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Award & Badge Day

9/25/2019

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hobbyhistorica ww2 metal detecting relic hunting history hunter battlefield archaeology norsk rustjegerforbund narvik 1940
The last few days it has been temperatures below zero, so now it has become a race against time. Winter will be here very soon so I had to get out to the Wehrmacht camp today. I put on an extra layer of clothes and jumped in the car and found the forest. I turned on the Fisher F5 and immediately found three coins laying buried. Two German 1 pfennig and one I haven`t figured out yet what is. I picked up some more signals but it was the usual modern rubbish as I strolled towards the sandy rise where I found the helmet last time, with big hopes for another one. Well, it didn`t exactly turn out that way. I found a small dumping pit which I spent an hour or so on digging out. Lots of bottles came out from the sand, a pocket knife, a few bakelite light switches, some medical ampoules and an enema :D The next find in the pit was jaw dropping. I saw blue and white enamel and when I brushed off some sand I saw the German/Finnish Nordfront badge shining in my eyes. I carefully picked it up and it was in very nice condition. I always wanted to find one so it was hard to believe I held it in my hand.
I filled back the pit, stretched my back and went on for an uneventful half hour. I sat down and had lunch while I watched the ravens fly between the tree tops before I continued the search. Now I had another good signal and dug up a broken harmonica, but the signals kept coming so I threw of my backpack and opened up the forest floor. I dragged out a big hot food thermos, sadly broken, and more metal and bottles kept coming. I dug wider and deeper and now small gaming pieces peeked out. Lots of them in different colors. I found a 50 pfennig coin, cutlery, a tent peg and some losantine boxes. I lifted out some more of the sand and saw a pointy end of an item and knew it was a War Merit award. It was in great condition! I spent a few hours completing this pit and in the end I had a nice pile of relics. Several clay alco bottles, two bakelite boxes for cannons and several razors. I also found a silver lighter, and part of a trench-art ashtray with a matchbox holder. In the edge of the pit I found hundreds of German 9mm rounds inside the rest of a rotted zink box.
​I had finished the pit and had planned to stroll around some more but a cold wind brought in lots of rain so I called it quits and started on my trip home. I really hope I can make it out there again tomorrow, maybe there is more medals, helmets and awards to be found.
hobbyhistorica ww2 metal detecting relic hunting history hunter battlefield archaeology norsk rustjegerforbund narvik 1940
Three coins was the first finds today, a good beginning.
hobbyhistorica ww2 metal detecting relic hunting history hunter battlefield archaeology norsk rustjegerforbund narvik 1940
hobbyhistorica ww2 metal detecting relic hunting history hunter battlefield archaeology norsk rustjegerforbund narvik 1940
Not sure what this one is, the backside is unreadable.
hobbyhistorica ww2 metal detecting relic hunting history hunter battlefield archaeology norsk rustjegerforbund narvik 1940
A small bottle hoard.
hobbyhistorica ww2 metal detecting relic hunting history hunter battlefield archaeology norsk rustjegerforbund narvik 1940
hobbyhistorica ww2 metal detecting relic hunting history hunter battlefield archaeology norsk rustjegerforbund narvik 1940
Bottle for 100ml Datura.
hobbyhistorica ww2 metal detecting relic hunting history hunter battlefield archaeology norsk rustjegerforbund narvik 1940
Light switches.
hobbyhistorica ww2 metal detecting relic hunting history hunter battlefield archaeology norsk rustjegerforbund narvik 1940
Part of an enema.
hobbyhistorica ww2 metal detecting relic hunting history hunter battlefield archaeology norsk rustjegerforbund narvik 1940
Tablets and cream.
hobbyhistorica ww2 metal detecting relic hunting history hunter battlefield archaeology norsk rustjegerforbund narvik 1940
Finding a sock was great coz mine were wet.
hobbyhistorica ww2 metal detecting relic hunting history hunter battlefield archaeology norsk rustjegerforbund narvik 1940
The Nordfront badge.
hobbyhistorica ww2 metal detecting relic hunting history hunter battlefield archaeology norsk rustjegerforbund narvik 1940
hobbyhistorica ww2 metal detecting relic hunting history hunter battlefield archaeology norsk rustjegerforbund narvik 1940
The broken harmonica led to a whole bunch of finds.
hobbyhistorica ww2 metal detecting relic hunting history hunter battlefield archaeology norsk rustjegerforbund narvik 1940
Hot food thermos and bottles.
hobbyhistorica ww2 metal detecting relic hunting history hunter battlefield archaeology norsk rustjegerforbund narvik 1940
hobbyhistorica ww2 metal detecting relic hunting history hunter battlefield archaeology norsk rustjegerforbund narvik 1940
War Merit Cross.
hobbyhistorica ww2 metal detecting relic hunting history hunter battlefield archaeology norsk rustjegerforbund narvik 1940
hobbyhistorica ww2 metal detecting relic hunting history hunter battlefield archaeology norsk rustjegerforbund narvik 1940
hobbyhistorica ww2 metal detecting relic hunting history hunter battlefield archaeology norsk rustjegerforbund narvik 1940
Bakelite.
hobbyhistorica ww2 metal detecting relic hunting history hunter battlefield archaeology norsk rustjegerforbund narvik 1940
Ink pots.
hobbyhistorica ww2 metal detecting relic hunting history hunter battlefield archaeology norsk rustjegerforbund narvik 1940
Fork, Göffel and knife.
hobbyhistorica ww2 metal detecting relic hunting history hunter battlefield archaeology norsk rustjegerforbund narvik 1940
Two of the razors.
hobbyhistorica ww2 metal detecting relic hunting history hunter battlefield archaeology norsk rustjegerforbund narvik 1940
50 Pfennig.
hobbyhistorica ww2 metal detecting relic hunting history hunter battlefield archaeology norsk rustjegerforbund narvik 1940
Small silver lighter.
hobbyhistorica ww2 metal detecting relic hunting history hunter battlefield archaeology norsk rustjegerforbund narvik 1940
Oilers for Krag Joergensen.
Picture
hobbyhistorica ww2 metal detecting relic hunting history hunter battlefield archaeology norsk rustjegerforbund narvik 1940
Gaming pieces.
hobbyhistorica ww2 metal detecting relic hunting history hunter battlefield archaeology norsk rustjegerforbund narvik 1940
Mystery brass box.
hobbyhistorica ww2 metal detecting relic hunting history hunter battlefield archaeology norsk rustjegerforbund narvik 1940
Tag for keys maybe.
hobbyhistorica ww2 metal detecting relic hunting history hunter battlefield archaeology norsk rustjegerforbund narvik 1940
Trench-art thingy.
hobbyhistorica ww2 metal detecting relic hunting history hunter battlefield archaeology norsk rustjegerforbund narvik 1940
Clay bottles.
hobbyhistorica ww2 metal detecting relic hunting history hunter battlefield archaeology norsk rustjegerforbund narvik 1940
9mm rounds.
hobbyhistorica ww2 metal detecting relic hunting history hunter battlefield archaeology norsk rustjegerforbund narvik 1940
hobbyhistorica ww2 metal detecting relic hunting history hunter battlefield archaeology norsk rustjegerforbund narvik 1940
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hobbyhistorica ww2 metal detecting relic hunting history hunter battlefield archaeology norsk rustjegerforbund narvik 1940
hobbyhistorica ww2 metal detecting relic hunting history hunter battlefield archaeology norsk rustjegerforbund narvik 1940
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