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I Like these type of threads, mainly because the often used or referred to phrase "its already been picked" comes up. Here in Australia we have many crash and dump sites, all of which have been picked over since the end of WW2. At every location I have revisited - I mean gone to were others have been before - I have located many parts, some useable in some way or another, others only good for selling on UK ebay as relics. My point here is this, unless someone has been in with an excavator, as we now see is commone in the UK, then the site is not 'cleaned'.
I read somewhere on a forum were someone said the old Tocumwal dump was dug up by me - which is true- but not much was recovered - which is bollocks.
After cleaning and sorting I have 32 bins (measuring 3 feet by 2 feet) full of "stuff" from the 1930's to 1950's. Is that site clean? nope, why not? because even though I used heavy digging and screening equipment, I chose that spot as an exercise to perfect the techniques for more excavations. So when you find items resting on the ground, you can bet there is more to be found. Sit back, think outside the square, and explore every option you can think of.
A very well known collector of WW2 aircraft here in Australia, who had a Museum etc told me that he had cleaned a certain site out, ther was nothing left worth recovering. Myself and another, 2 short fat Aussies, recovered the remains of a spitfire (45% worth), now well documented and known to this community, but a great example of not stopping because someone says - its been picked clean.
Peter Smythe
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Peter
ESAD (E-Science and Digitalisation)
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