On 6/8/2026 at 9:02 PM, Gear Fanatic said:

What unit was he with?

Wasn’t able to find out.

On 9/18/2025 at 6:39 PM, dmar836 said:

I just saw this as well. I have not been active on the site in a year or two. This is good stuff. 

BTW, last we spoke here, I thought you were "getting out of it"?

Glad you obviously didn't!

Dave

Thank you for your comment.

 

Are you sure it was me who wanted to quit?

A new group without any information.

Here is a couple of new groups that have found their way into the fold

And from my favorite picker and very nice group with captured items found yard sailing.

Nice finds.

6 hours ago, yellowhammer history said:

Nice finds.

Finally a comment.

Thank you so much.

I think we're all stunned at the incredible things you find! Great job! What's the story on the letterman style jacket?

I posted the Canadian jacket by mistake and by the time I noticed the time to edit it had passed.

The jacket was found in the wild from the original veterans daughter in law, here in Michigan you find lots of Canadian items.

It belonged to a member of Royal Canadian Air Force squadron 116 who served as a mechanic on the PBY Catalinas in the unit and happened to be a very good hockey player.

I’ve never seen anything like it before so I’m at a loss as to any background information.

All my life since I was about 10 I’ve been very good at finding things but not very good at research.

My secret to finding things is that I know there is tons of stuff, billions of dollars worth in fact, of unfounded historical items all over the place.

You just have to make contact.

Very cool jacket! Even if it is Canadian, ehh.