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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.

Gorgets & Cyanide

Three gorgets! One of them was of a poor aluminum alloy and completely rotted. The two others were made of thin sheet metal and not in great

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Aug 19, 20213 min read

Not Every Day is Treasure Day

I switched on the detector and strolled towards the area where I had found the last helmet. It was a few signals along the way worth checkin

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Jul 26, 20212 min read

Helmet on First Sweep

The signal was deep and next to a pine tree so I had to cut my way through some roots to discover a layer of rocks.

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Jul 16, 20213 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

On Virgin Land

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

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Jul 10, 20215 min read

Eastern Front Medal & Motorcycle Seat

My imagination went a bit wild for a second but when I tried to lift it, it came loose so it was not a box filled with iron crosses, just

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Jun 22, 20214 min read

The Relic Gods Still Deliver

I spent most of the day in the edge of the tree line where it some 80 years ago stood a large German Heer camp. One can clearly see barrack

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Oct 12, 20203 min read

A Trip to the Mountain

Few times have I been in forests with so many signals all over as today. The soldiers here must have been very well fed as more than 90% of

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Oct 3, 20202 min read

One M24 & Four bags of Berries

The days here North are getting shorter and the forests and mountainsides are rapidly getting dressed in yellow, red and orange, and the dig

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Sep 9, 20203 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

The Guards Badge

We strolled off between the trees and soon I was busy removing soil and rocks and to try not break any of the fragile ampoules

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Jul 28, 20202 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

Lord of the Flies

Here and there we saw foundations of barracks, camp roads were clearly visible and the side of the plateau the camp had stood was covered

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Jul 12, 20193 min read

A Dig on the Narvik Front

A few miles outside Narvik is the village of Bjerkvik. Here was a small and quiet coastal farmer society and a big military camp in April

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May 8, 20193 min read