My trips to the Hurtgen Forest 2008

Interesting pegasus, i'd like to see your finds from the Falaise pocket!

 

Great finds, as always, Aru!

 

Pegasus, do I know this 'friend' ?....

 

Hi jagdpanther44, you may do, he has love of rusty metal, dark bunkers and vodka

any clues

 

AH-HA! then it must be me...

Although I wouldn't call WW2 relics 'rusty metal'.

 

Last saturday i went on a trip to the Hurtgen Forest and Aachener Forest.
The finds where a little dissapointing but the surrounding and weather made it perfect!


















German tanktraps from the Siegfriedline:













Trench in the forest:





Kind of beltbuckle?:





Lid for the 81MM Mortar ammo.:





Earmark of a cow?:





And a look up trough the leaves:

 

very nice!!

 

Great pictures!

 

in the hurtgen forest .. sent a tingle down my spine
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Hi, I am going to Brittany this week with a few days on utah beach, I will post the pictures when I return
I hope to fined V2 silo at Cherboruge

 

Hello iam new to the site and ever since i joined i have been glued to all your post's ED, Very nice Findings, i hope to see more from you soon!! And i guess if i plan on coming and taking a tour of the forest you woould be the guy to talk to!!! keep it coming man !!!!!

 

hI Pegasus! Whereabout in Britanny ? I know some great atlantic wall bunkers on the south coast+ the Lorient U-Boot base, but the north coast is full of defenses too.

 

Hi Skipper, I have spoken to my friend Pegasus today, unfortunately he doesn't have internet access whilst in France, so he has asked me to act as 'go between'.
He tells me that he is staying in a small village to the east of Brest called Guerlesquin.

Any places you may suggest he can visit would be appreciated .

 

Yesterday a new trip to the Hurtgen Forest with Spideyman.
Not so many findings but a great day!







Buttons i found for the first time, has anyone an idea what they are and how they where used?:









A coin dated 1941:

























































NOTE: all the live ammo is placed back in the ground and are left at the spot where they where found!

 

Still nice finds Edwin, Wehebachtalsperre I see? Very nice place to be overthere... I also didn't found much overthere.

See you tomorrow.

 

Interesting finds. is that a beaver dam? The coffee bag looks nice too. The french coin is a zinc occupation coin from northern France (the later Vichy coins were similar but had an axe instead of the Marianne)

 

Very nice Ed! Thanks again!

 

may i ask what the base plate things are that is what they look like
thanks mg.34

 

Those are covers for granate canisters, U.S.
Your welcome!
Could you skip the pictures next time if you quote?
Thanks.

 

I took care of the Pictures in the quote Aru Ed