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At Buttercup, there are at least 3 dif vehicles left in the dunes. I assume that they are leftover from the days before the fence. There is also a burned ATV on the west-side.
 
Found a zip-loc bay with these bits and pieces I collected @ '81-'82. My high school buddy was friends with group of 5 millwrights who owned the property/hanger building north of Boardmanville. They took us to the washes leading to buses Patton had staged for target practice. After a wind storm they would go there and pickup the brass casings. I know the buses have been gone years ago (taken out for scrape) does anyone remember the wash numbers? I always thought they were way down by the old railroad crossing @ 50-52.

"HJ"
 

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HairyJR said:
Found a zip-loc bay with these bits and pieces I collected @ '81-'82. My high school buddy was friends with group of 5 millwrights who owned the property/hanger building north of Boardmanville. They took us to the washes leading to buses Patton had staged for target practice. After a wind storm they would go there and pickup the brass casings. I know the buses have been gone years ago (taken out for scrape) does anyone remember the wash numbers? I always thought they were way down by the old railroad crossing @ 50-52.

"HJ"
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The "Convoy" as we called those targets were around wash 41
 
Looks like some filming going on in the west bombing range along 78 by glamisIMG_8786.pngIMG_8787.png
 
Doc said:
Found this canopy from an old jet in the area west of the canal several years ago. It was from a F9F aircraft. The canopy had a "date accepted" tag with a date of 9/16/50. Been out there a long time
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June 23 1955 f9f-5 bureau # 126151 crashed 6 miles from holtville killing pilot frederick seitz

Or more likely IMG_9646.pngthis one
 
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HairyJR said:
Found a zip-loc bay with these bits and pieces I collected @ '81-'82. My high school buddy was friends with group of 5 millwrights who owned the property/hanger building north of Boardmanville. They took us to the washes leading to buses Patton had staged for target practice. After a wind storm they would go there and pickup the brass casings. I know the buses have been gone years ago (taken out for scrape) does anyone remember the wash numbers? I always thought they were way down by the old railroad crossing @ 50-52.

"HJ"
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The crossing was at wash 40 and the caravan was just a few washes south. Went many times.
 
The one time at band camp,
no, that was clean up Glamis day.
I was picking trash, and behold, a full on family of baby rattlesnakes crawling
out of a hole in the bushes, just East of the old "Compound".
I did take pictures, but Where TF are they?
And then I seem to always find railroad spikes near the tracks.
 
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out behind randsburg mining area, found this frame and grill in a large water well/pond
 
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