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A little bit away from the wetness I got a whole mass of signals from a small patch under a tree. Here I dug up nine or ten german coins, a leather pouch they probably had been kept in, an Eastern Front medal and several cream tubes! Together with these things was also a small but very interesting piece.

I don`t know what kind of pixie powers she have, but directly where she had stood I got a great signal and dug up a Lapplandfront Cross!! This badge was also denazified, but otherwise in good condition that I think will look great after a quick dip in the oxalic acid!

On my first trip out I were checking signals for an hour before I stumbled upon a small trash pile in a sandy slope. I lured out some intact perfume-, medical- and beer bottles, and a few bits that looks like they belong to some pulley system. When removing more sand a pocket watch appeared, a bit destroyed, but a lovely find in my book.

under some more junk was a lovely piece of trench-art! A circa fifteen centimeter long piece of a driveband from a grenade, and half of it had been hammered into a blade. A really cool little letter opener.

The fort was operational in 1941 and armed with four french 10.5 cm guns, K331 (f), with a range up to 12000 meter, plus 2 cm Flak guns, MGs, mortars, stationary flamethrowers and a wide minefield.

Since many of the local diggers are starting their season in this camp it is slim pickings when it comes to finds, so three hours in all I had was a couple of food tins, a signal flare and a german made lamp fixture.

The shovel has been in the ground and rust has been dug up, so it is safe to say that winter is over and spring is here. Winter was kinda mild this time and we didn`t get much snow either.

When my passion for metal detecting and relics merges with my other passion, miniature modelling, the result can be things like these helmet dioramas. I think it is very fun to create small scenes from the particular battlefield the helmet was found, trying to catch a glimpse of the past.

The tools used to make trench art depended on what the maker could get access to, and would range from a primitive home made engraving pen to a full metal workshop.

Each of the POWs that came from all over the Soviet Union, had been issued a small ID tag, made from a square piece of metal when arriving to one of the large Stammlagers. It was the same concept as with the Wehrmacht EKMs.

I thought I should continue a bit with the "battle damage" theme and show you my collection of canteens and mess kits picked up from

I love finding erkennungsmarke as they are very interesting pieces of history. They have an iconic design and often have different styles of

Some years ago I was bitten by the Beltbuckle bug and began hunting for german belt buckles. The small aluminum and steel squares are great

Here are the perfect WW2 themed gifts for yourself, a history nerd, a collector friend who has it all or anyone else you tolerate

On my digs I am often finding ashtrays and lighters, and now and then pipes and cigarett mouthpieces. Naturally I like the trench-art

I thought I should share some battle damaged helmets I have collected through the years. Often when you see helmets like this posted online

Over the years I have collected a small pile of such tags which were attached to the soldiers backpack. All of them looks to be "field made"

2024 was a really good metal detecting season. I moved more soil than a large family of groundhogs could manage and brought home half a shed

I wanted to make a diorama showing an example of those wooden shelters somewhere on the Eastern front.

A little while ago I recieved an email from the company I had my website with since 2013. They were gonna increase the annual price by a