36M MkI - Mills Bomb Hand Grenade (parts of) and other bits...

[DavidBeard]

The Spoils of War.........
I have some new land to examine - miles of it.
First impression was breath taking, Massive ancient trees, a couple of 'old' buildings - hills and stream, etc. nearly all short pasture.
If I don't get myself blown up first I'm sure its going to give some nice surprises.
Some of the land had been used for some WWII training and this soon began to show as I began digging up the remains of the 36M MkI Mills Bomb Hand Grenades:



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mills_bomb

and the .303 Enfield Rifle Cartridges:



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee-Enfield

It wasn't all War and Doom though,
Retrieved a few coins:


and a few buttons:



including one from the 'Fire Brigade' showing the Helmet on Crossed Axes:



And a few other bits and bobs:



Can't wait to get back - I'm sure there will be older things there.
Best wishes.

 

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[Mr Tuff]

nice relics and coins bet there is a ton of goodies there.. MR TUFF

 

[briankb70]

nice finds
be safe

 

[WhiteHunter]

Bloody hell I have only found about that many grenade plugs in 4 years and you found them in 1 day well done i like military stuff, i also like the button you found, nice coins aswell

 

[DavidBeard]

Bloody hell I have only found about that many grenade plugs in 4 years and you found them in 1 day..

In just a few hours!
I think I may just avoid that 'Grenade' area for a while and get the rest covered first!
What would happen if my spade hit an unexploded one
I'll put the rest of the plugs in a box for you if you want more!

 

[ashleysflyr]

What would happen if my spade hit an unexploded one

Just watch out for those stuck fuse timers...get one of those tickers moving again and...well...yuou know!
Is that a window punch or a pen...looks like a real nice one if it is! I like those longer ones...more power...less chance of getting cut!

~Tom

 

[DavidBeard]

...Is that a window punch or a pen...looks like a real nice one if it is!...

Hi Tom,
I'm not quite sure what it is - no, its not a pen - It does unscrew into 2 parts, I was thinking heavy-duty tent peg - the hole in the top for the guide rope to be attached. Hardly a blemish on it - nice steel, about 8" buried.

 

[allen]

i think you have a wonderful site to detect !!

 

[WhiteHunter]

Bloody hell I have only found about that many grenade plugs in 4 years and you found them in 1 day..

In just a few hours!
I think I may just avoid that 'Grenade' area for a while and get the rest covered first!
What would happen if my spade hit an unexploded one
I'll put the rest of the plugs in a box for you if you want more!

Yes please

 

[CRUSADER]

You have now added a button type to my list

 

[Tank69]

Wow David looks like you hit an awsome spot to hunt my friend I'd say detect it all , if thats what you got in a little bit of time a whole day there whould be amazing .be careful an good luck

 

[Juanmoretime]

Look like you're gonna have fun there for a long time!!! Good finds!

Steve

 

[greenmachine216]

Hi everyone I have a ww2 training ground to detect on and as u can see it was very extensively used my number of base plugs for the mills 36 m MK1 to date is over 300 with nearly all the many manufacturers of these grenades represented just thought it might interest someone out there

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[trapperart]

Congrats and good luck with new permission

 

[greenmachine216]

Hi thanks each one is hard won I have to spend 2 hrs clearing what can only be described as a overgrown jungle before I can even get to detecting

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