Hello iam new to the site and ever since i joined i have been glued to all your post's ED, Very nice Findings, i hope to see more from you soon!! And i guess if i plan on coming and taking a tour of the forest you woould be the guy to talk to!!! keep it coming man !!!!!

hI Pegasus! Whereabout in Britanny ? I know some great atlantic wall bunkers on the south coast+ the Lorient U-Boot base, but the north coast is full of defenses too.

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Hi Skipper, I have spoken to my friend Pegasus today, unfortunately he doesn't have internet access whilst in France, so he has asked me to act as 'go between'.
He tells me that he is staying in a small village to the east of Brest called Guerlesquin.

Any places you may suggest he can visit would be appreciated .

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Regards
John

"It is always wise to look ahead, but difficult to look further than you can see" - Winston Churchill

Yesterday a new trip to the Hurtgen Forest with Spideyman.
Not so many findings but a great day!







Buttons i found for the first time, has anyone an idea what they are and how they where used?:









A coin dated 1941:

























































NOTE: all the live ammo is placed back in the ground and are left at the spot where they where found!

Still nice finds Edwin, Wehebachtalsperre I see? Very nice place to be overthere... I also didn't found much overthere.

See you tomorrow.

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Eine Lichtung im Walde wo die Sonne scheint.
Eingeschlossen durch Bäume sind wir gefangen,
in dieser Lichtung Gottes...

Interesting finds. is that a beaver dam? The coffee bag looks nice too. The french coin is a zinc occupation coin from northern France (the later Vichy coins were similar but had an axe instead of the Marianne)

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Very nice Ed! Thanks again!

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This is a pair of Dutch resistance crystal radios, built into a small metal can, and a matchbox. The image is from a postcard bought at a Dutch Resistance Museum in Amsterdam. The matchbox is marked in Swedish, but Swedish matches were sold in Holland for many years..
Scott

may i ask what the base plate things are that is what they look like
thanks mg.34

Those are covers for granate canisters, U.S.
Your welcome!
Could you skip the pictures next time if you quote?
Thanks.

I took care of the Pictures in the quote Aru Ed

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Thanks a lot Skipper!
And yes, i think it is a beaverdam on that picture.
By the way, many thanks on the info concerning that coin!

Now problem, these were the cheap zinc coins issued during the war becasue pewter and copper was reserved in priority for the Germans

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Very cool stuff! interesting indeed.
I was wondering can you just walk into places like that and start digging or do you have to get a licsense and digging permit?
Just curious as I ve lways wanted to do that.

fair question i would like to know that my self??
cheers krieg

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Yes you are supposed to apply for a permit . You can't just walk into a private property and start messing up people's land. It's all depends whether you want to dig and use a detector or if you just want to get a few souvenirs. In this case a permission from the owner would be "ok". You can also go to the middle of nowhere and not ask, but that's your business and I won't encourage people to do that, but to tell the truth who hasn't dug a bit here and there in a field just in case a piece of metal shows up. I suppose authorities know how to make the difference about a tourist who finds something harmless for a collection and someone dangerous who plays with amno. Whatever happens do NEVER EVER take amno with you. It's illegal and dangerous and really not worth it.

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no kidding!! You could set off a mine or something, and noone would find you!

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Those who kept silent yesterday will remain silent tomorrow"
~Elie Wiesel~

And again some interesting finds from the Hurtgen Forest.
Like a U.S. helmet in bad shape, German 37mm shell, U.S. pocket knife, U.S. art.labels, part of an Hitler Jugend knife, German drink cup etc.






















































































All the live ammo went back in the ground!

interesting to know why the drill round was there (2nd last photo previous post)

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Indeed, it is not commen to find that on a battlefield, first time i found one of those, it whas still in an clip when i found it, but it broke!

hi .ed
once again you make me envy your great time relic hunting well done mate
keep up the great work
best krieg

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