I am back in with the Relic Gods it seems. Went back to search more in the Wehrmacht camp and the first signal I had today was a spoon, which I belive is a Russian soldier spoon, and next to it I found two K98 casings, one of them an exploded one. The next few signals was the usual rusted trash but then I spotted a sunken in square in the forest floor. The Fisher beeped hard when I swept it across and I hoped it was a dumping pit, not filled with large rocks and broken bottles.
Russian soldier spoon.
K98 casings.
Strange zink bits.
It sure was a dumping pit, with lots of broken glass, but no rocks and it was alot of rusted stuff in it. I had to work carefully so I wouldn`t slice my fingers on the sharp glass and kept pulling out some interesting bits. Some of them I have no idea what is but it ll be fun researching them. As I scooped out a handfull of soil I saw a square shaped aluminium bit. It was a nice trench art matchbox cover with some ship, mountains and sun engraved.
A thick towing cable was coiled in and around the pit which made digging a bit more difficult, and I couldn`t get it removed before the whole pit was dug out. I found a gas mask cannister, a rotted mess kit, a pair of soldier boots and a French soldier drinking cup. I kept finding small bottles, ink pots, medical bottles and perfume bottles, a whole collection of them.
Underneath a large cast iron plate from a stove was a radiator fan from a vehicle, and under that one I dug a nice Notek light. I am looking forward to cleaning that one up, I have the oxalic acid ready. A enamelled pee pot saw daylight again, together with another trench art item, a nicely made ashtray with a matchbox holder.
When I finally had completed the dumping pit I had spent nearly four hours on it, and again both my backpacks was filled to the brim.
I decided to do some recce in the nearby area for tomorrows trip, and I got great signals all over the place, and at least three or four more dumping pits with a few meters between them. On my way home I drove to a POW camp and went to the memorial there to make some pics and a little video of it, and then stopped by the shop to get some food and snacks for the evening.
So tomorrow we ll see what more can be found:)
A thick towing cable was coiled in and around the pit which made digging a bit more difficult, and I couldn`t get it removed before the whole pit was dug out. I found a gas mask cannister, a rotted mess kit, a pair of soldier boots and a French soldier drinking cup. I kept finding small bottles, ink pots, medical bottles and perfume bottles, a whole collection of them.
Underneath a large cast iron plate from a stove was a radiator fan from a vehicle, and under that one I dug a nice Notek light. I am looking forward to cleaning that one up, I have the oxalic acid ready. A enamelled pee pot saw daylight again, together with another trench art item, a nicely made ashtray with a matchbox holder.
When I finally had completed the dumping pit I had spent nearly four hours on it, and again both my backpacks was filled to the brim.
I decided to do some recce in the nearby area for tomorrows trip, and I got great signals all over the place, and at least three or four more dumping pits with a few meters between them. On my way home I drove to a POW camp and went to the memorial there to make some pics and a little video of it, and then stopped by the shop to get some food and snacks for the evening.
So tomorrow we ll see what more can be found:)
Old shovel.
Two mystery parts.
Another mystery part.
Trench art matchbox cover.
Gas mask cannister.
Mess kit.
Ink pots.
Boots.
French soldier cup.
Snow shovel.
A uniform shoulderboard.
From paper clip boards.
The pee pot.
Food tins and a bent spoon.
Instant bottle collection.
Small Nyco bottle.
The tiniest bottle I ve ever found.
A small hammer.
Radiator fan.
Notek light, I think paint will show once cleaned.
Trench art ashtray with matchbox holder.
A game piece.
Towing cable.
Matchbox cover lightly cleaned. Will give it a dip in oxalic acid to get it really cleaned up.
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