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Gaming Pieces

7/15/2020

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Yesterday me ,Baard and Skule went to check out a forest a landowner tipped us about. He had told us that it had been both a German camp , and a camp for Soviet prisoners of war there. It was relatively early on the day but it was already pretty warm and the flies and mosquitoes soon got word around that humans were on the menu. Just a few minutes in we had proof of wartime activity as the detectors pointed out the usual food tins, K98 rounds and stripper clips. We found the foundations of a burned down house or hut having signals all over it so we spent a while checking that out, but most of the stuff that saw daylight again was destroyed, a couple of losantine boxes, a coin and a few bottles could be worth saving though. Checking out the area further showed the foundations of several  barracks and buildings spread out across the small hillside and there were signals everywhere.  Beneath a big old pine tree a small dumping pit was found. A few large rocks had been dumped on top of it but a few nice relics came out of it after struggling the rocks out of the way. One surprise from that pit was a Firestone ashtray, sadly the rubber tire around it had rotted away though. Other than that was a heap of 7.92 rounds, the rests of a watch, a few tent pegs, a french toothpowder tin, a dice, a can opener and a few other of the usual bits. 
Several hours went by picking up some of the single signals that covered the place, but nothing out of the ordinary came out from the forest floor. Around lunchtime I managed to stick my hand under a rock and slice a finger open on a broken bottle, so again the little medic kit I always carry with the digger gear came in handy. Having lunch somewhere in a forest, away from the sounds of "civilization", enjoying good food, hot coffee, a chat and prehaps even a cigarett is such a bliss that it is hard to describe. Having new energy we spent another few hours searching the forest, sometimes peeking up at the sky when hearing the ravens` scream and the brush of wind through their wings. 
We had planned to visit a friend that lives nearby the site so when time came we headed slowly back to the cars. At this point I found a small dumping pit and began searching through it. It held some rubbish and broken glass but suddenly the first of many gaming pieces peeked out from the sand, and next a rather rare red bakelite 7.92 round. Suddenly I saw blood dropping on to my gloves and smock sleeve. I looked at the guys asking who is bleeding, or is it the Predator lurking in the trees above?? But the blood came from an insect bite on my ear, which I hadnt`t felt at all. Now there were so many flies on my arm and back it was creepy, so I kept on digging the pit so we could get out of the forest. In the end my pocket was full of the gaming pieces, when I counted them later I had 71 of them, including 5 dices!! A rather great little haul.
We made it back to the cars and went for a coffee at our friend`s place and made a halfway plan for another dig very soon.
Keep Smiling, and stay dirty!! :)
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A modified spoon.
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The bottom of a detonator box.
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A cream jar, mirror, losantine box and a chain for the RG34 rifle cleaning kit.
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Can opener.
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Scissors.
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First dice of the day.
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Ashtray. "Firestone-the mark of quality"
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Tent pegs.
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Mauser rounds.
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Doramad - Radioactive toothpaste.
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Foundations of a large building on top of the hill.
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100ml medical bottle.
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French toothpowder tin.
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Gaming pieces.
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Stripper clips.
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Part of a matchbox cover.
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Butter box 3D puzzle.
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Found in the middle of one of the barrack foundations, a Canadian 1 Cent from 1981.
Some of the finds cleaned up:
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French toothpowder tin.
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MP38/STG44, and K98 rubber muzzle caps, and the bakelite K98 round.
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The lot of gaming pieces from the dumping pit.
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