Sometimes a eyeball find is just as good Longines Wittnauer compass

[Deepdiger60]

Today was still to hot to go MD my doc told wait a few weeks more i just did a stress test at the VA Med Center 25 minutes on that darn tread mill
well of course my BP was high
anyway i had to go under my house to fix a broken vent to keep critters out its all sand and very dusty and old !! i got my port light and tools and while under there i eyeballed these, a old compass a ceramic little bowl no marks on it and a 1937 WP and a marble neat marble 4 colors .The compass was covered in dirt but it has a very tight seal plus it was out of the elements it stayed dry ,not bad for a compass 69 years old and it still works fine i just had to fiddle with the button to get it open i saw a few on E-Bay going for between 75.00 and 200.00 but ill keep it next time i get lost in the woods . HH Dd60

WWII Wittnauer U.S. Air Force compass
Manufactured by Longines Wittnauer for the U.S. Air Force in 1941. U.S. stamped
nickel case has one minor, but noticeable indentation on the cover. (Please see photo)
The dial is signed: Wittnauer. Flat blue needle. 1.8" diameter. Excellent hinge and
release mechanism. Compass points strong to North.

 

[Pull_tab_mike]

great finds.....

 

[allen]

id say if the compass and wheatie are close in age so is that marble.
Id be keeping that compass, that is a cool find !!

 

[kimsdad]

WTG on those great finds!!!

That compass is a real winner!

 

[Woodland Detectors]

Wow Jim!

That's a beautiful compass.

Great dungeon find

 

[Skelly607]

Very nice compass!!!! Thats a keeper!

 

[capri_auto]

That compass is sweeeeeeet. Gotta love finds like that

 

[ivan salis]

bet a kid was playing with his dads WW2 air force compass under the house -- with his penny and marble and dish --mom called him in for dinner and they were "forgotten" behind

 

[Deepdiger60]

bet a kid was playing with his dads WW2 air force compass under the house -- with his penny and marble and dish --mom called him in for dinner and they were "forgotten" behind

I bet that is exactly what happened long before i moved here the lady owner who was raised here had a pile of kids at least the kid closed it before he forgot it that face is thin glass not plastic Good analysis Ivan Dd60

 

[tuatara]

Neat compass

 

[{Sentinel}]

That's a fine Compass. I wish I'd have found it. Keep it and put it in your pack. I still rely on a compass when I'm deep in the woods hunting. Don't need GPS...Even though I have one my father-in-law gave me.....Never use it

 

[Deepdiger60]

That's a fine Compass. I wish I'd have found it. Keep it and put it in your pack. I still rely on a compass when I'm deep in the woods hunting. Don't need GPS...Even though I have one my father-in-law gave me.....Never use it

Hopefully the rains come soon so i can get lost in the Colonial woods for 5 hours and use that compass ! Right now all the woods are a fire hazard bone dry pine needles and old fallin growth i never seen it so dry out here ever. Fall is near Dd60

 

[West Jersey Detecting]

Sweet! Glad to see you are still active in the forums!

 

[celtex]

eyes are still the best discriminator! That compass is real nice!

 

[Deepdiger60]

Sweet! Glad to see you are still active in the forums!

Thanks i just waiting for the drought to end the ground is like a rock ,in a few weeks ill be hitting the big beaches with my Sov GT after labor day Dd60

 

[colorado14ers]

if only it was pocket watch...... . Nice find anyway!!!!!!!!