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The Best Finds of 2025

  • Writer: Inka
    Inka
  • Feb 21
  • 1 min read

collection of different ground dug relics

2024 was a really good metal detecting season. I moved more soil than a large family of groundhogs could manage and brought home half a shedfull of scrap metal. Between all the rusted scrap were a few gems, prehaps fewer than previous season but several dream-come-through finds. My absolute all time favorite find was the small Lappland shield grouping I dug out from a radio bunker turned into a trash pit.


First up the five rings.

ring with viking ship design
From the bottom of a burn pit came this viking ship ring.
a silver ring with initials engraved
A silver ring with monogram "E.T"
brass ring with profile of a face
The most interesting ring I have found.
ring with shield with the finnish lion
I love these Finnish rings.
a simple silver ring
It is always gold to find silver..

Two beltbuckles worth saving.

rusted heer buckle

aluminum heer belt buckle

Three times through the summer I was very surprised to find a gun as I have never found any before.

rusted small pistol
The Baby Walther.
rusted pistol and close cobat knife
I have not cleaned this one yet so am not sure what it is yet, possibly a Radom or a Colt.
rusted revolver
The Nagant revolver laid in the middle of a burn pit and is ready for electrolysis.
broken spider aerial gun sight
Aerial sight for Mg 42.

I found two mess kits with names engraved, both missing their lids.

two mess kits with engravings

engraved mess kit
Schuhmann
mess kit with name
Mesum

A couple of cloth items had survived time.

V shaped cloth badge
A gefreiter chevron.
two cloth shoulderboards green with red piping
Two shoulderboards from a Gebirgsjäger artillerie unit.

Some badges and medals.

small elephant brooch
An interesting elephant badge.
A round blue badge with finnish map and names
A Petsamo-Rovaniemi travel badge.
three german combat awards
These three were found in the same patch of forest one summer morning.
denazified german medal
Denazified KVK.
a brown leather pouch
An EKM pouch used as portemonnaie.
pouch full of coins

half german id tag
Half EKM.
brass name tag
Nameplate for a personal crate.
handmade luggage tag
Handmade luggage tag.

And last the best find of them all, the Lapplandshield grouping and stamping block negative.

lapplandshield grouping

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