casing today at an old farm but with a 43 and an M on it. The 43 identifies the year of manufacture and the TW (on yours) the ordinance plant. Looks like Twin Cities to me. I weighed mine and it comes in at 1.56 oz ... that's really heavy for a casing and mine isn't complete. Check out this site for more info: Headstamp Codes - International Ammunition Association