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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.

Helmet Day

Got my detector out, put it together and turned it on. I tried to ground balance it but it already signalled metal

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Sep 27, 20192 min read

Award & Badge Day

I found a small dumping pit which I spent an hour or so digging out. Lots of bottles came out from the sand, a pocket knife, a few bakelite

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Sep 25, 20192 min read

A helmet for the price of a wasp sting

On a small rise in the forest the detector gave off a nice clear signal and I opened up the moss. The soil was sandy and easy to dig and I f

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Sep 18, 20193 min read

Find of a Lifetime

We spent some time checking signals which mostly were nails and the usual rubbish before we found a more interesting corner of the camp.

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Jul 22, 20192 min read

Lord of the Flies

Here and there we saw foundations of barracks, camp roads were clearly visible and the side of the plateau the camp had stood was covered

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Jul 12, 20193 min read

A Dig on the Narvik Front

A few miles outside Narvik is the village of Bjerkvik. Here was a small and quiet coastal farmer society and a big military camp in April

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May 8, 20193 min read

Traces of the Polarbahn

Many of the campsites are close to roads or trekking routes but is so overgrown and hidden by nature that only the ones with a interest in

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Jan 5, 20163 min read