Yesterday was the last day me, Baard and his son could dig together this season. Their holiday is over and they have to go home. We met up early and went to the German camp where we had dug the large ditch with all the barrack ovens in as it needed to be completed. A bit after 09 we found the place and began removing the last layers of sand and rust in the ditch. It didn`t take long before we began pulling out some nicer relics. A bakelite drinking cup for a German field flask, another Heer belt buckle, a couple of tiny ashtrays and a göffel in very nice condition. We found more fieldkitchen related bits, a huge meat cleaver, a meat grinder and a large cheese grater. We also pulled out a closed metal jar marked "Borax" on the lid. We used a bayonet to carefully open it without damaging it and inside were some rests of borax which had crystalized. More relics found their way onto our piles - pocket knives, a couple of matchbox holders, forks, cream tubes and a toothbrush, also a inkwell full of blue ink and a nice axehead. On the bottom of the ditch were remains of a wooden crate and a half of a mortar grenade box. When we were sure the ditch was empty we filled it back in.
The rest of the day, which became increasingly warm we roamed around digging signals. The result from that strolling was a pioneer axehead, a fieldflask clip, some training ammo with wooden tips, some live K98 rounds, an Esbit burner and lots of other rust. The heat killed our energy with great efficiency so after 8 hours we called it quits, gathered up our things and went home looking forward to next time.
The rest of the day, which became increasingly warm we roamed around digging signals. The result from that strolling was a pioneer axehead, a fieldflask clip, some training ammo with wooden tips, some live K98 rounds, an Esbit burner and lots of other rust. The heat killed our energy with great efficiency so after 8 hours we called it quits, gathered up our things and went home looking forward to next time.
A small enamelled funnel.
Nice bakelite cup.
Blue ink.
Göffel with producer mark and initials engraved.
The box of Borax.
Skule handing over the tin opener.
Matchbox holder with Vikingship and a ashtray.
Another matchboxholder with vikingship and Nordkapp - Norge.
Two more of the tiny ashtrays.
Meatgrinder.
The large meatcleaver. It is mostly bits of cloth and soil stuck on the blade.
Axe head.
The Heer buckle, buckle number four from this ditch.
Pocket knife with bakelite grip.
Forks.
Dental stuff.
Razors and shaving cream jar.
A round horseshoe...
Pioneer axe.
Esbit burner.
Clip.
Radio parts.
Half mortar grenade box.
Partly melted messkit lid.
Mystery bits.
Wooden tipped training rounds.
Boys will be boys:)
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