Found Abandoned WW2 Equipment 75+ years later 

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Imagine having one of those grenades cooking off and you becoming the last casualty in the battle of the bulge 75 years latter. Yikes! Stay safe and great vid!

My grandfather was in this battle, got the bronze star

I can almost imagine men running through the hills, as bullets fly all around, many falling in what may become their final resting place. I want to see Europe one day, and see a WW2 battle site and pay my respects to those who have their lives for our freedom.

Both my Great Uncles were in WW2. One was in the 2nd Armored Division and fought his way through the Ardennes to help break the German lines. My other Great Uncle was a part of an Engineer squad trying to build a pontoon bridge over a flooded river but unfortunately due to the strong current his boat capsized and he drowned. I wish I could have met them both and talk about the war but I am extremely thankful for their service!

My old neighbor Virgil Johnson fought in the Bulge & he told me & said it was a real bad meat grinder ! He used a 30mm water cooled machine gun he told me although you would think it would have froze up in the intense cold of that battle but that's what he told me ! He showed me a German pistol & a rifle that he managed to bring back from the war & showed me a few other items but had a small documentary book that was done by Readers Digest that I don't remember when it was made printed but it showed him & the men he fought with in black & white pictures taken at the time & showed Virgil fixing hot food for his men so they could eat to keep their strength & body heat up to keep fighting ! I had the book about 2 weeks then returned it to him after reading it & looking at all the pictures ! He was a nice guy & me & my brother would go over & drink beer with him & his wife just about 5 years ago in his pole shed he had set up as a shop with a juke box for music a old fridge set up with a 16 gallon keg of beer with a tapper handle on the door & a old restaurant table booth set up to sit in & drink beer & talk . His wife passed a few years back of dimentia & he managed to live about 3 years after I had found out & it was a great honor to meet him & be friends with him knowing all the things he went through in that battle of the war ! I seen that part of the movie showing the men in the chow line & I wonder if that could have been Virgil seeing that at the end so if you know anything on that clip of movie of there were any names mentioned let me know please as if it was him I wouldn't be able to tell being I remember him as he was just before he died & can't really remember what he looked like as a young man during that time from the pictures in that book he showed me ! God bless all of the vets who fought & paid the ultimate sacrifice !

It always amazes me to see the forests and think that 75 years ago these were the sites of some of the biggest battles in WW2

I love how you edit in examples of the items you find to help us to picture them in historical context. Really interesting videos!

There's a RU-vid channel here that the guy specializes in finding and exhuming remains of soldiers killed in battle. The Channel is: Crocodile Tear

My Father was 17 when he joined the U. S. Army. He joined mounted Calvary until selected by Gen. MacArthur to form the 75 th Infantry Recon Division. He earned 2 Purple Hearts.He is the only non Belgian to be awarded a medal by the King of Belgium. He served 32 yrs. It is eery to see the ground he may of walked on. To think by looking at the trees many of them weren't there. My Dad died 11/10/2017 at 92.The soldiers left many things.

My dad was in the Battle of the Bulge which took place in the Ardennes. U.S. Army, 6th Infantry, RECON. Great guy, miss him every day.

My uncle Ray Davis caught all 3 wars, WW2, Korean War and 2x Vietnam, WW2 he was 1st in 2-508th PIR 82d, Sicily and Salerno, for DDay went to the 101st, then Holland, the bulge and Rhineland. Retired SGM, he inspired me to join the Army, went to his retirement ceremony, look that uniform blinded ya, the fruit salad and girl bait on those Class A s and those jump boots a high gloss. He was very quiet, always smiled, did anything for anyone. Very humble person.

My Grandfather was a Marine. He served during WWII and Korea. Thank You for finding all that you have and for taking care with any ordinance you've found as well. Less for someone to get hurt by. It gives me memories of my Grandfather, he passed in 1995. I watch every video y'all put up. 👍👍

RIP Easy Company.

70 years in the future: Detecting WWIII equipment🤘🏼

My grandfather was hit with shrapnel in the Battle of the Bulge. Most in his legs. Stayed in there until the day he died.

These vids seem waaaay more high quality now, nice stuff guys! I can tell you guys are putting alotta effort into your vids

Nice! I’ve been hoping to find a video metal detecting on the Battle of the Bulge/the Ardennes. My dad was one of the few survivors of that battle, and he rarely talked about WW2. **One exception that he did tell his sisters: he was in a foxhole with his best friend, under heavy fire, when he urgently felt he had to get out of the foxhole, which didn’t make sense-but right after he rolled out, he turned and saw his best friend blown up.

My Uncle was there at St. Vith in the 84th Division. He earned the Purple Heart and Bronze Star. You guys do a great job of bringing these soldier's stories to life.

That's going to be my hobby when I retire. Metal detecting. Love it.

Interesting. My family member was in that battle when it kicked off. He was separated from his unit for seven days until his capture. He wrote his memoirs describing where he ditched his equipment before being taken as POW. I'm sure his belongings are still there. I need to get over there some day.

I wouldn't touch any grenade even if it's 70+ years old. It still can kill.

The knowledge to know exactly what a fragment found in the ground used to be part of is what I find most impressive

You fellows are doing great work preserving a history no one should forget.

Another great video! The editing gets better and better every vid. Well done. And OMG!! Who is that handsome devil at 00:48?

I’m curious what you do with the items you find. Like do you display them at your house? And what do you do with the explosives such as the grenades?

Nice to see you guys backfilling all the holes!

Nice video, a lot of really awesome finds for sure, and good condition too! Thanks for sharing, keep it up! :) Gr Nick

My pops was in this battle but died buy a sniper rifle R.I.P American soldier

love your videos, so respectful to the brave people that fought in the war on all sides, there are no winners in war only destruction and misery, sorry if too deep, i metal detect and post videos of training camps in England and always think of the people sent over to fight in WW2, such brave men and woman, Hope there will never be WW3

My grandfather fought there,so I find this very educational,I've always wanted to go there to learn more of the history,seeing you guys dig this stuff makes you think of what they went through

Imagine going back those days and watch how all these things ended up where they found them

Thanks for reminding us of the great sacrifices made for freedom. Your knowledge of all these various artifacts is amazing.

Kudos to you gentlemen for restoring the dig sites as close to the way you found them as possible.

Very nice vid, What I do like the most is the clip´s with the history in them. Thx Metal Detecting WWII Battlegrounds

The sound effects of the outro clips was spot on. Great vid

Great, another adventure! Western front is on my bucket list as well for this year :)

11:54 the size and shape of that stove reminds me More of those stoves we used in tents to provide heat when i was in the army

I believe that the narrator of this channel knows more about WW2 relics than any other I've heard on these WW2 dig channels, my hat's off to you, you clearly know your stuff.

Not even saw the video but already liked it! 💪👍

What's amazing is, there are other people who do this same thing, in the same area. And everyone is still finding stuff all these years...... We will never really know how large of a War it really was

What do you do with the unexploded hand grenades?

My Father was there as a US Army Combat Engineer.

My Grandfather was there its so crazy to see this and how history comes alive.

Great video thanks! Could not help but imagine the difficulties the man in those fox holes experienced.

I am from Indonesia ... and I really like your channel ... and I really want to follow your adventure ... I like the history of world war2

Dream team of metal detectors not seen iron mike for a long time always excellent finds history waiting to be found everywhere greetings from steve in England to you all and all who watch

My Grandfather fought in the Ardennes, 9th Infantry Division. Always nice to see these relics recovered.

Excellent discoveries. Always a positive outcome when saving history. Thanks for sharing.

Good video. Back in 2013 finally went to see were my one grandma is originally from in Italy a small farming area in between Naples and Rome Italy, right in the middle of southern and central Italy. Which some WW2, and even WW1 battles has taken place there. In fact the Germans took over my grandma's farm house then some time later the American's took it back over. The house is actually still there with the barn and rebuilt many times. A older family member still owns it and its been honored that I got to go inside of it, and brings me back at memories of her telling me about her farmhouse that her and her brothers and sisters grew up in. Back then there was only 2 or 3 farms on that small mountain top. Now it is just a regular sub division full of houses. And a family member of mine told me every 2 or 3 years someone in that area finds some WW1 and WW2 stuff. Then do watch the Discovery and National Geographic a lot and some of these shows, show that they are still finding things like arrow and spear heads since the Roman and Spartan times.

New video comes out. My head: "Yay!" My left ear: "Here we go again..."

The crazy thing is, he is finding all of these equipments 75 YEARS LATER. So historical

Seeing those grenades reminded me that I saw a short film once shot at incredibly high speed of a hand grenade exploding! Just like a bar of chocolate it broke everywhere but along the deep grooves where it was intended to break, lol.

The XP Deus, what a brilliant detector. Excellent videos. I’d love to bring my Deus over and join you. Thanks for taking the time to put these videos together.

6:50 I know I am a little late but the B.A.R. is not Browning Assault Rifle is it Browning Automatic Rifle. Love the videos!

My first founds was two 9 mm. Rounds some coins and a riffel shell... in my garden (In Denmark)

Digs up two hand grenades. Proceeds to dig with his head right next to them

Hi! Keep up the good work!)) U r have an interesting channel

Great stuff - keep up the good work. Wonderful to see tangible links with history coming to the surface. Thank you. Incidentally BAR stands for Browning Automatic Rifle not "Assault" rifle.

Great work brilliant the way you have the short clips of historical film linking the object really impressive

In the Ardennes, the German forces captured thousands of M1 carbines, which they used as they weighed half as much as their Mausers. They also captured much more .30 carbine ammo than they had for the Mausers.

Hope one day can go to one of this beautiful places and learn more about the WW2 Thanks for sharing your enthusiasmic bye this video

Excellent video. Keep recovering history.

Only if there were any ww2 vets left to see your findings I’m sure it would bring a flood of memories and emotions

Great stuff as always. Thanks for taking us along. Always a pleasure to watch Have a splendid new year Here’s to some spectacular finds in 2020 🍻 cheers 🍻

Great video guys, love your channel , im a detectorist from belgium myself and i regularly go to those areas 2 , and i also always fill up my holes after digging its a must to keep these beautiful resting places intact and preserved 😎👍👍👌

I'd be crapping myself if I was stood next to you guys with those U.S Grenades :0 lol Very interesting video thanks for sharing :)

10:40 almost looks like the clearing in Band of Brothers when Hoobler shot that German on a horse and got his Luger.

OMG at 8:29 they found a hand!! Amazingly well preserved!!

great video and thanks for posting. When I was stationed in Germany I used to explore though the forset but never thought to the extennt of using a metal dector. I did go through some old bunkers.

Great finds gentleman, I love the work your doing, love history along with both world wars as well, please be safe and happy hunting :)

Exceptional production. Showing the find as it was in use is interesting and informative.

My great great uncle served in the battle that took place before the bulge. It was the battle for Hurtgen Forest. He and thousands of others were killed December 1, 1944 after a German counter attack that pushed allies back. He was a staff sergeant with the US Army 8th infantry 28th infantry regiment.

These forests that you go metal detecting in look so beautiful! Are they mostly located in Germany or Eastern Europe?

I'm impressed at how well you guys are able to identify the objects you find. Thanks for all your great detailed work. I thoroughly enjoy your video adventures. Danke!

Your videos are amazing really good to see and footage you put when you find the relics is also really awesome

Wonderful Historical content. Subscribed, and very pleased that your team is recovering History !

Great video guys and great finds! Thank you for preserving history

My grandfather fought there would not talk about it. Thanks to all are service people.past and present

11:34 yanks created a diversion and that crout got flanked ,wouldn't have seen it coming and looking at that hole and the trajectory he copped that round in the neck as someone was shooting from above storming their trench.

I love the way you inform us with videos of the war with the object found to understand more of the use of the object ..great ! From italy gustav line ;)

The only thing more fun than handling 80 year old Gernades might be finding a primed Panzerfaust.

I wished I had know about groups like his when I stationed in Germany. I would have loved to have dug for history.

I’m fascinated that you and your team have found all these artifacts

Even though the grenades are over 70 years old,they are still very dangerous because they could go off at any moment.

Any information on were I could find the video at the end were the soldiers getting food. I'm 100% sure it's my grandfather holding the plate looking into the camera. Would love to find more of the video. Thanks so much for listing him.

Absolutely love this stuff this a big dream of mine to metal detect in places like this. I live in the states but would love to come over and be able to enjoy this history

Fantastic finds again and awesome filming ❤️🇳🇿

As usual great movie great adventure .. cool that you say to bury the holes to leave the forest untouched ... but watch out for these grenades and not only ... it would be nice to see you again in the area Greetings from Poland

I got a grandpops who served in the war and it must of been crazy so its nice to hear stories of this

The juxtaposition of the 7.9 mm. Kurtz case and the M1 carbine case do not necessarily indicate close combat. Captured M1 carbines were used by the Whermacht as substitute standard weapons. Given that the capabilities of the two weapons are roughly equal (without select fire capability on the part of the M1 carbine,) it's quite possible that the German unit engaged here was armed with both weapons.

I love the way you integrate original film to show the original equipment 👍

Great video. Always enjoy your adventures.

Hello !!... good job discovering the history , greetins from Chile.... 😉👍🇨🇱🇨🇱🇨🇱🇨🇱🇨🇱

The guy who was holding the grenade but it didn’t go off watching this vid “hey give me back my grenade” 🤣🤣🤣

Watching from the United States keep up the awesome work, maybe carry a tarp with you to set up if it rains

Must be cool digging up pieces of history unveiling little by little an incredible story of bravery and anguish...

Wow that helmet is perfect 🪖

My great uncle earned a Purple Heart in these woods. Kinda wild to see it. Took shrapnel from a grenade hitting a tree by him

Great finds !!!!! Nice job guys