WORLD WAR BATTLEFIELDS YIELD METAL WEALTH.—Ordnance which, over 20 years ago, rumbled across French fields and shrapnel which screamed over the heads of allied and enemy soldiers may once again become instruments of 'death and destruction. The present-day demand of the busy armaments industry for scrap metal of all kinds has accelerated the work of salvaging on the of the World War Left- A team of metal-seekers exploring a section of the Somme. The worker on the left is probing the ground with the long metal rod tipped with a highly polished point. Contact with a hard object leaves a trace on this point indicating whether the object is brass, copper, steel, or stone. Looking on is his team-mate, who is waiting for the results of the test which may set him digging In the background is the New Zealand war memorial of Thiepval. Right: Grim reminders of the war days are these bullet-battered helmets of friend and foe piled in a junk heap with other shattered relics recovered from the battlefields near Albert. The salvaging of this wealth has become a specialised industry, and many expert workers are now engaged in this dangerous occupation.

Evening Star, Issue 23178, 30 January 1939, Page 7

WORLD WAR BATTLEFIELDS YIELD METAL WEALTH.—Ordnance which, over 20 years ago, rumbled across French fields and shrapnel which screamed over the heads of allied and enemy soldiers may once again become instruments of 'death and destruction. The present-day demand of the busy armaments industry for scrap metal of all kinds has accelerated the work of salvaging on the of the World War Left- A team of metal-seekers exploring a section of the Somme. The worker on the left is probing the ground with the long metal rod tipped with a highly polished point. Contact with a hard object leaves a trace on this point indicating whether the object is brass, copper, steel, or stone. Looking on is his team-mate, who is waiting for the results of the test which may set him digging In the background is the New Zealand war memorial of Thiepval. Right: Grim reminders of the war days are these bullet-battered helmets of friend and foe piled in a junk heap with other shattered relics recovered f rom the battlefields near Albert. The salvaging of this wealth has become a specialised industry, and many expert workers are now engaged in this dangerous occupation.