Australian WWII - Far North Queensland Metal detecting and recovery
Article about: Hi Blokes ~ I am posting this as an going blog for interested parties that have been following my fossicking of (extensive) WWII ~ Far North Qld Australia . This area has been described in r
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11-28-2013, 12:34 AM
#161
Cheers M3
This particular area is a camp site with a workshop area further down the hill from the nearest tent/ camp ~ I have found a multitude of bits including primer flash tubes , grenade base screw/s and others ~ no frags ~ but heaps of 303 blanks, the .38 Webbly rimmed cartridge and even the USA services button!
Lots of trash heap/s of well as this would appear in the extreme ~ the low ground perimeter of the camp which occuppied most of the higher ground ~
The general consensus is that the chock is in fact an artillery wheel chock as the Aircraft ones tend to be aluminium or even rubber covered ~ and I don’t recall seeing any loops or such to attach ropes to .
I broke my own rule by ~ “Never discard anything till you establish exactly what it is!" Now I have to go back retrieve and it will be headed for a clean in the Molasses and a fresh paint job!! LOL
(Already set up for a run to the back country this weekend and armed with permission to enter station property ~ we are looking at another artillery training area ~ Two pounders this time ~ )
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11-28-2013, 08:22 AM
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11-28-2013, 08:59 AM
#163
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11-28-2013, 12:02 PM
#164
I was referring to the older post that had no identification attached to the blanks and am aware the .223 and 5.56mm run through the same guns...
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11-28-2013, 09:24 PM
#165
I plan on retrieving the Scotche / chock today and will give soem specific dimensions, ( any thoughts on the exact artillery piece it may have been used with would be greatly appreciated~)
Cheers all
Stuart
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11-28-2013, 10:04 PM
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11-30-2013, 11:18 AM
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12-01-2013, 09:32 AM
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12-01-2013, 02:20 PM
#169
Hi Steve
Yes you are right ..the two pounder safety tripod ~my mistake.
I will be posting later today as I had one of my most spectacular finds to date, yesterday Sunday, when we were recce'ing a WWII site on or near a pioneer mining township, now abandoned - since the 1920-30s.
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12-02-2013, 05:38 AM
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