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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.
Erkennungsmarke - German ID Tags
I love finding erkennungsmarke as they are very interesting pieces of history. They have an iconic design and often have different styles of
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Mar 29, 20253 min read
Battle Damaged Belt Buckles
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
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Mar 21, 20251 min read
War Historical Cufflinks & Tealight Holders
Here are the perfect WW2 themed gifts for yourself, a history nerd, a collector friend who has it all or anyone else you tolerate
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Mar 14, 20251 min read
Ashtrays & Smoking Paraphernalia
On my digs I am often finding ashtrays and lighters, and now and then pipes and cigarett mouthpieces. Naturally I like the trench-art
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Mar 14, 20252 min read
Battle damaged Helmets
I thought I should share some battle damaged helmets I have collected through the years. Often when you see helmets like this posted online
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Mar 8, 20252 min read
Gebirgsjäger Luggage Tags
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"
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Mar 2, 20251 min read
The Best Finds of 2025
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
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Feb 21, 20251 min read
Bunkerstrasse 1/35
I wanted to make a diorama showing an example of those wooden shelters somewhere on the Eastern front.
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Feb 19, 20257 min read
HobbyHistorica 2.0
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
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Feb 14, 20252 min read
Tiger 1 Estonia 1944
After many evenings sanding plastic parts, gluing bits together, painting, swearing and repainting, this project is finally done.
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Feb 14, 20251 min read
Fishing Equipment
All this fishing equipment has been found in dumping pits in gebirgsjäger camps during the last couple of years. The field kitchen units
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Dec 6, 20241 min read
Toothbrushes & Toothpaste
I spent an hour sorting the brushes by color and the cream tubes after brands and ended up with 83 brushes, 49 tubes, 6 toothpowder tins and
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Nov 20, 20241 min read
80 years since the Sinking of Tirpitz
Today, the 12th November 2024 it is 80 years since RAF bombers gave the german battleship Tirpitz her final blow where she was laying
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Nov 12, 20241 min read
A Last Hurray & a Helmet in the Woods
Nearby I dug up a small mortar grenade box. It looks like it will clean up nicely and is in good condition with only a small hole rusted
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Oct 28, 20246 min read
The Frost Is Back
I had some Tetra fire extinguisher racks piled up behind a tree from earlier in the season and wanted to collect them. I swung the detector
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Oct 20, 20244 min read
Not Done Yet
A few minutes later another very good signal rang out. From under the moss came another amazing find! I saw a small brass square in the soil
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Oct 13, 20245 min read
A Coinspill & Bits for Vehicles
The following signal was much better but was just a handfull of rifle ammo. 8mm Norwegian rounds for the Colt machinegun, but produced under
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Oct 6, 20245 min read
Five Grams of Silver
A Danish coin came out of the ground together with a simple, unmarked silver ring, and a nametag made of some synthetic fibre.
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Sep 29, 20243 min read
Medal, Money & Snow
I followed signals around the medal for the next hours and the result was pretty good. Several well preserved coins, Finnish,German and Norw
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Sep 22, 20243 min read
Lapplandschild Part 2 & 3
And I was right. It was full of metal. But wait! Wasn`t there an imprint on it, looking a lot like the top of a Lappland Shield?
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Sep 15, 20245 min read
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