BOXES WITH GERMAN WEAPONS FOUND IN WWII DUGOUT / WW2 METAL DETECTING 

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Lol

@@Jew1999 Yes

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That's an antitank explosive.

Good luck getting archeologists to do this kind of pit digging, slogging, backbreaking work on the Russian steppes, just to find the remnants of an industrial war.

Yes, exactly my thoughts after seeing this careful work.

Well Josh, I don't know. What do you think "archaeologists" have been doing for the past hundred years in the desserts of Arabia, the mountains of Africa and South-America? I don't think they took the 4x4 with the metal-detectors. And what these guys are doing is stupid and disrespectful to history. First, those Hafthohlladüngen looked pretty intact and although they look rusty on the outside, if the fuses are still intact and the inside charge isn't eaten, I wouldn't handle em like that. Second, why not dig a little bit further and take those crates out gently. They would have been intact. A little patience goes far. Every collector knows that. This is just plundering.

It was intended to be sarcastic. ;) Every find could also reveal remains of MIA soldiers, from both sides. Really a shame, that like this, these guys might be lost forever. :/

😆😆 Meticulous attention to detail !

Yeah pity he broke it to bits

yeah true, i think they don't really care since they probably find alot of this stuff

I am astounded the wood still exists having been in the ground for at least 75 years!

These guys are a bunch of clowns really. They treat this stuff really badly.

@@jpole411 I just saw a video where a guy pulled a bolt action WW2 rifle from under a stump or something in a swamp. The stock was like new. It was hard to believe.

I'm also Australian and only heard stories from my dad when he worked overseas he had things about Biak and other things he was big into learin about the wars in the pacific. He worked overseas during. The 80-2000s I believe.

I'm glad you didn't say "set it off" lol. But hey you're right, I'm an Aussie, and as a primary school boy, most stuff I saw was in kids dad's sheds, or at the army surplus stands at the Royal Show.

Man, its funny you say that, looking at that ammunition I was thinking it would be fun to clean up the better examples and try shooting it just for the fun of shooting historical ammunition.

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They are looking for the lost treasures! Would be too

The bullets can be emptied nd cleaned up. Wouldn't like to mess with the mines/tank ammo though.

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Some will.

I think they all can't Explode because they're probably already so rusted together that they can't go anymore

Yes, but Russians are not beeches

Rusted or not I would think they are still dangerous and maybe unstable. I could be wrong.

@@derberliner1723 WW1 munitions explode each year, killing farmers etc so WW2 munitions are still potentially dangerous.

Old mines are just as dangerous as new mines. We still are removing ww2 mines on beaches here in Norway

I agree, It could have been a complete box if these guys knew what they were doing...

absolutely unsafe.

Ich würde es nicht ausprobieren, aber ein Mann sagte, sie wird aufs Revier gebracht und von dort hoffentlich entsorgt.

Если начать разберать то вполне возможно...

They know what they are doing

They seem to have plenty more if one breaks

It’s just old munitions.

There's thousands of them like new out there,

Sent to some local museum perhaps

I think they sell it and make money to museums etc.

Maybe running for their lifes?

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yes and man/slave hours wasted in a fruitless defence of the Reich.

That is exactly what they are. They sell the stuff they find (except of course the ammo and guns) on Ebay.

Pretty sure they ARE looters.

If recovered and dried the flakes can be 'ignited' simply with a mag glass in the sun - amazing smell ! 😉

And those anti-tank "Hafthohlladung" grenades are worth 300 to 600 dollars each, in that condition.

make a layout. drill and pour the powder out of the cartridge.

Nonsense. You can buy 8mm Mauser (7,92mm) everywhere nowadays. And old casings might be expensive but waaaay less than $100. I believe zib militaria from Germany used to sell them for around $4 - ready for export to the US as they had their powder charge removed.

@@BenDover-pr9gy 7,92....I guess you're in Europe? Anyway, we Americans prefer powder in our rounds. lol

@@bobhenry6159 putting powder into the original casing is easy. All old boomers reload their brass. $5 for the original brass&bullet, a few cents for the powder and primer, and you have yourself a cartridge indistinguishable from what Hans would have used on the eastern front. It's even better than using originals as the primers will have degraded by now to such an extend that it takes a second or two to ignite the powder. It's extremely irritating if you know what I'm talking about. Plus with 100% OG rounds you never know how it was stored which greatly impacts the pressure. There's nothing quite like the joys of having your vintage gun explode an inch from your face due to massive overpressure.

@@BenDover-pr9gy All that is fine, but lets not compare German Apples to American Oranges.

@@bobhenry6159 what are you talking about? I don't mean this in a bad way I really did not get what "apples and oranges"-comparisons have to do with 8mm Mauser. Btw, I've looked online for a few seconds and found 2 sites that sell OG ww2 Mauser ammo at $1-1,20 per round. Can't post links as yt auto deletes them but first one is "J&G sales" and second one is called "mg34" - both are live rounds, both located in continental US and both ship with FedEx.