Well, well, well, guess where I spent the day...yup, in the woods. I had to get back there to check if I had any more luck regarding the parts and tools I found yesterday. When I got into the car it was a bit grey and fresh weather, but having parked and getting ready to stroll the skies cleared up and the sun shone down on me and it quickly became a very warm day. I moved towards the ditch I had found the waffenmeister box in and picked up a few things on the way. First I found a single spurr and then a spoon and a göffel and several Blendax tubes. Together with a rifle cleaning kit were nine small porcelain jars for skin cream and a few perfume- and ink bottles.
Sweeping the detector around the area where the backfilled waffenmeister ditch was gave off lots of signals, so after some crawling around on the ground with the pinpointer and bayonet I found several more tools and firing pins, and the last signal I had there was a MGg wrench! Super finds really..
It wasn`t even lunchtime yet so I continued deeper into the forest, opening up the ground now and then to see if I had discovered a treasure. For a moment I thought I had found another silver item but it was a nickle plated box with lids on both sides. On one side it was engraved "Patent" and on the other lid some kind of monogram, and the next find was a brass fork.
By lunch I hadn`t found any more relics worth saving so I had a rest and decided to check in another direction, towards the mountain. The area I moved into now had been well used by NATO forces exercising coz I found lots of the red plastic training ammo, 9mm, 7.92 and .50 plus quite the amount of foil from the food and snack rations, which I picked up to dispose of in the garbage which the Army should have done in the first place. It was clear that I was still in the German camp coz here and there a rusted and broken triangular barrack oven laid half overgrown and I could see dugouts and building foundations. In front of a dugout was a short ditch with a great signal. I dug it open and picked up two old coke cans, but I stuck the pinpointer down there and it was still some metal there. I removed rocks, roots and soil and checked again with my hand. I didn`t really dare to believe what I felt, but it was the rim of a helmet!! I thought I had found my fair share of helmets already so this was unexpected!! I got it to the surface and it looked really good. A little cleaning and this will have 90% or more color left. The liner was gone though.
The ditch still gave off signals so I opened up the other end of it. Now I really thought someone was messing with me and stood up to look around to see if some friends were hiding behind trees to have a laugh, irrational, I know.. I had my hands on another helmet rim!! I pulled it out from the soil and it also looked really good. Prehaps a tad more rusted than the first one, but who cares??its a helmet! This one was also lacking the liner. I dug through the rest of the ditch but it was only food tins and some horseshoes left down there.
The next few hours I moved around checking signals given by the detector, sat down looking at a bird who was messing around with its nest, found a frozen dumping pit for another day and dug up 6 or 7 signal flares.
At some point I got tired and hungry but I had eaten all my food and was out of water so turned my nose toward the car again. On my way out I only dug two signals, both were fired caliber 50 bullets, which will probably make some decent keyrings.
I have been searching and digging between 7 and 10 hours daily for more than a week now so tomorrow I am gonna rest but hopefully I am back searching on Saturday.. until then, Keep Smiling and stay muddy :)
Sweeping the detector around the area where the backfilled waffenmeister ditch was gave off lots of signals, so after some crawling around on the ground with the pinpointer and bayonet I found several more tools and firing pins, and the last signal I had there was a MGg wrench! Super finds really..
It wasn`t even lunchtime yet so I continued deeper into the forest, opening up the ground now and then to see if I had discovered a treasure. For a moment I thought I had found another silver item but it was a nickle plated box with lids on both sides. On one side it was engraved "Patent" and on the other lid some kind of monogram, and the next find was a brass fork.
By lunch I hadn`t found any more relics worth saving so I had a rest and decided to check in another direction, towards the mountain. The area I moved into now had been well used by NATO forces exercising coz I found lots of the red plastic training ammo, 9mm, 7.92 and .50 plus quite the amount of foil from the food and snack rations, which I picked up to dispose of in the garbage which the Army should have done in the first place. It was clear that I was still in the German camp coz here and there a rusted and broken triangular barrack oven laid half overgrown and I could see dugouts and building foundations. In front of a dugout was a short ditch with a great signal. I dug it open and picked up two old coke cans, but I stuck the pinpointer down there and it was still some metal there. I removed rocks, roots and soil and checked again with my hand. I didn`t really dare to believe what I felt, but it was the rim of a helmet!! I thought I had found my fair share of helmets already so this was unexpected!! I got it to the surface and it looked really good. A little cleaning and this will have 90% or more color left. The liner was gone though.
The ditch still gave off signals so I opened up the other end of it. Now I really thought someone was messing with me and stood up to look around to see if some friends were hiding behind trees to have a laugh, irrational, I know.. I had my hands on another helmet rim!! I pulled it out from the soil and it also looked really good. Prehaps a tad more rusted than the first one, but who cares??its a helmet! This one was also lacking the liner. I dug through the rest of the ditch but it was only food tins and some horseshoes left down there.
The next few hours I moved around checking signals given by the detector, sat down looking at a bird who was messing around with its nest, found a frozen dumping pit for another day and dug up 6 or 7 signal flares.
At some point I got tired and hungry but I had eaten all my food and was out of water so turned my nose toward the car again. On my way out I only dug two signals, both were fired caliber 50 bullets, which will probably make some decent keyrings.
I have been searching and digging between 7 and 10 hours daily for more than a week now so tomorrow I am gonna rest but hopefully I am back searching on Saturday.. until then, Keep Smiling and stay muddy :)
A spurr.
Cutlery and toothpaste tubes.
Rifle cleaning kit with some extra parts and a bakelite losantine box.
Glass and porcelain.
Waffenmeister tools and firing pins.
Small nickle plated box.
My lunch-view :)
Old coke cans hid something better.
A helmet!!! ..
..and another one!!
Happy Digger :)
Big bullet :)
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