Corregidor Island Philippines

Corregidor Island.

What a place, full of history and tragic loss of lives. This Island is now a Tourist trap, which shows the remains of what was once a busy Island fortress. today its all broken buildings, bombed out shelters and tunnels, old WWII guns that no longer works...and hundreds of tunnels....

so, the idea was to get the ole' detector out and d a bit of browsing in areas where the tourists dont go, and there is plenty. Wow, 2 minutes after the detector was assembled along comes a security guard, "What are You doing?" and rather sternly put too.Full of himself and looking for a confrontation. Well I'm not int that sort of stuff, so....to put him in his place I had to tell a little white lie, sort of..
I said to him, "Did you parachute onto this Island in WWII to fight the japanese? "Did You???" "were you here when everyone was being killed by the enemy, were You" He looked a little sheepish and replied "No Sir"! Fine I said, then let me alone to find my friends and comrades that died here then. With that i was left alone for the next 5 days, and everyone gave me plenty of room in the hotel...maybe they thought that I jumped onto the island in WWII? well I didnt. But my ruse worked...


So back to the treasure hunting, of which there isnt any, but some very interesting finds here. Sadly loads of junk to, lots of metal, bullets and bombs.
and.....articles of the former occupants, watches, brooches, bracelets some in good condition due to the dry heat, and others very poor due to being subject to the rains and explosions(?)

So, what did i find, "a little Indian style head brooch, solid silver. A solid silver horseshoe bracelet, and other brooches". maybe the possessions of the former nurses who worked here during the war.or the wives of officers.? Who knows?
they are being cleaned, will post pics as soon as done..lots of old japanese bits and pieces, US stuff as well. But not in the value category, history yes.

But what a place to wander around..must get a friendly guide to show me more places of interest...








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I don't go for that its just one step from digging in a grave yard. And we wonder why a small group give us all a bad name.

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What annoys people is not that you hunted Corregidor, but the obvious trespass involved since you would not have had to resort to your "ruse" if you had proper permission to hunt the area.  What's more the nature of the ruse you used is particularly distasteful.   Next time, why don't you secure permission before you unlimber your metal detector?   The idea that you try to return items you find to the rightful owners is honorable, the methods you use to secure the ability to hunt are not.

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To use ruse, trickery, or lying is wrong to get access to a historical site. You did not use a ruse you flat out lied to the security guard, and that reflexes on all TH's. Then you post it on a public forum asking us to reply and we have. There may be some here who agree with you but I am not one


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  Wouldn't it have been nice to work in conjunction with the people protecting these sites, and put all found items in a museum commemorating our brave men and women who served there.

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