incredible WW1 ground digged find!!!!!!!

03-15-2011 03:58 AM

I'm sharing here with the WW1 aficionados,what i think is the most incredible find for a couple of years ,in our soil of France.
A member of my french forum digged this stuff last week,in a kind of dump site.
This is not something our eyes are able to see without instantly crying....
And it's only the beginning,he's today back on the place and keep on diggin'!!
Pics courtesy of Harvest.
Russia's not the only place to dig,ha ha ha !!!France's first!!

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113 Comments

Julekpl - 03-15-2011, 10:51 PM
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Wow very cool find, I wish I knew better spots to look for when I go relic hunting, and find similar things other than a few bullets

bikerboyzx6r - 03-15-2011, 10:57 PM
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Excellent!!!!!

ObKrieger - 03-16-2011, 08:16 AM
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Holy lord, that is amazing. It's not every day that one finds a camo M18 cutout just sitting there for the taking!

sebfrench76 - 03-16-2011, 08:42 AM
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like you have read,all this ended in a bitter end....

stuka f - 03-16-2011, 09:39 AM
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by sebfrench76

like you have read,all this ended in a bitter end....

...meaning...?
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ps great finds by the way!

Wagriff - 03-16-2011, 10:22 PM
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by ObKrieger

Holy lord, that is amazing. It's not every day that one finds a camo M18 cutout just sitting there for the taking!

And not just One,but,apparently Piles of them....Wow...

Harvest - 03-19-2011, 11:20 AM
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this is my find !!!

Harvest - 03-19-2011, 12:08 PM
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I'm selling some of these helmets so if you are interrested get contact me !

Rchavez601 - 03-19-2011, 09:02 PM
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by Harvest

I'm selling some of these helmets so if you are interrested get contact me !

Great find! How much and how can I get one?

GasMasksUK - 03-19-2011, 09:04 PM
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by Rchavez601

Great find! How much and how can I get one?

I believe that none of them are for sale right now.

Thanks

Danny

Niels - 03-21-2011, 12:03 AM
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All right that's it. I'm going to collect butterfly pictures.

I'm not saying I'm frustrated or anything, but boy am I.

Amazing finds.

GasMasksUK - 03-21-2011, 12:18 AM
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by GasMasksUK

I believe that none of them are for sale right now.

Thanks

Danny

Ignore that, it was said based on what was mentioned on another thread but it turns out they are

Thanks

Danny

gend - 03-21-2011, 02:08 PM
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GREAT!!!!!!!!!
I remember, we found also many many helmets last year; but not in this condition, with colours.....
Wow....

Greets, gend

Harvest - 03-21-2011, 06:24 PM
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thanks !!!
i was in a lucky day !!

gerrit - 03-21-2011, 11:23 PM
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Great!!,

cant believe my eyes

Good Pwny - 03-23-2011, 05:14 AM
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I think I just made a baby!

ww2collector - 03-23-2011, 06:40 PM
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Absolutely stunning!!! hope that more pictures are available? also of other items found...

Thanks for sharing

kc1 - 03-23-2011, 08:17 PM
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Amazing. What is that square area they were found in? It looks like a sump of some type. I'm surprised that the leather liners of the helmets aren't in better condition being in that dark soil and being kept wet, i thought those kind of conditions preserved leather! If the conditions changed enough in that pit for the leather to rot, dried out in summer moist in autumn, then i would have thought the conditions would have been ideal for rust and corrosion to have attacked the steel shells but they look in remarkable condition for having been in that pit for 90 years, lucky find. And they're for sale now as well, very lucky find. Just as well that no one else has poked around there for the last 90 years