Hi all
It has been a while since I posted here, but thought you guys may be a little interested in some of the relics I've recovered from an old British army base here in the UK. The base dumped a lot of weapon parts and armoury gear in a pit next to the site, and I had the good fortune of tracking that pit down. Most of the stuff is relic, with many items being recoverable to a decent state. I suppose the most interesting thing about this base is, for me anyway, the volume of WW2 equipment that was buried here. Having been a collector and recoverer of WW2 relics for more than 20 years, this place throws up some truly remarkable gear.
I realise that this may well be a little more 'relic' than some of you like, but they are all important to collectors like myself, who are trying to save the stuff still buried in the ground after WW2.
Links to a couple of videos about the site....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xuipvJNAziA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o_mF3uohgx0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=huN95bl-YCE
First picture shows the volume of finds from one dig at this site.
In this image are the remains of Bren carry handles; MG belt starter tabs, both Vickers and Browning; Lee-Enfield butt plates; Lee-Enfield oil bottles; Vickers belt brass strips; No 76 grenade crate safety sign; webbing and 'NoBuckl' buckles.......
Some of the best finds from the site just recently have included.
Hundreds of MG belt starter tabs.
Bren 100 round magazine Mk 2 winding arms
Bren gas regulators
Lee-Enfield oil bottles
And this remarkable Besa MG trigger mechanism.
I have also been finding PIAT parts and lots more stuff, shown in the videos.
Hope you like the relics.
It has been a while since I posted here, but thought you guys may be a little interested in some of the relics I've recovered from an old British army base here in the UK. The base dumped a lot of weapon parts and armoury gear in a pit next to the site, and I had the good fortune of tracking that pit down. Most of the stuff is relic, with many items being recoverable to a decent state. I suppose the most interesting thing about this base is, for me anyway, the volume of WW2 equipment that was buried here. Having been a collector and recoverer of WW2 relics for more than 20 years, this place throws up some truly remarkable gear.
I realise that this may well be a little more 'relic' than some of you like, but they are all important to collectors like myself, who are trying to save the stuff still buried in the ground after WW2.
Links to a couple of videos about the site....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xuipvJNAziA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o_mF3uohgx0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=huN95bl-YCE
First picture shows the volume of finds from one dig at this site.
In this image are the remains of Bren carry handles; MG belt starter tabs, both Vickers and Browning; Lee-Enfield butt plates; Lee-Enfield oil bottles; Vickers belt brass strips; No 76 grenade crate safety sign; webbing and 'NoBuckl' buckles.......
Some of the best finds from the site just recently have included.
Hundreds of MG belt starter tabs.
Bren 100 round magazine Mk 2 winding arms
Bren gas regulators
Lee-Enfield oil bottles
And this remarkable Besa MG trigger mechanism.
I have also been finding PIAT parts and lots more stuff, shown in the videos.
Hope you like the relics.