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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.

A Luftwaffe Fieldhospital

After a little digging I hit metal again. Three shovels. No, four! Then from the wall of the ditch I had opened up was the corner of

Inka

Jun 3, 20233 min read

A New Digging Season

I spent some awesome hours roaming around in a gebirgsjäger camp looking for treasures and good rust. Of course I knew that only the top

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May 22, 20233 min read

Templar Crusader 1/10

The latest workbench project is finally completed. A little bit different from my usual WW2 themes this time.

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Feb 26, 20231 min read

The Best Helmets of 2022

I carried many helmets out of the forest in 2022. Some were rusted and deteriorated beyond any hope, but quite a few had survived the eighty

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Jan 30, 20231 min read

Medals, Badges & Awards Found season 2022

Before October ended the ground had already frozen and closed the digging season. I hoped for a while that we would get a few weeks of mild

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Jan 13, 20231 min read

Jimmy & Inka`s Adventure Afternoon

We got the coil out of the ditch and could continue digging. Now I had a little luck and pulled out a pipe which I saw was a Panzerfaust 30

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Oct 16, 20226 min read

Winter is on the Doorstep

In one end of it I dug till I found the top of what I think is a large steel stove. The metal looks perfectly preserved and it is standing

Inka

Oct 14, 20224 min read

Back to the Luftwaffe Camp

A moment later the helmet surfaced and it was awesome! Really nice condition. Green with wither camo still showing, and very little rust!

Inka

Oct 3, 20225 min read

A Recce trip to a Luftwaffe Camp

We moved into the vehicle workshop area where the signals from metal in the ground were far more frequent. We had wasted a lot of hours

Inka

Sep 26, 20222 min read

Helmet & Erkennungsmarke

The signal I dug first turned out to be half a Kraftstoff barrell. It was laying on its side so it was a chance it had stuff inside.

Inka

Sep 24, 20224 min read

Iron Cross

I opened my hand and showed him an Iron Cross! It was a bit caked in muck, but it was really an Iron Cross that had found its way into

Inka

Sep 18, 20224 min read

More Trench Art

The well started to dry out but I was still fighting one of the last relics loose from a rock holding it tight. A gasmask canister, and

Inka

Sep 13, 20223 min read

The Mother of All Luggage Tags

One of the next days I joined my friend Jimmy to search in his Gebirgsjäger camp. An enormous camp filled with signals in the ground.

Inka

Sep 7, 20224 min read

Helmet & Other Goodies

A small square piece of metal met with the tip of my bayonet. I gave it a rub against the clean back of my glove and saw the word "Petsamo".

Inka

Aug 31, 20224 min read

A Ditch Full of Lids

A super beginning of the dig! Under it was a rifle cleaning kit and some stripper clips full of 7.92 rounds. Then I felt the round domes of

Inka

Aug 24, 20224 min read

Der Knüppel

This weekend I searched on an interesting piece of land. It is a bit high up in the terrain where the Germans constructed a small camp

Inka

Aug 21, 20224 min read

Gebirgsjäger EKM & Helmets

I opened up the first one and had a EKM between my fingers! From a Gebirgsjäger unit! Fantastic. I could almost not have dreamt of a better

Inka

Aug 18, 20224 min read

A Destroyed Lapplandfront Cross

I pryed loose a stone from the side of the ditch and together with it flew a Lapplandfront Cross!! I saw it like in slow motion as it spun

Inka

Aug 17, 20223 min read

Bog Lids

I found bits from gebirgsjäger boots and several leather frogs for k98 bayonet scabbard and a few ammo pouches. Some weaker steel signals

Inka

Aug 11, 20223 min read

They Call Me the Notek King

next to it there was a "Verbandkasten", a Red Cross medic kit box (it was empty) and a massive piece of metal that I think might be

Inka

Aug 7, 20224 min read