Here are some pictures of one of my latest trips this year to the Hurtgen Forest.

















An US flare-grenade (empty!!!):





















An German coin from 1906:





















Another German coin:

Some really nice itmes again. I 'm wondering whether the Kaiser coin from 1906 could be a talisman? The flare is pretty nice too. Is the lid a part of a U.S. flashlight?

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This coin could be a talisman, maybe from a German soldier who also fought in WWI.
The lid is an cover for over the headlamp of an US vehicle, to stay out of sight from airplanes while driving in the dark.

Many soldiers were superstious and had a little somehting. Maybe this was a lucky coin given by a WWI father to a WWII son. It is a nice find and rather unique too consider this is a WWI coin found among WWII material.

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That would be a good story, i hope he was still lucky after he lost his coin tough!

great pics Ed!!!

thanks!!!

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...this army made up of ex-resistence men and named by the Prince Himself, became known as the STOOTTROEPEN(Stormtroopers).
Nulli Cedo = I'll give way to no one.

Scott

Agreed; beautiful country too!

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"Live as brave men; and if fortune is adverse, front its blows with brave hearts." - Cicero

"It's called getting wounded, Private. Injured is when you fall out of a tree or something." - Sgt. John Martin, "Band of Brothers"

It looks like Aru-Ed spend half his life digging in the woods. It's really worth the trouble, thanks again. I enjoy watching the finds.

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Ha,ha,ha, that would mean i´m only four years old!!!!!

Lovely photos.
We're off to Germany in the summer.
Might have to include Hurtgen , any campsites there?

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I think there will be a lot of campsites but i do not know them, maybe you should try Google.
Indeed its a beautiful countryside, specialy for hiking!

Here are some pictures of my last trip, last Sunday.
In a big crater i found the most items, including a medical bottle and the pocket watch.
Or a GI got a full hit by artillery/mortar fire or the crater was later used as a medicpost i don't know.

















































The pocket watch after cleaning:













And the bottle: (i'm not sure its WWII related).

Wow, excellent finds and beautiful pictures! Thank you for posting these. I wonder what other things are still buried there, quietly waiting to be discovered?

Last saturday i went with 2 friends on a relic-hunt with this as a result.







A German messtin with paint and initials:

I really enjoy watching these when I return from work. iS The brown stick part of razor?

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Yes it is, i found the razor a week before and it fits perfectly!

That's great! Incredible to think that someone shaved with it over sixty years ago. Keep the pictures coming, I really enjoy trying to figure out what objects they are

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The new pictures will be of my next trips, so it will take a while before i will place new finds!

Nice messtin Edwin.

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

Thanks, this one was still missing in my collection, now i can scrap it from my wishlist!

I have always wanted to go there, and hopefully I will be able to some day.
My Uncle was with the 28th infantry, (hence my name, Keystone Two-Eight) and by some freaky miracle, actually beat the odds the 28th had against them, and made it home. When i first heard of the battle via "When Trumpets Fade", I became really engrossed in what happened there, and I have to say, that to this day it remains one of my favorite subjects in military history.

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"One asks oneself; Why not me?
But a bullet does not ask about me or you"

~Leutenant Alfred Regeniter, 3rd Battery, Sturmgeschutz, Brigade 276, holder of the Knights Cross

the bottle is a curious item, i wonder if it was from a medic bag? also Ed what is the circular thing to the far left in the bottom picture, it has ridges on it?

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...this army made up of ex-resistence men and named by the Prince Himself, became known as the STOOTTROEPEN(Stormtroopers).
Nulli Cedo = I'll give way to no one.

Scott