Yesterday afternoon's Normandy finds...

**Steve83** · 07-22-2010, 07:23 AM

Yesterday afternoon we spent a couple of hours in a hedgerow where soldiers from the 83rd Infantry Division were fighting in mid July 1944, the hedge follows a track and every couple of metres there are foxholes, I have been searching this area for the past four years, but still find great items.

The US M1 Garand bayonet was just below the surface behind a foxhole, a chunk is missing from where it was hit by shrapnel, the german flare is squashed, the M9A1 grenade was in the bottom of a foxhole, the 105mm casing has exploded, I found that on the surface.

Cheers,

Steve

**Whitehunter** · 07-22-2010, 08:00 AM

Cracking finds, its amazing what you can find lying on the surface

**martynv4** · 07-22-2010, 01:53 PM

Excellent finds as ever Steve!

Keep 'em coming.

Martyn.

**mad_ideas** · 07-22-2010, 11:07 PM

cracking finds, its a shame the gernades are still very live!
thanks for posting
regards Mad.ideas

**jimpy** · 07-23-2010, 02:51 AM

With all the stuff that you're unearthing over there Steve, I can see me arranging to come over and joining you on a holiday!

Great finds as always mate.

Regards etc

Ian D

AKA: Jimpy

**Steve83** · 07-25-2010, 07:03 AM

Theright be a few more to post on here later on!

**Rommel1942** · 07-25-2010, 07:11 AM

great stuff steve!

Regards,
Finn

**Steve83** · 07-31-2010, 05:20 PM

Yesterday we did a bit of research in the Roncey Pocket area near Coutances, we were concentrating on the site of a battle which took place on a crossroads. We found some pieces of a 251 Halftrack, three track pads from the same vehicle plus small radio parts an hub nuts, we also found a pile of burnt and exploded 7.92mm ammo, further along the same road we found a 37mm cae, egg grenade and a German canteen, hope to get back there soon.

Steve

**BigMikeM** · 08-06-2010, 11:53 PM

that would be alot of fun to do Battlefield Digging for History i would love to get my hands on some Old rifles if i could ever do that kind of stuff

**LUCKYSTRIKE** · 08-09-2010, 12:30 AM

Hi Steve,
Those are nice finds you made there, I've visited Roncey on a number of occasions and walked along many of the tracks in the area checking out the geography. I didn't find much but I thought you might be interested in an old post I did about two enamel road signs (one bullet holed) that originally stood at the La Valtolaine cross roads during the battle to contain the trapped German Forces.
https://www.warrelics.eu/forum/battl...ts-cross-4015/
Keep up the good work.
LUCKYSTRIKE