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So glad you're back,mate...and you're ok!

M18 WW1 surely? They can't be that bad!!

Excellent!! Keep it up!

As Davejb is so keen to see some of my 'YOU JAMMY GIT' purchases over the years, here is a selection.....(all from carboot sales...) Ridiculously expensive these two were. £5 for the pair. I was robbed..... When I picked this up, the booter shouted, 'No idea what that is mate!'. £1.50 later, he didn't need to know as it was now legally mine (I have since removed the daft cone off the end and restored it ) £7 I paid for these. Shockingly expensive. This one was even worse at £2. 50p each these were, but I knocked him down to a fiver for the lot.... I seem to recall this was around £2...... And I paid £3 for this pile of paper..... This small selection cost me £20 from a second hand book shop run by a guy out of his living room.... All this cost me was the postage to get it to me. Found by a guy magnet fishing in his local canal. He didn't want it........... Same with this. Found by a guy who knew I collected WW2 stuff. It was holding up a home made skate-boarders ramp in a local park, so he removed it and replaced it with bricks. All it cost me was the postage. Merlin exhaust manifold from a Mosquito NF1. Petrol can WD stamped and dated. 50p from the carboot.......stripped, repaired, repainted And the moral of the story? Get to the carboot EARLY and look under the tables!

Hi @HetzersGonnaHetz, I sold them most of my Thompson machine gun collection and I had no problems dealing with them. I don't know about any "lemons" they might have sold in the past, but some collectors got some real bargains when they purchased my Thompson guns from them, as their descriptions were totally wrong. D

Spent loads with them over the years and never had a problem, very approachable & knowledgeable guys too. That said I'm sure due to the sheer quantity of stuff they sell that the occasional lemon goes out to customers.

You are asking a 61 year old computer moron to post pictures, and I dont mind admitting it, its all I can do to turn this laptop on let alone do something absolutely outside of my comfort zone and computer ability. If you google it there are some pictures of different shells that use depleted Uranium, just scroll through till you see some that look roughly similar in design, but if you are confident that they are dummy and not DU related , then see if Steve T can ID them for you, just message him

Looking online through google, I punched up Depleted Uranium shells, there are some there that are quite close to the ones you show, albeit not exactly the same but more or less the same type of body shell but with warheads fitted, which makes the shells longer, they are even the same colouring. If you can get access to a Geiger counter, it might be worth you checking just for your own piece of mind, you dont want those around if they are in case you start to glow. I,m not saying they are but they are pretty unusual in design and ones I,ve never seen before, Steve T might be able to shed some light on them

Welcome @Faze, great to have you here...

Thank you @DAK D and @Lenny

My recent pickups, not very cheap, but not expensive either.quite satisfied!

Nice pics @Steve T, and some great bargains....:) I've had some great deals from the boot sales I frequent...too many to list actually...got pics of most of the items, but dont want to brag..... My Bro in Nottingham ( not far from W.Bridgeford BTW LOL ) got me some great stuff at the weekend... Cost was only a few quid too... I got a 25lber 1938 dated shell casing a couple of weeks ago for £3.60...cos that was all the dross I had in my pocket...and one weekend, knocked a WW1 german helmet back for £50, a few mins later I realised my mistake, and went to get it, of course...it was gone...:) Two weeks ago, I bought a retired army majors WW2 Greatcoat for £2....my mates is going back this Sunday, ( I'm meant to be meeting the seller, but cant make it... to buy the rest of his stuff for whatever he wants for it....:)

Here is a group shot of all of my patched uniforms I have on display in my office. It could probably be spaced out a bit better, but I just got it set up the other day and took a quick photo. Thanks, Mike

And the winner is... @Steve T with