uncle bill Posted 31 January , 2006 Share Posted 31 January , 2006 Good point. I think the diggers have people at hand who know the nature of the ordnance they are handling. They don't carry it back across the channel either in a van and try and sell it either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
salientpoints Posted 31 January , 2006 Share Posted 31 January , 2006 If anyone is interested and missed my original post you can view the programme that Mr Howe appeared on. Click on this post and all will be revealed http://1914-1918.invisionzone.com/forums/i...=ST&f=8&t=45325 Cheers Ryan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alecnorwell Posted 31 January , 2006 Share Posted 31 January , 2006 I suppose the police are checking to see if this idiot has sold any of the "live" goods on. I'd hate to think of a UXB sitting proudly on someones mantelpiece. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clive Temple Posted 1 February , 2006 Share Posted 1 February , 2006 From his website the chap states: "If only you could imagine being without your family, friends, freedom for such a long time for the sake of a relic, not worth the price in my book. I am now on police bail until the 15th February 2006, I will be using the time to disband what ever is left of the dugup collection and prepare to say goodbyes to my wife and children if the judge finds me guilty." I may be doing him an unjustice but I think the wife and kids will be throwing a party if he gets banged up. No more Howitzer shells getting polished up while the family watch TV. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mat McLachlan Posted 2 February , 2006 Share Posted 2 February , 2006 Well, well, well... if it isn't our old friend Tony Strippoli. We had quite an interesting discussion about 'Little Tony' and his wholesale earthmoving business several months ago. For those who missed his fascinating website, feel free to check it out at www.somme-excavations.com He used to have a guest book but after a few friendly comments from members of the forum he's taken it off the site. I'm surprised to see that all his fingers are still attached. Cheers, Mat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staffsyeoman Posted 3 February , 2006 Share Posted 3 February , 2006 "...candidate for the Darwin Awards.." Sadly, regrettably - ineligible. "To win, nominees must significantly improve the gene pool by eliminating themselves from the human race in an astonishingly stupid way." ("The Darwin Awards" by Wendy Northcutt, Orion Publishing, 2000. p17) Unfortunately (or perhaps fortunately for the school next door) not achieved. Also having friends who are ATOs (Ammunition Technical Officers) who have lost colleagues to the endeavours of the IRA and others, cretins like this are an unwanted extra burden. Greed does funny things to people, doesn't it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Simon Bull Posted 3 February , 2006 Share Posted 3 February , 2006 Well, well, well... if it isn't our old friend Tony Strippoli. We had quite an interesting discussion about 'Little Tony' and his wholesale earthmoving business several months ago. For those who missed his fascinating website, feel free to check it out at www.somme-excavations.com He used to have a guest book but after a few friendly comments from members of the forum he's taken it off the site. I'm surprised to see that all his fingers are still attached. Cheers, Mat His website is called Somme Excavations. Having seen how he deals with unexploded ordnance I am surprised it is not called Somme Evacuations! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveBrigg Posted 4 February , 2006 Share Posted 4 February , 2006 A quick look at the website revealed the good news that there doesn't appear to be anything for sale. Pictures of the excavation of a Pill Box showed several suspiciously modern looking cans of lager in the foreground. Did British troops drink tins of Jupiler, or are they to numb the pain when someone's pick-axe unearths a primed mills bomb? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gunner Bailey Posted 6 February , 2006 Share Posted 6 February , 2006 I think this programme is being repeated on the London edition of Inside Out tonight. There is a article about 'smuggled' (BBC's description) shells coming into the country. 1930 tonight. Gunner Bailey Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Morgan Posted 19 February , 2006 Share Posted 19 February , 2006 Wasn't the dugup.co.uk man due in court sometime during the week just gone? Does anyone know what the outcome was? Tom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John W Posted 19 February , 2006 Share Posted 19 February , 2006 THe website dugup.co.uk now seems to have been totaly taken down Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Morgan Posted 19 February , 2006 Share Posted 19 February , 2006 I just managed to find a little further information on this newspaper's site. Tom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John_Hartley Posted 19 February , 2006 Share Posted 19 February , 2006 I was just about to post that, Tom. It says that he was only due to report back to the police this week - presumably that means that he hasnt been charged with anything yet. I see his website is closed. John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krithia Posted 20 February , 2006 Share Posted 20 February , 2006 I saw the man in question at a Militaria Fair on Sunday still selling his 'dug-up' bits. I have to say I avoided the stall, but clearly on display were the typical rusty ordnance and other suspect, 'grave-robbed' looking articles. I understand he is also partial to digging in Gallipoli, and there I am sure you will get more than 22-hours police detention ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sgt_Hazell_Great_Grandson Posted 20 February , 2006 Share Posted 20 February , 2006 As with nearly all this stuff if it cannot be sold then these guys would not bother digging it up. Roland. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyMacdonald Posted 20 February , 2006 Share Posted 20 February , 2006 I saw the man in question at a Militaria Fair on Sunday still selling his 'dug-up' bits. I have to say I avoided the stall, but clearly on display were the typical rusty ordnance and other suspect, 'grave-robbed' looking articles. I understand he is also partial to digging in Gallipoli, and there I am sure you will get more than 22-hours police detention ! Gallipoli? Tell me more? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krithia Posted 20 February , 2006 Share Posted 20 February , 2006 So the rumour goes, in the past he was detained at an airport in Turkey for a couple of days for bringing back relics ... is there no corner of a foreign field that this chap isn't known. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manchester terrier Posted 20 February , 2006 Share Posted 20 February , 2006 As Rupert never wrote That there's some corner of a foreign field That is for ever yielding a profit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spike10764 Posted 21 February , 2006 Share Posted 21 February , 2006 But we didn't find gold in Burma and all I got in the Philippines was a parking ticket. The overall thing though is I'm not a criminal. I'm on the side of the police and customs officers. I don't want guns on the street Amazing, I'm not sure whether he is deluded or just cunning. Mr Howe's Filipino wife was also arrested during raids on her home, where a gun was found. Not just a parking ticket it appears Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uncle bill Posted 21 February , 2006 Share Posted 21 February , 2006 I wonder if they found lots of shoes at his wife's home. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter B Posted 21 February , 2006 Share Posted 21 February , 2006 Krithia was that the fair at Farnham ? If so I suspect he will be at Bromley this weekend. Regards Peter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Papineau Posted 21 February , 2006 Share Posted 21 February , 2006 Surely it is illegal to remove items from Gallipoli? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcderms Posted 21 February , 2006 Share Posted 21 February , 2006 Not that I know of. One of the guides we met always gives a few bits n bobs away as souvenirs and there's always a farmer on market day with a bunch of stuff to sell. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
riflegreen Posted 21 February , 2006 Share Posted 21 February , 2006 Saw him at a Fair in Chelmsford last year and couldn't believe that any one would buy such rusted lumps . Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krithia Posted 21 February , 2006 Share Posted 21 February , 2006 --> QUOTE(Peter B @ Feb 21 2006, 12:33 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Krithia was that the fair at Farnham ? If so I suspect he will be at Bromley this weekend. Regards Peter Yes, thats the one. Bromley too, is nowhere sacred. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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