[svandamme]

that's great stuff Chris, wouldn't be that easy around Ypres,
it's more densely populated then say the Ardennes or closer to the German border, also different soil , mud,clay ,
And less fighting in 44 in our parts, so most of the gear is from 14-18 , giving it an even longer time for things to rot/sink away,

Despite that, it is still common for farmers to plow up ordenance, when it is plowing season , you can drive around the country roads, and if you look carefully , you'll find the odd shell next to a field, farmers simply haul em out of the mud, and lay them out for DOVO to pick it up.. DOVO is a military branch that takes care of old WW 1 or 2 ammo, depending on the type or size they will either detonated, or haul it away... the exiting part is when they find a seamine at the coast... those things give massive blast..

if you ever want to come visit again ... be sure to visit Ypres, i'll show you around , in my Porsche , good roads , or as we locals call em , de Rallyweggetjes (rally roads because of the yearly 24hours of Ypres rally driven there)

and not to far from it , is Eperleques.. le Blockhaus..V1-V2 facility.. 15 feet concrete walls, very impressive... the stuff you would see in movies, ...they droppeda 5-6 ton TallBoy on the roof, but it didn't penetrate...just dented the roof a bit... it was that tough...