[Josh man]

http://www.guadalcanal.homestead.com/index.html

Guadalcanal relics. Very cool site.

Here is what I thought was the coolest
http://www.guadalcanal.homestead.com/files/3_WOODPECKERS_IN_GOOD_CONDITION.JPG

 

[Dieter]

Cool site. Some nice pics. there. I like the one of the Arisaka "skeleton", complete with monopod, all the wood gone! Man, I'd really love to visit a lot of these South Pacific places one of these days.

 

[fzane_boxer]

Good job josh nice find,very cool site love the before and now pics and all the old ww2 finds.


fzane.

 

[Nagoya10]

Yeah its an awesome site. Those guys really take that place serious, they know every inch of the battle areas. Amazing what relics they keep finding. I would have thought more Japanese weapons would have shown up, but I guess those got collected and souveniered pretty thoroughly. Especially the pistols and swords.

 

[Dieter]

Still looks like lots of ammo to be found...?? They don't actually let you take that stuff off the island, do they??

 

[Josh man]

If you get the primer punched maybe.

 

[whitesharkseeker]

Peter Flahavin is a friend of mine and great guy. His website is definately top-notch. Now how about this remarkable find in Peleliu's ridges!

-Eric

 

[Dieter]

Wow, when was it found?

 

[whitesharkseeker]

Wow, when was it found?

1996, jumbled ridge just outside Col. Nakagawa's command cave that it was protecting. We also found a fully loaded BAR and a few Type99's, wood rotted away. Helmets lying everywhere.

-Eric

 

[byf45]

Eric:
Awesome! "We also found a fully loaded BAR and a few Type99's, wood rotted away. Helmets lying everywhere."
I'm curious: were you able to bring any such items home with you ... or did you have to leave them where they lay?
Every collectors' dream to stumble across such things....
JohnB/

 

[Josh man]

On wehrmacht-awards some guy named ryukyutunnelrat had found a M1 carbine laying up against a tree on Okinawa with about 80 percent of the wood still on it, it just had a small chunk rotted out of the butt, but the buttplate was still attached. I will post pics if I find them.

 

[fingolfen]

Nice find! I've always wanted to do a "tour" and see what all was stll out there... pity bringing stuff back is so tough...

 

[Josh man]

I imagine you could get an importer to get some of the rifles back, but I wouldnt hold my breath on a machine gun.

 

[whitesharkseeker]

No WWII artifacts can be removed from the island. We brought the "Woodpecker" to the museum.

-Eric

 

[Dieter]

Eric:
Awesome! "We also found a fully loaded BAR and a few Type99's, wood rotted away. Helmets lying everywhere."
I'm curious: were you able to bring any such items home with you ... or did you have to leave them where they lay?
Every collectors' dream to stumble across such things....
JohnB/

Man, that would seriously be exciting to find and see, hopefully as it was left those many years ago.

 

[ncmtnman]

Seeing the rifles in that pile makes me wonder if one series is in the majority and which series predominates.

 

[03man]

A study of the series found on the various islands would tell much about the distribution of T99's and 38's.

 

[Dieter]

A study of the series found on the various islands would tell much about the distribution of T99's and 38's.

Another piece to the puzzle!!!