Found this fascinating...

[Twiggy]

... hope you do too !

 

http://www.vincelewis.net/t34.html

[andrew e]

I did!

[Steve_RS]

Wow. cant belive its still solid after being submerged.That is a pretty good find

[OwdChina]

ooer...steel cables with 30ton on one end & 68ton on t'other. I think i'd have been stood in the forrest, a good distance away. Fascinating find though, would've loved to have been there.

[VWPowered]

great link that, why cant i find a motor been laid up fer 59 years but still A1

[Cavcraft]

Brilliant, cheers for the link.Shame they restored it in a way as I reckon it would have been better displayed 'as found' but that was a fascinating story well worth reading.

[seth]

Amazing! It mentions peat. Isn't that a really good preservative? I seem to recall its a good place to find fossils.

[M'coli]

Peat's great for preserving things, as is silt - it doesn't contain the oxygen required to cause corrosion.

[MrRegieRitmo]

Turned out a lot better than that Plymouth car time capsule in America didn't it!

[MrRegieRitmo]

and another one

 

http://www.vincelewis.net/t342.html

[ashmicro]

Great stuff. Thanx for the link.

[FredTransit]

I love these, must be the lack of oxygen in the peat that keeps em form the tin worm....

[Station]

I'll try putting peat into my arches this winter!Think I would've kept the German markings on it, it seems ruined and pointless now they repainted it.