Abwehrschlacht im Huertgenwald.

Yeah offcourse... this stuff don't lay down on the surface.

 

I think Halldin means what kind of detector you use.
I had also some problems in understanding his questions.

 

Of course, foolish me. Thought you might had been "lucky".
Sorry for stupid question.
@ Aru-Ed: Touché!

 

Halldin, there is no such thing as a stupid question!

 

Here some findings done last week, when we visited the Eifel for a few days....
Here some pictures and some findings that I did... like German uniformbuttons, US razorblades, US fork etc...

 

We had a good time...

Here some other pictures that I personally like very much.



On this location I found a strange kind of German ww2 weapon.


And another rare item!


I have to say we didn't do a lot of searching... but still we did some nice finds, in particular my friend who found a very nice US 105mm shell and some other stuff.

 

Well that looked like a lot of fun!! I'll bring the beer next trip!!

The razor is pretty cool too.

 

Nice bow! Now I understand why the I saw a wanted postter for two Calimeros with bows and arrows. It must have been pretty fun with the beer

 

The German forgot to drink his beer

 

very nice pice there mate i very much like the country side a great find as well
thanks for leting us see your good times well donr
best krieg

 

Looks like a really nice trip!

 

Thank you guys.

 

One tent to sleep and one to keep all the beer! I like the picture with the deer too.

 

Those look like deer stands, and with that bow you've got, I'm wondering, is it deer season over there?

 

Here the story, and findings of last weekend in the Eifel/Ardennes forest.
On Saturday 31 May my friend from Alphen and his son picked me up early in the morning, we went to a location near the German/Belgium border where the Ardennes offensive started. When we got there and went in the woods immediately thousands of mosquito's where on us, at the end of the day I had 61 mosquito bites. But we went on and we found some nice stuff that day. I found a US overcoat with all the buttons on it, a RVS US canteen cup, parts of a German gasmask and other small stuff. My friend also found a US overcoat with buttons, a coca cola bottle from 1943 and other items. Well after a long day of mosquito's and digging we drove to the Ardennes to get some sleep, taking a route through the forest we saw some foxholes near the road... It was raining and we were tired so we didn't want to search anymore that day. The next day our plan was to drove to the spot where we saw the foxholes and than back the place we searched the first day. When we get there on the location we only took our shovel and detector with us, because we didn't thought were going to find much on that location, because we know nothing about it. Well my friend walks in the forest and in the first foxholes he gets a signal and began to dig, after a few minutes he calls me and says; "I think I got an helmet!". It was early in the morning and I heard this joke before.. so I said; "Yeah right".... But I went to look... and indeed, its looks like an German helmet! After several minutes the first(!) M42 helmet saw daylight... after that 4 more helmets were to come from the foxhole, and 3 full SturmGewehr 1944 magazines and an empty MP40 magazine...
Lucky him!... We couldn't believe our eyes. Even one of the helmets got an bullet hole! Right through the front, through the leather, and out backwards. Very impressive.
Off course we searched the woods in the environment and in another foxhole I also found 3 Sturmgewehr 1944 magazines, 1 empty, 2 where full.
After that we found some small dump holes with bottles and other items.

A weekend to remember, and with a truckload of helmets back home.

US overcoat, what remains...


US canteencup.

Location…



The first helmet.



Some pictures taken during the lunchbreak.

The helmet with bullethole.


StG44 magazine, this one lays beneath a helmet, beautiful condition!


German glasses.

Bottle with Belgian and Frence text.

Beautiful vieuw.


All the findings from 2 days of metaldetecting.









Smile.

 

Whoa! That's alot of nice stuff.

 

Very nice!! I'm green with envy!! The Stg 44 magazine with the rounds still in it is fantastic! So are the buttons for the US overcoat! Great finds!!
Thanks for sharing them with us!

 

Very impressive Nick, great finds!!!!!!!!

 

Its about time we go together Edwin!!

 

Ha,ha, yes we must, last week i moved to my new home.
For the upcoming period i have 3 weeks off, so PM me and we get together to do a search-trip!