WWII Dog-tag found and returned

ExFishermanBob · 11-16-15, 01:57 PM

Don't know if this has been posted here already (didn't see it in a search).

An eleven-year-old (Edoardo Sor) spotted a dog-tag while diving and it has been returned to the family.

http://www.thelocal.it/20151116/ital...oldiers-family

and

http://www.abqjournal.com/675199/new...-at-anzio.html

August · 11-16-15, 03:57 PM

It says the soldiers body was never recovered. I wonder if a search near where the tag was found would produce some remains.

Betonov · 11-16-15, 04:08 PM

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Originally Posted by August

It says the soldiers body was never recovered. I wonder if a search near where the tag was found would produce some remains.

Metal gear should remain, a good sweep with a detector could be done.
Getting permission to dig from the owner is another thing, since there will be a lot of false readings and the only way to check is to dig at every bleep.

Edit: still possible in water, just a looooot more difficult and you need to search a bigger area. No fussing with owners though.

MGR1 · 11-16-15, 06:25 PM

Depends on what the local tides and sea life have been up to. That shallow, human remains should survive, but they'd be dispersed unless the body was buried by wave action fairly quickly.

Mike.

ExFishermanBob · 11-17-15, 02:23 AM

...and don't forget, crabs and other marine wildlife will make off with fleshy bones.

11-16-15, 01:57 PM	#1
ExFishermanBob Difficulties Numbing Join Date: Aug 2013 Location: AN19 Posts: 470 Downloads: 43 Uploads: 0	WWII Dog-tag found and returned Don't know if this has been posted here already (didn't see it in a search). An eleven-year-old (Edoardo Sor) spotted a dog-tag while diving and it has been returned to the family. http://www.thelocal.it/20151116/ital...oldiers-family and http://www.abqjournal.com/675199/new...-at-anzio.html

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August Wayfaring Stranger Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Massachusetts Posts: 23,197 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	It says the soldiers body was never recovered. I wonder if a search near where the tag was found would produce some remains. __________________ Flanked by life and the funeral pyre. Putting on a show for you to see.

11-16-15, 06:25 PM	#4
MGR1 Grey Wolf Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Aberdeen, Scotland, United Kingdom Posts: 980 Downloads: 252 Uploads: 0	Depends on what the local tides and sea life have been up to. That shallow, human remains should survive, but they'd be dispersed unless the body was buried by wave action fairly quickly. Mike. __________________ "I am the battleship Jean Bart. This name originates from a certain 'respected' privateer... Yes? You want to know what privateers are? Hmph, they are pirates that rob openly under the banner of their country." Jean Bart from the mobile game Azur Lane.

11-17-15, 02:23 AM	#5
ExFishermanBob Difficulties Numbing Join Date: Aug 2013 Location: AN19 Posts: 470 Downloads: 43 Uploads: 0	...and don't forget, crabs and other marine wildlife will make off with fleshy bones.