I managed to dig three dumping pits in the Wehrmacht camp today. It was rather large pits and hard work so now Im exhausted. The first pit was full of tree roots going through it and some large heavy rocks and very little interesting bits. I had to dig through it all because the very first item to come out of it was a nice Erkennungsmärke, a German EKM stamped "KGF" (Kriegsgefangenenlager) a great find that fits right into my EKM collection. I found the steering from a bike cycle, another French soldier drinking cup, lots of boot heel irons and a large piece which I think is a field made scale. As I moved around the pit it was only junk, except the lid of a mess kit. When I checked the sides of the pit after having refilled it I got a interesting signal. I tore away the moss and used the pinpointer to locate the signal. It was another EKM!! A field made Stalag tag! Wonderfull!
The second pit was also large but held nothing but food tins and wire bits.I spent one and a half hour digging it and didn`t find a single relic worth saving.
In the third pit it was strong and good signals from the detector so I had big hopes when opening it up. This was by far the most difficult one to dig. Wire bits zig zagged through it and it was a burn pit so the rusted stuff was like cemented together, but somehow I managed to complete it in the end. It was lots of melted glass in it, nails, some burnt up field batteries, no less than 7 shovels in different sizes and a whole bunch of Norwegian made 7.62 casings. I was drenched in sweat when I finally reached the bottom of it after a few hours and could refill it.
Now it was time to detect my way back to the car and I used the last of my energy to pick up a few signals and do some probing on some strong mixed signals. There is more dumping pits to dig another day. It ll be next week coz tomorrow I ll just stay home and relax and prehaps clean some of the relics I ve found this week.
When I got home I rinsed the two EKMs and had a nice surprise on the KGF one. On the backside o it was two small flowers engraved, really nice.
So my friends, until Monday, Keep Smiling :)
The second pit was also large but held nothing but food tins and wire bits.I spent one and a half hour digging it and didn`t find a single relic worth saving.
In the third pit it was strong and good signals from the detector so I had big hopes when opening it up. This was by far the most difficult one to dig. Wire bits zig zagged through it and it was a burn pit so the rusted stuff was like cemented together, but somehow I managed to complete it in the end. It was lots of melted glass in it, nails, some burnt up field batteries, no less than 7 shovels in different sizes and a whole bunch of Norwegian made 7.62 casings. I was drenched in sweat when I finally reached the bottom of it after a few hours and could refill it.
Now it was time to detect my way back to the car and I used the last of my energy to pick up a few signals and do some probing on some strong mixed signals. There is more dumping pits to dig another day. It ll be next week coz tomorrow I ll just stay home and relax and prehaps clean some of the relics I ve found this week.
When I got home I rinsed the two EKMs and had a nice surprise on the KGF one. On the backside o it was two small flowers engraved, really nice.
So my friends, until Monday, Keep Smiling :)
Finding the KGF EKM.
French soldier cup.
Chimney from a stove.
A field made scale?
Lid from a mess kit.
Boot heel irons.
Small tools.
Spark plug.
Finding the second EKM.
The second pit was filled with only trash.
Rotted gasmask filter.
Destroyed lantern.
Opening the third dumping pit.
Bottles,one melted.
Melted bottle.
In the third pit was also alot of boot heel irons.
Bike pedals and bell.
The camp had electric fence around.
Seven shovels was in the last pit. Makes me wonder how they dug them down :D
Lots of 7.62 casings and some shotgun casings.
Proof that the bear shits in the woods.
The spoon gave off a great signal which I had to dig.
Walking to the car I picked up these two, a 12.7 and a 7.62 casing.
The tags lightly cleaned.
Two nicely engraved flowers on the back of the EKM.
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