BURIED TREASURE

Uncovering a Covenanter from the chalk soils of an English vineyard

Volunteers: at this stage manual digging replaces the mechanical and the hydraulic

Rick intends to get this Covenanter back in running order. He has sourced some wheels and track and a gearbox, but he needs more road wheels, engine parts, tracks and a 2PDR gun and cradle from either the Covenanter or the Crusader, and they are interchangeable. The rest he can fabricate himself, but if you have or know of anyone who might have these items, please get in touch. Oh, and if you know of the location of any buried tanks; Rick might just want to dig them up too!

It has long been known that under the chalk soils of Denbies Wine Estate, Surrey, lay a Covenanter tank, buried by the Canadians, who had been using them in their training for Operation Overlord, before they departed for France.

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