WW2 Metal detecting - German glass mines everywhere! 

I would totally love to get my hands on some of those glass mine lids. Interested in selling some??

@Coach Men Hi! Yes, can sell a couple of them. Just send me a message on FB, instagram or email: ironmikemetaldet@gmail(dot )com

@@IronMikeMetaldetecting Awesome !! Thanks

Hi! :) In Ungarn gibt's auch ein Gebiet wo sind noch jetzt auch Glasminen im Erde..

Hey dudes that's dutch that slijpsteentje are u dudes dutch i dont rly no but u sound like u are BTW cool stuf ceep IT up

@@fritz3654 wrong, it was made so u cant detect it easy like Metal ones.

@@p-firelord1676 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glasmine_43

@@p-firelord1676 and to maim horribly

@@p-firelord1676 although they were pumped out towards the end to give the Germans an at home advantage and they were not always but at the end of the war especially were definitely built with the resource shortage in mind

I learned about them a few years ago. It's something not many teach about.

I'm an Air Force brat, and I grew up in Germany. We were trained (even kids) to not dig anywhere because of unexploded weapons left over from the war. The base (Zweibrucken AB Germany) where my high school was located was built directly on top of the Siegfried Line. Every time someone started to dig they would have to call in EOD to get rid of some unexploded US artillery and mortar rounds. My English teacher had been on the patrol that called in the artillery strike that had put most of the ordnance there.

You are very welcome. Thanks for watching!

great idea actually. Keep an eye out on the facebookpage ;-)

That’s actually not a bad idea and besides,wouldn’t it be awesome to tell people your coasters are lids to German mines from WW2.

They would make great Drinks coasters for any Man cave !

Looks like they would make good coasters

I would love to buy a few of those glass mine lids myself.

Which we did! ;-)

ROFL.................

Nice to hear you actually learned something from me. Tx for watching (again) Scooter!

Was a first for me too... Were they anti personnel mines? Anyhow, I would see them on a diner table as pads to keep the heat, from the cooking, pots from the table... I would love to do what you are doing... but as I’m officially poor (no money for the equipment) and handicapped... it will remain a dream... PS: a coaster... that’s the word I was looking for... and you answered my question later in the video... Thank you 🙏

Nice finds,wow glass mines,very rare

Makes 3 of us tho I guess it makes sense.not as detectable and creates sharp shrapnel.

Back in the early 1900's they used to have glass balls they were the size of a softball you would throw them into a fire in order to extinguish a small fire or if the fireman would be low on water pressure you would grab these out of a box with dividers and keep throwing them into a fire...Very cool also...!!

I heard the mines the germans used were designed mostly to cause pain and injury than to kill on the spot and this matches that description if you ask me

Yeah horrible stuff but also very fascinating.

they do! :)

Ashtrays for your trees and opium.

Hi Greg! So what your dad told you might have well be one of these horrible things we have found? Thanks for sharing this. Always interested in hearing stories like these from Veterans.

I thought that was cool

Or it contains the dinosaur embryos that Nedry stole in Jurassic Park.

@@klilinoklire4403 doubtful since mosquitoes bite warm blooded animals and reptiles are usually cold-blooded. That's a continuity foul they didn't catch on the movie.

Hi Joseph, thanks for your comment! You are right. It needs to be dug up before it vanishes.

Hi Martin, yes I have also seen some doubtful metal detecting videos. I can assure you, no fake stuff here on this channel. I'll just show the finds, good or bad, and let you as a viewer decide if it's worth the view or not. But glad you enjoyed the video and thanks for the sub!

They were designed with the idea of being indetectable and to injure with undetectable shrapnel. Glass is a nasty explosive, tons of shrapnel and the shrapnel itself is a pain to get out of flesh. From what I've heard, the germans were more determined to injure than kill when it came to mines. Another theory is that they didn't have the resources to make metal casings so they used glass

Tyler House Kill a soldier, he buried and the rest keep fighting. Wound a soldier and he uses at least two more to care for him and get him to a field hospital. So, three out of the fight.

@@lindaterrell6104 makes perfect sense really, pretty shifty tactics.

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Jea it sucks to step on one

Cool, didnt know that. Thanks for your comment Tom!

@@IronMikeMetaldetecting No problem !

That's a beauty coin

Thanks for your support Rick! nice to hear you enjoy the videos! :)

Thank you for your support Marty! He is a great friend indeed! I assumed you don't understand Dutch so gladly put in the subs for you :)

Cool! Love these old bottles too, they really have a beautiful shine!

In PTO at most landing beaches surrounding Atolls there are/were millions of Coke Bottles. They were dumped over the side of Supply/Transport ships by troop's after they finished drinking them as a reward for a job well done. 5 Billion Bottles of Coke were produced in 64 Plants around the world & served to WW2 troops. Coca Cola also created " Jungle Fountains " that were shipped to bases in the Pacific that ran on Electricity & had a built in Icemaker. They were painted in Green Camouflage Read the last paragraph of this article about all the Bottles offshore of only one Famous Island. www.leatherneck.com/forums/archive/index.php/t-40553.html

Thanks Karen. Wish I could too but have a busy job and family life besides this :)

Love doing this so you are very welcome. Tx for watching!

My pleasure! Thanks for watching!

thanks Jake! :)

Hi Paul! Could well be. Or just a stove to keep warm in those nasty German winters.

Nasty little bastards.. imagine one of those going off underneath you. Brr.

First I have heard of glass mines...

@@IronMikeMetaldetecting Oh yeah, that would leave some quite nasty deep wounds

Thanks for watching yet another one!

Glad to hear that Adam! Thanks for your support!

Thanks D&M!

Can understand that. Instagram? If we reach 50.000 just have a nephew or neighbour follow the FB page on your behave. You dont want to miss out a chance at some goodies :-)

@@IronMikeMetaldetecting or an ebay store. Give anyone a fair chance to purchase recovered relics. Limiting it to Facebook and instagram is closed off and is not fair to rest of the world. There are people who dont use instagram ect. Myself included. History deserves to be enjoyed and I'd recommend an Ebay store for that reason. Plus every dollar spent goes to help you run channel buy equipment ect. Compared to give aways to fans like holding a carrot on a stick over there heads. Only my opinion and at the end of the day your entitled to what you want to do.

to add this main reason I have that opinion is I am high-functioning autistic and I along with probably thousands of other people out there in the world some possibly being your subscribers might not want to take the time to download an app say like Instagram that's opens up a whole social interaction with people that causes immense stress that is negative towards my health and other people on the autism spectrum more of a reinforcing idea of it's not a bad idea you may already have a store but if you don't that's one reason to have a store not for me but for other people that are like me out there in the world to be able to reach them because coming from someone that is high-functioning autistic of course there's a spectrum so is to be taken a grain of salt I cannot stand to the point that it makes me physically sick from stress from dealing with things like Facebook Messenger group chats I leave every single one I get put into I don't do Instagram I don't do Snapchat for those reasons as well those are great ways to communicate with fans but there are other fans out there and subscribers or new people like I just recently stumbled upon your Channel today that do not want to do that I would much rather just pay whatever you would charge for it and shipping vindictive and redownload an app that I will never truly use because it causes me turmoil that's just from my personal experience 23 years living as a high-functioning autistic and only recently finding out. There's another very popular Channel That's if you do a patreon donation you have a chance to have a handmade diorama very professionally made sent to you that there is a wonderful idea it takes a lot of funding and time from your personal life to go out there and do these things and to make content like this which is very enjoyable but I would truly think about selling the items that you do find worthy to be sold I just wanted to add this cuz I do feel that proper context really does help

@lora 1111 every time I try to quit Facebook and I try to delete my account it always comes back somehow it's weird

Ahhh Maybe the only other person, I don't use any kind of contact except a very private email

Thanks Bill!

bedankt voor het kijken! Ja die deksels zijn dan ook best stevig. Die hebben een goede knal overleefd. Potten zijn wat kwetsbaarder dus die waren helaas stuk. Ook zullen die wel als weckpotjes gebruikt zijn na de oorlog door lokale bewoners.

aww thanks a lot! Glad you enjoy the videos.

Hi Leah! Yeah I'll be you dont find glassmines in New Zealand!

Nice to read you enjoyed the video Ronnie. Thanks for watching and your comment.

Thanks for watching and your nice comment Thomas!

Tx for watching!

Tx Welshy!

Thanks John! Glad you enjoyed the video.

Undetectable for metal detectors from that time period. Even the fuses were made of bakelite so it couldn't be detected. Also easy to produce especially at the end of the war when all other materials got scarce.

Incredible. Scary but incredible. It's items like such a those that show how far they were willing to go. Just to keep fighting.

@@medtechfire22 Indeed.. They weren't supposed to kill but just to take out an infantry soldier so the wounded would slow down the entire unit. Another horrible fact, back then the x-rays weren't very good as they are today so glass could not of could hardly be spotted. :-s

Hi Kevin, very scary stuff indeed. Good thing these were completely harmless. Is your uncle still alive? I'll bet he has or had tons of stories to tell.

@@IronMikeMetaldetecting He passed away years ago, but he would say very little about his time there. He was in some ruff fighting.

heard it's still being used today? :)

Hi Amy, thanks for watching and your comment. I usually keep the finds myself or just give them to kids to boost their interest in history.

If you're brave enough, you can burn off hair carefully using mini explosion. Some skin and bones may come off with it.

or a coaster!