Dado
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Post by Dado on Sept 21, 2016 19:44:22 GMT
I'm a hobby metal detectorist when I'm not working or shooting tanks. As part of that hobby I frequent a MD forum. One of the members there lives in Latvia and routinely hunts WWII sites. Here's a thread of his that shows some of what he's found. Not strictly tank related but I thought some of you with a bent for history might get a kick out of some of his finds. Click on to page 34 for some tank pics. The Courland Pocket (Latvia) |
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Twiztid Bowels
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Post by Twiztid Bowels on Sept 21, 2016 20:16:45 GMT
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Dado
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Post by Dado on Sept 21, 2016 20:59:32 GMT
Interesting read. I sure wouldn't have wanted to be one of the old guys manning those guns. lol Some of the Eastern European detectorists on the forum have recovered not only equipment and weapons they've also repatriated Russian remains found on some of the old battlefields. |
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Skankhunt42
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Post by Skankhunt42 on Sept 23, 2016 2:54:44 GMT
I've seen them pull and restore tanks off those old battlefields in recent years. I remember hearing about a T-34, a Stug III, and I'm pretty sure a KV-1.
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Vince Cable's Exotic Spresm
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Post by Vince Cable's Exotic Spresm on Sept 23, 2016 8:26:27 GMT
That looks like something I'd love to do, but the UXBs and artillery rounds look a bit off-putting.
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Dado
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Post by Dado on Sept 23, 2016 12:23:12 GMT
That looks like something I'd love to do, but the UXBs and artillery rounds look a bit off-putting. There are a number of members of the MD forum that are from your part of the world. They find everything from Roman artifacts in farm fields to modern coinage. A lot of history buried in random places on your island. |
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