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Spring in November

11/6/2021

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After nearly two weeks with sub zero temperatures, snow and ice, the weather suddenly changed. When I went to bed one evening it was -8 degree Celsius and the next morning a jolly +9 degree. A few such warm days with loads of rain later had thawed the ground enough for me to spend the daylight hours out in the forest. I had been hoping for this to happen so I hadn`t put away the digging gear yet. As soon as breakfast was done and the Girlfriend had gone to work I went to search more in the last dumping ditch I had found. 
It was only patches of snow left in the forest and even if the ground wasn`t completely thawed it was easy enough to dig. Of course it didn`t take long before the fingers were numb from the cold ground. The ditch was full of broken glass and thanks to the numbness I didn`t notice before I was back home that I had sliced one of my fingers. I hoped to find the missing part from the pistol I found last time, but after a few hours going through the rest of the ditch I was no part richer. I saved a few other items which I liked that had survived time relatively intact. A bakelite drinking cup for the canteen had a small hole in the side but I figured it could still be displayed so I put it in the backpack. Bottles came to the surface, and even though I am soon drowning in small bottles I couldn`t leave them behind, I piled them all into the backpack too. A small and thin brass lighter and some bakelite bits were pretty much the rest of the items worth saving from the ditch. My favorite find was a small red bakelite box for some ibuprofen like pills, "Spalt tabletten".
I still had a few hours left before dusk so I began searching the area to one of the sides of the ditch. Here I picked up a few Finnish coins before I dug a signal that proved to be a small dumping pit. I dug out parts of a backpack, a padlock and key, some buttons and small bottles and also another bakelite drinking cup. This one complete with no holes.  But now it began to be difficult to see what I was digging out from the dark soil. The horizon had become pink and purple so I found my way back to the car.
Yesterday I made another trip back there. I started early and went on till dusk again. Except for a few uniform buttons and coins, an ether bottle, a stripper clip and a ammo pouch full of K98 rounds I only dug up rubbish. I had so few finds because I wandered out of the "hot-spot" to see if I could find other such spots of which there almost guaranteed is more of in these woods. On top of a small hill there were many dug outs that could be dumping pits. I checked, and there were some great signals here and there but they were all junk from modern army excersises.
From the top of the hill I did get a nice overview of parts of the old German camp. Now I could see the outlines of several barracks and some pathways where snow was laying a few centimeters deeper and hadn`t melted away yet. Something for next season.
I found my way back to where I had begun and just as daylight started to wane and like a perfect end to the day the batteries in both the detector and the pinpointer drew their last breaths.
When I was home and cleaned the finds something happened to the damaged bakelite cup. It began twisting and bulging itself like it was alive, although very slowly, but after a few hours it had completely changed shape, I ll leave some pics of it further down..
Later in the evening the temps dropped to below zero and now as I am writing this everything outside is again covered with fresh snow, so maybe this is the end of the season, or maybe we ll be so lucky and get an "autumn-december". Anyway it was awesome to get these bonus days of digging, and I hope the winter will be short :)

Have a nice day :)
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hobbyhistorica relic hunting history hunter battlefield searching metal detecting fisher f5 garrett pin pointer northern norway WH camp wehrmacht  yngve sjodin yngve sjødin inka holmes ww2 treasure hunting
4711 Glockengasse perfume with the label intact.
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Reserve ski tip. Sadly completely rotted.
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This bakelite cup had a small hole on the other side.
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hobbyhistorica relic hunting history hunter battlefield searching metal detecting fisher f5 garrett pin pointer northern norway WH camp wehrmacht  yngve sjodin yngve sjødin inka holmes ww2 treasure hunting
Another bottle with lable.
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Losantine boxes and a lightswitch.
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Tent peg.
hobbyhistorica relic hunting history hunter battlefield searching metal detecting fisher f5 garrett pin pointer northern norway WH camp wehrmacht  yngve sjodin yngve sjødin inka holmes ww2 treasure hunting
A lighter.
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hobbyhistorica relic hunting history hunter battlefield searching metal detecting fisher f5 garrett pin pointer northern norway WH camp wehrmacht  yngve sjodin yngve sjødin inka holmes ww2 treasure hunting
I wonder what was in these bottles..
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hobbyhistorica relic hunting history hunter battlefield searching metal detecting fisher f5 garrett pin pointer northern norway WH camp wehrmacht  yngve sjodin yngve sjødin inka holmes ww2 treasure hunting
Green plastic/bakelite. Could it be a  fancy napkin holder? For sure a mystery part..
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Pill box.
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Finnish coin.
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Padlock.
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Inkwell, key, perfume and bakelite cup.
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Rubber band. Often used to attach camo on helmets.
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A bottle with some mystery goo inside.
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Odol.
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hobbyhistorica relic hunting history hunter battlefield searching metal detecting fisher f5 garrett pin pointer northern norway WH camp wehrmacht  yngve sjodin yngve sjødin inka holmes ww2 treasure hunting
Uniform button.
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Stripper clip and ether.
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hobbyhistorica relic hunting history hunter battlefield searching metal detecting fisher f5 garrett pin pointer northern norway WH camp wehrmacht  yngve sjodin yngve sjødin inka holmes ww2 treasure hunting
Ammo pouch.
hobbyhistorica relic hunting history hunter battlefield searching metal detecting fisher f5 garrett pin pointer northern norway WH camp wehrmacht  yngve sjodin yngve sjødin inka holmes ww2 treasure hunting
hobbyhistorica relic hunting history hunter battlefield searching metal detecting fisher f5 garrett pin pointer northern norway WH camp wehrmacht  yngve sjodin yngve sjødin inka holmes ww2 treasure hunting
hobbyhistorica relic hunting history hunter battlefield searching metal detecting fisher f5 garrett pin pointer northern norway WH camp wehrmacht  yngve sjodin yngve sjødin inka holmes ww2 treasure hunting
Norwegian coin.
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hobbyhistorica relic hunting history hunter battlefield searching metal detecting fisher f5 garrett pin pointer northern norway WH camp wehrmacht  yngve sjodin yngve sjødin inka holmes ww2 treasure hunting
"Nato plastic"
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Some of the cleaned finds:
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hobbyhistorica relic hunting history hunter battlefield searching metal detecting fisher f5 garrett pin pointer northern norway WH camp wehrmacht  yngve sjodin yngve sjødin inka holmes ww2 treasure hunting
hobbyhistorica relic hunting history hunter battlefield searching metal detecting fisher f5 garrett pin pointer northern norway WH camp wehrmacht  yngve sjodin yngve sjødin inka holmes ww2 treasure hunting
hobbyhistorica relic hunting history hunter battlefield searching metal detecting fisher f5 garrett pin pointer northern norway WH camp wehrmacht  yngve sjodin yngve sjødin inka holmes ww2 treasure hunting
A nametag that was never completed, the letters only penciled up ready to be engraved.
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The bakelite cup that crumbled itself.
hobbyhistorica relic hunting history hunter battlefield searching metal detecting fisher f5 garrett pin pointer northern norway WH camp wehrmacht  yngve sjodin yngve sjødin inka holmes ww2 treasure hunting
hobbyhistorica relic hunting history hunter battlefield searching metal detecting fisher f5 garrett pin pointer northern norway WH camp wehrmacht  yngve sjodin yngve sjødin inka holmes ww2 treasure hunting
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