Blog

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.

Medal, Money & Snow

I followed signals around the medal for the next hours and the result was pretty good. Several well preserved coins, Finnish,German and Norw

Inka

Sep 23, 20243 min read

0 comments

Searching the Gebirgs Artillerie Quarters

Here you can see the ghost of the regiment number on the shoulderboard. "112" - Gebirgs Artillerie Regiment 112.

Inka

Aug 5, 20245 min read

0 comments

An Interesting Trench-Art Ring

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

Inka

Jun 30, 20244 min read

0 comments

Still frost in the Ground

Some of the signals I just had to give up because of the ice, but after a couple of hours my pockets were heavy with smaller bits and I was

Inka

Jun 3, 20243 min read

0 comments

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

Inka

Aug 27, 20233 min read

0 comments

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

Inka

Aug 20, 20234 min read

0 comments

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,

Inka

Jul 19, 20234 min read

0 comments

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

Inka

Jul 3, 20233 min read

0 comments

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

Inka

Jun 26, 20233 min read

0 comments

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

Inka

Jun 19, 20233 min read

0 comments

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 8, 20224 min read

0 comments

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

Inka

Oct 8, 20214 min read

0 comments

Lapplandfront Cross again!!

I was looking at a Nordfront- or Lapplandfront Cross sticking out from the soil! The two last seasons I have found two of these awards

Inka

Sep 2, 20213 min read

0 comments

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

Inka

Aug 20, 20213 min read

0 comments

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

Inka

Jul 27, 20212 min read

0 comments

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.

Inka

Jul 17, 20213 min read

0 comments

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

Inka

Jun 23, 20214 min read

0 comments

King Winter and Gold at the end of the Rainbow

We climbed the hill and to our big surprise we saw rests of buildings and earthen dug outs. Between some trees old German barbed wire

Inka

Oct 17, 20203 min read

0 comments

Day of the Nordfront Cross

I roamed around a bit with the detector and soon found a patch with a bunch of signals. Under the moss were a whole bunch of full K98 clips

Inka

Sep 25, 20203 min read

0 comments

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

Inka

Sep 10, 20203 min read

0 comments