Hey guys
Well, this Friday just gone I went back to the airfield barracks BUT this time took ADE WITH ME !!!
I had to blindfold him of course so the site remained secret but he didn't mind :eek: :eek:
Apart from the fact it took me 45 minutes of wandering around the area until I re-discovered the last area I visited, and that I had to cut the visit short because I was feeling ill, AND the fact that I didn't do much detecting myself due to being ill.....it was a good day.
Ade enjoyed himself anyway and the memory of him looking all excited over finding the spout off an old enamel coffee pot will remain with me until my dying day.
Hopefully he'll show you his finds on this post as well :D :D
Here's my stuff, prior to cleaning.
And then after cleaning......
Some bits that I can't yet identify although one of the silver thingies looks like a cap off a hip flask.
A lovely 1940 Half Crown...
A couple of buckles/clips off kit
Three 303 cartridges, and M1 carbine cartridge (all dated prior to 1943) and 2 stripper clips.
A George Vi coronation badge.......what on earth was this doing there ????
A Nivea lid and a lid off a Nail polishing stone. Amazingly, when I managed to get it open, the instructions were still inside !!! :eek:
Some German pebble buttons of 3 different sizes. Also 2 German coins dated 1940..... a 1 and a 5 pfennig.
Now a ring.......when I was at the Militaria fair in Birmingham, I saw a ring very similar to this in amongst some German regimental rings and such like. It appears as though there did used to be an enamel face on the ring, long since eaten away......but could it be German ? The stamp says 'Sterling' so that doesn't help particularly.
And lastly a .50cal ammo tin lid ! What a shame it wasn't attached to the container itself AND full !!!
Anyways, that's the lot from this visit. Hope you can help identify some of the bits and like what I found.
Steve T
PS Images uploaded as well for safe keeping.
