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Squirrels & Relics

6/27/2019

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The next dumping pit haunted my mind, so early morning after coffee I fired up the old car and drove off to the site. Again I had luck with the weather which was mostly grey and sometimes interrupted by stormy winds and light rain. Ofcourse I didn`t notice much of it where I was half meter below the canopy digging my way to rust. Well, yet again it wasn`t that much metal to find, mostly bottles, glass and some bakelite, often much kooler than rusted stuff though.
​ At one point I heard some commotion next to the pit and stuck my head up half expecting a moose or a giraffe to bite it off. Two-three squirrels stared at me like in shock and ran up the tree in a cloud of bark. It is always great to meet those little creatures.
I had some stuff to do at home today so after filling back the pit and checking a couple of interesting looking depressions in the ground I strolled back to the car. Although I hadn`t been digging for more than three hours I was a bit soaked and with the +5 degree Celsius the Norwegian summer dished out today the heater in the car almost made me fall asleep.
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Frost Heilsalbe.
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Some kind of dispenser for liquids,,water or coffee maybe?
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From a headset.
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The rests of a book.
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A nice bottle I don`t have in my collection.
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More toothbrushes and toothpaste.
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Padlock with the key still in.
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A small bucket.
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More glass..
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A rotted away fieldtorch.
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Equipment strap.
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Small cream jar, the lid reads "Elida".
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A bakelite ashtray today.
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First one I ve found with the plastic lid.
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Three keys on a keyring. Marked "19".
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Bakelite bits.
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Cloth nicely preserved.
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Mirror from a car.
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Third hole punch machine from this forest so far.
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A nice looking plug with three meters of cord.
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Göffel.
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Some coffee beans sealed inside a bottle.
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Mystery box.
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Detonator or Zunder box.
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Shoe sole for a person with clumpfoot.
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Mystery glass tube things..or could they be from a soil test kit?
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And another toothbrush was the last item to be found today.
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Glass Pit, Bakelite & A Field Radio

6/26/2019

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This morning I had doubts about going to the forest when I saw the dark sky, but I found my way out there in the end anyway. On my map I ve marked several spots to dig but I began with roaming around trying my luck with the Fisher and at the same time make a walk-through of a section of the woods I haven`t been in yet. I spent an hour doing that and I had absolutely no signals, could not see any signs of old roads, dug outs or barracks anywhere so I walked back towards one of the pins on the map. As I approached the dumping pit I wanted to dig, the Fisher gave off a great signal next to a tree. I dug alittle bit and found the corner of something big and as I got more of the sand away I saw what it was, a german field radio!! Wow, that was a fun find! It was in a bit shitty condition though but I was all a big smile. Inspired I strolled around alittle bit picking up rubbish here and there and when I got tired of not finding anymore radios I went to the dumping pit.
The next couple of hours I dug out a little mountain of bottles; drinking bottles, small perfume and medical bottles and several nice glass jars. Very little metal was down there really, some rotted Juwel burners, wires and cans. Some cutlery in nice condition and lots of bakelite. Bakelite cups , lids, toothbrushes and two bakelite lamps I ve never seen before. I dug up a couple of 10 pfennig coins, a big glass ashtray and two schnapps glasses, one melted and one perfect. A few leather bits hid under some bottles, a pair of thick leather mittens, ancle boots and a pair of leather suspenders. 
Finally the pit was empty and as I filled it back I checked over the spoils for any treasures I lost while digging it out. Perfect timing to go home for dinner and I was soaked and partly consumed by mosqitoes and gnats. 
​
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A kool little Shell lid.
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K98 stripperclip.
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Gasmask.
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Frostsalbe.
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K98 ammo and a red training round.
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The corner of something...
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A field radio!!
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hobbyhistorica relic hunting ww2 metal detecting history hunting wehrmacht kampf in norwegen treasure hunting
hobbyhistorica relic hunting ww2 metal detecting history hunting wehrmacht kampf in norwegen treasure hunting
hobbyhistorica relic hunting ww2 metal detecting history hunting wehrmacht kampf in norwegen treasure hunting
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From a Juwel burner.
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OVT or K98 clamp.
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Soldier ancle boot.
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A small strap, but no helmet attached to it..
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Honey jar.
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Pioneer axes.
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Schnappsglasses.
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hobbyhistorica relic hunting ww2 metal detecting history hunting wehrmacht kampf in norwegen treasure hunting
Bakelite lamp.
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Cup from a thermos.
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The relic pile grew steadily.
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A small brush.
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Some knives.
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I found three or four pocket knives.
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A Finnish "Pukko" knife.
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An intact lightbulb.
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Found lots of these ampoules.
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Coins:)
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For healthy teeths.
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Leather mittens.
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Some kind of gauge.
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Shoulderboard from a uniform.
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Medical and perfume bottles.
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Glass ashtray and a lighter.
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A lid made from bakelite. It reads "Pelikan".
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Had a few finds walking out of the forest.
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Tidying Up A Dumping Pit

6/24/2019

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As always Im up early in the morning, today even before Girlfriend, when she got up to get ready for work I was already in the kitchen with coffee and digger gear. Today I was going back to the dumping pit I started on Friday to complete it. The weather was shifting between sunny and heavy rain and I was soaking wet before I found back to the pit. I spent a few hours digging and sifting through the soil, bits of glass and pieces of rust. Nothing spectacular found today but still the backpack got filled up with a few relics when I closed up the dumping pit. I didn`t feel like starting another ditch this afternoon but I strolled around the woods a while marking a few more potential dumping pits on the map for another day:)
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I love it when the forest floor is full of relics poking out.
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Orange bakelite butter box.
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"Wehrmacht Eigentum" battery for the fieldtorch.
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A fieldtorch.
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More bottles for the collection.
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Some mystery thing,it was probably rubbery once but now it cracks by the lightest touch.
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Two "Hindenburg lights".
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Norwegian stainless steel.
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One of the ear pieces from a headphone.
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Third oiler coming out from this pit.
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Another "Jerrycan", also in a sad condition.
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Looks like a large breakpad.
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Two shockabsorbers came out from the pit.
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"Elektrobio Zahnpasta"
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I think I found myself a new coffee mug.
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Two large "eastern front engine heaters".
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A Juwel burner, sadly the metal was in very poor condition.
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The good old tent peg.
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The rest of the rust and glass was put back into the pit and buried.
A few of todays finds cleaned up :
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Zentis produced candy and sweets, so this jar will get new life as a candy jar.
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I found two bits from two different binoculars.
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From some kind of optics.
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Sepsotinktur, for cleaning wounds.
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A melted medical bottle, perfect for my melted bottle collection:)
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Dumping Pit upon Dumping Pit

6/22/2019

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Yesterday I went out alone to another new site where I knew it had been a small WH camp. The camp had been for soldiers protecting a rivercrossing entering a valley of importance so I didn`t expect to find much,,Wow, was I wrong. As soon as I stepped foot into the forest I saw German stuff poking out from depressions in the ground. I left those alone as I wanted to try to get an overview of the forest first. The detector led me to dumping pit after dumping pit. One or two pits on the edge of the forest held things of the modern type but inside the forest it was full of German stuff. I dug three small burn pits where I found a ton of 7.92 casings, some coins, buttons and the usual stuff, and marked several others off on the map to dig another day. I had walked through roughly 1/4th of the area when I decided to spend the rest of the day digging out a full pit as my backpack was still light. 
The pit I chose turned out to be big,,full of broken bottles and glass and unidentifiable rust but it was lots of good rust there too. I kept digging until the sky opened up a pouring which I couldn`t ignore even if I wanted too, I was soaking wet and the pit turned into mud so I decided it was time to call it a day. I had filled the bag and pockets to the brims and almost half the pit is still waiting to be completed which I hope to do tomorrow. I found a few items Im wondering what is so if any of you guys know them please inform me :)

Have a great Solstice weekend and stay dirty my friends :)
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The first signal I dug was these horseshoes which provided me with good luck for the rest of the day.
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Modern swedish coin.
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​Stuff just laying on the surface is always a good sign.
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hobbyhistorica ww2 relic hunting metal detecting yngve sjodin inka battlefield recovery fisher f5 garrett history hunter
A glass jar with shoepolish.
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Losantine , buttons and coins.
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A nice bakelite and metal door handle.
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Padlock from a crate.
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Glass:)
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A Thingamajig,,I maybe find out what it is after cleaning it.
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Small brass thing with a hole for a chain or similar,marked "17 May Norge" 17th May is our National Day.
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Keys are always nice to pick up.
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Leather pouch for EKM, the EKM is yet to be found:)
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Lids from 3.7 or 5cm ammo canisters.
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A big oil can.
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Some kind of seat??
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Rust was pouring out from the pit.
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OVT clamps.
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A hole machine.
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I found two of these and I really hope a bath in oxalic acid will produce results and show some tactical markings or unit insignia..
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A small oiler.
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Sadly the Juwel burner was in very poor condition.
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Rotted boots and crates was in the pit.
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Field torch battery with most of the label intact.
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Mystery blue glass blinder of some kind,,too big for a karbid lamp..
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Two small oven coal scoops and half a tent peg.
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The lid from a grease container.
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A small glass ampoule.
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Found a whole hoard of padlocks.
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On a Scouting Mission

6/22/2019

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Two days ago me and the Girlfriend went for a scouting mission to a forest in the neighbourhood. We prepared ourselves and went out there relatively early and found a nice place to park the car. The first couple of hours we roamed around trying to find the site, but we had to confer with a couple of maps before we half eaten by mosquitoes found our way through the bushes and marshes to the correct plateau in the forest. Now finally the detector picked up something else than modern garbage, a piece of shell fragment from either the fighting in 1940 or from the dismantling of the massive ammo depot that the Germans had built here between the pines. Next we spotted the first of many earthen bunkers covering the area and went to work. The bunkers seemed to have been cleaned up pretty well, but we found traces from the occupants . We found  shovels, heaps of k98 ammo, partly rotted away leather equipment and ofcourse some modern plastic training ammo. In one bunker we found Brennzunders which we wisely left alone as we like to have our fingers intact.
While I was sweating and waving mosquitoes away the Girlfriend found a sunny spot on the edge of the bunker, having lunch and enjoying the view. As the afternoon approached and there was little blood left in us for the bugs to feed on, we stumbled across two-three huge pits filled with leftovers of 7.5 cm Pak ammo containers where we will spend more time in the coming weeks... so stay tuned ;)
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Fragment from a grenade of some kind.
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The mossies was extra agressive today.
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If I had brought home the shovels I ve been finding I d have more than Fiskars factory by now.
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Modern blank firing casing the military use when they are training.
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Another shovel.
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A bunch of 7.92 casings and stripper clips.
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A 7.92 casing nicely turned into art by detonation.
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A mystery bit turned out to be a common zipper.
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Girlfriend enjoying life.
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Brennzunder.
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One of the bunkers filled with good old rust.
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A Diggers paradise .
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Pak 7.5 cm ammo container bits.
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Checking out a WH Camp

6/22/2019

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Back home after a successful expedition to Latvia and the perfect weather here North invited for a trip to the woods. I had located a forest where it supposedly had been a larger Wehrmacht camp during the war, and after the war the site had as many former German sites been used by Nato. The place has undergone some changes since the war but I hoped to find some proof of its history. 
I walked the faintly visible old road which I had seen on the maps and expected to approach a couple of old Nato barracks but found a big old German barrack, probably it was a garage at some point. It was locked off so I didn`t make any effort to go inside, I prefer having the owners permission for that as it had a new tractor road leading up to it so it is clearly in use. Around it I found a few German Kraftstoff barrells and a WH axe. Much of the signals I had from the detector was old Nato training ammo and foil from rations and almost no signs of German activity. I crossed the road and found another barrack and behind it was a little slope where the place Im searching might be. Seems the forest floor hid a big dumpingsite. Relics poking out from under the grass and I made a little test dig to make sure its worth going back here for some more intensive digging :)
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One can never have too many WH axes.
ww2 relic hunting metal detecting hobbyhistorica yngve sjødin inka fisher f5 garrett carrot treasure hunting
ww2 relic hunting metal detecting hobbyhistorica yngve sjødin inka fisher f5 garrett carrot treasure hunting
ww2 relic hunting metal detecting hobbyhistorica yngve sjødin inka fisher f5 garrett carrot treasure hunting
Mystery part.
ww2 relic hunting metal detecting hobbyhistorica yngve sjødin inka fisher f5 garrett carrot treasure hunting
ww2 relic hunting metal detecting hobbyhistorica yngve sjødin inka fisher f5 garrett carrot treasure hunting
I think it is from a practise mine.
ww2 relic hunting metal detecting hobbyhistorica yngve sjødin inka fisher f5 garrett carrot treasure hunting
ww2 relic hunting metal detecting hobbyhistorica yngve sjødin inka fisher f5 garrett carrot treasure hunting
7.5 cm PaK shell container lid.
ww2 relic hunting metal detecting hobbyhistorica yngve sjødin inka fisher f5 garrett carrot treasure hunting
Shovel, karbid lamp and a barrell band.
ww2 relic hunting metal detecting hobbyhistorica yngve sjødin inka fisher f5 garrett carrot treasure hunting
ww2 relic hunting metal detecting hobbyhistorica yngve sjødin inka fisher f5 garrett carrot treasure hunting
A large 5 l pitcher.
ww2 relic hunting metal detecting hobbyhistorica yngve sjødin inka fisher f5 garrett carrot treasure hunting
Old thermos.
ww2 relic hunting metal detecting hobbyhistorica yngve sjødin inka fisher f5 garrett carrot treasure hunting
ww2 relic hunting metal detecting hobbyhistorica yngve sjødin inka fisher f5 garrett carrot treasure hunting
Food tin and Marschgetrink.
ww2 relic hunting metal detecting hobbyhistorica yngve sjødin inka fisher f5 garrett carrot treasure hunting
A gearshifter.
ww2 relic hunting metal detecting hobbyhistorica yngve sjødin inka fisher f5 garrett carrot treasure hunting
ww2 relic hunting metal detecting hobbyhistorica yngve sjødin inka fisher f5 garrett carrot treasure hunting
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