Former WWII NC training camp dug relic finds

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Here's the backside to it:

 

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While digging at the usual site, I came across a butcher's knife:

 

[TRR]

Great stuff, amazing what you can find out there! Keep the pictures coming.

 

Also, I agree with the previously stated mortar tail fin ID. Could be an 81mm or 60mm depending on the size. The holes give it away.

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Here's a look at what I found yesterday. Not a whole lot, since I spent my limited time checking out some other sections of the Camp. I was pretty excited to find a US stamped collar disc with both pins and one dammit. Once I cleaned these things, I was rather excited about another item...

 

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OK, no big deal. A collar brass, right? Well given the condition of everything else we find, this is an exceptional piece. Just wish I could find one for a particular BOS. Anyway, this is what got me excited when I finished cleaning: a lock. Made by Yale for the Ordnance Dept.

 

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Mike & I were out at Butner today, going through items destined for the Camp Butner Museum. Just a few hundred feet from space the relics were being stored, Mike pointed out an old Stuart tank body. Being a tanker, I had to take a closer look, and man, that thing is TINY! We are hoping to get it for the museum, but we'll just have to wait and see.

Mike can provide more details, but someone been using it to practice welding, and parts of it seem to have been prepped for scrapping. Anyway, just a really super neat artifact! Again, truly shocking just how small it really is, even without any gear inside it.

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You can see some of the marks from when it was previously on the range.

 

 

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Here is a view of the tank I took before I became involved with the society. It was sitting out in the woods, but not on the map where the WWII impact areas were located. This pic was taken around March 2009 when we began training for my Iraq deployment.

 

Mike

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Another item dug up at Camp Butner:

 

 

 

Bazooka M9A1 US Army 2.36" Rocket

Caliber: 2.3 inches
Action: Electrically ignited solid rocket fuel propellant
Crew: 2
Range: 400 yards Max, 150 yards Effective
Muzzle Velocity: 300 fps
Weight of Round: 3 lbs 8 oz M6 shaped charge
Armor Penetration: 3.12 inches armor plate
Overall Length:
Year Built: 1941

 

You can still see the ignition wires on the fins. Incredibly great condition for something having been fired, and buried for so long. I just need to clean it up a little bit. This was a training round, so no charge inside the cone.

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the 2.36" rocket cleaned up very nicely! Much of the original black paint is still visible on the shaft and lower section.

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Showing a little more detail on the fin section with the ignition wires still intact.

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After the Camp Butner Society meeting yesterday, I went searching for some relics at a site that Mike had previously found some wartime -era glass bottles. These two spoons were on the surface, just beneath the leaves. Both hall marked "Imperial Silver Plate." What seems odd to me, is the slight slant on the left upper portion of the pan.

 

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At another location we had had a good deal of success at, I found this glass syringe. Of course the tip is broken off, but otherwise amazing condition. I pulled the plunger, and it slid out like it was brand new. I then realized that had not been done with ths item in nearly 70 years.

 

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I also found, amongst many liquor bottle, clorox bottles, soda and other various bottles, a nearly intact medical department bowl. No doubt, a number of items from the old convalescent hospital found its way over to this site.

[Mitter2k1]

After the Camp Butner Society meeting yesterday, I went searching for some relics at a site that Mike had previously found some wartime -era glass bottles. These two spoons were on the surface, just beneath the leaves. Both hall marked "Imperial Silver Plate." What seems odd to me, is the slight slant on the left upper portion of the pan.

 

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A friend and I used to dig an old dump when we were kids and we found the same thing. My grandparents said that spoons would wear down from scraping bowls and pans. When the plating would start to flake off they would toss them. And every spoon we found was just like that.

 

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[mmerc20]

I wish I had more time to go out there and dig. Gary and I will be setting up a temporary display of artifacts at the HQ of the National Guard here tomorrow. I will be sure to post some pics.

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Thanks certainly go out to Gary helping me out at HQ today setting up our first official display of artifacts. I think it looks great and hopefully will get a lot of attention.

 

Mike

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a better view

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and from the other side

[airborne1968]

Excellent story guys! If you ever need more help drop me a line. I live near Camp Mackall, NC.