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Posted: 3/25/2012 4:42:18 PM EDT
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Interesting find. Maybe they can get a decent burial now. We are all equal in death.
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Posted: 3/25/2012 4:47:23 PM EDT
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jeez
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Posted: 3/25/2012 4:49:51 PM EDT
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In before the dupe police. Cool pics
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Posted: 3/25/2012 4:50:03 PM EDT
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Unidentified military items (pictured) were discovered alongside bizarre finds including the skeleton of a goat
I see a hammer, a Piece of wood, some leather, oh and a banana mag clip pouch, I'm surprised they didn't call in the bomb squad to dispose of that! |
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Posted: 3/25/2012 4:54:22 PM EDT
[#5]
Amazing. Thanks for posting this.
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Posted: 3/25/2012 4:56:48 PM EDT
[#6]
Yea super cool link op, I love archeology. Thanks!
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Posted: 3/25/2012 4:58:10 PM EDT
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http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2012/02/10/article-2099187-11AA37A5000005DC-637_964x717.jpg Unidentified military items (pictured) were discovered alongside bizarre finds including the skeleton of a goat
I see a hammer, a Piece of wood, some leather, oh and a banana mag clip pouch, I'm surprised they didn't call in the bomb squad to dispose of that! That item in the center of the photo is a boot jack. |
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Posted: 3/25/2012 5:01:06 PM EDT
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Thanks for posting this. Neat.
I wonder if any of them still have living descendants? |
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Posted: 3/25/2012 5:03:30 PM EDT
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http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2012/02/10/article-2099187-11AA37A5000005DC-637_964x717.jpg Unidentified military items (pictured) were discovered alongside bizarre finds including the skeleton of a goat
I see a hammer, a Piece of wood, some leather, oh and a banana mag clip pouch, I'm surprised they didn't call in the bomb squad to dispose of that! would that wood u shape thing be to take off boots ? |
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Posted: 3/25/2012 5:06:01 PM EDT
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Quoted: The piece of wood in the center above the grenade pouches is a boot remover. You put it on the ground (it's upside down in pic), step on board with one foot, put other booted foot in the U heel first, then lift your leg up, boot comes off.http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2012/02/10/article-2099187-11AA37A5000005DC-637_964x717.jpg Unidentified military items (pictured) were discovered alongside bizarre finds including the skeleton of a goat I see a hammer, a Piece of wood, some leather, oh and a banana mag clip pouch, I'm surprised they didn't call in the bomb squad to dispose of that! |
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Posted: 3/25/2012 5:06:35 PM EDT
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Quoted: http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2012/02/10/article-2099187-11AA37A5000005DC-637_964x717.jpg Unidentified military items (pictured) were discovered alongside bizarre finds including the skeleton of a goat I see a hammer, a Piece of wood, some leather, oh and a banana mag clip pouch, I'm surprised they didn't call in the bomb squad to dispose of that! That leather on the left, partially under the board, looks like an German entrenching tool carrier. |
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Posted: 3/25/2012 5:06:49 PM EDT
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Even though they are dead and have been dead for a long time hopefully they will now rest in peace.
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Posted: 3/25/2012 5:07:46 PM EDT
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Wow that's way cool. Anyone notice they were 94th infantry regiment found 94 years after they were killed kinda strange.
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Posted: 3/25/2012 5:14:18 PM EDT
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As a person of Germanic descent, I'm morally outraged that the hollowed resting place of my ancestors is being defiled by these looters calling themselves archeologists. I demand reparations or perhaps an operating permit for a Germanic casino.
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Posted: 3/25/2012 5:19:27 PM EDT
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Quoted:
http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2012/02/10/article-2099187-11AA37A5000005DC-637_964x717.jpg Unidentified military items (pictured) were discovered alongside bizarre finds including the skeleton of a goat
I see a hammer, a Piece of wood, some leather, oh and a banana mag clip pouch, I'm surprised they didn't call in the bomb squad to dispose of that! That wood is a boot jack. ETA, too late. |
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Posted: 3/25/2012 5:26:02 PM EDT
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Don't forget to take notice of what the interesting items are sitting on. That is a nearly 100 year old wood trench floor that has been covered with dirt for almost the entire time. In many of those trenches the floors were rotting before the war ended.
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Posted: 3/25/2012 5:29:39 PM EDT
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Germans make some good stuff.
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Posted: 3/25/2012 6:15:33 PM EDT
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This Artillery Luger holster looks to be in near pristine condition. Amazing find.
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Posted: 3/25/2012 6:19:16 PM EDT
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This appears to be a musette bag with slices of wurst and perhaps a couple of petrified brotchens. The round item in the center looks like some type of can with the top rusted off. This could also be the remains of a first aid kit. Hard to tell by the photo.
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Posted: 3/25/2012 6:21:31 PM EDT
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thanks for this OP, I'm stunned at how well preserved a lot of these items are
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Posted: 3/25/2012 6:24:52 PM EDT
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That stuff is in appalling shape for being buried so quickly.
I have found items buried in East Coast garbage pits that was in better shape, provided the dump never caught on fire. 
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Posted: 3/25/2012 6:32:32 PM EDT
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That stuff is in appalling shape for being buried so quickly. I have found items buried in East Coast garbage pits that was in better shape, provided the dump never caught on fire. Were those pits 94 years old? |
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Posted: 3/25/2012 6:32:56 PM EDT
[#23]
Cool, I love this shit. Thanks for sharing!
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Posted: 3/25/2012 6:40:50 PM EDT
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Its hard to imagine the scale till you see this pic:
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Posted: 3/25/2012 6:51:50 PM EDT
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Must have been one very big explosion.
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Posted: 3/25/2012 6:53:10 PM EDT
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Quoted: When shells are measured in inches and pounds the craters get massive. Must have been one very big explosion. |
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Posted: 3/25/2012 6:57:39 PM EDT
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Thanks for posting this. Neat. I wonder if any of them still have living descendants? My Grandfather and his oldest son fought "us". They were called up at the end of the war and put in the trenches. I can post more details if anyone is interested. |
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Posted: 3/25/2012 7:07:03 PM EDT
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Interesting how the organic materials are in a better state of preservation that those of metal.
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Posted: 3/25/2012 7:30:27 PM EDT
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I wanna see inside the holster!
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Posted: 3/25/2012 7:41:04 PM EDT
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Quoted: Quoted: The piece of wood in the center above the grenade pouches is a boot remover. You put it on the ground (it's upside down in pic), step on board with one foot, put other booted foot in the U heel first, then lift your leg up, boot comes off.http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2012/02/10/article-2099187-11AA37A5000005DC-637_964x717.jpg Unidentified military items (pictured) were discovered alongside bizarre finds including the skeleton of a goat I see a hammer, a Piece of wood, some leather, oh and a banana mag clip pouch, I'm surprised they didn't call in the bomb squad to dispose of that! It's am ammo pouch for clipped 8mm. |
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Posted: 3/25/2012 7:55:30 PM EDT
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Are they 100% certain the goat was for milk?
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Posted: 3/25/2012 7:59:07 PM EDT
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Thanks for posting this. Neat. I wonder if any of them still have living descendants? My Grandfather and his oldest son fought "us". They were called up at the end of the war and put in the trenches. I can post more details if anyone is interested. Start a thread. I'd be very interested. |
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Posted: 3/25/2012 8:02:41 PM EDT
[#33]
Cool
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Posted: 3/25/2012 8:03:02 PM EDT
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Are they 100% certain the goat was for milk? Probably........this isn't in the middle east. |
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Posted: 3/25/2012 8:06:24 PM EDT
[#35]
Nice find
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Posted: 3/25/2012 9:40:10 PM EDT
[#36]
Too cool!
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Posted: 3/25/2012 9:47:10 PM EDT
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Crazy. All of them had childhood memories, grandparents, hometowns, something they wanted to be. Girlfriends, some kind of notion about their old age. Then poof, fast forward to being dug up by archeologists. I can see that sometimes we know war has to be, but I think everyone is anti-war to an extent.
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Posted: 3/25/2012 10:01:27 PM EDT
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This is indeed a dupe but this is a worthy dupe.
The entire Western Front was a massive pit of death for most involved. This find at least gives us some idea of how hellish it was for the combatants on either side. |
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Posted: 3/25/2012 10:43:57 PM EDT
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I wonder what the odds of survival on the front lines of ww1 were compared to the odds of survival in the first rank of formation in the US civil war or Napoleonic wars
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Posted: 3/26/2012 12:15:41 AM EDT
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When I see and read about WW1 it just makes me mad and sad at the same time. The old style leadership sending men into the meat grinder for nothing at all in such huge numbers is disgusting. The no mans land between the trenches and the charges into machine guns, not to mention gas and artillery. What a hell that must have been. I was talking to a friend whose Grandfather was in WW1 and he said that his grandpa talked about the time he and his best friend deserted after the first artillery barrage and charge, vowing never to return, but they ran into a friendly unit, claimed they got lost and were returned to the unit. He said lots of guys "got lost". After that they decided they were as good as dead so they did the best they could. His Grandpa came home, the other guy didn't.
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Posted: 3/26/2012 3:28:20 AM EDT
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Funny, there is no mention that the road builders surrendered to the soldiers before contacting
the authorities... 
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Posted: 3/26/2012 3:47:42 AM EDT
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So what will happen to the site? Do the reroute the road? Pave over the trench? Is there another site like that anywhere? I'm not a WW1 expert, but have never seen any pictures like that before. It gave me a much better understanding of what went on than I ever realized.
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Posted: 3/26/2012 3:53:58 AM EDT
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http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2012/02/10/article-2099187-11AA37A5000005DC-637_964x717.jpg Unidentified military items (pictured) were discovered alongside bizarre finds including the skeleton of a goat
I see a hammer, a Piece of wood, some leather, oh and a banana mag clip pouch, I'm surprised they didn't call in the bomb squad to dispose of that! That leather on the left, partially under the board, looks like an German entrenching tool carrier. Yup, that's exactly what it is. |
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Posted: 3/26/2012 4:08:34 AM EDT
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So what will happen to the site? Do the reroute the road? Pave over the trench? Is there another site like that anywhere? I'm not a WW1 expert, but have never seen any pictures like that before. It gave me a much better understanding of what went on than I ever realized. It is a mitigation excavation, those items will all be removed (or most). Sometimes roads are rerouted, in those cases the sites are not excavated extensively, but preserved instead. |
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Posted: 3/26/2012 4:15:46 AM EDT
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Thanks for the link OP.
Pretty friggen amazing. |
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Posted: 3/26/2012 4:22:09 AM EDT
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Its hard to imagine the scale till you see this pic: http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2012/02/10/article-2099187-11AA2897000005DC-720_470x624.jpg Regarding scale, imagine those works extending from the northern coast of France to Switzerland... 
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Posted: 3/26/2012 4:23:28 AM EDT
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Quoted: This appears to be a musette bag with slices of wurst and perhaps a couple of petrified brotchens. The round item in the center looks like some type of can with the top rusted off. This could also be the remains of a first aid kit. Hard to tell by the photo. http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2012/02/10/article-2099187-11AA3367000005DC-251_470x632.jpg I was thinking bread bag at first, too, but this is one of the commets to the article: The unidentified round item(s) are ember disks for a Catholic priest's incense burner (notice the cross on them). The disks are lit to create a glowing ember in the incense burner upon which myrhh is placed. The myrhh then smolders on the ember making smoke. The other item is the pouch used by the altar boy or deacon to hold the disks. |
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Posted: 3/26/2012 4:33:21 AM EDT
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Quoted: So what will happen to the site? Do the reroute the road? Pave over the trench? Frenchmen have been digging up and working over WWI battle sites since just after WWII. Other than the state of the items, this is nothing new for them. |
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Posted: 3/26/2012 4:35:03 AM EDT
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In before the dupe police. Cool pics It was about two months ago. I don't feel like digging for a link. |
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Posted: 3/26/2012 4:48:45 AM EDT
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Not to sound too morbid, but 5-10 years ago they would have included photos of the skeletal remains. I guess that stuff is too real for people to see. Might show the brutality of war...
Very interesting, none-the-less. ByteTheBullet (-: |
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