Steve T Posted March 3, 2016 Share Posted March 3, 2016 Hi All A long story very short..............I made friends with the secretary of a local metal detecting club after going to see a display of his club's finds at a local museum. I ID'd all his WW2 stuff and also pointed out a couple of illegal items he had on display. I was invited to join the club when they next visited the 'military field' on an estate they have permission to dig on. It was a great site and, after the first dig, we discovered the army had gathered up all the surplus ammo from the dumps around the area, dug a dirty great big pit, chucked stuff in it, and blew the crap out of it. They did this once a day, every day, for 2 weeks. The stuff I found on this field was amazing, and some I had never seen before. Here is a sample of the things recovered from the 'military field'. Enjoy! First dig, everything before cleaning.... 40mm shell bases, blown to hell and back in the 'hole' 40mm Bofors clip Shell booster No 3 fuzes for the British Mk 5 anti-tank mine Lots of cartridges......303, 30cal, 50cal, 20mm and even 2 German 7.92 Second trip More mine fuzes More 40mm shell bottoms PDF fuzes and even a tile breaker from a British incendiary bomb This is just a few of the finds. An amazing site and confined to one corner of one field. Amazing Laters Steve T 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Major General Waffenamt Posted March 8, 2016 Major General Share Posted March 8, 2016 Whats happened to those Bofors cases Steve? Look like unstruck primers?,but yet blown to bits! I wonder if they were just dumped into a fire-pit? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve T Posted March 9, 2016 Author Share Posted March 9, 2016 You really need to start reading the original posts @Waffenamt 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Fred Karno's Army Posted March 9, 2016 Share Posted March 9, 2016 @Waffenamt if you're into finding bits mate I know of a dump not a million miles from you had loads of bits from there as a kid,Brit,French and even German ordinance ,the land owner was cool too . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Major General Waffenamt Posted March 9, 2016 Major General Share Posted March 9, 2016 2 hours ago, Steve T said: You really need to start reading the original posts @Waffenamt Fair do's Steve. I may admit defeat this year and go to the Opticians. 57 minutes ago, Ham & Jam said: @Waffenamt if you're into finding bits mate I know of a dump not a million miles from you had loads of bits from there as a kid,Brit,French and even German ordinance ,the land owner was cool too . My mate from Chorley is the MD'er. Will have a gas on Friday old sport. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve T Posted March 9, 2016 Author Share Posted March 9, 2016 @Ham & Jam I don't mind travelling H&J if it is a decent site 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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