doyler Posted July 27, 2016 Share #1 Posted July 27, 2016 Found this at an antique shop.Dont see these here and thought it was fairly unique having the paper lable intact. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGrayGhost Posted July 27, 2016 Share #2 Posted July 27, 2016 Fine example! Nice find! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doyler Posted July 27, 2016 Author Share #3 Posted July 27, 2016 Fine example! Nice find! Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mdk0911 Posted July 27, 2016 Share #4 Posted July 27, 2016 cool TNT box - Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris_B Posted July 27, 2016 Share #5 Posted July 27, 2016 I for one love it and I'm jealous of it. I love these old crates. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manayunkman Posted July 27, 2016 Share #6 Posted July 27, 2016 Great date too. Nice find. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Keith Posted July 27, 2016 Share #7 Posted July 27, 2016 Very Nice! BKW Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sundance Posted July 27, 2016 Share #8 Posted July 27, 2016 Nice box. They do call those finger joints - right? I pick up any such box I find and can afford. They will just never make them like that again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronnie Posted July 28, 2016 Share #9 Posted July 28, 2016 Outstanding crate. Congrats. Ronnie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dogface72 Posted July 28, 2016 Share #10 Posted July 28, 2016 Doyler- You know it's coming, so I'll start. Looks way too clean/fresh. Are the pic's accurate? 72 +- years old. Must have been perfectly climate controlled no? - Hard to pass up for a for a reasonable price. How many of those are out their in that condition? Nice find! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doyler Posted July 28, 2016 Author Share #11 Posted July 28, 2016 Thanks for all the comments.Was a fun and unexpected find.It was on a shelf and the lable was not facing out.I walked by it and then decided to look at the price.Thought the box was probably an old Dupont Dynamite box seeing the side markings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phantomfixer Posted July 28, 2016 Share #12 Posted July 28, 2016 That is a cool crate..very clean...and useful...don't find too many in that condition... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crashdive Posted July 28, 2016 Share #13 Posted July 28, 2016 Very cool crate Ron. I have similar one attributed to Atlas Dynamite Company. I do not think mine is military though... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fstop61 Posted July 28, 2016 Share #14 Posted July 28, 2016 Nice find Ron Pretty cool box Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doyler Posted July 28, 2016 Author Share #15 Posted July 28, 2016 Thanks gentlemen now just need to figure out if it held the small blocks 4 packs of T&T like you see in the photos with the demo bags Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Marine Posted July 28, 2016 Share #16 Posted July 28, 2016 Nice find Ron. You DO find the neatest stuff, but I know how much effort you put in to your hunts and it pays off. Well done! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doyler Posted July 30, 2016 Author Share #17 Posted July 30, 2016 Thanks Dennis Still amazing and fun to see what turns up after 70 years Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taber10 Posted July 30, 2016 Share #18 Posted July 30, 2016 Thanks gentlemen now just need to figure out if it held the small blocks 4 packs of T&T like you see in the photos with the demo bags Doyler, I have no clue what your box contained, except for TNT, but one of the words looks a little like "Flaked"--if that is the case, the blocks you mention are "cast" and not flaked. Many years later (than your crate) I worked with some flaked TNT that came in plastic bags inside of boxes, but I would not have suspected plastic bags back in the time frame of your crate. Taber Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mumut51 Posted July 31, 2016 Share #19 Posted July 31, 2016 Great crate Doyler ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
USdog Posted August 26, 2016 Share #20 Posted August 26, 2016 I just found a very similar TNT box, 1943 dated and ordnance stamped, in an antique store in Northern Michigan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
notinfringed Posted August 26, 2016 Share #21 Posted August 26, 2016 I have a tnt crate I picked up about a month ago, dated 1944. It is marked "rectangular blocks", so I assume the "flaked" would indeed be a description of the contents. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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