Peter Timowski Posted July 26, 2016 Share Posted July 26, 2016 (edited) After buying my first metal detector at the weekend, i headed down the shore this morning. Very happy with my finds, 36, 303. Rounds and 3, 20mm rounds Edited July 26, 2016 by Peter Timowski 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pylon1357 Posted July 26, 2016 Share Posted July 26, 2016 Nice finds. I have just returned from the east coast. The only thing I found on the beaches was a frigging sunburn. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve T Posted July 28, 2016 Share Posted July 28, 2016 Very nice and a good start I still get the same buzz digging out a 303 as I did 20+ years ago, and I have more than 3,000 of them now!! The excitement never fades..... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Timowski Posted July 30, 2016 Author Share Posted July 30, 2016 I went back today for another go, only get an hour and a half before the tide turns. Two of the 20mm's were on the surface side by side. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve T Posted July 30, 2016 Share Posted July 30, 2016 Good beach you have there Interestingly, in your first picture, you had British and American made 20mms 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Timowski Posted July 31, 2016 Author Share Posted July 31, 2016 Different makers, am i right in thinking the ones that look like RC are RG for Radway Green? Dont know what the other makers are. Regards Peter 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve T Posted August 1, 2016 Share Posted August 1, 2016 Nope, you're not... RH - Raleigh Cycle Co., Ltd., Nottingham, England, UK RC - Raleigh Cycle Co., Ltd.,Nottingham, England, UK H - Hall's Telephone Co. Ltd. BBC - Barking Brassware Co., Barking, Essex, UK but could also be Bridgeport Brass Co., USA, and a couple of others......still debated to this day! In your first picture of 20mm headstamps.......... ST - ROF Steeton, Steeton, West Yorkshire ASC - A.S. Campbell Co., Inc., East Boston, MA Hope that helps. Nip and have a look at the below thread if you haven't already, one I put together to help the new collectors among us. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Timowski Posted August 1, 2016 Author Share Posted August 1, 2016 Great information, thank you Steve much appreciated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve T Posted August 1, 2016 Share Posted August 1, 2016 No problem Glad to help. Knowledge is useless unless shared 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Timowski Posted September 20, 2016 Author Share Posted September 20, 2016 Best day yet, went this morning and these were just lying on the surface and in rock pools. I could not fit any more in my bag. Photos are before and after a light clean. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve T Posted September 20, 2016 Share Posted September 20, 2016 Totally awesome! I have to try and wangle an invite to this beach of yours...... ****flutters eye-lashes and smiles suggestively***** 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Timowski Posted September 20, 2016 Author Share Posted September 20, 2016 2 minutes ago, Steve T said: Totally awesome! I have to try and wangle an invite to this beach of yours...... ****flutters eye-lashes and smiles suggestively***** Any time you ever get up this way, give me a shout. It would be great to get out with a fellow enthusiast. It was by chance, i got talking with a fisherman who was digging bait. He asked what i was looking for then said in a broad cumbrian accent ' the wants to git the sell down theyer on a big tide marra, you wont need that thing'. As he nodded his head to my detector.And he was right. Every where i looked they were on the surface. I have been in the right area but bigger tides are better. Found a different maker today also. First and only one, i seem to have most of the orthers listed. Any info on this steve. Cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve T Posted September 20, 2016 Share Posted September 20, 2016 Another American made one Dura Division of Detroit Harvester Corp., Toledo, Ohio, USA, on 20mm Oerlikon and Hispano 1942-44. Love the marks on the base. These are made when the shell is driven into the breech and then when it is extracted PS If I knew where you lived I would !!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve T Posted September 20, 2016 Share Posted September 20, 2016 Oh, and the ones with the bent in necks.......this is done when they don't quite clear the mechanism before the next round is chambered. You see similar bending on 7.92s fired through an MG42 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Timowski Posted September 20, 2016 Author Share Posted September 20, 2016 1 minute ago, Steve T said: Another American made one Dura Division of Detroit Harvester Corp., Toledo, Ohio, USA, on 20mm Oerlikon and Hispano 1942-44. Love the marks on the base. These are made when the shell is driven into the breech and then when it is extracted PS If I knew where you lived I would !!! Im in Workington Cumbria, the area i have been looking is what was known as hudson bay. These i think would of been fired from the lockheed hudson flying from silloth. Canadian and RAF crews. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Fred Karno's Army Posted September 20, 2016 Share Posted September 20, 2016 Am I right @Peter Timowski there's a Hudson or Boston that pranged in the sea off their,I remember it was on its back if I remember you could see it at low tide. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Timowski Posted September 20, 2016 Author Share Posted September 20, 2016 25 minutes ago, Steve T said: Oh, and the ones with the bent in necks.......this is done when they don't quite clear the mechanism before the next round is chambered. You see similar bending on 7.92s fired through an MG42 I allways wondered about that, i thought it was maybe to eject a spent round but others were still perfect. Now i know ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Timowski Posted September 20, 2016 Author Share Posted September 20, 2016 3 minutes ago, Fred Karno's Army said: Am I right @Peter Timowski there's a Hudson or Boston that pranged in the sea off their,I remember it was on its back if I remember you could see it at low tide. I know that a number were lost at sea but i dont know of any remains that are visable today on the Cumbrian coast. Here is a picture of one further down the coast in Morcombe bay. There does not seem to be much information, other than numbers lost. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Fred Karno's Army Posted September 20, 2016 Share Posted September 20, 2016 That's the one I am thinking of,I am in Morecambe ,may be Barrow it was off,spent a lot of time sailing in the bay. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve T Posted September 20, 2016 Share Posted September 20, 2016 That's rather a long way for me, (Leicestershire)!! If you any feel like trading some of your 20mm just let me know. Have plenty of things to trade that could take your fancy You may see what I mean if you look at the below...... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Timowski Posted September 20, 2016 Author Share Posted September 20, 2016 2 hours ago, Steve T said: 20 minutes ago, Steve T said: That's rather a long way for me, (Leicestershire)!! If you any feel like trading some of your 20mm just let me know. Have plenty of things to trade that could take your fancy You may see what I mean if you look at the below...... Bit of a trek up here. Yeah i would part with a few. I would be intrested in a 2cm flak casing or something german? I will sort some different makers and see what youthink. Cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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