George, Quite a few years at least 30... I too am in a very rich enviroment for this type of stuff, there use to be plenty of textile mills around here, the textile workers were generaly the front line infantrymen, I still find a lot of stuff but not as frequent as it was in the late 70s and 80s...BILLThat is great, how many years have you been collecting. I am in a fairly target rich envirement ( Helmets pistols more than anything ), the items you have in your collection just blows me away. GR