Anyone with pictures of rusty Lugers?
 

I have heard that german solidiers hid their weapons in the ground when the war ended. It would be interesting to see how Lugers desintigrate.

(sorry if my english is a bit rusty) <img border="0" title="" alt="[Wink]" src="wink.gif" />

I've shown this one before, found in the bottom of a lake.
http://forums.lugerforum.com/lfupload/dugp08_copy1.jpg

Here is a P38 found in the ground. A little past rusty, but great for display.
http://forums.lugerforum.com/lfupload/p38dug.jpg

Thanks for the great pictures!

It's interesting to se what 60-70 years can do with a gun! I have a rusted Montenegrin revolver myself, but that one is from around 1860;)

Is this rusty enough for you? lol <img border="0" alt="[hiha]" title="" src="graemlins/roflmao.gif" />
http://www.lugerforum.com/images/RustBluing1.jpg
http://www.lugerforum.com/images/RustBluing2.jpg

Looks like Thor is rust bluing in the kitchen. Hope he don't spill any of the solution on the Pop Tarts. :)

This one was sold on Ebay Germany last year.

Needs a tad of work :)

http://forums.lugerforum.com/lfupload/rusted02.jpg

Do you remember what it went for? Perhaps would sell mine if the price was right. These are great (and safe) for display!

It's interesting to note that I've seen medieval swords dug out of the ground in better condition than some guns from just sixty years ago. Josef, I'd say yours actually rusted in a rather attractive manner. Is it fairly solid or does it flake bits and pieces when handled? If you do decide to sell, let us know what you're looking to get out of it. Might still be a hassle getting it south of Canada though, who knows? --Tom--

Hi Tom, it was actually very solid, as well as the p38. The trrigger of the P08 was a bit weak as I cleaned around it. The handles are very well preserved, even better on the other side. The first magazine I found crumbled in my hands, this next one was quite solid. I have sold a k98 I dug out of the ground, as well as a 33/40 both to the US without problems. I have coated them with a very thin verithane cover to preserve them. Thanks for the interest, I would advertise here first for sure. The only thing is I would not likely find another.

Pete, what can you tell us about this one? Tom

Hi Tom,

Found this photo on a European web site regarding metal detector sales...sorry...have no other info.

Here is another rusty luger on auction.

http://www.auctionarms.com/search/di...temnum=5964198

Seller says fair condition with water contamination...funny guy... :D

Regards,

Pete... <img border="0" alt="[typing]" title="" src="graemlins/yltype.gif" />

Pete, you really scare me in your ability to find anything luger related on the web...

Anyhow, I can't believe how much someone would pay for that rusty old luger! It's up to $300!

They are building on the WW1 battlefields and the Russian Battlefields. The stuff being recovered is amazing. Some junk, some good enough to use. I just hope the locals respect the sacrifice made for this property. In our country we build gas pumps over the blood soaked ground of heroes...

Have you guys seen the metal detector finds of the ww1 battlefields? Some very sad, such as a group of soldiers that were buried under a giant morter blast. Others that were exciting like the whole tank that fell into a hole and was used as a bunker. In the former USSR they are digging up such amazing stuff. On ebay they are selling individual parts of things they have dug up with metal detectors.

I'm sorry to see this thread deteriorate, I personally think it is a great topic and has good potential. I would love to see more P08s in degrading conditions, whether ground dug or the damage of being left in a holster or humid environment for long periods, of time, not cleaned properly, ect. Thanks for the time, Gentlemen.

</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana,Tahoma,Arial,Helvetica,Geneva">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana,Tahoma,Arial,Helvetica,Geneva">Originally posted by josef:
<strong>I'm sorry to see this thread deteriorate, I personally think it is a great topic and has good potential.....</strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana,Tahoma,Arial,Helvetica,Geneva">I agree.

This topic has been edited (by me) and re-opened. BTW - on this subject, someone e-mailed me this link this weekend - which I spent hours in last evening:

http://www.kiddofspeed.com/serpents-wall/

I believe it's also posted on Mr. Jan Still's Forum (which you should definately check out as well!!! His Forum is here:
http://www.gunboards.com/luger/ )

Carry on...

John D.

(BTW: If I deleted your post - and want to Flame me for "censure, freedom of speech, yada, yada.." - HIT THE DAMN Private Message icon - don't complain to me by posting in this thread...)

I beleive this has been posted before, but it is a site that I like to visit:

http://home.planet.nl/~wijer037/Bulge.html

If I remember right, it has a section on items found on the battlefield!

I have an e-mail or two from these guys, they have found lots of things, including GI remains that were turned over to the German gov't and the US gov't.

Ed

Ed, the link that John D. posted is pretty haunting. It is the same authoress who has the site about Chernobyl.