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.
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.
Opel hubcap.
Horse comb.
Food tins.
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.
K98 cleaning kit.
Straps with D-Rings.
Some ammo.
Edelweiss badge.
Producer marked.
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:)
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:)
Leather harness.
Crate parts.
Spur and boot heel iron.
Melted porcelain.
Unknown thing.
Cooking pan,tools and a wheel.
Sadly the rain coat was totally rotten.
Leather pouch for EKM.
A pair of spurs.
Tentpegs.
Soldier boots.Looks to be cut-down tall marching boots.
D.R.G.M
Knifes with bone handles.
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