[MoneyGuy]

I have a WWII bullet that I dug up in Normandy (battle of Falaise gap). It was dug up in a farmer’s field with his permission.

We were doing a WWII guided tour with an awesome guide and I asked if there was a chance I could find something from the war. He said we would find something the next day. That day we stopped at the farmer’s field and he gave me a softball-sized rock and asked me to toss it into the field. Where it landed he dug gently a circle and began lifting the soil. He found lots of glass, wire, and the rust-encased bullet.

At home I showed the bullet to a local gun enthusiast who confirmed it’s not live.

That bullet and a piece of concrete I found at Zeppelin Field from a crumbling grandstand are my most prized souvenirs from that trip to Europe. That and a poppy I obtained at the Ardenne Abbey (a cloth poppy, not the usual kind) where some 28 Canadians were slaughtered by the Germans.

I loved that trip.