Metal detecting for WW2 relics- Sherman Tank 'Fury' was here!

[@chrisnewton5126]

et-tanker here. I hate misfires because of the chance of a hangfire (a delayed ignition) but it looks like that 76mm may have misfired and then the loader threw it out his hatch.

[@A.J.K87]

That 76mm tank shell can be from any variant of Sherman with a 76 mm gun. Not just the m4a2e8. In fact if it was from an American Sherman it was more likely an m4a3, since that was the variant the Americans used the most. It could also have been from a m18 Hellcat tank destroyer, which used the same gun. Yes, I'm a bit of a Sherman tank nerd, I'll shut up now ;).

[@stralegaming2597]

Well not only Shermans could be anti tank emplacements as well

[@filthyspecs9802]

Why a sherman tank nerd? They weren't great , the only thing they had going for them was numbers, the real tanks wer the tigers

[@A.J.K87]

@@filthyspecs9802 I suggest you look up a talk called "myths of American armor in world war 2" by Nicholas Moran.

[@stefbrienen]

KZbin channels like yours don’t get the respect they deserve. I would love to go metal detecting for ww2 relics

[@thomasbrown5081]

Outstanding video mike great to see you back my friend cant wait for more to come great fines as always stay safe and well 👍👍🙏🙏🙏

[@IronMikeMetaldetecting]

Thanks for dropping by Thomas, stay safe!

[@cyberleaderandy1]

Great seeing you back and in good health Mike. Stay well 🙂

[@joebrown1382]

Awesome finds Mike. The tank shell & cap badge were outstanding.

[@Rickkert2000]

That tank cartridge is amazing!!

[@IronMikeMetaldetecting]

Thanks! :)

[@chuckjenkins4348]

Wish I was there. Such excellent relics of the war to unearth for history. Keep up the good work....

[@Tessican]

The LC on the bottom of the 50 cal casing stands for “Lake City” where the ammo factory was.

[@IronMikeMetaldetecting]

awesome, didnt know that.

[@apocyldoomer]

Good stuff man, it’s amazing how the earth swallows up these old relics, WOW!! Just awesome!!

[@IronMikeMetaldetecting]

Glad you enjoyed, thanks for watching!

[@tedkreibich8584]

FABULOUS finds Mike... I'll always enjoy your adventures and the associated video... Br Safe and Be Well my friend....

[@IronMikeMetaldetecting]

And I always enjoy your comment Ted! Thanks for your support.

[@MjrCarnyx]

Awesome video again! Beautiful finds ^^

[@Haeuptling_Bunte_Murmel]

Hey there... It's not a bipod. That are parts of allied bomb releases. They fall down, when bomb is dropped. Found several of those in the past. Good luck 🍀

[@marystotts1939]

Great to see you again. How nice that your son is out with you.

[@IronMikeMetaldetecting]

Thank you Mary! It is good to have him around on days like that :)

[@adamhoward5145]

Great finds! Thanks for sharing

[@bernhardwechsler6303]

Wieder super Video !!👌👌mit Deutschen Untertitel einfach genial 👌👌✌️

[@IronMikeMetaldetecting]

Danke Bernard! Schön zu sehen, dass dir das Video gefallen hat. :)

[@TheSuperstitiousGoat]

I’m going to nerd out @7:59 the piece he is holding is called a booster cup. It’s screwed onto the fuse before attaching it to a projectile. First time I’ve seen a booster cup separate from the fuse itself. Nice find, love seeing this old tech being pulled from the earth 🌍

[@discoverynorthcarolina9824]

Always awesome finds with you guys Mike……

[@IronMikeMetaldetecting]

Thanks, nice to read you enjoyed the video.

[@johndodson4527]

Great story telling mike.the dime story is famous!

[@AfterWarDiggers]

Great relics 😍 keep those finds coming

[@halitiko]

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[@IronMikeMetaldetecting]

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[@halitiko]

@@IronMikeMetaldetecting 😊

[@ww2relicshunting37]

nice relics and video thank mike !!

[@punisherofArizonaUtilty]

Love your videos I hardly comment history is my favorite subject ww2. Is my favorite thing. How often do you find Mauser rifles. We collect them love how gorgeous they are. Have you ever used one? If your ever in America. Let’s hangout you can try working history

[@tonyjonsson854]

Great find and video Mike 👍😀

[@IronMikeMetaldetecting]

Thanks buddy, nice to see you dropping by again. :)

[@miguelschlieter851]

Hola... Soy tu nuevo seguidor saludos desde Rincon de los Sauces Neuquen Argentina 🇦🇷👍 excelente video

[@TaurusPrimus]

I think maybe the bipod might be a part of a mortar launcher. Maybe 🤔

[@IronMikeMetaldetecting]

Been checking all German and allied guns used but can't find one that looks like it so you could be right.

[@kentnielsen8034]

@@IronMikeMetaldetecting could be a fg.- 42 bi pod it looks a lott like the bi pod they had

[@samuelschick8813]

12:31, That is a .50 caliber case made by Lake City Arsenal in 1943.

[@wolvesone]

i see you found a piston connecting rod cap it is used to attach the piston to the crankshaft it is also stamped

[@bartBart]

was weer leuk om te zien Mike

[@ErikWulfsson]

Great video

[@jimmieallen5096]

Great video and finds Mike. Cheers from Troutdale Oregon U.S.A.

[@IronMikeMetaldetecting]

Hello there Jimmie! Thanks for watching and glad you enjoyed the video. Don't forget to sub! ;)

[@ronniecardy]

Some very good finds

[@IronMikeMetaldetecting]

Thanks Ronnie!

[@coolamradio]

Some information about the movie "FURY" (txt by Jerry Garrett) In the movie, it was a Sherman M4A3E8, more commonly known as an “Easy Eight”. If the movie was based on a real character - and supposedly it is not - Collier would not have been driving an Easy Eight. And he wouldn’t have been fighting a German Tiger TI - but we digress. In the film, since a point is made in the movie that Collier loves his tank, and he and the crew have named it “Fury” - the name they’ve painted on its 76 mm gun barrel. Supposedly, they’ve all been fighting together - in Fury - since the North Africa campaign in 1942. If that was so, Fury would have probably been a much earlier model M4 Sherman, like an M2 or M4A3, each of which went into production in 1942. But with a 50 percent casualty rate in most mid-WWII tank battles, an earlier M2 or M4 model that survived 3+ years of combat would have been unheard of. (In fact, only one Sherman tank - a Canadian one - is known to have survived as long as from June 1944’s D-Day all the way to May 1945’s V-E Day.) In real life, the Easy Eight, equipped with its 76 mm gun, was a relatively late addition to the war effort - only in production since late 1944. The Easy Eight featured a bigger gun and a better suspension. And they were not completely at the mercy of German tanks. Production notes mention that Fury was designed and built by Henry Ford, and the German tanks were masterminded by Ferdinand Porsche. (Ergo, it was not a fair fight!) Yeah, okay, kinda sorta. Ford Motor Company didn’t design the Sherman, but it did build them - but only 1,690 M4A3s from June 1942 to September 1943. In all, about 50,000 were built for the war - and the vast majority of Shermans were built by General Motors and Chrysler. The comparatively rare Ford-built Shermans were equipped with Ford’s 450-horsepower, 18-liter GAA V8 engine - originally a V12 knock-off of Rolls-Royce Merlin and Allison aviation engines that were supposed to be used in American planes. When the Navy turned the Ford V12 down - because they decided to use radial engines - Ford lopped off four cylinders and converted it into a tank engine. I believe the tank used in the movie had a Ford engine, but it was not a battle-scared M4 from the North Africa campaign. So why use (possibly) the wrong tank in a movie that insisted so much on realism and authenticity (okay, other than the men’s haircuts)? Probably because there aren’t many surviving WWII tanks available to today’s filmmakers. The American tanks in the movie - ten were used - were all M4A3E8s and all came from the Bovington Tank Museum in southern England (if you go, “Fury” is the one with serial # T224875) where the movie was principally filmed. The last WWII Tiger tank? That’s also where the filmmakers got the movie’s nearly indestructible German Tiger I tank (a.k.a. “Panzers”) - a relic that was out of production by 1945. But the one at the tank museum is reputed to be the only surviving Tiger 131 tank still in working order. The Tiger was a feared fighting machine, but among the criticisms leveled at it was that it was heavy, cumbersome and over-engineered - you know, just like today’s German cars! (Just kidding. Sort of.) America’s Shermans, to their credit, were considered manueverable, reliable and quick on the draw (like a gunfighter - another relevant comparison). But, the point is - regardless of some of the plot disconnects in Fury - by that time in World War II, Germany had far superior tanks (albeit fewer of them), and could blow most of the American tanks to smithereens. Earlier in the war, it was a much more even fight; but the Germans continued to improve their tanks, while the Americans stupidly did little in that regard. And the tank crews, like those in Fury, paid a terrible price. txt by Jerry Garrett November 1, 2014

[@A.J.K87]

I'm afraid there are quite a few inaccuracies in this text. For instance the m2 medium tank never saw combat as it was obsolete before the war even began. The M3 did see service as a stop gap tank until the m4 could be developed. It is possible the tank crew of Fury have been fighting together for a few years, but not in a single tank. They probably have had to get a new tank a few times, but maybe they were all named Fury. Just like Creighton Abrams named all his tanks Thunderbolt. The term "'Easy eight'' refers only to the hvss suspension later versions of the Sherman had. It has nothing to do with the gun. Although the confusion is understandable since many tanks with hvss suspension also had the T23 turret and 76mm gun. But there were also plenty of normal vvs suspension Shermans with the t23 turret and 76mm gun. German tanks were also not masterminded by Porsche, in fact many of his designs never came to fruition and they went with other designs. For example the Porche Tiger was a failure so they went with a more traditional tank design. Not all the American tanks in the movie were easy eights, in fact most were standard 75mm Shermans. Fury itself was represented as an m4a3e8 in the movie, but in real life it's an m4a2e8 with a diesel engine instead of the Ford v8. The last paragraph comes with a lot of caveats. German tanks had more powerful guns and thicker armour than the Sherman by the end of the war, but battlefield analyses show the Shermans were far from defenseless. Quite the opposite in fact. Combat is far more complicated than paper stats of tanks. Analyses show that the tank that managed to shoot first in 90% of cases would win the fight, regardless of if it was an Allied or German tank. By the end of the war the Allies had far better tank crews than the Germans with better training and more combat experience. Most experienced and well trained Germans were dead by that point. Whereas the Allies managed to retain their good tank crews, because the Sherman was very survivable even when hit. I know it has a reputation of being a death trap, but that is a complete myth. The U.S. armored force lost less than 1500 men killed during the entire war out of 50000 personell that served in armored force. This figure includes men who were killed outside of tanks. So in fact tank crews didn't pay a terrible price. For anyone interested I recommend looking for a talk named ''Myths of American armor in ww2'' here on youtube. The man giving the talk is called Nicholas Moran, aka ''the_chieftain.

[@coolamradio]

@@A.J.K87 Hi! It's not mine txt! It's copied from Jerry Garretts website! see link above

[@A.J.K87]

@@coolamradio Hi!, That's ok. I thought I'd make an informative post for anyone that was interested. I hope it didn't come across as salty. Have a nice day :)

[@coolamradio]

@@A.J.K87 No problem at all! Good info is always welcome!

[@MichaelSmith-lx2dt]

Iron Mike your the best!!

[@IronMikeMetaldetecting]

Someone has to be! Might as well be me.. ;) Thanks Michael, appreciate it.

[@DiegosCatch]

Na me school ga ik hem zeker kijken Mike zie al wat leuk in de thumbnail 👊🏻

[@mr.ghornitalianmetalhunter]

Like 479 great Iron Mike, Amazing Hunt!💪😀🇮🇹

[@IronMikeMetaldetecting]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@mr.ghornitalianmetalhunter]

@@IronMikeMetaldetecting 💪😀🇮🇹thanks for subscribing to my channel,great! It's a honor 💪

[@ericlaird7508]

Crankshaft lower...dont know what aircraft engine it goes to...Dig the show Mike!....

[@HerrDjango]

Great find...

[@IronMikeMetaldetecting]

Danke fur anschauen!

[@timtweety123]

Spitfire and Lancaster shared the same motor, the Merlin Motor

[@EffeSerius]

Echt ziek man wat je allemaal eruit haalt!

[@morotoro8023]

Devuelta a la aventuras yes..buenas reliquias.

[@IronMikeMetaldetecting]

¡Gracias!

[@Rampage_Driver]

The find you hold at 11:35 appears to be a bearing cap, but it isn't one used on a Merlin engine - so it's not from a Lancaster and is highly unlikely to be from a Spitfire.

[@IronMikeMetaldetecting]

Any thoughts what plane it could be off?

[@MrJeepmarine]

Didn't the Sherman tank have an aircraft engine?

[@Rampage_Driver]

@@IronMikeMetaldetecting Hi Mike, no, I'm afraid I don't. The Rolls-Royce bearing caps weren't as plain as that; they weren't as chunky and looked a little more refined.

[@Rampage_Driver]

@@MrJeepmarineSherman's used various engines, including two radial aircraft engines. The design of their cranks is dramatically different because of the way they work, so it won't be from a radial engine. They also used the 'multibank', which was 5 in-line engines arranged around a central shaft, a pretty amazing design! There was a Ford V8 too but I would say the item is too large for one of those.

[@MrJeepmarine]

@@Rampage_Driver, thanks for the info. My knowledge of the Sherman is very limited.

[@Martin-rc4iy]

Nice to see you great video also

[@IronMikeMetaldetecting]

Thanks for dropping by Martin!

[@welshy8216]

Hopefully next time you visit the site, more of the Engine parts get found.. Take care guys till next time

[@IronMikeMetaldetecting]

Lots of signals left, so think the majority of the plane is still there.

[@garybrown5734]

@@IronMikeMetaldetecting do you think it might be a plane that crashed? If so, a family somewhere may be able to finally put to rest one of their own. Great video as always Mike.

[@unearthingkerry5591]

Love the video, thanks for sharing, and many thanks for subscribing to my channel, much appreciation from Co Kerry in Ireland

[@apocyldoomer]

That’s a real smoke bomb @ 3:48!,,

[@A21N]

Hi Mike! The MG34 bipod was much longer than the MG42 bipod. So I would say its MG34 bipod! :D And 76mm M26 is probably either the fact that its a brass casing or it belongs to the M26 Pershing

[@IronMikeMetaldetecting]

Thanks for your comment but I don't think it is.

[@A21N]

Well, who knows. Was just a guess on my part :D

[@Aaterrorkris]

@@A21N Bwoah

[@A21N]

Steering Wheel 😬

[@colinfairweather717]

Nice find . The Pershing had a 90mm gun www.deactivated-guns.co.uk/militaria/rare-wwii-us-76mm-m26-sherman-tank-shell-/prod_5885.html

[@scooter0241]

Man I'd be so tempted to not show or tell anyone and keep that 76mm round. I want it 😫

[@Davidautofull]

you'll blow your eye up with that!

[@snowflakemelter1172]

Explosive, you would be stupid to risk your life keeping it.

[@haffrods7055]

I'm a lucky bastard too. I get to sit here miles away in another country and go along with you. I really enjoyed it Mike.

[@IronMikeMetaldetecting]

Finally someone who gets it! You guys have the best seats in the house. Letting me do all the dirty sweaty work and all you have to do is kick your feet up and lift a beer..

[@ralphpatrick3071]

More, please..Thanks!

[@IronMikeMetaldetecting]

More to come Ralph! Thanks for watching

[@esoxluca5174]

Woah nice finds

[@IronMikeMetaldetecting]

:) thanks for watching.

[@rensvandermeer4676]

mooie vondsten en gave video

[@bryanstuder7424]

The bipod might be from first generation American BAR (Browning Automatic Rifle). Or a German FG42 First Pattern

[@bryanstuder7424]

mjlmilitaria.com/original-ww2-german-fg42-first-pattern/

[@GrimReaper328]

Bi pod is actually for the MG42 or MG34

[@tradizione100]

what do you do with the things you find?

[@gregblake2635]

One of the parts looked like a connecting rod cap for the piston. Are you in the Ardennes?

[@IronMikeMetaldetecting]

No, this was not shot in Belgium but in Germany, at the former Western front.

[@johndaut2838]

The half rounds are thrust bearings

[@jgranger3532]

Could the bipod leg be from M1918A1 Browning automatic rifle or maybe a M1919A4?

[@IronMikeMetaldetecting]

Those are round and have flat shaped 'feet'. So don't think so.

[@brilsmurfmr]

Nice job good

[@IronMikeMetaldetecting]

Thanks!

[@Ghostbuster4983]

maybe its a bipod (Zweibein) From a Mg, maybe a bit damaged.

[@thepinpointersww2md]

Nice....

[@IronMikeMetaldetecting]

bedankt :)

[@jaivande]

👍

[@richardcolbert6264]

👍👍

[@IronMikeMetaldetecting]

:)

[@melbourne-heat.69-71]

I was in New Guinea walking along the beach I was looking to my left a woman that was living along the beach sitting in the chair she had a "live 155 Artillery Hollister" 100% live👀💨 from top to bottom she was using it as a table to put her ashtray&🚬🚬🚬 cigarettes on top on she said it washed up on the beach years later after World War II..She said they wash up off and on this thing was huge... I said how did you get it up to your bungalow and put it in the sand she said I rolled it with my feet... not really sure what year it rolled up on the beach but she's damn lucky she didn't hit nothing hard it would have blown her to pieces and half the town..Unreal💣.To me it's like a ticking time bomb.💣💣💥💥💦💨💥

[@bobbybates2614]

They could be a bar trypod

[@john3Lee]

10:39 Looks like a float for a fuel tank to see how much fuel is left.

[@therealfourthhorseman6839]

Mike, Chris....mg 30

[@timeflysintheshop]

If 76mm wouldn't that make it a panther round?

[@IronMikeMetaldetecting]

The makers mark is a British factory mark.

[@peterfredrickson6404]

Potentially an FG42 bipod?

[@IronMikeMetaldetecting]

Thanks for watching and your comment Peter. If so that would be the find of the year but doesnt look like it.

[@maverick4177]

Bipod from an American BAR possibly?

[@IronMikeMetaldetecting]

Those are round and have flat shaped 'feet'. So don't think so.

[@bingobutler9656]

Bipod maybe from a BAR?

[@IronMikeMetaldetecting]

Those are round and have flat shaped 'feet'. So don't think so. Thanks for your comment :)

[@Martin-rc4iy]

Didn’t the American BAR have a bipod

[@IronMikeMetaldetecting]

Yes, but the BAR bipod has round rods. These are square ones.

[@lennardsturgess7200]

Let's just much around with the ammo of 1944 lol

[@digging_adventure6439]

the bipod is no bipod it is a tenhook of the late 30 years war. about 1750 to 1860

[@christiank537]

Have you a link to a Picture or artikel to these tenhook?

[@IronMikeMetaldetecting]

if you have any pictures, please share!

[@eriknipper8018]

It may be the bipod off of a us. B.a.r.

[@historyhuntersussex9257]

Tripod for mg42

[@dublinbred]

Machine gun tripod legs.

[@IronMikeMetaldetecting]

Could be but still a mystery from which MG it could be

[@feemacao-detectorismo8245]

😱🇧🇷👏👏

[@johndaut2838]

The tank round is probably from a US tank destroyer, I remember the round from 4 years of World of tanks.

[@TheGnfnrs]

Look the new ww2 metal detecting channel from Lehmi08 Teil 1 Im Laden nicht zu haben - KZbin

[@IronMikeMetaldetecting]

Mach ich!

[@Pan123-c6x]

My daddy ganna met you one day

[@Davidautofull]

please stop pushing the tank round DETONATING FUSE into the ground.

[@Wally-H]

I was thinking the same. Standing a nigh-on 80 year old tank round on its head is risky

[@Jreb1865]

I was getting chills watching that, although most large caliber shell fuses are spin armed, just to prevent such a detonation from happening...Those cup shaped things laying beside the fuses are for supplementary charges to be screwed onto the fuses, although I didn't see any of those dug up, thank God...

[@Wally-H]

@@Jreb1865 The problem is, explosives deteriorate in the ground over time and it makes them more dangerous. It is risky at best to assume the safety features of a shell that worked 80 years ago will still work now.

[@Jreb1865]

@@Wally-H I don't recall writing that it was a good idea..... I've quite a bit of experience with UXO having worked with it for about 30 years...

[@Wally-H]

@@Jreb1865 I didn't say you did - we were agreeing, weren't we? I was just making a point

[@thangg9052]

Why is there no vietnamese sudtitles

[@IronMikeMetaldetecting]

Okay, I will fix that :)

[@jasonmichael8948]

Please stop Calling artillery ammunition bombs or grenades artillery ammunition is called a shell of for more than one is shells as an ex gunner inthe royal artillery in the British army is makes me shiver when I hear you say grenade or bomb otherwise I love watching what you find

[@digging_adventure6439]

french troops

[@ВикторПодоляк-ц4ю]

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