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Below you can dive into my little universe filled with metal detecting, militaria and relics, world war two- and military history, miniature modelling and relic art.
Ashtrays & Smoking Paraphernalia
On my digs I am often finding ashtrays and lighters, and now and then pipes and cigarett mouthpieces. Naturally I like the trench-art
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Mar 142 min read
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A Last Hurray & a Helmet in the Woods
Nearby I dug up a small mortar grenade box. It looks like it will clean up nicely and is in good condition with only a small hole rusted
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Oct 28, 20246 min read
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Coins & Vehicle Parts
Next to a pine tree was the one half of an Erkennungsmärke! I looked around for the second half but I only got a pair of belt support hooks
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Sep 2, 20244 min read
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Romantic Trench-Art
A little bit later luck struk again when I checked a signal under a root of a big old tree. I thought it was a DP27 magazine but it was the
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Jul 8, 20245 min read
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An Interesting Trench-Art Ring
I picked up a couple of signals on the way and found a shaving brush and two Dutch uniform buttons. Soviet POWs were sometimes issued
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Jun 30, 20244 min read
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A Field Shower
A Gebirgsjägers field shower made from a 10l triangular fuel can. The bottom was perforated, a rubber hose attached between the "shower head
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Apr 28, 20241 min read
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Badges & Bling found Season 2023
Wound Badge and IAB found together. The bent needles hints of an abrupt separation from the uniform they sat on.
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Mar 10, 20241 min read
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A Bonus Adventure Afternoon
we were both sure it was a German plate, but were disappointed when I turned it around and it only had a small Norwegian producer mark.
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Oct 22, 20235 min read
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Erkennungsmarken & Nordfrontkreuz
"Rifle casing, stripperclip or piece of wire.." my mind went, as I opened a small hole in the moss. "Nordfrontkreuz!!" Wow!
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Oct 6, 20234 min read
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The Ullr Badge
I moved to inside the barrack and picked up a signal circa in the middle of it. It was a round piece of metal and I suspected it could be a
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Sep 29, 20234 min read
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First Frost
Here and there k98 ammo had been tossed around, some single casings and some full clips. The next signal hid under a few rocks. It was a
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Sep 16, 20233 min read
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The Gebirgsjäger Cooker
One of my work days this week lasted only a couple of hours, so when they let me go I went straight to the Luftwaffe dumping pit for a 6-7 h
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Aug 27, 20233 min read
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Bunker Hill
The bunkers are not far from each other, and some of them were flooded. There are also few smaller stone constructions on the plateau. I was
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Jul 7, 20233 min read
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The Keys to the Camp
Hoping for good trash I dived in and pulled out some flattened German jerry cans, a 10l triangular fuel can, a few vehicle lamps, a single
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Jun 17, 20234 min read
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A Ditch Full of Lids
A super beginning of the dig! Under it was a rifle cleaning kit and some stripper clips full of 7.92 rounds. Then I felt the round domes of
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Aug 25, 20224 min read
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Gebirgsjäger EKM & Helmets
I opened up the first one and had a EKM between my fingers! From a Gebirgsjäger unit! Fantastic. I could almost not have dreamt of a better
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Aug 19, 20224 min read
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Steel Flower & Iron Hats
I was gonna continue in the Gebirgsjäger camp and found a nice place to set up base for the day and threw down the backpack.
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Jun 13, 20224 min read
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On Virgin Land
The pile of relics grew steadily along with the scrap- and spoil heap. I found two bakelite cups for field flasks, lots of bottles
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Jul 11, 20215 min read
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A Surprise from the Red Army
When I decided it was enough for today I sifted through the spoils and found a small trench-art piece, a brass piece with the unit insignia
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Jul 9, 20212 min read
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From Mallnitz to Kitzbühel
We began in the bottom of a valley and our goal was a small section of the German defence system called the "Lyngen Line".
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Oct 10, 20204 min read
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