Yesturdays Rally near a WW2 Airfield

[Whitehunter]

Hi guys,

Went on a club dig yesturday, Really close to a WW2 Airfield.

A few nice little bits and i had LOADS of scrap metal, Didn't have many war time finds but it was nice to get out.



Bits and bobs



My best find of the day




I bet all of you would be thinking the same as me if you saw this come out the ground covered in mud Maybe next time



Few of me old mans finds, He gave me the fork which was nicely dated 1942


Just about make out this Cartwheel Coin which would bear the date 1797



Now this was a nice find, Victorian Capbadge, unsure of Regiement to this moment. he was really lucky to find this



Thanks for looking

John

[Eric Zentner]

Nice finds I bet that was fun!

Eric

[LUCKYSTRIKE]

Hi Mate
Thats certainly an interesting selection of finds covering many years. Quite a lot of it unexpected, some very nice bits and I love your Dads cap badge. Hopefully you'll find out which Regiment it belonged too. Did you see what any of the other MD's found?
Being the end of the runway there must have been a few aircraft that overshot and skidded into that field, most probably loosing pieces as they went.
All the Best.
LS

[davejb]

I think the badge is the Victorian Officers Martingale Horse Brass Badge, it seems the have the same motif and latin inscription

[Steve T]

Nice finds WH. With those spent bullets you couldn't have been far from the airfield at all. Weird skull thingy by the way

Steve T

[sandgroper]

Great stuff mate! You blokes are so lucky to be able to find these historic items, I get excited when I find an old hand made nail from a convict building here.

[ObKrieger]

I would love to just go to a random field in Europe and spend a day digging. I'll bet theres at least one kind of Roman, Medieval, WWI, WWII, etc item in every field. There's nothing to find here but Civil War grapeshot. lol

[sandgroper]

Agreed, I would love to do that also but you should be happy to find your civil war stuff mate, it is still more exciting than a nail!

[Whitehunter]

Hi Mate
Thats certainly an interesting selection of finds covering many years. Quite a lot of it unexpected, some very nice bits and I love your Dads cap badge. Hopefully you'll find out which Regiment it belonged too. Did you see what any of the other MD's found?
Being the end of the runway there must have been a few aircraft that overshot and skidded into that field, most probably loosing pieces as they went.
All the Best.
LS

I did find a few odd bits of alloy that could have come from aircraft but none had any markings on,
I think 1 hammered coin turned up, 1818 shilling, lots of pound coins, Vicky penny/halfpennys, buttons and a few other bits i can't remeber

John

[Whitehunter]

Nice finds WH. With those spent bullets you couldn't have been far from the airfield at all. Weird skull thingy by the way

Steve T

Only just across from the runway mate