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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 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 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

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

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".

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Aug 31, 20224 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

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Aug 11, 20223 min read

Steel Flower & Iron Hats

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.

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Jun 12, 20224 min read

Three Helmets Thursday

Near one of the barracks it should be a small dumping pit I had started once, and I went to try find it. As has happened many times before

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Oct 7, 20214 min read

Third Helmet this Season

Directly under the surface was a german messkit lid waiting for me, and next to it another lid, possibly from a Norwegian messkit

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Jul 13, 20216 min read

Like a Relic Advent Calendar

The familiar shape of the brim of a German helmet drew a nice line in the wet sand holding it in a firm grip. I freed it from the ground

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Dec 4, 20204 min read

Out and About

At one point I felt a roundish object and after ruling out it being a rock it could only be two things, a pee pot or a helmet

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Aug 4, 20204 min read

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