Finds and UXBs!

Been going through some old tins in the shed.

.303 bullets and cases all 30's dates found at Skipsea/Low Skirlington MTR in the 90's. Cleaned up & put together (stripper clip not a find)

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2X 20mm case finds at same place

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Mattb found one intact I was very jealous!

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Anyone know what this is, found at Skipsea/Low Skirlington, I think it could possibly be a part from a Sherman Tank?? The one i've been banging on about we found the wheels, tracks, hatch from, quite a lot of writing on it for such a little thing, it says on it:-

24/31 RYG 1
SMC 4/1942 /| (thats supposed to be the war dept arrow by the way.)

Various 20mm & 30mm cases found at Cowden on the beach & tops.
All 20mm state RG 53 20mm on the base, the 30mm state RG 51-54 on the bases.

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2" mortar tail, from Cowden, made at ICI by the looks!

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Cleaned her up nicely & applied some aluminium paint

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Various 20mm HE & standard & 30mm head & case found at Cowden

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heres my finds.. i have hundreds more, but these are good ens.

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in order
9mm skirlington find..
50cal skirlington find, both parts. 40 something dated.
20mm skirlo find, 44 dated, very low tide in a big ditch in the sand.. projectile is also skirlo find.
20mm skirlo find 43 dated.
20mm cowden find. 53 dated
20mm cowden find.. not to sure what these were from??

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20's

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50 cal

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2" mortars, top found on beach at cowden
bottom found on land at cowden.

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dated 43

loooooads more..

Bofors 40mm head found at Cowden aswell, the case isnt a find but I couldnt get it out its stuck!!!

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I can remember that very low tide when you found that mint 20mm case, i'd never seen the tide retreat so far, and i used to go quite a lot in them days.
That 5th 20mm case looks quite different from the others?

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Anyone know what this is, found at Skipsea/Low Skirlington, I think it could possibly be a part from a Sherman Tank?? The one i've been banging on about we found the wheels, tracks, hatch from, quite a lot of writing on it for such a little thing, it says on it:-

24/31 RYG 1
SMC 4/1942 /| (thats supposed to be the war dept arrow by the way.)

It's a fuze from a 3 inch mortar round.