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9/14/2022

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We haven`t had more frosty nights since last week, but when I drove to the dig site yesterday I noticed that the fresh snow on the tops had crept a lot closer to the tree line. The forest covered hillsides, and most of the ground everywhere else are now a mix of green, yellow and red. It is really beautiful, so that the days are a bit wet is a low price to pay for such spectacular views. 
In the morning sun I did some walking around with the metal detector while enjoying all these colors going on around me. A few signals in I scored a mess kit, and a small box for ignitors. Near a little curve in the river going alongside the camp was a nice view point and there were a lot of food tins and bottles laying around under the moss and berrybushes. Clearly a place the soldiers had enjoyed hanging around after duty.  Nearby I dug up a very nice Finnish coin, a broken wall clock, an orange smoke candle and some cable reels.
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 Near the ruins of a small building I began digging a rather weak signal. It was half of a door hinge some five centimeter under the ground. I took it away and swept the detector over again. Now I got a weak but clear signal so I continued to dig. Soon I met large rocks and began suspecting it was a trash pit under them. The layer of rocks were ca 30-40 cm, but then metal, glass and bits of planks began showing up. Some of the bottles I pulled up had labels, or parts of labels intact, and it is always interesting to be able to see some of them since most bottles don`t have them any longer. Deeper in the pit was a Juwel primus, and then another one next to it. When I removed them I saw a leather pouch. I thought it could be for glasses or sunglasses, but inside there were some dentist tools, a big tweezer, scissors and a thermometer. What an odd and cool find! The next item also gave me great joy. A trench art cigarett case! Quite large and it looked to be nicely made. The motive on the lid was a man drinking champagne, and on the backside prehaps the name of the one portraited; "Hans Düppelhofer. Liinahamari (which is a small village in Petchenga, Russia) 1944". A super find! Something as unique and personal as a good trench art item is hard to find. The next item to be carefully tucked onto the pile of relics was a full ampoule. And then a intact lightbulb.

Some time later the bottom of the pit was found on ca one meter but how much was left to any of the sides I didn`t know yet. After widening it a little I knew what direction it went and I continued that way. Now I found the side of a possible box, and a little scraping and digging later I could take out a MG ammo box from the earthen wall. The handle was missing and the lid had a hole but other than that it was complete, and best of it all was the tri-tonal camo it was painted in! I`ll definitely find a good way to display that one. 
The well started to dry out but I was still fighting one of the last relics loose from a rock holding it tight. A gasmask canister, and inside it someone had stuck a Heer axe head, and a wooden pestle for a mortar grinder. The canister looked like it has lots of color left so I will give it a go in oxalic acid to see how much of the rust I can get off it. 

 It ll be a rainy few next days but I think we ll be able to squeeze in one more trip to the fields of rust before weekend comes with all its relaxiness ;)
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hobbyhistorica relic hunting history hunter battlefield searching metal detecting fisher f5 garrett pin pointer northern norway WH camp wehrmacht  yngve sjodin yngve sjødin inka holmes ww2 treasure hunting
A mystery "box".
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hobbyhistorica relic hunting history hunter battlefield searching metal detecting fisher f5 garrett pin pointer northern norway WH camp wehrmacht  yngve sjodin yngve sjødin inka holmes ww2 treasure hunting
Finnish 5 Markkaa.
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hobbyhistorica relic hunting history hunter battlefield searching metal detecting fisher f5 garrett pin pointer northern norway WH camp wehrmacht  yngve sjodin yngve sjødin inka holmes ww2 treasure hunting
Medical bottle.
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Skin oil.
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Branca.
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Juwel burners.
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Small medical/dentist kit.
hobbyhistorica relic hunting history hunter battlefield searching metal detecting fisher f5 garrett pin pointer northern norway WH camp wehrmacht  yngve sjodin yngve sjødin inka holmes ww2 treasure hunting
hobbyhistorica relic hunting history hunter battlefield searching metal detecting fisher f5 garrett pin pointer northern norway WH camp wehrmacht  yngve sjodin yngve sjødin inka holmes ww2 treasure hunting
Cigarett box.
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hobbyhistorica relic hunting history hunter battlefield searching metal detecting fisher f5 garrett pin pointer northern norway WH camp wehrmacht  yngve sjodin yngve sjødin inka holmes ww2 treasure hunting
Full ampoule.
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Intact lightbulb.
hobbyhistorica relic hunting history hunter battlefield searching metal detecting fisher f5 garrett pin pointer northern norway WH camp wehrmacht  yngve sjodin yngve sjødin inka holmes ww2 treasure hunting
Melted gaming pieces.
hobbyhistorica relic hunting history hunter battlefield searching metal detecting fisher f5 garrett pin pointer northern norway WH camp wehrmacht  yngve sjodin yngve sjødin inka holmes ww2 treasure hunting
Keys and candle.
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Shaving mirror.
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Ammo box.
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hobbyhistorica relic hunting history hunter battlefield searching metal detecting fisher f5 garrett pin pointer northern norway WH camp wehrmacht  yngve sjodin yngve sjødin inka holmes ww2 treasure hunting
A small leather pouch.
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Gas mask canister.
hobbyhistorica relic hunting history hunter battlefield searching metal detecting fisher f5 garrett pin pointer northern norway WH camp wehrmacht  yngve sjodin yngve sjødin inka holmes ww2 treasure hunting
hobbyhistorica relic hunting history hunter battlefield searching metal detecting fisher f5 garrett pin pointer northern norway WH camp wehrmacht  yngve sjodin yngve sjødin inka holmes ww2 treasure hunting
Wooden pestle, axe head in background.
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The dentist kit.
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hobbyhistorica relic hunting history hunter battlefield searching metal detecting fisher f5 garrett pin pointer northern norway WH camp wehrmacht  yngve sjodin yngve sjødin inka holmes ww2 treasure hunting
Trench art box.
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hobbyhistorica relic hunting history hunter battlefield searching metal detecting fisher f5 garrett pin pointer northern norway WH camp wehrmacht  yngve sjodin yngve sjødin inka holmes ww2 treasure hunting
hobbyhistorica relic hunting history hunter battlefield searching metal detecting fisher f5 garrett pin pointer northern norway WH camp wehrmacht  yngve sjodin yngve sjødin inka holmes ww2 treasure hunting
"Hans Düppelhofer Liinahamari 1944"
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I have found many shaving mirrors since I began this hobby, but the one I found in this dumping pit had a very interesting motive on the back. A soldier on guard by what looks like a 8.8 cm Flak gun, with norwegian mountains in the background.
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