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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.

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 23, 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 16, 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 8, 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 2, 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 18, 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 21, 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 15, 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 5, 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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Sep 30, 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 28, 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 23, 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 18, 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 15, 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 9, 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 3, 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 2, 20233 min read

The Gebirgsjäger Cooker

One of my work days this week lasted only a couple of hours, so when they let me go I went straight to the Luftwaffe dumping pit for a 6-7 h

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Aug 26, 20233 min read

A Small Finnish Badge

One of the more interesting finds this afternoon was a sign from a vehicle, with an Edelweiss painted on. Not much of it was showing, but it

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Aug 19, 20234 min read

Inka`s Pharmacy & Medicinal Depot

We saw more M24 and M39 grenade boxes and racks just laying on the surface, so we collected the nice looking ones.

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Jul 28, 20235 min read

Baards Day

It had the rank, name and fieldpost number punched in. "Obgfr. Thiel Fpn 06998" which meant the soldier had been an Obergefreiter in a Heer

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Jul 21, 20234 min read