tammilnad Posted 14 May , 2005 Share Posted 14 May , 2005 Opening up 1915 trench. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robbie Posted 14 May , 2005 Share Posted 14 May , 2005 Got any more? Very interesting. Who are these men, and are you one of them? Robbie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tammilnad Posted 14 May , 2005 Author Share Posted 14 May , 2005 Hi Robbie, I was that busy banging the photo's in I mist your reply. The men are the Diggers. I have many more I have taken the best five I will post tomorrow. I am to my limit of space available to me for today. Regards Frans Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robbie Posted 14 May , 2005 Share Posted 14 May , 2005 Hi Robbie, I was that busy bang the photo's in I mist your reply. The men are the Diggers. I have many more I have taken the best five I will post tomorrow. I am to my limit of space available to me for today. Regards Frans <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Hi Frans. Who are they? Archaeologists? Aussies? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bkristof Posted 14 May , 2005 Share Posted 14 May , 2005 did someone made notes of where wat was found? Did someone measured the trench? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tammilnad Posted 14 May , 2005 Author Share Posted 14 May , 2005 Hi Ktristof, While I was there every thing was photographed extensively and catalogued. Besides that the Police was present all afternoon and because of the great amount of shells around the dig the MOD from Houthulst cleared the ammo at six o'clock to save souvenier hunters taking them. Regards, Frans Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tammilnad Posted 14 May , 2005 Author Share Posted 14 May , 2005 Hi Frans. Who are they? Archaeologists? Aussies? <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Hi Robbie, I know they have a licence to dig from Brussels. They are Belgian volunteers and some are from the village of Boezinghe. As I understand they have been doing these kind of digs for many years around this area. Frans Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bkristof Posted 14 May , 2005 Share Posted 14 May , 2005 what are they doing with the findings? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tammilnad Posted 14 May , 2005 Author Share Posted 14 May , 2005 what are they doing with the findings? <{POST_SNAPBACK}> I have no idea, the MOD took the majority away as it was munitions. The rest I don't know. The best place to ask is the Flanders field museum. I understand they work together. Frans Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bkristof Posted 14 May , 2005 Share Posted 14 May , 2005 I just was told a few days ago they take the best things home and let the rest rot... They found a German Stirn or Graben panzer. I did not ended up in a museum, but in a digger's private collection Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bkristof Posted 14 May , 2005 Share Posted 14 May , 2005 by the way, this was also discovered today, somewhere else. I could watch it... Not by the diggers, but other people. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andigger Posted 15 May , 2005 Share Posted 15 May , 2005 Kristof.. I noticed the tires in your picture, were they just dumped there or are they part of some escavation equipment? Andy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bkristof Posted 15 May , 2005 Share Posted 15 May , 2005 Next to the exclavation site there was a farm... he is using them to cover up silo's... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aurel Sercu Posted 15 May , 2005 Share Posted 15 May , 2005 They found a German Stirn or Graben panzer. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Kristof, Do you happen to have a photo of such piece of equipment ? Or a link to a photo on a webpage ? Aurel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bkristof Posted 15 May , 2005 Share Posted 15 May , 2005 It was on the Dutch forum Aurel: The guy who is memeber of the remaining Diggers proudly presented his "Hunting Trophee". the topic: http://www.forumeerstewereldoorlog.nl/view...der=asc&start=0 the picture: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aurel Sercu Posted 15 May , 2005 Share Posted 15 May , 2005 Thanks, Kristof. Hadn't noticed it there. And since I am no longer in touch ... Aurel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tammilnad Posted 15 May , 2005 Author Share Posted 15 May , 2005 The last five. Ammunition waiting to be collected by the DOVO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tammilnad Posted 15 May , 2005 Author Share Posted 15 May , 2005 Part of today's harvest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tammilnad Posted 15 May , 2005 Author Share Posted 15 May , 2005 Police and MOD. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tammilnad Posted 15 May , 2005 Author Share Posted 15 May , 2005 The men from the DOVO clearing the munitions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tammilnad Posted 15 May , 2005 Author Share Posted 15 May , 2005 Back of the DOVO-MOD lorry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Borden Battery Posted 15 May , 2005 Share Posted 15 May , 2005 Here is the website of The Diggers, and not to be confused with members of the Austrailian Imperial Force: The Diggers [The Netherlands] The Diggers are a team of enthusiasts diggings for World War I relics. We often refer to ourselves as amateur-archaeologists, hoping that the 'real' professional archaeologists will not take offence at this, as our field is a lot more limited. For the past years we have been active especially on a Boezinge battlefield site (near Ypres (Ieper), in the west of Belgium). http://www.diggers.be/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aurel Sercu Posted 15 May , 2005 Share Posted 15 May , 2005 This is the new and correct URL of my website. (Since I am no longer a member of the team it has not been updated for the past one and a half years.) http://www.wo1.be/diggers (But until the end of March 2006 there is an automatic redirection from the URL mentioned by BB) And let there be no doubt : I am not Dutch, but Belgian. (Whether I am proud of it is another matter. Let's say I am Flemish. Aurel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Borden Battery Posted 15 May , 2005 Share Posted 15 May , 2005 I will update the CEF Study Group recommended website listing abstract to more accurately reflect the current situation. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tammilnad Posted 15 May , 2005 Author Share Posted 15 May , 2005 Missed this one. Shovel and pickaxe head. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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