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The shovel has been in the ground and rust has been dug up, so it is safe to say that winter is over and spring is here. Winter was kinda mild this time and we didn`t get much snow either.

The tools used to make trench art depended on what the maker could get access to, and would range from a primitive home made engraving pen to a full metal workshop.

On my digs I am often finding ashtrays and lighters, and now and then pipes and cigarett mouthpieces. Naturally I like the trench-art

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

Next to a pine tree was the one half of an Erkennungsmärke! I looked around for the second half but I only got a pair of belt support hooks

A little bit later luck struk again when I checked a signal under a root of a big old tree. I thought it was a DP27 magazine but it was the

I picked up a couple of signals on the way and found a shaving brush and two Dutch uniform buttons. Soviet POWs were sometimes issued

A Gebirgsjägers field shower made from a 10l triangular fuel can. The bottom was perforated, a rubber hose attached between the "shower head

Wound Badge and IAB found together. The bent needles hints of an abrupt separation from the uniform they sat on.

we were both sure it was a German plate, but were disappointed when I turned it around and it only had a small Norwegian producer mark.

"Rifle casing, stripperclip or piece of wire.." my mind went, as I opened a small hole in the moss. "Nordfrontkreuz!!" Wow!

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

​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

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

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

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

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

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

I was gonna continue in the Gebirgsjäger camp and found a nice place to set up base for the day and threw down the backpack.

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