Lilthingy
Private
3rd C.E.B. B Co. 3rd MARDIV. VET
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Post by Lilthingy on Mar 26, 2009 16:06:34 GMT -5
back in 82 went to Saipan/Tinian for training. Part of it was clearing old ordinance from tidal areas,and private property. Our best day we found a cache of 2 Japanese torpedoes, One live 500lb. bomb,and an unexploded 16in. naval round. Most days were spent searching tidal pools, which by guess were 50% fragments of all size of ordanence. Poked my nose into a couple caves, seeing radio sets, ect. Could have filled the pickup several times with good IJA stuff. I only brought back a .50 cal. 1942 dated brass. Oh well!
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stu
T/4.
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Post by stu on Mar 30, 2009 18:27:13 GMT -5
I have found a bunch of pieces of glass and pottery washed up on a beach from a 1770's British shipwreck. Also found one or two bits from a Dutch settlement that was wiped out by indians in the 1630's.
I also saw a neighbor put a 1943 dated packboard out with his garbage a few years ago, still have that somewhere.
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Post by tentha86 on Mar 30, 2009 19:24:13 GMT -5
One of our member's father used to operate a mining construction crew close to the closed-up came for 10th Mountain (Camp Hale). One summer, Bruce worked the crews with his dad, and would explore when he wasn't working (at 15, there was lots of exploring to be done).
One afternoon he found a cool object & brought it back to the camp & tossed it on the cook's table to show the guys his latest "find". The crew all scattered, for he had brought back a live 75mm HE projectile from the impact range. Needless to say - EOD was called, & Bruce was more closely supervised that summer!
More recently the camp was closed because of many reports of such remnants. Corps of Engineers did a survey & cleared mines, bazooka rounds, grenades and unexploded artillery rounds - the largest being a 155mm projectile. The puzzle was - the Army had never used 155's in the Camp Hale area! After quite a bit of head-scratching, the USFS admitted using the camp to train crews on avalanche control, and they had a 155...
Most of the junk turned out to be leftovers from a CIA training project in the late 1950's and early '60's, but a few fun pieces still turn up. Brass knucks, dog tags, artillery fuzes, medical china - and about 4 acres of the camp's WWII garbage dump if you know where to look.
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lawman
S/Sgt.
So how does the back of our tent look fellas?
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Post by lawman on Mar 31, 2009 19:00:56 GMT -5
When I worked Patrol, I'd rummage around in the town dump on weekends. Scored a few footlockers, E-tools and a couple other things. Once in awhile people turn in vets guns and ammo they find at home. Last year I got a WWI Eagle snap 45 pouch with 2, two-tone mags loaded with 1917 dated ammo, a single 2-tone mag loaded, 2 full boxes of 45 ammo dated from the 20s and a 45 barrel.
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35divmp
Captain
I reject your reality and substitute my own!
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Post by 35divmp on Jun 21, 2009 10:37:38 GMT -5
Years ago, a bunch of us were touring Shiloh National Park...stepped into the woods. While I was...ahem... I spotted a sword scabbard...a kid's toy plastic scabbard. I thought I'd have some fun and charged out of the woods yelling that I had found a sword scabbard. They came over, saw it and beat me with it. Dave: I hope that you kept that very rare CSA plastic sword scabbard. If you can find a copy of the very rare leaflet on "Plastic CSA Sword Scabbards" written by the late James "BarrelHunter" Sloan, who was the expert on such items, you will find on page 3 a picture of the rare 34th Tennessee Cavalry plastic scabbard. The 34th Tennessee fought only at Shiloh and was disbanded shortly afterwards. It's a super-rare piece! Jay
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Post by thenewguy232 on Jun 21, 2009 14:02:15 GMT -5
i found a half a dog tag chain on the lower deck of LST 325 in Evansville. nothing much but a great peice
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Post by 34thtcflyboy on Jun 21, 2009 15:21:19 GMT -5
Found 2 footlockers in an alley by my girlfriend's house, more than likely were used as toolboxes. One is '51 dated and the other is unmarked except for the "US" on the top. Also found an old intercom like the one General Savage used in "12 O'Clock High."
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glen
T/Sgt.
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Post by glen on Jul 7, 2009 20:02:13 GMT -5
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Schultz
S/Sgt.
Semper Paratus
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Post by Schultz on Jul 7, 2009 20:38:03 GMT -5
While I was in Normandy for the 65th anniversary of the Invasion I found a german wound badge. Before we left a French family that we had befrinded gave me a 4th ID helmet they had found and a French Adrian. Too cool!
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Post by sgt4tharmored on Jul 7, 2009 21:09:08 GMT -5
One time when my grandparents were building an addition to their house, we found a civil war bayonet in the old block wall. I still have it too and its been like 25 years or more.
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Post by littlepopper on Jul 7, 2009 22:37:29 GMT -5
One time when my grandparents were building an addition to their house, we found a civil war bayonet in the old block wall. I still have it too and its been like 25 years or more. Nice, Someone here in Andover ws re building a house or something of the sort. They tore this one wall down and come to find out a 1863 colt came out, still loaded. Along with some civil war things but this was able to pay off the redecorating of the house.
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leicanthrope
2nd Lieutenant
There's a whole subculture of people who collect this Nazi sh*t.
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Post by leicanthrope on Jul 16, 2009 23:24:10 GMT -5
Back in 1987, while a freshman in ROTC, we had a Field Training Exercise at Ft. Meade, MD. I had to relieve myself, and since we had several females in the unit (including the cadet company commander), I excused myself and made my way deep into the woods. I noticed a clearing up ahead and went to the edge and took care of business. Looking out into the clearing, something caught my eye. As I approached, I noticed a bayonet sticking in the ground. It was well rusted but had brass grips, was about 16” long, a tongue-in-groove attaching mechanism (looks like it would mount to a lug on the barrel) with a spring button on the side. I assume it was a WW1 type. I pulled it out of the ground (it was stuck maybe 3-4 inches deep, put it in my ruck and off I went. Got home to clean it up: no pitting on the metal save where it was stuck in the ground. The blade is marked Solingen. I have never done much research on it. I have not seen any US bayonets that look like it. I have seen some German ones that are close. I know Ft. Meade was a very active base in WW1. I still have it today sitting on a shelf. Here is kinda what the hilt looks like: i595.photobucket.com/albums/tt39/GBOB_photos/Germany20186620single20step2020righ.jpgThere are a number of relatively similar bayonets: arms2armor.com/Bayonets/fren1866.htm
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PhM3 Bowers
M/Sgt.
So yeah homes....WE PIMPIN'
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Post by PhM3 Bowers on Aug 8, 2009 3:25:26 GMT -5
My neighbor (who got me into reenacting starting with Civil War) gave me a lot of WW2 vintage items from her late father. WW2 dated canteen, original 3x5 48 star flag, a ton of insignia (mostly arty...no help to my impression but still cool), 2 cots, dog tags, and the list goes on. One day another friend of mine came by after dropping off some trash at the dump. Someone had left two WW2 style ammo cans just sitting out. Little finds like that can be the greatest treasures.
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Post by thenewguy232 on Aug 17, 2009 19:20:58 GMT -5
16 inch bayonet with scabard unissued condition 120$ -tiny store on suan wan island.
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