My trips to the Hurtgen Forest 2006/2007

Here also some finds from the dump pit and surrounding area.
Including some toothbrushes (one US) , remnants of K98 ammopouch, an other fork, part of an German belt etc.:

































An US knife:

 

Some other finds and a picture of the area im searching in:













An US glove:

 

And yet another favorite find of mine.
An US rankinsignia for a Captain:









And some messtins US:

 

I am really amazed whe I see all these excellent finds. I didn't even know orange Juice powder existed in 1944/45. The fork is nice too. It was taken at a Hotel , note sure but it reads ROHR or something similar.

 

You'd be amazed if you knew how many of those packeges we've found, also for coffee etc.
They are spread through out the Forest.
By the way the name on the fork is hotel Flohr.
In total i found 4 forks in the pit, all civil!

 

Well said slipdigit; and excellent finds!!!

I especially liked the cartridges and the US Captain's bars. Well done!

 

I'll place some more of my finds soon, thanks!

 

Here some pictures and finds from a search this year.
The damage on the barn is from the fighting in the Hurtgen Forest, this barn is at the edge of the forest and so a good parkingspot.









Finds from the woods nearby:





And again some from the pit, like the 2 forks:





Still prints from the casings visible, it was empty when i found it:





Some strange marking:





From a German Gasmask:





Shute-flare:

















And a strange item:

 

Nice job, keep up the good work!

I might look for stuff like this when I visit Germany next year.

 

If you need help, just let me know!
I know the way around the battlefield by now, so if you want to do a tour, feel free to ask!

 

again, great work Ed!!
love the pics, if I ever get over there I'm bringing my petal detector and I'll pick you up and we can go digging!!

thanks for all the pics of the great finds!!

 

Yes I like them too, it's real thrill to get home and see if there more rinteresting finds to view.

 

Thanks again for the compliments to you all!
I will be updating the thread of 2008 after my visits.

 

Looks to me like what's left of a whistle.


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It looks like a whistle, indeed.

 

I'm not a whistle expert but you could be right

 

Very nice finds, I am actually going back to Germany on August 26th for 3 weeks. I plan on doing some magnet fishing in some Panzergrabens and some metal detecting on some sites and foxholes that I have discovered in my past travels... on the French Border near Pirmasens to visit my wifes family. Any advice?

 

I find this to be so interesting. One had to be most fortunate to be able to search for and find these historical items.

 

Wow! What a wonderful thread to resurrect.

I wonder what Ed is up to these days?

I've been to the Hürtgen forest a few times since last posting in this thread. My advice to anyone thinking of metal detecting in the area is to be very careful as it is both illegal and dangerous.