A surprise town dump find

[cornishboy]

Hello all,Its been a while since i posted on here.I hope all faces familiar and new are well.
I had a quick dig at a town dump site the other day.Happy to have uncovered a lovely war time era Brylcreem bottle,happier still to have found a .303 lurking inside
Dated 1944 and stamped DAC VII, removal of the head reveals what appears to be a pencil!
Brings a whole new meaning to drawing fire
Thanks for looking.Simon

[HD1450]

that's a cool piece

[cornishboy]

I'v had another look at that head stamp and i'm pretty certain its 1914.Does that year tie in with the rest of the stamp? Bit of trench art then perhaps

[AZPhil]

Very interesting Or as Maxwell Smart would say"The old pencil in the bullet trick"

Semper Fi
Phil

[jimm]

I used to go bottledigging a lot , as you know those Brylcreem bottles turn up everywhere almost as bad as Marmite & Bovril pots but to find that superb Bullet pencil inside was an incredible find. A very nice item indeed and certainly made that dig worthwhile mate. A great reward after a hard dig , just hope that you didn't have to battle with any clay capping. Well done & well deserved.

[kadam12]

I initially thought this was going to be a bullet pencil from the Princess Mary Christmas Tin, but those appear to be different. More basic if you will.