British army dump - Amazing finds

[Steve T]

Hi all

With permission secured from the landowner, I went on my first dig of 2016 on Wednesday. I went back to one of my favorite haunts, a site where the British army dumped tons of stuff at the end of WW2. This site is incredible, not only because of its size, (about the size of a football pitch), but also because of the wide variety of relics that can be found there. Digging can be hard going, and deep, (I was 8 feet down on this dig and still hadn't hit the bottom of the dump layer), but the rewards substantial.

So, here is what I recovered during the 4 hour dig.....

Condenser pipe connectors from a Browning M1917 and Vickers MG. Connects the condenser pipe to the jacket.

Close up of the Vickers adapter

Starter tabs for cloth ammo belts from a Vickers belt. One Mk 3 recovered on this trip....

Starter tabes from a Browning M1917 cloth belt, along with some 303s, (no British site is complete without one!), and a caouple of 30 cal drill rounds, minus the projectile.

Find of the day...........trigger and hand grip from a Lewis MG

Diagram of the Lewis bits, showing the trigger and hand grip

Lee-Enfield No 1 nose caps. Cleaned up nicely

Lee-Enfield butt plates, and what looks to me like the action from a Remington rolling block rifle.

This is a bracket from a BESA case catcher bag.

Picture showing the bracket, (top right).

Lots and LOTS of buckles from webbing and various slings.

 

Finally, this thing. I have now found 10 of these at this site but have yet to ID what the hell it is off. It has been suggested it is an Energa grenade launcher adapter, but I can't find anything that looks like it. If you know what it is, please let me know!!!

 

 

 

 

Thanks for looking. Hope you liked the finds.

 

Steve T

 

[Lenny]

Fantastic.... 

[Guest Fred Karno's Army]

Steve,could I ask please would these have been dumped post war,as I would have imagined during the war the metal and brass would have been recycled or am I wrong ?.

Apologies just read the start of the post and answered my own question  

H&J 

Edited February 9, 2016 by Fred Karno's Army
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