Today it was about time to drag myself away from the workbench and make a small trip to the forest. The choice fell on the WH camp me and my gold digging friend visited a few weeks back. The weather was good and fresh batteries put in the detector so off I went.
The area is full of signals,almost like a Kurland frontline. Small iron signals all over the place and loads of wires and bits of string. Here and there was some nicer signals worthy of a dig, and sometimes those signals proved to be dumping pits.
I dug out 2 or 3 of those pits but found nothing of interest. Lots of food tins and bottles only, nomilitary gear at all.
The area is full of signals,almost like a Kurland frontline. Small iron signals all over the place and loads of wires and bits of string. Here and there was some nicer signals worthy of a dig, and sometimes those signals proved to be dumping pits.
I dug out 2 or 3 of those pits but found nothing of interest. Lots of food tins and bottles only, nomilitary gear at all.
Food tins,horseshoe and lid for some grenade canister.
Boot heel irons.
I detected my way to the oposite side of the forested camp area and located a few dumpig pits for another day, but one of the pits had a strong brass or copper signal so I decided to open it up. It was a difficult pit to dig as it was full of rocks and broken glass,and in the end the signal turned out to be a bit of wire. A few nice things came out of there, a german toothbrush, some intact bottles and a bakelite/early plastic thermos.
On my way back to the car I found a few heavy pieces of bomb shrapnel from the fighting in 1940 and two shell casings, one norwegian one produced in 1917 and a larger one,possibly a Mg 131 casing.
One of the last signals I dug was todays best finds, a magazine from a MP38/40. I searched the area around it with the hopes the machinpistol itself would also be there but no such luck,,Maybe sometime later this summer ;)
On my way back to the car I found a few heavy pieces of bomb shrapnel from the fighting in 1940 and two shell casings, one norwegian one produced in 1917 and a larger one,possibly a Mg 131 casing.
One of the last signals I dug was todays best finds, a magazine from a MP38/40. I searched the area around it with the hopes the machinpistol itself would also be there but no such luck,,Maybe sometime later this summer ;)
Lovely shrapnel.
Exploded Norwegian Krag casing marked 1917.
Mg 131 casing I think. It is stamped K 39 W I
MP40 mag.
The top from a 200l kraftstoff barrel.
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