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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.

Soldier Bling & Trench-art

I thought it could be one of those Lapplandfront medals so it got my pulse up a little. I dug more of the item free and then I saw it was a

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Aug 29, 20215 min read

Porcelain & Trench-Art

And then I looked at the thing. It was a trench-art box!! Wow! I placed it in the relic pile and went back to the porcelain.

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Aug 23, 20214 min read

Gorgets & Cyanide

Three gorgets! One of them was of a poor aluminum alloy and completely rotted. The two others were made of thin sheet metal and not in great

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Aug 19, 20213 min read

Not Every Day is Treasure Day

I switched on the detector and strolled towards the area where I had found the last helmet. It was a few signals along the way worth checkin

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Jul 26, 20212 min read

Helmet on First Sweep

The signal was deep and next to a pine tree so I had to cut my way through some roots to discover a layer of rocks.

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Jul 16, 20213 min read

Third Helmet this Season

Directly under the surface was a german messkit lid waiting for me, and next to it another lid, possibly from a Norwegian messkit

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Jul 13, 20216 min read

On Virgin Land

The pile of relics grew steadily along with the scrap- and spoil heap. I found two bakelite cups for field flasks, lots of bottles

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Jul 10, 20215 min read

A Surprise from the Red Army

When I decided it was enough for today I sifted through the spoils and found a small trench-art piece, a brass piece with the unit insignia

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Jul 8, 20212 min read

Eastern Front Medal & Motorcycle Seat

My imagination went a bit wild for a second but when I tried to lift it, it came loose so it was not a box filled with iron crosses, just

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Jun 22, 20214 min read

Like a Relic Advent Calendar

The familiar shape of the brim of a German helmet drew a nice line in the wet sand holding it in a firm grip. I freed it from the ground

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Dec 4, 20204 min read

King Winter and Gold at the end of the Rainbow

We climbed the hill and to our big surprise we saw rests of buildings and earthen dug outs. Between some trees old German barbed wire

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Oct 16, 20203 min read

From Mallnitz to Kitzbühel

We began in the bottom of a valley and our goal was a small section of the German defence system called the "Lyngen Line".

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Oct 9, 20204 min read

A Trip to the Mountain

Few times have I been in forests with so many signals all over as today. The soldiers here must have been very well fed as more than 90% of

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Oct 3, 20202 min read

Day of the Nordfront Cross

I roamed around a bit with the detector and soon found a patch with a bunch of signals. Under the moss were a whole bunch of full K98 clips

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Sep 24, 20203 min read

One M24 & Four bags of Berries

The days here North are getting shorter and the forests and mountainsides are rapidly getting dressed in yellow, red and orange, and the dig

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Sep 9, 20203 min read

K98 Rubber Muzzle Caps

I swept the detector across it and had a strong aluminum signal. I dug it open expecting a couple of food tins to peek out from under

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Aug 18, 20202 min read

The Helmet Ditch

Finding three helmets at once was pretty awesome and they were in good condition, one of them having winter camo even

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Aug 10, 20203 min read

Blueberry Hunting

We had to make a trip out to the fields of rust before the stormy weather drew in over our heads. On our previous berry trip we had located

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Aug 8, 20202 min read

Out and About

At one point I felt a roundish object and after ruling out it being a rock it could only be two things, a pee pot or a helmet

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Aug 4, 20204 min read

The Guards Badge

We strolled off between the trees and soon I was busy removing soil and rocks and to try not break any of the fragile ampoules

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Jul 28, 20202 min read