I ve been working a lot lately, on both my actual job and on some new miniature projects but the last days I ve managed to sneak in some time for digging. On the first dig the batteries for the camera dried up the moment I turned it on so shame on me for that. I found hundreds of the orange losantin bottles, a bunch of MG34 bolt bodies, a nice MG cradle and one tube for U.S 75mm grenade, three hours digging and both my backpacks and all my pockets was full so I struggled up the mountain side and back to the car.
Today I went back and continued on the same place. I was digging beneath a couple of corrugated roof sheets and it sort of became like a little cave with relics just falling off the walls. Again it was tons of the losantine containers,k98 oilers,gasmask canisters (most in a rotten condition) and some ammo drums,and maybe 7 or 8 MG bolt bodies. A few little items was very interesting though. Some glass ampoules which have survived 70 years between rocks and metal. The first one turned out to be from some kind of lightbulb, two of them I think is some form of teargas,and the last two I believe is from some kind of soil or gas testing kit.
Suddenly the skies darkened and it started raining heavily. In a moment everything was soaked,but I sat halfway into the little cave so I wasn`t bothered. That was until it started dripping more and more water from the "roof" and the walls started dropping soil and relics, I quickly moved a step back and the walls just collapsed filling my little cave. My pile of finds was already quite sizeable so I filled the bag and went back home to dry up.
I hope to go back here very soon:)
Until then,stay dry, but muddy :)
Today I went back and continued on the same place. I was digging beneath a couple of corrugated roof sheets and it sort of became like a little cave with relics just falling off the walls. Again it was tons of the losantine containers,k98 oilers,gasmask canisters (most in a rotten condition) and some ammo drums,and maybe 7 or 8 MG bolt bodies. A few little items was very interesting though. Some glass ampoules which have survived 70 years between rocks and metal. The first one turned out to be from some kind of lightbulb, two of them I think is some form of teargas,and the last two I believe is from some kind of soil or gas testing kit.
Suddenly the skies darkened and it started raining heavily. In a moment everything was soaked,but I sat halfway into the little cave so I wasn`t bothered. That was until it started dripping more and more water from the "roof" and the walls started dropping soil and relics, I quickly moved a step back and the walls just collapsed filling my little cave. My pile of finds was already quite sizeable so I filled the bag and went back home to dry up.
I hope to go back here very soon:)
Until then,stay dry, but muddy :)
The cave.
Karbid for lanterns.
Ammo drums.
Bolt bodies.
The war was over so the Grim Reaper threw one of his well used knifes here?
Some kind of lightbulb.
Pics of the ampoules cleaned up you find on the bottom of the page.
Luckily I had my camera in a plastic bag inside the camera bag as it all was soaked.
I`ll research these but I think they are some kind of teargas device.
These I think is from a soil or gas testing kit.
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