A few photos of items found by eye on 30th January. Not included were pieces of Nos 117 and 119 Fuzes, a .50 bullet, a .50 cartridge case and a .303 bullet. I almost never normally find 20 mm cartridge cases but in the last three months I have found 7 in relatively good condition, although two were cracked from the neck to the shoulder. The fuze appears to be an M54 MTSQ made by SMCo. The mass of SAA may be 7.92 mm BESA (rimless), held together by rusted links. The shell include a complete 25 Pr, probably HE but fitted with what looks like a No 13 plug. Seaward firings of such shell were authorised for training in WW2. You can see part of the driving band of the nearby solid shot, possibly 6 Pr or 18 Pr, difficult to tell. There is a small lump of solid shot between the two, possibly part of a 2 Pr. While on the beach I met some gentlemen from the coastguard who informed me they were there to await an EOD team for the shells and SAA. Frankly the SAA could have been smashed up and ground into the sand. The cases were fragile and likely to fall to pieces.
