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Gebirgsjäger Stables

8/16/2017

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hobbyhistorica ww2 relic hunting gebirgsjäger capitulation site
Yesterday I made a little trip to the site where the capitulating Gebirgsjägers had their stables. It is not a large piece of land but parts of it is at the moment heavily overgrown, so a trip here later in the autumn is neccessary. On the area I did search there wasn`t too much to find, but I made a few little finds. Someone had some fun throwing horse shoe ice cleat bolts around coz I found lots of those scattered around. I found a large hole with a great strong signal but it seemed to be full of wires and of a thickness my pliers had problems with so I ll return to that one later as well armed with some stronger tool. I found a small ditch where a couple of crates had been burnt and picked with me the carrying handles and a horseshoe tool which also was there. The next little pit I dug had nothing but a horse harness, but next to it I found a part from a Egg hand grenade. And a few moments later I found another one like it but without the ignitor pull.
As the afternoon approached I discovered a larger ditch full of signals and began digging it. Lots of wires and barrell bands lay just benath the surface and I kept removing them and when I tried to find a spot next to the ditch with no signals to place them I had a good signal. I opened it up and it was a small dumping pit with a few items. The first one I pulled out was the bottom of a soldiers Kochgeschirr (cooking pot) and a small frying pan. The rotted remains of a blanket came out from the pit and another horseshoe tool. On the bottom was a horse bit and a nice wine bottle with much of the label intact. Of all the hundreds of bottles I ve dug this was a first so I was pleased with tha find. By now it had started raining quite heavily so I found it best to retreat and I ll hopefully make it out there again tomorrow morning :)
hobbyhistorica ww2 relic hunting gebirgsjäger capitulation site
Parts of a burnt crate and some other bits.
hobbyhistorica ww2 relic hunting gebirgsjäger capitulation site
The rests of a burnt crate.
hobbyhistorica ww2 relic hunting gebirgsjäger capitulation site
I have never seen this thing before but I guess its for some horse equipment.
hobbyhistorica ww2 relic hunting gebirgsjäger capitulation site
Horse harness.
hobbyhistorica ww2 relic hunting gebirgsjäger capitulation site
The ants must think Im sweet as sugar coz they were all over me, like moss on a Mississippi tree stump.
hobbyhistorica ww2 relic hunting gebirgsjäger capitulation site
Grenade parts.
hobbyhistorica ww2 relic hunting gebirgsjäger capitulation site
Stinging nettles.
hobbyhistorica ww2 relic hunting gebirgsjäger capitulation site
I might be mistaken but I think it is a foot rest from a motorcycle.
hobbyhistorica ww2 relic hunting gebirgsjäger capitulation site
I like to find these things.
hobbyhistorica ww2 relic hunting gebirgsjäger capitulation site
Kochgeschirr.
hobbyhistorica ww2 relic hunting gebirgsjäger capitulation site
A small frying pan.
hobbyhistorica ww2 relic hunting gebirgsjäger capitulation site
Rusted tin with some goo inside.
hobbyhistorica ww2 relic hunting gebirgsjäger capitulation site
A horse bit and horseshoe tool
hobbyhistorica ww2 relic hunting gebirgsjäger capitulation site
Very nice to find a bottle with intact label.
hobbyhistorica ww2 relic hunting gebirgsjäger capitulation site
hobbyhistorica ww2 relic hunting gebirgsjäger capitulation site
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Jeff Ryan
12/20/2020 01:16:21 pm

The item you thought might be a foot rest for a motorcycle is actually part of a horse drawn wagon. It is the part that actually holds the wheel onto the axle. The hole in the bottom is for a clip or pin to go through.

The wheel is slid onto the axle. The axle then protrudes for the wheel. The part is then slid through a hole in the axle and then a safety clip secures it into place.

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inka
12/20/2020 01:39:31 pm

Thanks a lot:)

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