Hey guys,
Heres a picture of the rare wz.39 belt buckle being worn.I only seen one of these for sale in my life,It was this year sadly I dont remember the price it went for.

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Hi guys,
can somebody tell me what kind of german lorry was this? The body is from aluminium.
Cheers Radek

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Here's a few pics of my grandfather and his half track "Sweety Pie".
Note the statue of the weiner dog. My grandfather is the guy with the helmet squating down in front of the half track. Check out the thousand yard stare on the Sgt.

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A couple of 'souvenirs' of the now disbanded 5 Brygada Pancerna "Skorpion" (5 Armoured Brigade "Scorpion") of the 10 Dywizja Zmechanizowana based in Opole.

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My latest purchase. Comments welcome

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Hi guys
Nice have this two buckles added to my collection . Hope , you like it too .
Yury

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I have just seen on Ryton Arms site that Tony Budge died last Wednesday 3rd, a great shame and loss.
Pete.

Ok…..here goes the last day of my airfield blitz.

I reckon one more visit now to satisfy myself it is truly empty of the majority of buried relics and I will need to find a new site.

Day 3 was probably the worst day of the three for volume of finds, but actually produced the most intriguing finds. :D

So here we go……..

Before any cleaning

And now after cleaning and disposal of hunks of crap.

Firstly a brass rod that is threaded at one end and appears to be hollow at this end as well. The other end has a set of three ‘through’ holes two of which appear to be blocked. Thoughts ? I’ve got an inkling it could be a cleaning rod perhaps……for a gun barrel ? It’s 12 inches long.

A couple of bits that could be modern, but could equally be WW2 era. I am inclined to think the former.

A crocodile clip from USA so almost certainly from the war, another clip type thing I can’t identify and a brass rod with an eyelet at the end. Is this the ‘arm’ for a British kit bag lock ?

Some spent 50cal bullets

A ‘blow gun’ (I don’t know what one of those is For paint spraying ? Blowing up car tyres ?), made by Shraeder of USA. They still make blow guns but this one was well down in the ground so is certainly from the 1940s. What did they use one for on an airbase ?

A couple of buckles and a couple of buttons.

More intriguing items and the last finds for the day. Far left is a 303, then a 50cal, then the base off a 20mm, then a 20mm & 50cal

A closer look at the 50cal shows that someone has mounted a steel/iron ‘plug’ into the cut off end. I wonder what they did this for ?

A closer look at the 20mm shows that there is a 50cal cartridge jammed into it and very carefully and neatly soldered into place. Again, I wonder what on earth for ?

Anyways guys, that’s it for the 3 days. A good haul in total even though a couple of days were a bit ‘light’.

Cheers

Steve T

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Hi guys

And here are the results of Day 2 of my 3 day extravaganza ! I found a LOT more this day than the other 2 days combined.....it was almost like I'd never searched the place before. All this came from sites I have visited at least twice so it just goes to show how much you can miss !

Before any cleaning.........



And then after cleaning



Ok, the Ford badge is probably modern but I kept it just in case. An electrical connector and a pipe with joint in place (probably from an aircraft engine), and a strange thingy made by Gooyear. Is it some kind of valve set up ? Anyone seen anything like this before ?



Some spent 50cal bullets (I was near the gun butts when I found these) and a couple of 45cal spent bullets.



Now the small plate with the cross on I thought was junk BUT......on the reverse it appears to say 'OK' in the same red lettering AND I have found one of these before in the area near the Gun Butts. So was is used when test firing guns perhaps ? Anyone know ?

The little bottle came out the ground with the little handle thing to the left. Don't know what it's from.



Bits of airframe, all with paint still in place.



The best condition filler cap from a drop tank I've ever had.



Four pennies....takes me closer to my goal of 40,000 to pay for the detector. Only 39,995 to go.



I think this is a cover off some part of an engine. Anyone give it it's proper name ? Nice code number stamped on the inside :D



A couple of 303's and a 45cal that is a bit odd. It has been fired but the bullet is still in place and damaged.....odd.



20mm cartridges.....well....bits of them anyway ! Not one whole one but lots of parts :eek:



And lastly some 50cals....



...and an example of the headstamps....



And that's it for Day 2. A good day !

Will post day 3 later....gotta fiddle with the pictures a little more :D

Cheers

Steve T

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HI guys

Well, having got some time off work and the wife not having any DIY, decorating, repairwork, relative visiting, gardening or shopping planned, ( :D :D :D ), I decided to have one last blitz of my airfield.

I have known for a few months now that the place is more or less empty, getting less and less finds each visit, and having to travel further and further afield. So I thought I'd give the place a good three day blitz to really make sure.

The results of Day 1 are below. Please excuse the quality of some photos.......my son has got my camera and I had to use my emergency back up camera which is the equivalent of a box brownie compared to the camera my son has borrowed :D

Firstly before any cleaning.....



And then after cleaning and disposal of hunks of rubbish. I had a LOT of modern stuff this trip :(



Some odds and ends first.....The sorry remains of a Kolynos toothpaste tube, an 'o' ring and a couple of other random bits.



A 'lift the dot' thingy and three items I can't ID.



This is almost certainly a beer keg tap. I was close to the Naafi hut when I found this.



A bakerlite light fixture turning a single light socket into a double.



One penny.....literally. Only another 39,999 and I'll have paid for my detector !



Now I have no idea what this is. It could be a clock or maybe a wind up bell. When it came out of the ground it was together as shown in the picture on the right. The clockwork mechanism does not fit into the other bit. Anyone any ideas ?



The bottom of a US Army mess tin. No name on it unfortunately, but there is a makers mark.



Not many cartridges this trip...... One 303 and 2 30cal M1 rounds.



....but lots of buckles this trip. Item number 1 has a number on it which I have enlarged. I know they are from bits of webbing but which bit exactly ? Can you ID any ? I've numbered them to help :D



And that's it for day 1. A little disappointing but not too bad. This was, after all, my 28th visit to the site !

Don't forget to check out my threads on Day 2 and Day 3.

Cheers

Steve T

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