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Bones & Edelweiss

7/14/2016

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Today I ll have a long evening cleaning relics..I just got back home from a great day in the forest. I went to the capitulation site again,hell bent on checking every single signal the Fisher would give me. Ofcourse digging in such a mode yields alot of rust,wirebits,nails and frustration, but suddenly you ll have a great find,or even discover a dumping pit. The mosquitoes soon smelled fresh blood so I had to give myself a good coating of mossie repellent,even took a swig of it,seemed to work as I wasnt bothered at all by them today.
The very first find of the day,not counting the rubbish found, was a Opel hubcap which hid beneath a piece of chain. Later I had located three small dumping pits where it was mostly food tins and bottles. The last of those pits had a nice item though,a small dish or ashtray with some engravings on,will be interesting to see it when its cleaned. 
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Opel hubcap.
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Horse comb.
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Food tins.
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After the dumping pits I found a cluster of signals spread around between some old trees. Had to chop a few roots to be able to dig out a k98 cleaning kit, some hooks and clasps from horse equipment, a few k98 rounds and two 9mm rounds also. And ofcourse it was here I found my first Edelweiss. I ve been digging GebirgsJäger sites for a couple of years now,but today finally I had a Edelweiss, a bit damaged but still,Happy with that find.
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K98 cleaning kit.
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Straps with D-Rings.
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Some ammo.
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Edelweiss badge.
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Producer marked.
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A few meters away from the Edelweiss I struck another dumping pit. The Fisher gave off signals for lots of different metal and that certainly needed to be investigated. In the pit was lots of barrell bands, a wheel from a wheelbarrel and a bunch of other stuff. Tent pegs, leather parts from a horse harness,a pair of soldier boots and a rotted to pieces rain coat with two D.R.G.M marked buttons. I also found two leather pouches for the Erkennungsmärken, but no tags,and a pair of spurs. The by far most interesting items in this pit was the two knifes,with bone handles. I never seen something like it before and they look to have been made by soldiers, abit macabre really.
Now I was exhausted and I had eaten all my food but was hungry as a wolf,so I began the walk back to the car and on my way I discovered a new dumping pit which seems to be a large one. I ll go back there tomorrow.
Stay muddy:)
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Leather harness.
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Crate parts.
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Spur and boot heel iron.
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Melted porcelain.
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Unknown thing.
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Cooking pan,tools and a wheel.
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Sadly the rain coat was totally rotten.
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Leather pouch for EKM.
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A pair of spurs.
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Tentpegs.
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Soldier boots.Looks to be cut-down tall marching boots.
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D.R.G.M
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Knifes with bone handles.
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