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Horseshoes & Boot Heel Irons

9/13/2017

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The last couple of days I didn`t find anything interesting but today I had some more luck. I went relatively early out to the Wehrmacht camp, armed with my Fisher and my shovel. The weather was grey but it didn`t rain. I had decided to only dig strong mixed signals today, which means dumping- and burn pits. The area is full of signals so it ll take a lifetime to pick them all. The first signal I opened up was a mix of rotted enamelled pots, food tins and a ton of boot heel irons, I didn`t count them all but for sure it was more than 50 of them down there. I also found a lid from a messkit in the pit. 
The second place I dug held mostly nails and wire bits but also a tent peg and a helmet liner band. I dug alot around to try find the helmet but I had no luck with that.
The third little dumping pit gave a handfull of horseshoes and a large piece of a ceramic pipe and a zink bit which I think is from a French ammo box.
I moved a bit further into the forest and had a great and deep signal which had to be investigated. Ca half meter down was a large kettle or cut down fuel drum. It lay upside down and to make things easier I tunnelled under it from the side, but it was nothing more there. Prehaps it came from one of the camps toilets.
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The bucket was filled with boot heel irons.
hobbyhistorica ww2 relic hunting metal detecting battlefield searching world war two treasure hunting
hobbyhistorica ww2 relic hunting metal detecting battlefield searching world war two treasure hunting
Boot heel irons.
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Sadly this bottle was broken.
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Messkit lid and food tin.
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Tent peg, part of bayonet scabbard frog and helmet liner band.
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Part of French ammo box.
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A handfull of horseshoes.
Picture
Ceramic pipe.
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Some rubbish.
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The large kettle or cut down fuel drum.
A little after lunchtime some dark low hanging clouds, ripe with rain babies moved in and just a few moments later I was soaking wet, but I didn`t mind that because I had a new massive signal from the Fisher to check.  I pulled out horseshoe after horseshoe, some single ones and some bundled together. It must have been horshoes for half the Wehrmacht in the ditch! Some tools and rusted tins also came out from it. On the bottom of the ditch was a large and heavy piece. It took some fighting to get it to the surface and I was a bit stumped as I brushed the sand from it. I wonder if it might be a large air raid siren, but some research will give a definite answear. I placed it by a tree, refilled the ditch and went further into the forest. I didn`t stroll for long before I had another good signal that had to be dug. This time it was mostly rubbish in the pit, but I picked out a screwdriver with the wooden handle still intact and a cut down signal flare. 
By now I was all wet, hungry and getting tired, and both the backpacks was full, and I had a long way back to the car. It was a bit of a struggle getting back there with all the stuff including the heavy siren looking thing, but after a while I could start the car and drive home towards a warm shower and dry clothes.
Lets hope its better weather tomorrow and new treasures to be found.
​Stay Happy my friends :)
*EDIT* I just found out that the siren looking thing is actually a blower from a forge :)
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Horseshoes for half the Wehrmacht.
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hobbyhistorica ww2 relic hunting metal detecting battlefield searching world war two treasure hunting
Some kind of pipe.
hobbyhistorica ww2 relic hunting metal detecting battlefield searching world war two treasure hunting
A couple of tools.
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Wehrmacht axe head.
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hobbyhistorica ww2 relic hunting metal detecting battlefield searching world war two treasure hunting
One of the horshoe bundles had this little sign,marked "Ungen", never seen something like it before.
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Strange looking horseshoe.
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hobbyhistorica ww2 relic hunting metal detecting battlefield searching world war two treasure hunting
Blower from forge.
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hobbyhistorica ww2 relic hunting metal detecting battlefield searching world war two treasure hunting
Frying pan and screwdriver.
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Cut down signal flare casing.
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Another axe head.
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Barrack stove.
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Made by Org.Todt
hobbyhistorica ww2 relic hunting metal detecting battlefield searching world war two treasure hunting
Tired, wet and happy Digger.
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