colonel mustard Posted July 9, 2008 Share Posted July 9, 2008 Well as I said on my last post I'm always looking over walls so I thought I might post some of these discoveries here's the first it's a jeep buried in a stream as far as I know it's still there but it has been robbed out it's in the UK anyone else seen anything interesting Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joris Posted July 9, 2008 Share Posted July 9, 2008 Does not look like a jeep to me imho... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colonel mustard Posted July 9, 2008 Author Share Posted July 9, 2008 The picture shows the rear of the body the rest of the body is buried you can just see the grab handle on the right hand side of the picture. I got hold of the owner of the land it was on and was given permission to excavate I started digging and there wasn't a lot left. A local also infromed me that the land that the jeep was on was used as a practice bombing site. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick W Posted July 9, 2008 Share Posted July 9, 2008 Where in this country can you find a jeep in a stream, you just get shopping trolleys and pushbikes round our way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colonel mustard Posted July 9, 2008 Author Share Posted July 9, 2008 I guess it's a bit difficult to see... so here's another I dug up off a farm in Devon. The farmer used use a jeep to get from his front door to the road. It's strange but they have a habit of burying vehicles in that part of the country. Anyone ever walk the coast road from Bucks Mills to Clovelly you come across a load of rusting chassis and engine blocks from pre-war Austins and Morris's just sitting there just off the path they just pushed them off the cliff anyway I digress As you can tell it's GPW, I managed to salvage quite alot from this to help with my own GPW project Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snapper Posted July 9, 2008 Share Posted July 9, 2008 Amazing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Great War truck Posted July 9, 2008 Share Posted July 9, 2008 We also park trucks on their side to save space. Must be a Devon thing. Tim (too) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick W Posted July 9, 2008 Share Posted July 9, 2008 That jeep is more complete than when I got mine.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colonel mustard Posted July 9, 2008 Author Share Posted July 9, 2008 From what I recall I paid £200 for it and he helped to load it on the trailor Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick W Posted July 9, 2008 Share Posted July 9, 2008 From what I recall I paid £200 for it and he helped to load it on the trailor I didnt need to know that...:cry: :noyay: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeeEnfield Posted July 9, 2008 Share Posted July 9, 2008 I didnt need to know that...:cry: :noyay: :cool2: :rofl: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony B Posted July 9, 2008 Share Posted July 9, 2008 Well it proves they is still out there. Now, wheres the mine detector? :cool2: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joris Posted July 10, 2008 Share Posted July 10, 2008 You need a Jeep detector, mate! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony B Posted July 10, 2008 Share Posted July 10, 2008 A nice Dodge Command Car, was what I had in mind.:-D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snapper Posted July 10, 2008 Share Posted July 10, 2008 Optimism is what we need lots of. Hold out for a tank... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick W Posted July 10, 2008 Share Posted July 10, 2008 Saw a programme on TV recently where it was talking about the failed operation (The name escapes me now), that tried to land Churchills and commandos on a beach in France, the one where all the tanks bar one got bogged down on the beach. The TV presenter was talking to a local Frenchman who was standing at the top of this field explaining that the germans buried all the tanks there once they cleared them off the beach. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
david052 Posted July 10, 2008 Share Posted July 10, 2008 Dieppe? Let's go! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick W Posted July 10, 2008 Share Posted July 10, 2008 Yeah, Dieppe thats the one, dont forget to bring your bucket and spade. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snapper Posted July 10, 2008 Share Posted July 10, 2008 No metal detectors though - unless you get a licence.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colonel mustard Posted July 10, 2008 Author Share Posted July 10, 2008 There are a lot of ww2 tanks just lying around near me (Salisbury Plain). I had a friend once who tried to get a sherman but the MOD wouldn't him. I did have one of those I know where some stuff is buried conversations and even got permission to dig from the council but I discovered the tip had in past dumped Asbestos where I wanted to dig. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony B Posted July 10, 2008 Share Posted July 10, 2008 In Jersey it is either at the bottom of a two hundred foot cliff or in about six hundred feet of Hurd's Deep. I think Jersey Archive may have the collection of photos taken by Major Frank Seargent, the same guy who took the WLF photos. I'll do some checking and see if I can get copies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Posted July 10, 2008 Share Posted July 10, 2008 I know where some stuff is buried conversations and even got permission to dig from the council but I discovered the tip had in past dumped Asbestos where I wanted to dig. Colonel - I would say that sounds like a Scooby Doo type of story....to keep people away....:??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colonel mustard Posted July 11, 2008 Author Share Posted July 11, 2008 Well if anyone's interested it's Everleigh tip just out side Pewsey Wiltshire it borders onto Salisbury plain Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
david052 Posted July 11, 2008 Share Posted July 11, 2008 So are we mounting a Joint Services expedition then? I've got some time off coming up, even if I do live North of the border. Nothing like using it productively! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ashley Posted July 11, 2008 Share Posted July 11, 2008 There are a lot of ww2 tanks just lying around near me (Salisbury Plain). I had a friend once who tried to get a sherman but the MOD wouldn't him. I did have one of those I know where some stuff is buried conversations and even got permission to dig from the council but I discovered the tip had in past dumped Asbestos where I wanted to dig. :idea: Just get a digger and some dust particle masks and work upwind Ashley Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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