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[Dharmacy]

From looking at the other posts, I was surprised to see that I wasn't the only one digging in WWI dump sites this weekend. Was out of town with a friend of mine, and we had time to go check on a dump site I had found years ago since we were pretty close to the area. The old dump is still producing a good mixture of relics. This was his first time dump digging and I think he is now hooked! Looks like I will be cleaning and running items thru electrolysis for a while to get everything cleaned up.

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[Hawks88]

Nice finds. Congrats!

 

[Professor of Engineering]

Nice finds, congratulations!

 

[Dan(NM)]

Nice haul, are you guys sifting?

 

[Dharmacy]

Nice haul, are you guys sifting?

Yes, digging big holes and sifting the spoil piles. There is so much metal debris in there a detector is pretty much useless. The soil is mostly light fluffy ash from burning so you can move a substantial amount before you get wore out.

D.

 

[smokeythecat]

Yes, the stuff has the burned look to it. Andre's pencils work great to get the gunk off mechanically. They work fast too.

 

[Dharmacy]

Yes, the stuff has the burned look to it. Andre's pencils work great to get the gunk off mechanically. They work fast too.

Good to know, I will have to give it a try. I have had good results with electrolysis on some items from here, but some is just too far gone.


D.