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arantxa Posted 22 February , 2020 Author Share Posted 22 February , 2020 And hundreds of rounds I’d be interested to know any ones guesses on the shaped piece of metal thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gardenerbill Posted 22 February , 2020 Share Posted 22 February , 2020 Is that a webbing buckle in the last photograph of post #2, and a crushed water bottle in the first. Interesting finds, did you leave them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sepoy Posted 22 February , 2020 Share Posted 22 February , 2020 I like the little hammer style "Friction tubes". Obviously, you were in an area where larger calibre Artillery pieces were positioned and fired. Sepoy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gardenerbill Posted 22 February , 2020 Share Posted 22 February , 2020 53 minutes ago, Sepoy said: I like the little hammer style "Friction tubes". Obviously, you were in an area where larger calibre Artillery pieces were positioned and fired. Sepoy Excuse my ignorance but what were Friction tubes for? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arantxa Posted 22 February , 2020 Author Share Posted 22 February , 2020 Yes left the water bottles for some one else to see Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stripeyman Posted 22 February , 2020 Share Posted 22 February , 2020 Where were you when finding these items ? France is big place..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ss002d6252 Posted 22 February , 2020 Share Posted 22 February , 2020 Quote The GWF cannot permit, host or give advice on the safety of munitions. Any such posts will be removed. If anyone is in doubt about whether a potentially explosive item is safe they should seek advice from the appropriate authorities. As we're mentioning explosives and the obvious safety issues, I'd also point out the above from the forum rules. Craig Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arantxa Posted 22 February , 2020 Author Share Posted 22 February , 2020 Petwes having had a house on the battlefields for over 20 years i can assure you whats live and whats not and with that sort of language you certainly would not be a Lt Col more like a havildar Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
depaor01 Posted 22 February , 2020 Share Posted 22 February , 2020 Craig was simply stating the rules of the forum. Where you live is immaterial. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arantxa Posted 22 February , 2020 Author Share Posted 22 February , 2020 No he wasnt he made a statement about blowing your fingers off...when an item wasnt live we are not talking about Craig which i agree with but Petwes..who ever that is Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arantxa Posted 22 February , 2020 Author Share Posted 22 February , 2020 And i dont think where you live is immaterial..for example if you live in Dublin I would presume you would know a lot more about the Dublin fusilers than i do living in the South of the England..so it therfore follows if you see a lot of ordnance every year and speak to the B Bomb disposal teams you will have a better idea on these things than some one who lives in Milton Keynes....its just common sense Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
depaor01 Posted 22 February , 2020 Share Posted 22 February , 2020 7 minutes ago, arantxa said: No he wasnt he made a statement about blowing your fingers off...when an item wasnt live we are not talking about Craig which i agree with but Petwes..who ever that is My mistake. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
depaor01 Posted 22 February , 2020 Share Posted 22 February , 2020 5 minutes ago, arantxa said: And i dont think where you live is immaterial..for example if you live in Dublin I would presume you would know a lot more about the Dublin fusilers than i do living in the South of the England..so it therfore follows if you see a lot of ordnance every year and speak to the B Bomb disposal teams you will have a better idea on these things than some one who lives in Milton Keynes....its just common sense I wouldn't presume. I learn a lot from this forum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin Michelle Young Posted 22 February , 2020 Admin Share Posted 22 February , 2020 3 hours ago, stripeyman said: Where were you when finding these items ? France is big place..... Looks like the Portuguese cemetery at La Bombe in the background Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
petwes Posted 22 February , 2020 Share Posted 22 February , 2020 Craig I wasn't giving advice about the status of the safety of this device in particular. I was simply stating that picking things up, regardless of your level of experience, whether you think you do or don't know what they are, is not a good idea. From a personal point of view I have an idea of what a T-Tube was intended to do, and would leave well alone.. Unfortunately they are a pretty looking thing. I apologise for breaking forum rules and the forceful way I expressed myself. I would rather do that than have someone be injured following other's examples. I would also like to apologise to arantaxa if the deleted comment was taken personally. If I was a Havildar and a Lt Col walked up to me holding a piece of UXO I might well forget myself and call him an idiot (Sir)! Peter A google of "friction tubes" would give a more direct answer to the original question. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arantxa Posted 22 February , 2020 Author Share Posted 22 February , 2020 Thank you for your replys and i appreciate what you said Craig....yes i have a house up at Neuve Chapelle ....I have an awful lot of what my wife calls junk in the garden......and luckily I know all the farmers very well..so they ring me when they have found things Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ss002d6252 Posted 22 February , 2020 Share Posted 22 February , 2020 Just for clarification - My comment was not aimed at anyone in particular. it's just a standard comment made to any posts that mention handling of explosives. Craig Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arantxa Posted 22 February , 2020 Author Share Posted 22 February , 2020 My family are from Chippenham Michelle Young..I have a lot of chippenham medals and bits ww1 and a rare 1914 war service Nestle badge ..i interviewed many years ago a lot of Chippenham vets Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arantxa Posted 22 February , 2020 Author Share Posted 22 February , 2020 To every one I did not mean to sound Gruff...put it down to my boarding days at Winchester my wife tells me it pre-pared me for the Colonial service in 1870 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Ricard 51 Posted 22 February , 2020 Share Posted 22 February , 2020 Bonsoir......no one seems to have mentioned that there is evidence of growing crops in some of the images shown. Field walking on sown fields is interdit. A clear indication of a marked lack of respect for the landowner/ farmer don't you agree?. This sort of behaviour sadly is on the increase by a minority but has an impact on the greater majority who show respect and restraint and confine their yomping to unsown fields. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mancpal Posted 22 February , 2020 Share Posted 22 February , 2020 agreed Simon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Ricard 51 Posted 22 February , 2020 Share Posted 22 February , 2020 7 minutes ago, mancpal said: agreed Simon Merci beaucoup..... Simon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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