American Airbase - metal detecting finds.
Hi all,
Last night I went back to the local abandoned American airbase, and I was a lot more successful than my last visit :o
I spent the first two hours looking around the service areas, but I didn't really have much luck. The only thing I found was some type of fitting, with GEC stamped inside it. So with the light starting to fade, I decided to take myself over to what I beleive was the living quarters.
Well.... I faired a LOT better! cool militaria
I concentrated around the trees that lined the aircrews living quarters, hoping to find a few personal items. The metal detector went crazy!
I found ten 7.62mm casings, stamped L13A1. I've looked up these codes, and I beleive them to be British blank rounds. Obviously, the Americans must of bought these for training on camp.
They are stamped 76, 79, 80 and 82. I presume these are the year they were made. If so, I suspect these were fired from an American M16 Rifle.
Obviously post WW2, but interesting all the same! cool militaria
Anyway, I was really excited, but I glanced up whilst digging, and noticed 2 rather big bulls staring at me!! :shok_yikes: That combined with fading light, I decided to call it a day!!
I'll be going back sometime this week, so hopefully I'll have more to add to the thread!
Lee
Last night I went back to the local abandoned American airbase, and I was a lot more successful than my last visit :o
I spent the first two hours looking around the service areas, but I didn't really have much luck. The only thing I found was some type of fitting, with GEC stamped inside it. So with the light starting to fade, I decided to take myself over to what I beleive was the living quarters.
Well.... I faired a LOT better! cool militaria
I concentrated around the trees that lined the aircrews living quarters, hoping to find a few personal items. The metal detector went crazy!
I found ten 7.62mm casings, stamped L13A1. I've looked up these codes, and I beleive them to be British blank rounds. Obviously, the Americans must of bought these for training on camp.
They are stamped 76, 79, 80 and 82. I presume these are the year they were made. If so, I suspect these were fired from an American M16 Rifle.
Obviously post WW2, but interesting all the same! cool militaria
Anyway, I was really excited, but I glanced up whilst digging, and noticed 2 rather big bulls staring at me!! :shok_yikes: That combined with fading light, I decided to call it a day!!
I'll be going back sometime this week, so hopefully I'll have more to add to the thread!
Lee
