Relic hunting on a World War 2 Gunnery range with a metal detector

A short video showing me digging up some finds during a trip to an old WW2 gunnery range in the UK. The area is on the coast so the digging is easy as all finds are in sand. They are also about 8 - 12 inches down so any basic metal detector will find them for you !

Category:

Education

Tags:

• ww2
• relic
• hunting
• gunnery
• range
• metal
• detector
• relics
• world
• war
• two
• MD
• finds
• cartridges
• 303
• 30
• calibre
• 50
• .50
• cal
• 20mm
• .303

[dazzld555]

did u just fart at 3:11 ....lmao XD

[ww2relichunter]

Quite possibly !

All that bending over and leaning backwards and forwards can stir things up :D As I am miles from anybody and anywhere, farts tend to come out whenever then need to :D :D

Good ears by the way !

[waffenss088]

Nice finds, in my country english 303. cal ammo is rare.

[ww2relichunter]

Well, I am more than willing to swop 10 303's for a German 20mm cartridge :D :D

[ww2relichunter]

Well, if you want to swop a couple of your 2cm cartridges for a load of my 303's I am more than willing to trade. Say 20 .303's (lots of different headstamps) per 2cm cartridge ?

I would like 2 or 3 2cm cartridges if you can spare them and want to swop.

[Spyderi07]

i want a metal detector now....

[DogTagz41]

I found a very old and very rusty revolver last month in a stream next to my house :D

It's just a lump of rust with a wooden handle and a half-snapped barrel though :P

[DanOblacksmith]

@harryfaber Yes, U.S. made by Savage Arms of Utica N.Y. In the early 90's after I got out of the marines I attended Riverside Aeronautics in Utica in Savage's sprawling old brick building. The rifle is marked U.S. PROPERTY and has U.S. ordinance stamps. Likely a lend-lease piece and definitely a veteran that saw a lot of marching considering its condition. Imagine the stories it could tell. It makes a good rainy day rifle during deer season. Not pretty but a sturdy and always reliable performer.

[harryfaber]

@DanOblacksmith I've forgotten more than I ever knew about Lee Enfields, I seem to recall that two grooves were made in the US.

[DanOblacksmith]

.303 is a decent caliber. I have a No. 4 Mk 1 that will knock a deer flat on its ass at 300 yards. Oddly enough it has only two rifling grooves in the barrel but it is quite accurate.

[kempouk]

@ww2relichunter what did it smell like, did you have a curry the night before ?

[pepmanCZ]

yea this is scaffold clamp. we use it everyy day! :D

[Lumotaku]

Reload the 303 casings!

[MrLancaster47]

The last items were scaffolding clamps.

[78lapland]

@ww2relichunter very nice finds,