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

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КОМЕНТАРІ • 266

  • @flatcreeker46
    @flatcreeker46 2 роки тому +67

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

    • @joshender9606
      @joshender9606 2 роки тому +10

      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 +3

      Yes, exactly my thoughts after seeing this careful work.

    • @s.f.w.6895
      @s.f.w.6895 2 роки тому +15

      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 Рік тому +1

      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 Рік тому +1

      😆😆 Meticulous attention to detail !

  • @mchurch3905
    @mchurch3905 2 роки тому +57

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

  • @matepapp4271
    @matepapp4271 2 роки тому +10

    you have a great talent at destorying finds.

  • @RommelsAsparagus
    @RommelsAsparagus 2 роки тому +22

    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 Рік тому +2

      Yeah pity he broke it to bits

    • @literallyowl4467
      @literallyowl4467 Рік тому +1

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

    • @jpole411
      @jpole411 Рік тому

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

    • @78MerakSS
      @78MerakSS 8 місяців тому +1

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

    • @jakerazmataz852
      @jakerazmataz852 8 місяців тому

      @@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.

  • @ashleysmith3106
    @ashleysmith3106 Рік тому +10

    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 !!

  • @dawolf7784
    @dawolf7784 2 роки тому +26

    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 +5

      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.

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

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

  • @minimaus7046
    @minimaus7046 Місяць тому +1

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

  • @haroldmordt4421
    @haroldmordt4421 6 місяців тому +1

    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?"

  • @petesmith9472
    @petesmith9472 Рік тому +9

    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

      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.

  • @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🇬🇧🇵🇱

  • @AndrewTubbiolo
    @AndrewTubbiolo 2 роки тому +3

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

  • @fw1421
    @fw1421 2 роки тому +4

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

  • @mikem5043
    @mikem5043 Рік тому +2

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

  • @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.

  • @snezanarakin1468
    @snezanarakin1468 2 роки тому +4

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

  • @outerhaven8568
    @outerhaven8568 Рік тому +1

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

  • @gmoll7535
    @gmoll7535 2 роки тому +2

    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.

  • @morotoro8023
    @morotoro8023 2 роки тому +2

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

  • @RogowskiBubba0864
    @RogowskiBubba0864 Рік тому +1

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

  • @royalsempire1757
    @royalsempire1757 2 роки тому +3

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

  • @treasurehuntingscotlandmud9340
    @treasurehuntingscotlandmud9340 2 роки тому +2

    Enjoyed the video well done on the finds

  • @marcioreis2648
    @marcioreis2648 2 роки тому +1

    Awesome first guys. Looking forward for the next video.

  • @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 +15

      @@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

  • @fireabend_1226
    @fireabend_1226 2 роки тому +3

    Good work - thanks!
    Хорошая работа - спасибо!

  • @mrspin3315
    @mrspin3315 2 роки тому +2

    I enjoyed your content very much!

  • @robertchubb1518
    @robertchubb1518 2 роки тому +2

    “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

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

  • @genecurrivan2799
    @genecurrivan2799 2 роки тому

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

  • @jasonjenson3174
    @jasonjenson3174 2 роки тому +1

    Jaw dropping finds!

  • @ussmalta
    @ussmalta 2 роки тому +1

    which country they are found

  • @madeinengland1182
    @madeinengland1182 2 роки тому +1

    You find amazing things! Good work lads!

    • @lifeindetale
      @lifeindetale Рік тому

      They are looking for the lost treasures! Would be too

  • @DopeFiend
    @DopeFiend 2 роки тому +3

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

  • @devinrock1493
    @devinrock1493 Рік тому +2

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

  • @Moosemoose1
    @Moosemoose1 9 місяців тому

    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

  • @adeyp3871
    @adeyp3871 Рік тому

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

  • @tristanstoller1097
    @tristanstoller1097 2 роки тому +8

    They’re not preserving. They dig it up then throw it into the river. Bullets and all. Quite disrespectful.

  • @ReaperRestorations
    @ReaperRestorations 6 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

  • @Chiller01
    @Chiller01 2 роки тому

    Fair bit of 8mm Mauser you found there.

  • @joewynands4978
    @joewynands4978 2 роки тому +8

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

    • @frost_i5527
      @frost_i5527 Рік тому

      They know what they are doing

    • @martinlewis967
      @martinlewis967 Рік тому

      They seem to have plenty more if one breaks

    • @deee1979
      @deee1979 Рік тому

      It’s just old munitions.

  • @miaohmya92
    @miaohmya92 2 роки тому +5

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

  • @robertrobinson3788
    @robertrobinson3788 Рік тому +2

    That's cool.💯

  • @hippa2dahoppa2
    @hippa2dahoppa2 2 роки тому +3

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

  • @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.

  • @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

  • @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

  • @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...

  • @terrydown5389
    @terrydown5389 2 роки тому +1

    Great job

  • @steve1311
    @steve1311 Рік тому

    Very interesting

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

    Super Like

  • @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.

  • @mandybrown7758
    @mandybrown7758 2 роки тому

    UNBELIEVABLE FINDS WOW

  • @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 ?

  • @geormauri2923
    @geormauri2923 2 роки тому

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

  • @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 7 місяців тому

      Pretty sure they ARE looters.

  • @johnharris7353
    @johnharris7353 10 місяців тому

    Your videos would be a lot better if you has English captions.

  • @rustynail7609
    @rustynail7609 8 місяців тому

    That would be great fun. 🤘

  • @daleburrell6273
    @daleburrell6273 Рік тому

    13:15...yes, those ARE dangerous-(!)

  • @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.

  • @brandonpeters1859
    @brandonpeters1859 2 роки тому +1

    I love their finds but hate the way they treat all of the artifacts.

  • @marinoceccotti9155
    @marinoceccotti9155 Рік 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.

  • @boarzwid1002
    @boarzwid1002 2 роки тому

    Those are magnetic shaped charges IE a hand held panzer Faust

  • @gergemall
    @gergemall 2 роки тому

    Amazing

  • @martinlewis967
    @martinlewis967 Рік тому

    Where there’s muck there’s brass!

  • @hansp47d
    @hansp47d 2 місяці тому

    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

  • @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?

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

    Fantastic find! But, where are the weapons?

  • @johnsamsungs7570
    @johnsamsungs7570 Рік тому

    All this ammo can be cleaned and used. 80 years on.

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

    Good job!!!

  • @June1815VICTORY
    @June1815VICTORY 2 роки тому +3

    Your distorting items while opening them, you should be ashamed of yourselves. 😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱

    • @daveJDB
      @daveJDB 2 роки тому

      If you mean the boxes they hold no value and are rusted to the point that it really doesn't matter what you do with them since they'll fall apart no matter what you do

    • @pmangeri
      @pmangeri 2 роки тому +1

      I agree to some extent, even though they are really wet. Let it dry out, maybe gently pull out one of the interior boxes and leave the rest intact. It is literally from the factory and 99% were opened and discarded. Very rare to find an intact ammo container from the factory.

  • @o_LL_o
    @o_LL_o Рік тому

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

  • @VaderisOne
    @VaderisOne 2 роки тому +1

    Do you or can you sell things like helmets?

  • @hgm8337
    @hgm8337 Рік тому

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

  • @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.

  • @daleburrell6273
    @daleburrell6273 Рік тому

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

  • @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.

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

    Great job guys, really excellent work !!! Awesome safety precautions for only such small amounts of old explosives. Bravo, by the way, on that skillful handling! That should keep danger and restoring work to a minimum. Learned a lot here...👍

  • @ChoctawNawtic4
    @ChoctawNawtic4 7 місяців тому

    Why are theses such dangerous finds? They can just blow up?

  • @AKSnowbat907
    @AKSnowbat907 2 роки тому +1

    But no boxes full of weapons..

  • @KaptainKhaos1
    @KaptainKhaos1 2 роки тому

    Don't suppose the ammo is for sale?
    Lol. Great find.

  • @brodylockley3141
    @brodylockley3141 Рік тому

    Did u keep the or referbish them to shoot

  • @johnoneill9539
    @johnoneill9539 Рік тому

    No wonder much is destroyed when excavation begins especially like this madman with an axe! Could at least dry and preserve all from those boxes

  • @davidbiser7231
    @davidbiser7231 Рік тому

    Wet ammo is unstable.

  • @Greyhound0111
    @Greyhound0111 2 роки тому +1

    Why would you throw them in a river ? 😮

  • @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.

  • @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 7 місяців тому

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

  • @davidnorman2134
    @davidnorman2134 Рік тому

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

  • @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.

  • @markgranger9150
    @markgranger9150 Рік тому

    One day these guys are going to get a nasty surprise. The Germans booby trapped some of these sights. After 7 years gun powder becomes unstable and shaking boss of ammo is dangerous

  • @christophermiller8894
    @christophermiller8894 2 роки тому

    Balls of steel!!

  • @gruppenfuhrer45
    @gruppenfuhrer45 2 роки тому +1

    All I can say is wow. I’d love to have this stuff.

  • @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?

  • @geoffsullivan4063
    @geoffsullivan4063 Рік тому

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

  • @paulmink987
    @paulmink987 2 роки тому +1

    i wana join for a weekend or week ,how much $

  • @4WDToyotaOwnerMagazine
    @4WDToyotaOwnerMagazine 2 роки тому

    I'll bet most of that 7.92 belted ammo would still fire through an MG34

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

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

  • @HotSpace2007DaveB
    @HotSpace2007DaveB 2 роки тому

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

  • @patrickchallis5063
    @patrickchallis5063 Рік тому

    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.

  • @midnightthinker5479
    @midnightthinker5479 Рік тому

    Why is all of it just buried

  • @revell_88
    @revell_88 2 роки тому +4

    Ativem a legenda em português do Brasil. Conheço umas 20 pessoas que acompanham vocês. A legenda em português facilitaria muito! 🇧🇷😎👊

    • @dancosa
      @dancosa 2 роки тому

      tem mais um aqui