Metal Detecting WW2 - WHAT'S INSIDE?! AMAZING WWII PAPER! 81mm Mortar Ammo Boxes DUMP found! 

It’s crazy to think that the last person to touch that user manual was a real ww2 soldier. Amazing!!

Random world war 2 veteran watches this video: He found my stash

I would be to scared to dig there. With my luck I would detonate a mine or something else.

*Finds sealed Mortar boxes from WWII in a foxhole* *literally beats it with a hammer*

Ash remains of a dead body History secrets:As you can see it is in very very nice condition

Thanks for not playing loud obnoxious music the whole way through the video, like other channels do. Very interesting finds, your rewarded with valuable artifacts, who knows you may be able to retire some day. And your cleaning mother earth. Job well done.

You truly deserve this so much. Fantastic !. Thanks for sharing and Greetings from Ww2HistoryHunter

the reason it smelt so bad is because as evelyn said below the rings are extra charges and as most explosives are nitrate based ~the decomposing nitrates are mostly what makes a dead body smell so bad

Maybe someone used the stinky one as a pee bucket.

You have the fastest paced, well produced, and most interesting videos on WW2 metal detecting on youtube. Just want to say thanks a lot for sharing your adventures. Texas, USA

The "wool" is most likely a horsehair pad to used to cushion the shells.

That container stayed undergeound for 70 years & still remained air tight, wow

That ammo box was definitely well sealed! Even the instruction paper was in "perfect" condition. Nice find!

Great finds man! Always nice to find paper that still has all the writing on it. Keep up the good work.

Amazing finds! When the air released I knew whatever was inside would be very well preserved. Amazing! Congratulations!

I wonder if the soldiers who buried those boxes are still alive.

This entire video summed up in 1 comment: ''Alright guys, there's another one.''

Charles M. Vesson was a Major General in the United States Army. I'm glad you have recovered his valuables/items.

This is how many times he said "this has a very nice condition" 👇🏻

What's funny about that belt buckle is that it is pretty much the same design that I was issued back in 2001

Pulls out a square piece of rusty metal “these is going to look wonderful on my all” the beauty is in the eye of the beholder!

It's a dream of mine to go to a place like that and find something from wwII.

That long shaft resembles a anti tank cannon support

I wish I was there to open these, that excitement would of been so overwhelming! Your a lucky man! Thank you for what your doing! I appreciate you saving history!!

I wonder if he sometimes accidentally find a body.

Wow, you guys hit the jackpot on this find

“I believe I can hear something insi-“*mortar explodes*

Hey not sure if it was answered, but that big bar you found was and still is used to tow our vehicles. Instead of getting a “wrecker” to come tow it, you take two of those and attack them to the rings on the front on a truck, then another truck can tow it out. (We still use them now just a bit shorter in length)

Wonderful wonderful save of WWII history. Congratulations dude👊🏻

I was an 81 mm mortarman in the US Marine corps.during the 1st gulf war.

Bird in the back ground when he finds the bird skull: "Hey its great grandpa jenkins"

That hawk could have been a pet of the soldiers and if that’s the case the ammo box was probably its grave.

70ish years earlier; Someone: GERALD, WHERE DID YOU BURY THE AMMO?!? Gerald: IDK, I FORGOT WHERE I BURIED IT.

Your videos are like having a clinic on the materials and wepons used during the war. Thank you.

Thats so cool. My father was a paratrooper in WWII and I would love to join you on one of your adventures some day. Keep going and sharing from PA, USA.

it is SOOOOO awesome when you find papers like that in perfect condition. most of those were not just available to the public. what a beautiful addition to your collection!!! keep them coming.

7:55 is a firing table not a manual, it’s used to determine the distances and corrections on the 81mm

one of the best videos I've seen, absolute fantastic find. To find those instructions after all that time and to be the first to handle it in all those years I'm pleased for you I'm not too jealous!!!! well done. History Secrets you are my best subscribed RU-vid channel.

I was waiting for you to find a mortar Ang with the air releasing like that you could tell it hasn't been opened since 1940

You shouldn't touch the paper with your bare hands. The oils that are produced on your hands breakdown and damage old papers.

that moment he steps on a landmine

The things you said could be part of a vehicle look like a trailer hitch tongue not sure what was being pulled around at the time but that’s my knowledge

*holds cap of ammo box* "wow, this is amazing, AWESOME"

3” (Three inch). HE (high explosive)

The long metal piece with the fittings looks like an axle.

Just imagine pulling one out with all the motors still in it.... that would be scary but also pretty cool

This video is basically just r/whatisthisthing in a nutshell

Wow... he's excited to see the same paperwork he saw in the first one. But same stuff... different condition.

I just found your videos, I love them so much ! Great work! Greetings from Indiana!

The numbers on the ammunition boxes was a way of keeping track of them ... often after the ammunition was used the boxes were used by the soldiers to protect their belongings.

WWII poster, "To Every Ordnance Worker from the Chief of Ordnance. Enough - and on Time!" That's a quote from cm Wesson

Amazing find. I use to be part of a mortar team and to find this would be very exciting for me too. I do have to say, though, I was worried there may be something that could explode in there. I would be careful when digging next time because you were using that shovel pretty agressively lol. Thanks for sharing!

Why did RU-vid recommend me this in 2019???

Just think about your the first person to touch that paper since the soldiers did in ww2! Awesome find

Wow you are so lucky, what great finds. Excellent video, great commentary, fast action, kept me riveted to the seat like watching an action packed adventure movie. Thankyou very much for sharing. Kind regards from Australia.

Seeing these things always makes me feel very melancholy. These videos are really interesting. Congratulations!

Hi, brother. I agree with Texas guy comment about your channel. Thanks a lot. Best regards from Amazon, Brazil.

70 years time capsule. Many salutes to the men and women who fought and sacrificed their lives for we will enjoy freedom today.

I just love Your movies ! Greats from Poland brother !

that printed firing table still intact and readable was an awesome find!

What did you get for christmas ? A ww2 mortor ammo box

That big long thing isn’t from a cannon, it would have been a hitch for an old tractor to pull trailers of ammo or just crops. The thing that goes in the end should be a pin, to connect it to the trailer

The bird skull is from a "messenger" bird which they were used to send things like coordinates, etc. which was also used in wwi

When I was a kid, we lived on an island in the Pacific that was the scene of fighting between the Americans and the Japanese. It was not unusual to find shell casings on the beach. I found lots of .30 & .50 caliber casings. I also found a set of head phones behind our house. We also found a huge part of a plane shot full of large holes. It was tear drop shaped and was about 4' at the wide end and about 5' long. It was sealed on both ends, so I think it might have been a fuel tank from a plane. All this without a metal detector. I can only imagine what we would have found with a detector.

H.E. = High Explosive

I love that his thumb was NOT clickbate. Much appreciated!

Btw u gotta be careful cuz u can find activated mine and boom (2019)

sir, you have no idea of how much I will be waiting for the video when you open those two boxes, amazing finds and video as well keep up the amazing job

never seen these before. A D V I S O R Y... BOOBIE TRAPS. After all these years still deadly.

I love watching you find all these outstanding relics! Very fascinating! Whenever this happens it is incredibly hard to describe the emotional thrill!

They used birds on the front lines for other uses or it was a pet bird one of the soldiers had

What i see is a very passionate guy with well produced and interesting channel who deserves much more than 1,5k subscribers!! Well done, dont stop making videos, you rock!

This one is much easier to open.. Do you hear that?? Air.. *explosion*

Those "stinky" rings at the bottom of the mortar boxes are explosive charges to add greater range to the projectile. They are still flammable.

About two years ago I found an old army badge while fishing in England

Alright - I'm an archaeologist - Please take this in the kindest way I can put it. Please leave items in their original position where you found them if you can. The fact you are recording is outstanding because it means we still have a chance to get some of the context of where these things were. When you remove something from where it was - you lose context - and that basically means you can't tell the story of how it got there, what it means or really anything anymore. Because this stuff is relatively recent, its not as big of an issue - but PLEASE to anyone doing this as a hobby, if you find something please try to leave it where it is, and notify an archaeologist so they can at least document what was where, and what it means. You'd be amazed by what I could tell you if I can analyze not just the thing itself but what is surrounding it. Thanks for reading this far to any who do - I hope you have a great day

what an amazing video really enjoy watching you vlogs you are very lucky as we are watching you finds kepp up the good work 1 word jealous lol👍

Those paper rings have gunpowder inside them and that's what made the mortars fly out of the tube with such power

My great grandpa was in World War Two and he is still with me today

That long metal thing you found, it is from a Artillery, they used those to knock down fighter jets or planes or whatever.

Next vidieo you dig out a tiger tank.

@History Secrets in this video you were reading from the card inside that ordinance can, and didn't comprehend the part which read 81MM and 3". I wanted to just chime in to say that's an imperial abbreviation for three inch. A single ' means the number if feet and a double " means number of inches. For reference, I am 6' 3" (six feet, three inches) tall which would be roughly 1905 milimeteres in your familiar measurement. Thanks for the interesting digs! I look forward to more of this content.

The paper rings cushioned the projectile

those long rods look like mortar stands, love the foomp! sound inserted for the mortar footage, they go boom!!

If I ever found boxes like these my wife would’ve called it “JuNk” theses are sacred treasures

Wow this was fantastic to watch .loved it so much . Hope you find more and stay safe when digging as you never know what you are going to find and hit. STAY SAFE ❤️👍🏼

This is absurdely sick mate... what a beautifull beautifull finds... that beltbuckle alone was awesome, but then you just made it better xD Absolutely stunning those papers :) Thanks so much for showing it like you did! Cheers & HH

Great job, I can’t believe it was still vacuumed sealed!!! I was very happy and excited for your find!!! :) You need to invest in some PPE just to protect yourself.

I saw human hair on the paper from the Morter box

Those number on the cans are the Lot numbers given by the manufacturer. Another comment showed the abbreviation of HE= High Explosive ? I saw on another can lid the letters WP= White Phosphorus. Nasty stuff. Be careful. And yes the rings you find, handle with rubber gloves on. Thanks for the awesome video. I wished I had done the same when I was stationed at Gelnhausen back in '71-'72... Oh well.

Love your videos great English skills.

Amazing find. So interesting and sad too to think how much is hidden under ground and how many young boys and men died in the fields. To find bones one must have respect. RIP soldiers. So sad you died alone away from their families. Be them American, British or German. You are remembered. Salute and Respect

so i hope you make markings on landmaps-where you have found what-sometimes it fitted together with other historical investigations!Don t be just a dumb collecter-be more!

Awesome find. But I wouldn´t manhandle the stuff like you do, considering those are mortar AMMO boxes. The stuff becomes highly unstable, yet you toss them around as if you didn´t care. In Denmark, that stuff would have been blown away.

That looks like part of the structure used to make trenches

You can tell that we were ready to go back home by all the crap we just threw in foxhole.

Your digging another fox hole while doing that

As you see here a panzer with people still in it!! Very good condition I think I can put it in my drive way for a Christmas decoration

I’ll be impressed when u dig up a ww2 shovel and continue to dig up further relics with said shovel

Wow, how that range chart is still in such good condition is amazing!