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55steve
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| Quote: | Originally posted by chuckie
In the 1950's I found a Spanish Helmet and Breastplate in the the desert south of Jacumba...Donated them to a museum in San Diego....
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North of there in Anza Borrego's Pinyon wash, 1968, a friend and I found a rock cairn with three intact ollas. We didn't touch them, afraid
they'd break, but walked out backwards taking pictures with an Kodak Instamatic.....waaaaay before GPS. Actually had a hard getting the Rangers
interested. Also have a small collection of 50 cal bullets from WWII aircraft training, mostly from just north of Dos Cabezas.
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Same area - came across one huarache sandal with the foot bones still in it - it was wrapped around a bush like a flash flood had deposited it there.
Kinda sad when you think about it.
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EdZeranski
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| Quote: | have a small collection of 50 cal bullets from WWII aircraft training, mostly from just north of Dos Cabezas.
Same area - came across one huarache sandal with the foot bones still in it - it was wrapped around a bush like a flash flood had deposited it there.
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When we had a place south and east of Agua Caliente' above Canebreak, we found a couple of bodies every year. \\\EdZ
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55steve
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| Quote: | Originally posted by EdZeranski
| Quote: | have a small collection of 50 cal bullets from WWII aircraft training, mostly from just north of Dos Cabezas.
Same area - came across one huarache sandal with the foot bones still in it - it was wrapped around a bush like a flash flood had deposited it there.
Kinda sad when you think about it. |
When we had a place south and east of Agua Caliente' above Canebreak, we found a couple of bodies every year. \\\EdZ |
Yep, same here - I just didn't want to gross everyone out. The now defunct Burro Bend Cafe in Ocotillo Wells had pics of the finds on the walls.
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bajaguy
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Desert Aluminum and Titanium
| Quote: | Originally posted by EdZeranski
.......a small collection of 50 cal bullets from WWII aircraft training, mostly from just north of Dos Cabezas.EdZ |
Aluminum - Have found several WWII and Korean war aircraft crash sites in northern and central Nevada. Most interesting was the crash site of B-17B
s/n 38-216 which crashed on February 6th, 1941....10 months before the start of WWII.
Titanium - Locatd the 1967 crash site of an SR-71A (Blackbird), s/n 61-7965 east of Lovelock, NV
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Barry A.
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| Quote: | Originally posted by bajaguy
| Quote: | Originally posted by EdZeranski
.......a small collection of 50 cal bullets from WWII aircraft training, mostly from just north of Dos Cabezas.EdZ |
Aluminum - Have found several WWII and Korean war aircraft crash sites in northern and central Nevada. Most interesting was the crash site of B-17B
s/n 38-216 which crashed on February 6th, 1941....10 months before the start of WWII.
Titanium - Locatd the 1967 crash site of an SR-71A (Blackbird), s/n 61-7965 east of Lovelock, NV |
Wow, that's exciting and incredible!!!! What great finds!!!
Barry
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bajaguy
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Barry A.
Wow, that's exciting and incredible!!!! What great finds!!!
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Barry, with some simple research, you can find them:
http://joeidoni.smugmug.com/Aircraft-Crash-Sites
http://www.accident-report.com/world/namerica/US/CA7.html
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24baja
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A bad sunburn brought on by drinking to many beers and forgetting what i was doing.....with the sunscreen.
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Mexitron
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A friend was with us on a trip into the Seven Sisters...he went hiking to the next point down from camp and found a kilo of pot together with two
rusted Chinese AK-47s and two rainjackets. Something was supposed to go down and didn't, evidently. And if you're wondering---he buried the pot.
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tripledigitken
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A bee hive in Palm Canyon, Borrego Springs.
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nandopedal
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While mountain biking/hiking (exploratory ride) a titanium airplane engine just East of Poway Open Space Preserve and it is still there.
\"There are many dangers in Baja. The most serious of which is not going.\" Christophe Noel (EXPO)
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mulegemichael
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we found two BALES of plastic wrapped pot that had washed up on the beach just south of hotel punta colorada on christmas eve...merry
christmas!!...took a couple of us to drag them up above the water line.
dyslexia is never having to say you\'re yrros.
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durrelllrobert
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Thermal expansion of titanium
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Titanium - Locatd the 1967 crash site of an SR-71A (Blackbird), s/n 61-7965 east of Lovelock, NV |
C.I.A. created several coverup companies which were used to purchase the required Titanium for the construction of Blackbirds from Soviet Union –
quite ironic considering a lot of missions consisted of relaying intel about the country that the materials were purchased from.
iliketowastemytime.com/facts-you-didnt-know-about-sr71-blackbird
According to Lockheed Martin, 93 percent of the airplane is made of titanium alloy. Titanium expands as it is heated. To keep the airplane from
crunching up like a soda can when it was flying at high speeds, the designers left gaps between its body panels. Consequently, fuel, stored in the
airplane's body, leaked out onto the runway before take off. Once airborne and warmed up by friction, the titanium would expand, the gaps would seal
and the Blackbird would be refueled before leaving on its mission.
Heat generated during flight can reach over 1000 degrees F. temperatures, with an average temperature of over 600 degrees, that causes the fuselage to
expand in flight from 3 to 4 inches in length.
Bob Durrell
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