Great finds in your gear

looking through my luxembourg desert shirt today and found a name tape and patch in the shirt pocket,got me thinking what other finds have any body else had in the gear or uniforms?

That shirt doin't belong to one of the famous Schleck cycling brothers did it ?

I've found bits and bobs in pouches - a beta light, DPK kits and combopens for trianing purposes, spare respirator filters, a NATO map stencil, sniper tape, a couple oe DPM trop/boonie hats, contact gloves, flying gloves ........ loads of things - but mostly worthless !

jimmyduncan23 wrote:what other finds have any body else had in the gear or uniforms?

name tapes, patches, money and trash.

And most frequently earplugs - the scummiest and dirtiest you could imagine YUK !

Eww, yes quite a few 'sooty' earplugs, coins, nametags, a pair of ballistics glasses, unit patches, plastic rank clips and once a perfect and edible Hersheys bar, though I suspect the latter was a deliberate gift from a friendly US seller.

I myself often sneak in militaria trinkits into trades or sales, like matching patches or perverted Danish candy. A brand of liqourice is, may the Good Lord help us, called 'Spunk', and is sold in neat little boxes...

"Spunk" ????? Your english is too good sometimes my friend !

The best thing I found was when I bought some Swiss Dress jackets in bulk. One had a perfectly unused leather belt in.

Also I've found patches, ear plugs (unfortunately) and a bus ticket from 1945.

Dear Dave, so sorry, but I kid you not!



They come (excuse the pun) in salty liquorice and winegums!

And well done on the bus ticket Fleck; that in it self should sell resonably well on eBay!

Cigarette tax stamp from Belgium, a Petzl light filtre, British Army Air Corps beret badge, motivational patches, and a chewed up pen cap to name a few. It's kind of fun to do pocket checks on new pieces of kit.

i have found in us clothing:mre stuff like coffe,sugar,jam packs
in british gear:live and blank ammo,camo face paint,chem lights
in canadian clothing:patches,chewgum,pens
in norwegian gear:ear pluggs money

cheers ken.

but the best find was when i was 12 years old and gott a alice pack
from a us marines,in the inside radiopouch of the alice pack porn mag!!!!

Sweet papers, matches, field dressings, condoms, movement orders.

I love the Danish sense of humor

Like most of you, what I usually find are candy wrappers, bits of trash, and the cursed ear plugs. Occasionally I find some uneaten food product (found a granola bar recently) that I don't dare eat. Grenade pin once, that was kinda cool. Broken earbud and bandages in some Polish body armor is my latest useless find. I haven't found good stuff since I bought out a part of a collection. The collector (like me) puts badges in pockets until they can be sewn on.

Steve

The only thing I found in uniform pockets was an ID badge for Bagram air base. Needless to say I was very happy.

I have found many different things in webbing and pouches. Even a faded old picture inside the liner of a MKII helmet.

last month i bought a US BDU shirt at EBAY(usa) and there was a 20euro Bank-note inside a pocket!
So i got a fully return of my money and the jacket for freee!!

I have found food,pins,rank,patches,Ammo and cash ! and other assorted items .

Hi, I don't really know if this one qualifies, but I responded to a local add recently and bought this:







A full Danish PLCE.

And what I really got, as all pouches were bristling with goodies, was this:




Mmmmmmh, extra bonuses...

VERY VERY NICE !!!!!!!!!

Yeeaaah!

Thanks Mr. Hoeger! I couldn't believe it myself!

Only thing of note I've ever found in my stuff was the name "Allbright" written in blue pen in the tag area of my Greek lizard set. Seller had no idea what it could've meant, my theory (admittedly a bit outlandish) was that the set had found it's way up to Yugo during the wars and ended up being some SFOR operator's bring-home.

A friend of mine in the UK found a letter in the pocket of one of his NVA shirts, but the ink was too faded to read properly.

Not exactly found *inside,* but I picked up a Carl Isken cap for $2.50, and found this lovely Edelweiss pinned to the side-- and someone had twisted a cloisonne ladybug onto that. Not a bad find, really:

1. A watch.

2. A live 5.56 round - came airmail in a smock from the UK, shows how good customs are.

3. A USB stick with flight paths and missions over Afghanistan.

Martin! Really?

Live rounds via airmail AND hard military intel?!?

Shocking!

Yep.

On another note, I think there is already a thread about this topic somewhere here.

I recently bought a black deployment bag from a local surplus shop and found a pair of black lace ladies knickers in the end pocket.