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Vehicle Bits & Trench Art

9/8/2017

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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.
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Russian soldier spoon.
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K98 casings.
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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:)
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Old shovel.
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Two mystery parts.
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Another mystery part.
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Trench art matchbox cover.
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hobbyhistorica relic hunting ww2 world war two metal detecting battlefield finds archaeology military archaeology metal detecting
Gas mask cannister.
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Mess kit.
Picture
Ink pots.
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Boots.
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French soldier cup.
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Snow shovel.
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A uniform shoulderboard.
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From paper clip boards.
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The pee pot.
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Food tins and a bent spoon.
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Instant bottle collection.
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Small Nyco bottle.
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The tiniest bottle I ve ever found.
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A small hammer.
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Radiator fan.
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Notek light, I think paint will show once cleaned.
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hobbyhistorica relic hunting ww2 world war two metal detecting battlefield finds archaeology military archaeology metal detecting
hobbyhistorica relic hunting ww2 world war two metal detecting battlefield finds archaeology military archaeology metal detecting
Trench art ashtray with matchbox holder.
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hobbyhistorica relic hunting ww2 world war two metal detecting battlefield finds archaeology military archaeology metal detecting
A game piece.
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Towing cable.
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Matchbox cover lightly cleaned. Will give it a dip in oxalic acid to get it really cleaned up.
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hobbyhistorica relic hunting ww2 world war two metal detecting battlefield finds archaeology military archaeology metal detecting
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