Former Wehrmacht Base still loaded with WW2 Equipment 

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What I really like about yall, the respect yall show, it's not about just finding artifacts but showing respect to those caught up in that cancer of war. I cannot thank you enough for what you do along with Mike and others. You help with piecing lives back together, putting anger to rest, honoring those that did it. Japanese, Italian, German, French, American, etc..., they're all human, Andy MacNab said it, " they all had jobs to do, just some liked it too much". I told ya my trench caved in, we had bad storms, lots of heavy rain, timbers support beams, walls gave way, glad I took out the equipment, table etc... the pumps couldn't take it, 88 sandbags, 6x6 ,4x4, posts, sheet metal, 1x10s buried.

I lived in West Germany from 1980-1987 and I used to explore all the bunkers where I lived. We didn’t have a metal detector but we became quite good at finding cool stuff like this. Awesome that you film this for us to watch

I like the way the artifact is matched up with existing pictures . Brings the pieces to life .

i appreciate the extra editing that is done showing the cleaned up version when you get home or the flashback clips. i know how excited you must be to share what you found and during editing id be having anxiety wanting to get it done as fast as possible. but you go the extra mile to add it

Not to mention all the lifes lost connected with these relics as well. With respect & sadness. R.I.P. soldiers.

If i lived in Europe i would have invested on a metal detector a long time ago. Just finding WW2 relics, maybe even from WW1, would be quite something. If you're lucky maybe even artifacts from the Roman Era. Europe has a long & rich history & the proof of it is right beneath the ground.

It’s crazy how insignificant these things were during and after the war but now, this is amazing history. These relics have and will survive many many more years and most of the relics will never be found but they will live on, just under the surface

That stuff seems awfully clean for being in the ground for 60+ years

Dude, that broken beer-mug (with "DAB" written on it) is from my hometown of Dortmund; it stands short for "Dortmunder Actien-Brauerei" - that is a find really not to be expected... I mean; of course I know how much my fellow countrymen cherish their beer, but that they would even uphold the "table-etiquette" which would would require them to drink from a glass or mug rather than from the bottle itself - even when out on the battlefield - that's amazing !

One man’s trash is another’s historical treasure. Good stuff guys.

When I was a kid in Brittany my brother and I would often find corroded unfired German rifle cartridges in my grandmother's yard. The retreating Germans had dumped crates of ammo in her well as they retreated. After the war, but before I was born a German pow was disarming the explosives in the well,l when it blew up, killing him and three others, and raining down a deluge of bullets. They sealed the well with concrete but they just left the bullets rust away. My brother and I found them by the dozens a decade later.

As he jams a shovel in the hole he says I do hear a lot of metal and glass sounds… brilliant…

Always a good week when you guys upload! 👌🏻

You guys are so lucky to be able to find all that stuff from WWII!

In my head I just imagined present day otto reissner is somewhere sweating nervously right now lol

13:16 Kraftfahrkampftruppe. Yes, German has lots of compound words. Means something like “motorised fighting force”

So sad, I appreciate you all for preserving and documenting the war relics. You guys have my respect as a US submariner. We are all comrades in arms after all and serve at the whims for the war mongers regardless of the countries we served for... damn them to hell.

Must be pretty cool to find all these memorabilia, thanks for the video guys :)

So lucky to be able to do this. I would love even a few pieces you've found.

Just amazing! I am a WWII fanatic and am fascinated with all things WWII. JUST SIMPLY AMAZING! I envy you guys so much. Keep up the great work

The ammount of stuff that is still in the ground is insane!!

I’m glad y’all are recovering these items. Thank you.

When you see the swastikas on the finds it really brings home the terror of that situation at that time. History is amazing

Man wish I had the Opportunity to do this type of stuff, I have gone on small treasure and testing hunts in are woods and found some interesting stuff actually, this type of treasure would be a dream come true though seeing how I have always loved WW2 History

I find it incredible that all this stuff is lying around just below the surface waiting to be discovered, is this just lost items or was a lot stuff discarded in retreat or some other situation. It makes fascinating watching.

15:01 that plastic cover, you know plastics of that type first began being widely used in 1939 when war broke out. That piece you have is very rare piece indeed.

Really enjoyed gentlemen, all I can say is. WOW, just WOW, my grandfather was over there in 1944-1945. He was in the US 3rd Army. I've always had an interest in WW2 history and artifacts, all sides, but especially the European campaign. My grandfather always wanted to go back, after the war, but never got to. He said Germany was a beautiful country and he would have liked to have gone back to visit. Thanks guys, really enjoyed, happy hunting and digging. First time seeing this channel, I'm now a subscriber.

What I appreciate about your videos is the fact that you know so much about the artifacts and seemingly insignificant items actually have some significance. Some things I would have probably considered as of no real importance but items like the red plastic hat and other things you give a little story to that explains as to why they have meaning. Great video you guys.

You guys are definetely the best ww2 metal detecting show out there. You have facts, history, humor and your videos are very interesting. Keep up the good work guys! I believe that plane is a JU-88 or Junkers 88.

According to what Ive found, Otto Reissner, the name tag from earlier in the video was an Unteroffizier, apparently he was a Luftwaffe Crewman who was KIA in June 1940. Could be that the name tag belongs to him, maybe not, who knows.

I would love to explore and find artifacts like these from WW2 just to have that piece of our world history. Great job guys!

You guys should make a double mesh sifter. Top mesh is ok, but build another, identical with half that size, at a shallow angle and a chute at the end, the shut falls into a bucket or what have you. This is sort of standard MO when you sift for archaeological debris. Even the soil is gathered unto a tarp and an intern has another look before it is piled away. Trust me on this, it's worth the effort, because you can find bobby pins, beads, and a whole plethora of interesting items that would otherwise be lost. If you get the angle of the second sifter right, it's not even that big of a work out.

WOW, I would love to be able to find this history from the ground.

I was once stationed at a submarine base in la maddelena, Italy and I recall seeing old gun implacements left by the nazi's along the shore, at the time an old resident told me he remembered seeing German troops occupying the area during ww2.

you have no idea how much of a dream this is. WWII is my favorite of them all and your videos seem to bring me back a little to it.

History being saved before it rots away. I completely support these efforts as long as any human remains are treated with respect and documented in situ.

Thanks for linking the finds to photos or videos.

Thank you.. I love how you explain what you find, and pictures and examples. Very Interesting.

P.S. Thank you for putting all the dirt back. Not many will do that.

Every once in a while, I can make out what sounds like a north of Ireland accent. Did an Irish person influence your English learning?

I love this kind of stuff, especially WW2. Awesome finds.

Nachturlaube = it's an overnight pass. Quite a find! Especially in the ground.

Love finding history like this. Love your work.

Reissner Otto was apart of the luftwaffe according to my research

Super vet om zulke stukjes geschiedenis te vinden

this is literally my dream, the one thing i want to do in my life before i die, go metal detecting on world war 2 battle grounds, if i knew how i could make it happen i'd be there in a heartbeat, i'm all the way in Seattle, Washington though, so it's be quite the trip for me

I’m curious, are you and the crew ever worried about digging into a mine or other unexploded ordnance?

Glad to see you got some stuff you have wanted.

I really hope all of this goes to museums

I would absolutely love to be able to come over there and spend some time doing this.

It's amazing everytime I watch videos from Europe in war torn areas. The trees are replanted in near perfect rows.

Very weird how very little of this has rust or is not rusted beyond recognition.

WOW this is amazing relics and history, I would love to find this type of history

I am impressed with WWII valuables.

I love the respect you guys give to these military items have earned.

My luck I would go do some digging and find that one land mine that’s angry and waiting and still deadly and become another casualty of WW2

When you dig up German dog tags, do you try to reconnect them with any surviving family members?

I love learning about this stuff keep bringing history back. I wish I could find this stuff especially the plates they are cool

I love history....

The Wermacht really liked their badges and gothic script.

Such a fricking cool way to spend a whole lifetime.

❤ dude that is a treasure spot! I lived in Germany for 6 years and was able to dig around the Berghof site. I have some old cramoflgue netting that was used on the Berghof ! Wish I could have spent more time digging and wish I had a metal detector!!! Love your videos!

Thanks for sharing such videos with us.

Great stuff. Hard work and amazing results

Do you ever worry about breaking things with the shovel?

bro is not afraid of landmines

Fascinating, but guys your cleaning up skills with toothbrushes (!) leaves much to be desired, you took too much red paint off the first badge for example ... soften the earth first with water then gently with a soft brush, take your time.

Great day in the field some great finds too.

This is amazing and I would love to metal detect in an area that was significant to WW2! I live in western NY in the heart of the finger lakes region and I find a ton of Native American items

Hultschin (in Czech Hlučín) is a city located in Moravia-Silesian-Hlučín region (nowadays Czechia). Hlučín city and Hlučín region region in general is a very interesting area and its inhabitants, who possessed Prussian citizenship (1742-1920), later Czech citizenship during the era of 1st Czechoslovakian republic (1920-1938) and in the end German citizenship once again (1938-1945) had to serve in Wehrmacht after Munich agreement (Czechs call it "Mnichovská zrada" Munich betrayal). But I had the honor to talk to one of these Wehrmacht soldiers (1928-2007)). Somehow he had managed to survive the horrible Battle of Osoblaha (Hotzenplotz) and especially Battle of Ostrava and after 2 yrs in captivity could return back to his beloved mother and sister. He spoke a very interesting dialect. It was kinda mixture of German, old Czech and Polish language. Nobody could believe he survived that hell against Red Army but he did. He used to joke he survived that 7 months in Wehrmacht only in order to receive German military pension that was pretty high, because Bundesrepublik Deutschland really does appreciate people who served their German Fatherland back then. He was a honest man who was only victim of this horrible period and think of him often.

That is very cool but I am really curious. How do you select where you dig? It seems so random out of a huge forest to pick a meter square area and have so many artifacts. Also: What do you think those areas are? Where in a camp would you be walking around and find clothing, badges, insignia, and empty bottles, al in a small area? Were these garbage pits where they swept everything up and dumped junk after the war? In any case, so cool and I would love to be there. The idea of digging up 80 year old history is just amazing to me. Thanks for sharing.

I am curious as to why the German Army crockery would have the English translation Bavaria on it instead of Bayern.

Evil Incarnate! I would love to go with you guys and experience history as you do!! Thanks!! USA.

В 88г в Новгородских лесах России бывших боёв попадалось немало артефактов по войне!

The swallow's nest Regimental WHW flags. Red is for Artillery and Black for Pioneers.

another great video, thank you!🇺🇸

This is amazingly interesting. It’s my dream to one day visit and walk WW2 battle sites and find ANYTHING from that time . Enjoy what your doing and leave something for me lol

Good to see you guys filled in the holes you dug.

i love history ww2 is one thing about history i loved the most about being in school even tho those were sad and terrible times i one day dream to go to germany for my first time and be able to do what u guys are doing right now please dont dig up alll the awesome history guys

You should try to find information about these soldier names that came up. Maybe their life histories are registered somewhere, maybe some of their relatives are still around. It would be so interesting to know about them. With luck possibly even the soldier himself might still be alive.

You guys are living the dream with this spot

Do you ever look up family members of the deceased when you find something with a name? I’m sure a great grandkid would love that kind of piece of history. My grandpa was in the Korean War and I’d love someone to call me up saying they found his name on something.

What a awesome area to hunt!

Its weird that a huge war takes place next to your town. Many soldiers fall. Everything left on the field, lying there after defeat. The war ends. People begin to rebuild. The times change. And nobody goes out to the field and cleans anything up. This stuff was all on the surface at one time and everyone just left it. That seems odd.

This is nothing compared to some areas in the South Pacific. On the islands of Kolumbangara and Bougainville in the Solomon Islands chain, there are tunnels still filled with Japanese equipment from World War Two, including lots of explosives. There is a village on New Georgia that is built in an American bomb dump. You do not even need metal detectors, just a good bolo to clear the brush, and good boots for the tunnels.

Amazing historical finds

I think it's some great finds my grandpa's fought the Nazis and the Chinese in world war II 🇺🇸

Mud can keep aluminum preserved well

13:14 It reads „Kraftfahrkampftruppe“. So it’s a kind of motorised division.

Wow 80 years of build up and soil build up crazy how deep U have to dig. All that was the top soil level 80 years go.

Really nice little finds ! 🔥

Super gaaf bedacht en zo zie je maar wat je nog kan vinden het is wel een wens om iets te vinden wat van een militair geweest is

Fantastic video

Very well done guys. I'd get some small gardening tools for the small artifacts also they won't damage things like a shovel will, for those nasty roots a good set of snips. Just to make life easier. Be safe yall.

I live near major Civil War battlefields in Northern Georgia and Tennessee….we can’t, by law, go metal detecting in these locations, but because battles were waged all over the area, my friends and I have found numerous items on their properties.

The WHW badge that was found says krafifahrkampftrupre which I think means motor vehicle combat troops

Damn you guys are so damn lucky to live near these places!!! If I lived there you would never get me out of the woods!!!

Amazing find

btw the name tag you guys found was as it said was from Otto reissner he was a "unteroffizier" in the unit Unteroffizier Otto 2./FFS (C) and died 6. June 1940