Blue sky and sun today so I was quickly done with breakfast and coffee this morning and rushed out to the old Wehrmacht camp. Despite the sunny weather the forest was a bit chilly and it smelled of autumn. I bet the first night of frost will be tonight or one of the next nights. Luckily I have a large stash of uncleaned relics to keep me busy through the long winter months. But, we are not there yet, there is still some time for digging.
I strolled into the forest making some noise to scare any hungry bears away and the Fisher gave off a good signal just a few steps in between the trees. I removed the moss and tore away some roots and saw the oval shape of a German Erkennungsmärke. I lifted it out into the sunlight and just had to accept that it was a blank unissued tag. I looked around for more of the same signal but found only a pair of stirrups and three shovels.
I strolled into the forest making some noise to scare any hungry bears away and the Fisher gave off a good signal just a few steps in between the trees. I removed the moss and tore away some roots and saw the oval shape of a German Erkennungsmärke. I lifted it out into the sunlight and just had to accept that it was a blank unissued tag. I looked around for more of the same signal but found only a pair of stirrups and three shovels.
Finding EKMs is always a joy.
Unissued EKM.
The pair of stirrups.
Three shovels.
Next I found a small dumping pit which I spent an hour digging, but it wasn`t much interesting stuff in it. A perfume bottle, a small hammer, a ruptured K98 casing and some aluminium food tins.
In the surrounding area I could see where some of the barracks had stood and searched in and around them. Naturally it was a lot of nails there but I also found some tools, more K98 rounds, a brass comb, some uniform buttons and a couple of horseshoes. Between two of the barrack foundations was another dumping pit which I had to check out. It was a hard dig, full of large heavy rocks and lots of broken bottles and glass. It was few relics worth saving in it as well, a couple more food tins, a bakelite losantine tablet box and some more Mauser casings.
The rest of the day I walked around digging signals and one more dumping pit. In the pit was nothing other than rust and glass, but I dug out a pioneer axe, a stripper clip, a small knife, a 9mm round and a cover for a lantern.
The last signal I dug today was a orange smoke box with most of its text still intact.
Tomorrow I might not have the time to go digging, but hopefully the rest of the week will be spent searching for more rusted treasures:)
Keep Smiling :)
In the surrounding area I could see where some of the barracks had stood and searched in and around them. Naturally it was a lot of nails there but I also found some tools, more K98 rounds, a brass comb, some uniform buttons and a couple of horseshoes. Between two of the barrack foundations was another dumping pit which I had to check out. It was a hard dig, full of large heavy rocks and lots of broken bottles and glass. It was few relics worth saving in it as well, a couple more food tins, a bakelite losantine tablet box and some more Mauser casings.
The rest of the day I walked around digging signals and one more dumping pit. In the pit was nothing other than rust and glass, but I dug out a pioneer axe, a stripper clip, a small knife, a 9mm round and a cover for a lantern.
The last signal I dug today was a orange smoke box with most of its text still intact.
Tomorrow I might not have the time to go digging, but hopefully the rest of the week will be spent searching for more rusted treasures:)
Keep Smiling :)
Small piece of chain.
Tools.
Small hammer and a perfume bottle.
Food tins and part of a stove.
A ruptured K98 casing.
For splitting logs I think.
K98 casings.
One of the soldiers lost his comb.
A lamp from one of the barracks.
Food tins, bakelite losantine box and a field torch battery.
Pioneer axe.
The ants teamed up trying to take me down.
Another food tin.
K98 stripper clip.
A knife.
K98 Mauser casing.
9mm round.
Cover for a karbid lantern.
Orange smoke candle.
Mystery part. I ve found one like this before but never figured out what it is.
One of the many barrack stoves scattered around this forest.
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