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How many of us history buffs have not dreamt of finding leftovers from past times, finding ourselves in deep thought, travelling back in time when visiting a historic site, and daydreaming about the olden days while walking through a forest? I have made a little diorama of one of these daydreams. A hidden treasure in the forest, a place I would love to stumble across.

Other than fresh air, nice memories and good moods the best finds for me was the Lappland Shields and the named helmet. I had hope all summer for Erkennungsmarken, but found only one german and three or four Stalag tags, perhaps this is the season I will find a hoard of interesting gebirgsjäger EKMs.

I completed a previously opened dumping ditch early in the week. A few bakelite bits, a vehicle searchlight and an unmarked coffee mug were some of the few items having escaped deterioration.

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

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