I have visited my favourite beach twice this month, for the first time since January. One of the items was what may have been the base of a 75 mm shell that was fitted with a lead disc on the base, held in place with a brass disc having a chamfered edge. Also uncovered was an amazing prehistoric wooden circle, something that archaeologists have not yet stolen and placed in a museum to `conserve' it while charging an extortionate price for us to view our heritage out of context. Bear in mind that this was a range in World War two and has been tidal for thousands of years since. Other items included No 1 brass plugs of 2 inch fuze hole gauge that would have been fitted to 25 Pr HE shell; remains of blown No 117 and No 119 fuzes; remains of linkage strips from more modern `Charge Slab Demolition' (a Royal Engineers store) marked with the design drawing number `SV ....' dated 1975; part of a No 250 Fuze with a piece of associated driving band as used in 20 mm Hispano Suiza HE shell - the same photo shows a larger piece of driving band that I could not identify the calibre, but is similar in width to modern 30 mm Aden driving band. I would be grateful if anyone could identify the ammunition that the smaller, round, distorted brass items are from and their purpose. As well as the small arms ammo - the cases are now very thin and falling to bits - I also found a large brass item, perhaps an adapter, that is threaded internally and externally and has a threaded hole for a grub screw and a smooth central hole in the base. It is in the same photo as the top of the No 250 fuze and tracer portion of a No 281 base fuze as used on 2 Pr shell.
