BOXES WITH GERMAN WEAPONS FOUND IN WWII DUGOUT / WW2 METAL DETECTING

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  • @flatcreeker46
    @flatcreeker46 2 роки тому +84

    Always a joy to see expert archeologists at work preserving finds.

    • @joshender9606
      @joshender9606 2 роки тому +14

      Good luck getting archeologists to do this kind of pit digging, slogging, backbreaking work on the Russian steppes, just to find the remnants of an industrial war.

    • @jewpsyaltprager4947
      @jewpsyaltprager4947 2 роки тому +7

      Yes, exactly my thoughts after seeing this careful work.

    • @s.f.w.6895
      @s.f.w.6895 2 роки тому +19

      Well Josh, I don't know. What do you think "archaeologists" have been doing for the past hundred years in the desserts of Arabia, the mountains of Africa and South-America? I don't think they took the 4x4 with the metal-detectors. And what these guys are doing is stupid and disrespectful to history. First, those Hafthohlladüngen looked pretty intact and although they look rusty on the outside, if the fuses are still intact and the inside charge isn't eaten, I wouldn't handle em like that. Second, why not dig a little bit further and take those crates out gently. They would have been intact. A little patience goes far. Every collector knows that. This is just plundering.

    • @charlottmeister7889
      @charlottmeister7889 2 роки тому +4

      It was intended to be sarcastic. ;)
      Every find could also reveal remains of MIA soldiers, from both sides.
      Really a shame, that like this, these guys might be lost forever. :/

    • @geoffsullivan4063
      @geoffsullivan4063 2 роки тому +5

      😆😆 Meticulous attention to detail !

  • @matepapp4271
    @matepapp4271 2 роки тому +23

    you have a great talent at destorying finds.

  • @mchurch3905
    @mchurch3905 2 роки тому +64

    “Hey, the magnet is still working,”. “BOOM”.

  • @RommelsAsparagus
    @RommelsAsparagus 2 роки тому +33

    Notice how the wooden ammo box he ripped apart with that hatchet, while rotten, was very high quality and dovetailed. A dovetailed hardwood ammo crate. Nice!

    • @mrkerrgrade8
      @mrkerrgrade8 2 роки тому +5

      Yeah pity he broke it to bits

    • @literallyowl4467
      @literallyowl4467 Рік тому +3

      yeah true, i think they don't really care since they probably find alot of this stuff

    • @jpole411
      @jpole411 Рік тому +3

      I am astounded the wood still exists having been in the ground for at least 75 years!

    • @78MerakSS
      @78MerakSS Рік тому +4

      These guys are a bunch of clowns really. They treat this stuff really badly.

    • @jakerazmataz852
      @jakerazmataz852 11 місяців тому +2

      @@jpole411 I just saw a video where a guy pulled a bolt action WW2 rifle from under a stump or something in a swamp. The stock was like new. It was hard to believe.

  • @CitizenSmith50
    @CitizenSmith50 2 роки тому +16

    If this were "Time Team" they would be treating these Archaeological Finds with great delicacy, but these guys just go at them with a hatchet ! So much for History !!

  • @haroldmordt4421
    @haroldmordt4421 9 місяців тому +7

    Two men in the air, one going up and the other coming down. The one falling down asks the other guy "You know anything about parachutes?" .The other one asks "You know anything about digging up ammo and artillery shells?"

  • @mikem5043
    @mikem5043 Рік тому +6

    The five round clips are most likely for the Mauser, and the belted stuff for MG42/43

  • @mikemuscatiello8787
    @mikemuscatiello8787 3 дні тому +1

    I get anxiety watching them handle potentially volatile munitions. I’m not an expert on ammunition, but visually, the casings look compromised by the layer of corrosion on base and especially around the primer. In any case, be careful guys! All of us watching your awesome videos want you to continue making great material! Be Safe!

  • @lenhaynes4800
    @lenhaynes4800 3 місяці тому +3

    Those bullets and shells can still fire! At least some so Nice find guys!! 👍🏻👍🏻

    • @420exp8
      @420exp8 24 дні тому

      doesn't gunpowder chemical reaction expire or no?

  • @petesmith9472
    @petesmith9472 2 роки тому +10

    As a kid growing up in Australia finding stuff like in old military dumps and ww2 sites was a continuing dream. Peak Hill being the one that set me off.

    • @Jo_Wardy
      @Jo_Wardy Рік тому

      I'm also Australian and only heard stories from my dad when he worked overseas he had things about Biak and other things he was big into learin about the wars in the pacific. He worked overseas during. The 80-2000s I believe.

    • @Richard-qx6el
      @Richard-qx6el Рік тому +1

      I'm glad you didn't say "set it off" lol. But hey you're right, I'm an Aussie, and as a primary school boy, most stuff I saw was in kids dad's sheds, or at the army surplus stands at the Royal Show.

  • @dawolf7784
    @dawolf7784 2 роки тому +28

    What a great find. I really wish that the entire video would be transcribed into English so that we could understand everything you’re saying. I really hope some of the better things that you find your restoring them to save for future generations to see. Thank you for showing us what you find it’s really magnificent. I have a German 8 mm Mauser that was passed down to me for my grandfather who fought in World War II that he brought back. I treasure it and I would absolutely love to get my hands on his much ammo that you found and recondition it just for its sentimental value

    • @GoViking933
      @GoViking933 2 роки тому +6

      Man, its funny you say that, looking at that ammunition I was thinking it would be fun to clean up the better examples and try shooting it just for the fun of shooting historical ammunition.

  • @adeyp3871
    @adeyp3871 Рік тому

    Are the bullets still able to be fired if cleaned up? Or is the gun powder not good anymore?

  • @hansp47d
    @hansp47d 6 місяців тому +4

    It appears to me they have little sense of careful handling of everything they find. If I was in charge of this exploration I’d have it returned to a facility where they could carefully examine and take things apart with the aim to preserve as much as found as

  • @minimaus7046
    @minimaus7046 5 місяців тому +1

    ich liebe eure Videos sind einfach fantastisch ❤❤❤
    Liebe Grüße aus Germany

  • @AndrewTubbiolo
    @AndrewTubbiolo 2 роки тому +5

    That's some dangerous digging. 80 years later and they still need to do EOD. Crazy.

  • @marcioreis2648
    @marcioreis2648 2 роки тому +1

    Awesome first guys. Looking forward for the next video.

  • @jeffshonkwiler995
    @jeffshonkwiler995 2 роки тому +4

    Awesome finding. Thank you for Texas

    • @paulkaminski5695
      @paulkaminski5695 2 роки тому

      Support your comment Jeff‼️Best greetings from ⛩🇯🇵Tokyo🇬🇧🇵🇱

  • @robertrobinson3788
    @robertrobinson3788 2 роки тому +2

    That's cool.💯

  • @timriffe1423
    @timriffe1423 Місяць тому

    Can that ammunition still be fired if cleaned up.if so can you sell those in your country.? Great Video..

  • @Moosemoose1
    @Moosemoose1 Рік тому +2

    I'd be downright terrified to dig up so much old ordinance like that, all it takes is a single unstable charge and one wrong hit of the shovel

  • @bobsutton4791
    @bobsutton4791 Рік тому

    What do you do with the ordinances you find ...are thay still live .....???????😮

  • @noahcognard533
    @noahcognard533 2 роки тому

    How do they find places to dig ?
    Are they random ? Do they have information from internet or maps ?

  • @mrspin3315
    @mrspin3315 2 роки тому +2

    I enjoyed your content very much!

  • @Vault57
    @Vault57 10 днів тому

    12:10 What to do with them? I would look into the feasibility of reworking them. Pull the bullets, dump the powder, and knock out the primers. Then tumble the brass to polish them up, reprime them with a new primer, add new powder, and reseat the bullets. Some cartridges are hard to find, and you may find a market for them among those who shoot war relic rifles. If nothing else, sell the casings and the bullets to reloaders. Don't just dump them. Save what you can.

  • @venkos6476
    @venkos6476 2 роки тому +20

    Isn't there any danger of finding live land mines? I always had interest on metal detecting but never went to such unknown areas...

    • @derberliner1723
      @derberliner1723 2 роки тому +4

      I think they all can't Explode because they're probably already so rusted together that they can't go anymore

    • @kg6itc
      @kg6itc 2 роки тому +3

      Yes, but Russians are not beeches

    • @edsmetaldetecting31
      @edsmetaldetecting31 2 роки тому +7

      Rusted or not I would think they are still dangerous and maybe unstable. I could be wrong.

    • @pooooornopigeon
      @pooooornopigeon 2 роки тому +16

      @@derberliner1723 WW1 munitions explode each year, killing farmers etc so WW2 munitions are still potentially dangerous.

    • @erikjo777
      @erikjo777 2 роки тому +15

      Old mines are just as dangerous as new mines. We still are removing ww2 mines on beaches here in Norway

  • @RogowskiBubba0864
    @RogowskiBubba0864 Рік тому +1

    Again, great and interesting finds.
    Greetings from the Netherlands 😎

  • @diepohlis
    @diepohlis 2 роки тому +2

    Sehr interessant. Wäre die gefundene Munition noch funktionsfähig? Viele Grüße aus Bayern. Marco

    • @fireabend_1226
      @fireabend_1226 2 роки тому +1

      Ich würde es nicht ausprobieren, aber ein Mann sagte, sie wird aufs Revier gebracht und von dort hoffentlich entsorgt.

    • @ottoyurich6041
      @ottoyurich6041 2 роки тому

      Если начать разберать то вполне возможно...

  • @snezanarakin1468
    @snezanarakin1468 2 роки тому +4

    super kanal pratim vas redovno samo Tako nastavire velki pozdrav iz Srbije

  • @treasurehuntingscotlandmud9340
    @treasurehuntingscotlandmud9340 2 роки тому +2

    Enjoyed the video well done on the finds

  • @VaderisOne
    @VaderisOne 2 роки тому +1

    Do you or can you sell things like helmets?

  • @geormauri2923
    @geormauri2923 2 роки тому

    Buen video, una pregunta que le hacen a todas esas balas descubiertas..? Las limpian, le quitan el oxido?

  • @fireabend_1226
    @fireabend_1226 2 роки тому +3

    Good work - thanks!
    Хорошая работа - спасибо!

  • @ussmalta
    @ussmalta 2 роки тому +1

    which country they are found

  • @morotoro8023
    @morotoro8023 2 роки тому +2

    Woooow...excelentes hallazgos, buen video y peligroso ok.

  • @gmoll7535
    @gmoll7535 2 роки тому +3

    How awesome. Seems like this belongs in a museum somewhere!

    • @suzyqualcast6269
      @suzyqualcast6269 2 роки тому

      The bullets can be emptied nd cleaned up. Wouldn't like to mess with the mines/tank ammo though.

  • @kevinworrick773
    @kevinworrick773 2 роки тому +1

    What do they do with all the ammo and stuff they find?

    • @zarakdurrani7584
      @zarakdurrani7584 2 роки тому

      Sent to some local museum perhaps

    • @ChoctawNawtic4
      @ChoctawNawtic4 11 місяців тому

      I think they sell it and make money to museums etc.

  • @genecurrivan2799
    @genecurrivan2799 2 роки тому

    Best to you, you guys!! From America....

  • @brodylockley3141
    @brodylockley3141 2 роки тому

    Did u keep the or referbish them to shoot

  • @brianjschumer
    @brianjschumer 19 днів тому

    German and Russian ammo and shells in such close proximity, show how close and fierce the fighting was..May all those men rest in peace

  • @jasonjenson3174
    @jasonjenson3174 2 роки тому +1

    Jaw dropping finds!

  • @terrydown5389
    @terrydown5389 2 роки тому +1

    Great job

  • @LucasSantos-tz7dq
    @LucasSantos-tz7dq 2 роки тому +2

    Super Like

  • @ankles632
    @ankles632 Місяць тому

    The piece of the tank was probably the most valuable find. Just as scrap it has a much higher value because it is low alpha steel. ( todays price on NYSE $1930 per ton)

  • @patrickperry3007
    @patrickperry3007 25 днів тому

    So much for preserving the history....

  • @volvo850rex
    @volvo850rex 2 роки тому

    What can you do with the ammunition?

  • @rustynail7609
    @rustynail7609 11 місяців тому

    That would be great fun. 🤘

  • @robertchubb1518
    @robertchubb1518 2 роки тому +5

    “I wanted to take the whole box out..but it broke...” but you destroyed the box it contained in without any regard....what a travesty

    • @s.f.w.6895
      @s.f.w.6895 2 роки тому +1

      I agree, It could have been a complete box if these guys knew what they were doing...

  • @quechvermont1279
    @quechvermont1279 2 місяці тому +1

    man those shells with primers intact...very dangerous

  • @AndreasPoulsen-yw5cb
    @AndreasPoulsen-yw5cb Місяць тому

    Great find

  • @fw1421
    @fw1421 2 роки тому +5

    Although it’s amazing to find these relics it’s a sad reminder of such a horrible war on your soil.

  • @mr.holley3716
    @mr.holley3716 2 роки тому +8

    Thank goodness you dug that out of the ground after 80years of preservation so you could just rip it apart and destroy

  • @ReaperRestorations
    @ReaperRestorations 9 місяців тому

    those mines are a shaped charge. when they explode they invert that cone and turn into a super hot molten jet of metal that punches a hole in the armor. this is why they need the standoff distance provided by the magnetic legs

  • @jean-francoissaliou690
    @jean-francoissaliou690 2 роки тому

    Good job!!!

  • @FuturLemon
    @FuturLemon 2 роки тому

    wie findest du all diese Sachen

  • @Stealfos
    @Stealfos 2 роки тому +1

    What happens to all the small arms ammo ? I suppose thats safe unless its like thrown into a fire.

  • @HotSpace2007DaveB
    @HotSpace2007DaveB 2 роки тому

    Would some of those rounds be safe to fire or are they unsafe to do so?

  • @AndreasPoulsen-yw5cb
    @AndreasPoulsen-yw5cb Місяць тому

    And god bless you for it

  • @royalsempire1757
    @royalsempire1757 2 роки тому +3

    Many of those cartridges are in such well conditioned they may still fire neat

  • @o_LL_o
    @o_LL_o Рік тому

    How come you keep finding more more stuff but the hole doesn't get any bigger?

  • @davidnorman2134
    @davidnorman2134 2 роки тому +1

    I wonder if you washed and cleaned all that ammo if it go through a machine gun, even for it's age it looks good

  • @miaohmya92
    @miaohmya92 2 роки тому +5

    Will never stop enjoying these videos. Very amazing work and skill to be so good at this.

  • @madeinengland1182
    @madeinengland1182 2 роки тому +1

    You find amazing things! Good work lads!

    • @lifeindetale
      @lifeindetale 2 роки тому

      They are looking for the lost treasures! Would be too

  • @zoebachar2234
    @zoebachar2234 2 роки тому +2

    Oh look the primer on the tank shell is in great shape. Let me just tampon it a bit aggressively.

  • @heru-deshet359
    @heru-deshet359 2 роки тому

    Fantastic find! But, where are the weapons?

  • @backdraft57
    @backdraft57 2 роки тому +1

    Amazing

  • @shaund3712
    @shaund3712 Рік тому +1

    I would like to know what happens to the identity discs? Are they returned to Germany so their identities can be verified for their loved ones?? It’s also a shame that there’s so much senseless destruction - and it does seem dangerous. I loved Time Team but they were bona fide archeologists. They worked with a huge level of knowledge and had a deep respect for the fallen.

  • @SF-UK-888
    @SF-UK-888 2 роки тому

    Whereabouts are they digging? I don’t need a grid reference, but by the same token, I know it’s the Eurasian landmass.

  • @marinoceccotti9155
    @marinoceccotti9155 2 роки тому

    What do they do with all these ammos... Do the salvage the brass and the lead ? I mean, they come by thousands of hundreds, so they have no collectible value.

  • @bobhenry6159
    @bobhenry6159 2 роки тому

    I believe that original MG ammo is worth $100 a round here in the states. Soldiers shipped the guns home, but very little ammo made it back.

    • @BenDover-pr9gy
      @BenDover-pr9gy 2 роки тому

      Nonsense. You can buy 8mm Mauser (7,92mm) everywhere nowadays. And old casings might be expensive but waaaay less than $100. I believe zib militaria from Germany used to sell them for around $4 - ready for export to the US as they had their powder charge removed.

    • @bobhenry6159
      @bobhenry6159 2 роки тому

      @@BenDover-pr9gy 7,92....I guess you're in Europe? Anyway, we Americans prefer powder in our rounds. lol

    • @BenDover-pr9gy
      @BenDover-pr9gy 2 роки тому

      @@bobhenry6159 putting powder into the original casing is easy. All old boomers reload their brass.
      $5 for the original brass&bullet, a few cents for the powder and primer, and you have yourself a cartridge indistinguishable from what Hans would have used on the eastern front.
      It's even better than using originals as the primers will have degraded by now to such an extend that it takes a second or two to ignite the powder. It's extremely irritating if you know what I'm talking about.
      Plus with 100% OG rounds you never know how it was stored which greatly impacts the pressure. There's nothing quite like the joys of having your vintage gun explode an inch from your face due to massive overpressure.

    • @bobhenry6159
      @bobhenry6159 2 роки тому

      @@BenDover-pr9gy All that is fine, but lets not compare German Apples to American Oranges.

    • @BenDover-pr9gy
      @BenDover-pr9gy 2 роки тому

      @@bobhenry6159 what are you talking about? I don't mean this in a bad way I really did not get what "apples and oranges"-comparisons have to do with 8mm Mauser.
      Btw, I've looked online for a few seconds and found 2 sites that sell OG ww2 Mauser ammo at $1-1,20 per round.
      Can't post links as yt auto deletes them but first one is "J&G sales" and second one is called "mg34" - both are live rounds, both located in continental US and both ship with FedEx.

  • @boarzwid1002
    @boarzwid1002 2 роки тому

    Those are magnetic shaped charges IE a hand held panzer Faust

  • @LucasSantos-tz7dq
    @LucasSantos-tz7dq 2 роки тому +3

    Que Deus Abençoe Grandemente Sempre Sempre a Gloriosa Rússia 🇷🇺🇷🇺🇷🇺🇷🇺🇷🇺🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

  • @patrickchallis5063
    @patrickchallis5063 2 роки тому +1

    Only hope the don’t edit out the UXO explosion, these people are crazy any explosives and detonators only get more sensitive with age and are totally unpredictable.

  • @steve1311
    @steve1311 Рік тому

    Very interesting

  • @hippa2dahoppa2
    @hippa2dahoppa2 2 роки тому +3

    man i was shocked to see such a big piece of a tank

  • @davidbiser7231
    @davidbiser7231 2 роки тому +1

    Wet ammo is unstable.

  • @michatrejgis2188
    @michatrejgis2188 Рік тому

    Why do you destroy the box? You know that there is ammunition. Are you looking for something of more valuble hidden in there?

  • @stevegraves4700
    @stevegraves4700 2 роки тому +2

    I wonder how many millions of dollars were spent on ammo and other ordinance that were never used.

    • @hgm8337
      @hgm8337 Рік тому

      yes and man/slave hours wasted in a fruitless defence of the Reich.

  • @beuski6531
    @beuski6531 2 роки тому +1

    Not much in the way of trying to preserve any of the wooden crates which I would think were in great condition considering how long they've been in the ground. They almost looked like they were looters trying to find anything they could sell right away. Just Sayin'.

    • @spearfish5044
      @spearfish5044 2 роки тому

      That is exactly what they are. They sell the stuff they find (except of course the ammo and guns) on Ebay.

    • @ChoctawNawtic4
      @ChoctawNawtic4 11 місяців тому

      Pretty sure they ARE looters.

  • @Greyhound0111
    @Greyhound0111 2 роки тому +1

    Why would you throw them in a river ? 😮

  • @Chiller01
    @Chiller01 2 роки тому

    Fair bit of 8mm Mauser you found there.

    • @420exp8
      @420exp8 24 дні тому

      thought it was ammo of mosin-nagant it's also 5bullet thingy

  • @1q2w3e922
    @1q2w3e922 2 роки тому

    even though this ammo seems useless I know some would still fire. I would pull the bullet with a puller clean the brass and sell it to reloaders.

  • @danielleclare2938
    @danielleclare2938 2 роки тому +4

    Demilled and restored those Artillery rounds are worth a good buck. I bet even the power is still useable as it is made of nitro cellulose... plastic flakes of nitro glycerine... very stable. Even waterproof it does not get wet.

    • @suzyqualcast6269
      @suzyqualcast6269 2 роки тому

      If recovered and dried the flakes can be 'ignited' simply with a mag glass in the sun - amazing smell ! 😉

    • @s.f.w.6895
      @s.f.w.6895 2 роки тому

      And those anti-tank "Hafthohlladung" grenades are worth 300 to 600 dollars each, in that condition.

  • @mandybrown7758
    @mandybrown7758 2 роки тому

    UNBELIEVABLE FINDS WOW

  • @AndreasPoulsen-yw5cb
    @AndreasPoulsen-yw5cb Місяць тому

    Great caliber

  • @themodernnews8482
    @themodernnews8482 2 роки тому +1

    👌

  • @davidnorman2134
    @davidnorman2134 2 роки тому

    There's got to be some chemical you can wash that amo and get it back to near new again

  • @devinrock1493
    @devinrock1493 Рік тому +3

    Painful to watch them destroy some of the things they found, like the ammo boxes

  • @geoffsullivan4063
    @geoffsullivan4063 2 роки тому

    @ 6:30 when he finds the helmet its like he tipped someones brains out.

  • @outerhaven8568
    @outerhaven8568 Рік тому +1

    Dont throw the ammo into the river comrade! the lead will poison the water!

  • @warishmakakmayum9970
    @warishmakakmayum9970 2 роки тому +2

    First comment

  • @hgm8337
    @hgm8337 Рік тому

    What were they thinking leaving behind all that ammo? Madness.

  • @martinchenchev5938
    @martinchenchev5938 2 роки тому +6

    Hello I've recently started watching your videos and I just wonder all the ammo and explosives you are finding, what are you doing with them after?
    Giving it to police to destroy it or they are going into museum?
    Are they paying you for this amazing finds?
    I'm from Bulgaria and for 1400years of war history soon I'm going to the South Frontline to look for Bulgarian, French, British, German, equipment and I can't wait to see what I can find, or probably blow up myself one day hahahahahahah

  • @kennethiman2691
    @kennethiman2691 2 роки тому

    Why dig them up if you plan to throw them away?

  • @joewynands4978
    @joewynands4978 2 роки тому +11

    You guys are awful destructive with the artifacts. Still enjoy watching though

  • @Tingoat
    @Tingoat Рік тому

    Why would them weapons be buried so deep ? Strange

    • @hgm8337
      @hgm8337 Рік тому

      I think 80-years of dirt and decomposed leaves maybe?

  • @wwtf7180
    @wwtf7180 29 днів тому

    Has anyone ever tried firing any of these old rounds to see if they still work?

    • @andik859
      @andik859 19 днів тому

      Wenn der Siegellack zwischen Kugel und Hülse und zwischen Zündhütchen und Hülse noch in Ordnung ist und keine Feuchtigkeit an das Pulver kommt, funktionieren die Patronen noch. Vor einigen Jahren hatten wir mal ein paar Patronen von Anfang 1940 ausprobiert und die funktionierten. Muss man richtig sauber putzen.

    • @wwtf7180
      @wwtf7180 19 днів тому

      @
      Translation to English please.

  • @DopeFiend
    @DopeFiend 2 роки тому +3

    He threw out all those stripper clips too? I hope not.

  • @lynchfaraaz3895
    @lynchfaraaz3895 2 роки тому +1

    Nice nice boys

  • @daleburrell6273
    @daleburrell6273 Рік тому

    12:17...those are "stripper clips" for rifles.

  • @Normannia
    @Normannia 2 роки тому +1

    🤛😃👍🏴‍☠