What's this? My turn.

[rtcosic]

[QUOTE="rtcosic, post:
I used to love Druridge Bay with it view of Lynemouth Colliery spoil heap.

and the quarried sand of the beach[/QUOTE]

Quarried beach sand?

That must be new.

Well post 1970 anyway.

We used to duck and dive around the tank obstacles and collect cow muck from the floor of the concrete bunker.

Let's get back to the concept of one of our very own and 'Romantic'.

 

[brightspark]

im old was donkeys years ago im like an elephant don't forget

 

[captain-destructo]

it looks like its Zinc if it is then it will be an Anode from a boat / ship

there is a simple test but for the life of me i cant remember what it is??????
file some off put it in vinegar? and if it dissolves????????

 

[graffian]

I used to love Druridge Bay with it view of Lynemouth Colliery spoil heap.

Mountains, winding gear and slag heaps that's a proper view.

 

[Maker]

there is a simple test but for the life of me i cant remember what it is??????
file some off put it in vinegar? and if it dissolves????????

Clean a little bit of it and drip vinegar on, if it bubbles it's probably zinc (Also works to distinguish magnesium from aluminium).

 

[chunkolini]

No sign of bubbles from sarsons Malt vinegar on a section I scraped clean of oxides

 

[dan treg]

for what its worth google images thinks its a rock climbing hold but i dont what that is either

 

[mechman]

[QUOTE="rtcosic, post:
I used to love Druridge Bay with it view of Lynemouth Colliery spoil heap.

and the quarried sand of the beach[/QUOTE]
And racing side car outfits on it years ago.

 

[Wallace]

Check it with a Geiger Counter.

 

[brightspark]

Check it with a Geiger Counter.

will if im ever up therei have one

 

[captain-destructo]

i have worked it out.......................its a paperweight

that or what ever the scrap man says it is when you go to weigh it in