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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.

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

Spectacular Finds

I dont think any of us were prepared for what lay ahead. Under the layer of branches and vegetation were lots of these boxes,

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Jul 18, 20234 min read

Under a Root

Relics peeked out from between the broken roots, so I just began removing rocks and a few remaining roots. There were a layer of wine and

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Jul 8, 20233 min read

Bunker Hill

The bunkers are not far from each other, and some of them were flooded. There are also few smaller stone constructions on the plateau. I was

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Jul 6, 20233 min read

Dude, Where`s My Phone ?

Tom strolled out to the slope in front of us, found a signal, removed a little bit of moss and soil, and lifted up an Edelweiss

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Jul 2, 20233 min read

Soil Searching

Another day with similar weather I took a stroll around one of the many Gebirgsjäger camps. This camp has been visited by many detectorists

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Jun 30, 20233 min read

Ditch Diggers

I reached the relic-layer after some fighting with the elements, but when the last rock were out of the way I could pry loose a nice MG

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Jun 25, 20233 min read

Seasons First Adventure Afternoon

I walked half kilometer on the outside of the camp area to check if there could be some undiscovered spots full of signals for us to hunt

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Jun 18, 20233 min read

The Keys to the Camp

Hoping for good trash I dived in and pulled out some flattened German jerry cans, a 10l triangular fuel can, a few vehicle lamps, a single

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Jun 16, 20234 min read

Luftwaffe Fieldhospital part 2

It became a long digging session and when I decided to stretch my legs I had made a decent pile of relics on the edge of the ditch.

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Jun 11, 20232 min read