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Below you can dive into my little universe filled with metal detecting, militaria and relics, world war two- and military history, miniature modelling and relic art.

Forests of Norway

Metal detecting trips and expeditions in the Northern Norwegian forests and mountains.

Medal Day

On my first trip I spent much of the day in and around the medical barrack in one of the Gebirgsjäger camps. I was checking signals until I

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Jul 22, 20245 min read

Belt Buckle, Baby Walther & Board Game Bits

Tuesday morning, around 09 I was in the gebirgsjäger camp covering myself in bugspray, getting ready for some walking and digging.

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Jul 15, 20244 min read

Romantic Trench-Art

A little bit later luck struk again when I checked a signal under a root of a big old tree. I thought it was a DP27 magazine but it was the

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Jul 8, 20245 min read

An Interesting Trench-Art Ring

I picked up a couple of signals on the way and found a shaving brush and two Dutch uniform buttons. Soviet POWs were sometimes issued

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Jun 30, 20244 min read

A Kilo of Buttons

On the side of the lanterns a full gasmask container and a single gasmask had been dumped. When I had cleared one side of the dump I turned

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Jun 24, 20245 min read

A Very Annoying Find

It was a beautifully made Finnish ring. Two parts, the band and the shield with the Finnish lion. Usually these were made from cutting the

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Jun 17, 20244 min read

Signs of the Gebirgsmarine

I worked along the edge of it and freed a small shovel and a knife, a rotten field torch and a couple of coins. Except a small porcelain jar

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Jun 9, 20243 min read

Still frost in the Ground

Some of the signals I just had to give up because of the ice, but after a couple of hours my pockets were heavy with smaller bits and I was

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Jun 3, 20243 min read

Digging in the North, Season 12

It didn`t take long to see that the ground was still quite frozen. Most places we couldn`t dig more than a few centimeters before drills and

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May 19, 20244 min read

A Bonus Adventure Afternoon

we were both sure it was a German plate, but were disappointed when I turned it around and it only had a small Norwegian producer mark.

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Oct 22, 20235 min read

Schnapps & Snow

I searched around the ditch and dug up a license plate from a vehicle and a pair of large aluminum electrical connectors made by Siemens. A

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Oct 16, 20234 min read

Erkennungsmarken & Nordfrontkreuz

"Rifle casing, stripperclip or piece of wire.." my mind went, as I opened a small hole in the moss. "Nordfrontkreuz!!" Wow!

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Oct 6, 20234 min read

Trench-Art Day

I have seen these type of shields come out of WW1 positions in Latvia,and knew the Germans had brought them to the Northern front during WW1

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Oct 1, 20234 min read

The Ullr Badge

I moved to inside the barrack and picked up a signal circa in the middle of it. It was a round piece of metal and I suspected it could be a

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Sep 29, 20234 min read

Continuing in the Luftwaffe Fieldhospital

On the bottom of the pit I found a great relic, a canteen with its cork and with the felt cover still intact! Circa mid way into the diggin

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Sep 24, 20234 min read

NotekFest

The new site was blanketed with all sorts of signals. Within moments Jimmy had found a very interesting hammer neither of us had ever seen

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Sep 19, 20233 min read

First Frost

Here and there k98 ammo had been tossed around, some single casings and some full clips. The next signal hid under a few rocks. It was a

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Sep 16, 20233 min read

A Sealed Crate

Another bakelite part to come out of the sandy soil was the drinking cup from a soldiers canteen, and it even had initials engraved on

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Sep 10, 20233 min read

Piles of Rust & a Little Silver

Yesterday it was finally time again for a trip out to the woods together with Jimmy. He has been busy this summer trying to make wine into w

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Sep 4, 20233 min read

Buckle & Bling

I drag out from the side of the fireplace an Iron Cross!! What a crazy find! Upon closer inspection I see it has been lucky to survive the

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Sep 3, 20233 min read