Winter is slowly approaching here north. The last few mornings fresh snow has been spotted on the tallest mountain tops and the temperature is rapidly declining. Yesterday morning it was only +6 degree Celsius when we had our morning coffee and prepared to go to the forest, so an extra layer of clothes was put on. We went to the forest where the plan was to find some rust, and some berries. I walked right on a small dumping pit where I found a nice ink jar and a few gaming pieces between a bunch of rusted junk, and during the time it took me to search through the dump, Girlfriend had filled half bag of Cloudberries. We made a little basecamp in the middle of a barrack foundation in an old German camp and spent the next hours roaming around, getting leg training while picking berries and checking signals from the detector. We met up now and then for a warming cup of Chaga or some food. The day went on but I had no luck with my searching. The grounds were full of metal but I couldn`t find the good stuff. Only a few items I felt was worth saving. A broken entrenching tool, a nice enamelled bowl, a little bit rusted enamelled cup, a RAD marked karbid lamp, a belt made of tyre rubber and two small ashtrays with some embossed nature scene. I found a whole bunch of K98 rounds which I buried, a few engine parts, a few rusted kraftstoff cans, kilometers of barbed wire and bits of a cast iron stove, all left where I found it. The last signal I dug was a cigarett case which I saved even if it had been broken in two. Even if I didn`t have any luck with the relics, Girlfriend had luck with berries and mushrooms :)
The rest of the day we spent together filling a couple of bags with big and juicy blueberries so we can have some jam for the winter, and when we got back home we ate a bowl of it with sugar, a really nice pre-dinner snack :D
Today Girlfriend went early to work, so I got up and prepared for another day in the forest. My plan was to start a dumping pit I found a few weeks ago, a big one. I stocked up on some food and water and took off as soon as the coffee jar was empty. I had gps marked the place so it was easy enough to find back to it and I went to work. A few hours in and I had dug out a whole lot of bottles, and even more rusted junk and the pile kept growing the more I dug. Now and then a nice looking relic was placed in another pile that didn`t grow as rapidly as the junk pile. I could feel the fresh and sharp autumn air everytime I took a few minutes break, and it was quite cozy with the rays from the low autumn sun penetrating the yellowing canopy, but as soon as I began searching through the dumping pit again all that was forgotten. I pulled out a lantern of the type often used on airfields and with panzers, a big vaffel iron (!), a pair of ski boots, a civillian field torch, a giant vinagre bottle which is quite rare, a few coins and a whole bunch of gaming pieces. I also found a bakelite butter dish lid which was quite nice as I`ve found two bottom parts earlier so now at least one of them will be complete, a leather K98 ammo pouch and a whole bunch of 7.92 rounds. I was struggling a bit with a large piece of metal I couldn`t really identify before I had it up on the surface, and to my surprise it was a rather nice and almost intact bunker stove. I have earlier found a few of the parts that it was missing so thats a project I have for winter now, cleaning it up and making it look presentable again. With the backpack now filled to the point of bursting, and afternoon creeping up it was time to fill back the hole and find my way back to the car, barely able to walk under the weight of the relics :D As soon as I get the time I ll be back continuing this dumping pit as it is large and might take 5 or 6 more visits, maybe I ll manage it before King Winter is upon us..
The rest of the day we spent together filling a couple of bags with big and juicy blueberries so we can have some jam for the winter, and when we got back home we ate a bowl of it with sugar, a really nice pre-dinner snack :D
Today Girlfriend went early to work, so I got up and prepared for another day in the forest. My plan was to start a dumping pit I found a few weeks ago, a big one. I stocked up on some food and water and took off as soon as the coffee jar was empty. I had gps marked the place so it was easy enough to find back to it and I went to work. A few hours in and I had dug out a whole lot of bottles, and even more rusted junk and the pile kept growing the more I dug. Now and then a nice looking relic was placed in another pile that didn`t grow as rapidly as the junk pile. I could feel the fresh and sharp autumn air everytime I took a few minutes break, and it was quite cozy with the rays from the low autumn sun penetrating the yellowing canopy, but as soon as I began searching through the dumping pit again all that was forgotten. I pulled out a lantern of the type often used on airfields and with panzers, a big vaffel iron (!), a pair of ski boots, a civillian field torch, a giant vinagre bottle which is quite rare, a few coins and a whole bunch of gaming pieces. I also found a bakelite butter dish lid which was quite nice as I`ve found two bottom parts earlier so now at least one of them will be complete, a leather K98 ammo pouch and a whole bunch of 7.92 rounds. I was struggling a bit with a large piece of metal I couldn`t really identify before I had it up on the surface, and to my surprise it was a rather nice and almost intact bunker stove. I have earlier found a few of the parts that it was missing so thats a project I have for winter now, cleaning it up and making it look presentable again. With the backpack now filled to the point of bursting, and afternoon creeping up it was time to fill back the hole and find my way back to the car, barely able to walk under the weight of the relics :D As soon as I get the time I ll be back continuing this dumping pit as it is large and might take 5 or 6 more visits, maybe I ll manage it before King Winter is upon us..
Leather strap, ink jar and gaming pieces.
Engine part.
Also an engine part.
Enamelled cup.
German entrenching tool.
Bike pump.
K98 rounds.
Enamelled bowl.
Karbid lamp.
Krafstoff cannister.
Belt made from rubber and two small ashtrays.
Spoon.
Part of a speaker.
Rotted MG ammo box.
The Blue Gold.
One of the ashtrays cleaned up.You can see a reindeer and a mountain on it.
Civillian torch.
Bakelite lid for a jar.
Ski boots.
Lantern.
Would be so cool if one could see the pics on it.
Lightbulb.
Ammo.
Butter dish, the lid was complete but the bottom was gone.
Vaffel iron. This I am going to restore, and later have "Luftwaffels" :)
No shortage of bottles here.
Vinagre bottle.
Bunker stove.
Ammo pouch.
Gaming pieces.
Coins. German-, Norwegian- and Finnish ones.
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