Digging near ww2 coastal pillboxes, weird big relic...

[davejb]

Dont bring me into it, i dont want to end up walking with a pronounced limp and a funny look on me fizzog and havng to cut holes in all my chairs just so i can sit down

[larissa]

I have a long memory so watch out next time you call round And I have a VERY big ladle.

Cheers, Lez.

[davejb]

See ,i told you, now look what youve done, Captain Cavern strikes again

[brataccas]

hi all borrowed a crappy compact camera was just curious if anyone knows what material turns white when its exposed to seawater for a long time? it isin't asbestos is it? cos I keep finding interesting relics but theyre flaky and turned a whitish colour with patches of blue bits. The pic of that piece is what I found beside where I found the ww2 wellington bomber airframe piece. Attachment 359775

[Steve T]

brataccas

Asbestos is relatively easy to spot as it it almost always in 'fibre' form, even when compressed. Check the edges of the piece and where the cracks/splits are. If it is asbestos or an asbestos compound you will see tiny fibres sticking out of the edge. If it's got fibres, pound to a bent ha'penny it's asbestos.

Hope that helps.

Steve T

[brataccas]

had a check and coudn't find any fibres whatsoever,

[VERSUCH]

Asbestos....is nasty but while it is wet or damp..least so.
When its dry and fibers float about....much more so!

[brataccas]

well I got rid of it lol, went to an old ww2 airfield today and my friend found stuff I missed out! he found a hole in the ground and a ladder that leads to an underground bunker complex underneath the runway O_O! will need go back and film this, I dunno how he finds the stuff I missed out, hes like "stop the car" looking through binos and looks at the distance in trees, says to me "those are old mod fences" we have a look in the forest near it outside the base and found a ww2 dump