EXCAVATIONS OF THE GERMAN WWII DUGOUT / THE INCREDIBLE CONDITION OF THE WEAPON IS AMAZING!!!

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  • @martymcpeak4748
    @martymcpeak4748 2 роки тому +86

    This is the best channel of this type, that's why I keep coming back over and over. The condition of the artifacts that were found just amazing. As long as you keep making videos I'll be watching. Thank you preserving the things for future generations to see and learn from. Thank You for everything you do. Peace, Health and Happiness to you.

  • @williamsoileau1802
    @williamsoileau1802 2 роки тому +73

    Back home in Chattanooga, a farmer was digging holes for fence posts, hit a U.S.3inch Ordnance Rifle, the brass tube, some iron fittings, heavy chains, remains of bolts etc...were found. As a kid we played in the old confederate rifle pits on missionary ridge, found buttons, .58 caliber rounds, etc...

    • @martymcpeak4748
      @martymcpeak4748 2 роки тому +6

      That is awesome, I have thought about looking around near the Yadkin River near where I live and seeing what can be found. I know there have been musket balls and other artifacts found near there.

    • @williamsoileau1802
      @williamsoileau1802 2 роки тому +13

      @@martymcpeak4748 The things that can be found, spooky to think about some of em, when I was in high school we used to camp in the Chickamauga battlefield park, a buddy and I found 2 Graves under a thicket, notified the park rangers, THEYdidnt know about em. That evening fog was so scary too, Snodgrass Hill saw the worst of the fighting, a thick cold rolling low fog. Anyways I can talk forever, thank you for getting in touch, write again when you get time.

    • @greenhawk_1495
      @greenhawk_1495 Рік тому +4

      Yeah my friend has a civil war trench in his backyard. We found old food cans and combs along with knifes

    • @williamsoileau1802
      @williamsoileau1802 Рік тому +1

      @@greenhawk_1495 The Battle of Yellow Bayou took place not too far from here, one of the last engagements of the war, I was digging in the backyard, found some artifacts, a .44 revolver ball, a .54 caliber carbine round, some small buckles etc... The entire world is a battlefield, what remains underneath our feet, homes, stores, etc...

    • @greenhawk_1495
      @greenhawk_1495 Рік тому +1

      @@williamsoileau1802 Very cool

  • @hoosierdaddy2308
    @hoosierdaddy2308 2 роки тому +14

    Very cool. I'm shocked at how much is left from WW2 in Russia. ♥️

  • @tomjones2202
    @tomjones2202 Рік тому +8

    I appreciate the way you clean your artifacts, unlike some who rub and rub and sometimes destroy what they find. I looked up the fork, Rostfrei. Aug. Merten Ww., founded in 1910 in Grafrath, Germany

  • @luisramon8322
    @luisramon8322 Рік тому +36

    The Mauser rifle with the bolt and its mechanism still encased in the wood is pretty amazing after 80 years of being burried in the mud.

  • @junerobertson4389
    @junerobertson4389 Рік тому +4

    My word!.......that is a gold mine of finds. Not easy digging in that deep mud.

  • @WTFKiwi-yb8hv5li1m
    @WTFKiwi-yb8hv5li1m 6 місяців тому +1

    Amazing to watch, fantastic to see the respect and all done with great care.

  • @kurtahrens
    @kurtahrens Рік тому +26

    Looks like you found the remains of a foxhole that came under heavy fire, causing the troops to retreat and leave the heavy boxes of ammo that would have slowed them down. Looks like the one helmet is painted white, for winter use. Good find!

    • @dukewellington3174
      @dukewellington3174 Рік тому +1

      I don't think the Germans made it out of that foxhole myself - either KIA or Captured

  • @martinusher1
    @martinusher1 2 роки тому +40

    The German infantry wasn't as mechanized as it appeared, it used a lot of horses and soldiers marched to get from place to place. Looking at this collection, like all the others, there's a feeling that some German marched from the Fatherland to some God-forsaken swamp in the USSR just to die......for what?
    I find these video fascinating. Partly for the history and partly for people who seem to be able to stand being up to their hips in mud and water to pull this stuff out of the ooze. Fascinating!

    • @crazychase98
      @crazychase98 Рік тому +3

      Big part of why they lost the war horrible supply lines even when they where winnning

    • @johndobb8239
      @johndobb8239 Рік тому +10

      To die for what? That truly is the question isn't it? As a combat veteran I can share my opinion on those just a little bit for what it's worth. Let me explain to you what they died for.... Not for politics, not for the love of country, not for anything Noble at all. Combat veterans, fight and die for each other. That's it it's that simple. They were sent there by their country, and probably very patriotic at the time and some even volunteered to go no doubt. But when you're there? And the bullets are flying around you? None of that stuff matters anymore. The only thing that matters to a true combat veteran, or should I say someone that is in combat and not yet a veteran. Is the person standing next to you. It truly is that simple. The whole goal of war for a combat soldier, is to get home, and for their friends to make it home.
      I hope you understand what I'm trying to say.

    • @granola661
      @granola661 Рік тому +1

      Yeah well it's hard to bring a halftrack to a swamp

    • @russellking9762
      @russellking9762 Рік тому

      seemed like a good idea at the time

    • @dukewellington3174
      @dukewellington3174 Рік тому

      They would have been conscripted to fight so basically had no choice.

  • @lucasbauser
    @lucasbauser 2 роки тому +24

    it just baffles me how much history is buried beneath our feet

    • @tanjifromtechsupport1839
      @tanjifromtechsupport1839 2 роки тому +2

      If he dig deeper might find a full mongol.

    • @Resistculturaldecline
      @Resistculturaldecline Рік тому +2

      All of our history

    • @zinodavidoff5665
      @zinodavidoff5665 Рік тому +3

      @@tanjifromtechsupport1839 i have found shards of roman vases and stairs in the woods
      In heidelberg germany....

    • @tanjifromtechsupport1839
      @tanjifromtechsupport1839 Рік тому

      @@zinodavidoff5665 Rome went all over earope including Germany, and reached eastern Russia.

    • @zinodavidoff5665
      @zinodavidoff5665 Рік тому +1

      @@tanjifromtechsupport1839 uuhhmmm nop.
      Not russia.
      Maybe crimea, but it wasnt slavic or called krim.
      It was scythian and afterwards greek than Roman.

  • @pinhead0932
    @pinhead0932 Рік тому +6

    It’s crazy to see how well preserved all these things are

  • @randalldunkley1042
    @randalldunkley1042 2 роки тому +14

    The good condition is from the heavy concentrations of tanic acid in the soil, this preserves ferrous and non-ferrous metals. Of course that is what is used to tan leather. No or little oxygen and a mostly organic soil base protected these items. Out of the ground these items will quickly deteriorate if not protected correctly. The white helmet would indicate that the soldiers were captured during the winter. The loose footwear would indicate that the soldiers were wearing felt boots and put their regular boots aside. Rifles were generally discarded but any machine guns would have been taken along. All this equipment is heavy and anything not valuable to the soldiers would be left behind. After digging up all this ordnance I thought that the comment "dangerous razor" was ironic.

  • @InstinctiveFirearmReviews
    @InstinctiveFirearmReviews 2 роки тому +11

    Absolutely amazing finds. Keep them all. Hope you can do a video when it's all cleaned up and oiled, preserved

  • @liampaterson3424
    @liampaterson3424 Рік тому +7

    I spent 9 months in Slovakia in the early 2000s and we once went to a flea market where there was a guy selling some amazing WW2 equipment including a very nice SS camo smock and several quite good quality helmets. .

  • @marcioreis2648
    @marcioreis2648 2 роки тому +2

    A very nice find. That will make a awesome collection. 👍👍👍

  • @tykellerman6384
    @tykellerman6384 2 роки тому +3

    Amazing condition after so many years . Great video thanks 🤠👍

  • @ehayes5217
    @ehayes5217 2 роки тому +2

    The close-up pics towards the end we're great!🇺🇸

  • @AventureiroPaulek
    @AventureiroPaulek Рік тому +5

    Chegando para prestigiar seu trabalho... Vídeo top demais... Achados incríveis... Tmj... Abração do AVENTUREIRO PAULEK!

  • @gothamantiquities2595
    @gothamantiquities2595 7 місяців тому +1

    You are a hero to all of us kid adventurers that dream about the expeditions you do!!!! Stay well brother

  • @ColinHarperSummerson
    @ColinHarperSummerson 2 роки тому +14

    Amazing, what a collection of finds , from a lot of hard work digging , well done! Thanks for sharing your time 👍

  • @habbopuma13
    @habbopuma13 Рік тому +1

    very great finds!! It's amazing how good things look after more than 80 years.

  • @wwiewolle5849
    @wwiewolle5849 2 роки тому +2

    Wow...very nice finds! 🧐👍

  • @ehayes5217
    @ehayes5217 2 роки тому +3

    The finds are truly amazing!🇺🇸

  • @halmakenreuther8843
    @halmakenreuther8843 2 роки тому +7

    Great finds...well preserved in the clay. Sadly you didnt find the MG. Would like to see a restoration video of the 98k 😊

  • @johnschofield9496
    @johnschofield9496 Рік тому +5

    The preservation is amazing, and I hope you worked to preserve the wood and leather before they dried out !!

  • @hollow_9476
    @hollow_9476 Рік тому +2

    I can already imagine a couple german soldiers who were there just sitting and chatting and here 75-80 years later digging up their belongings and in great condition its amazing

  • @stephenmiller195
    @stephenmiller195 2 роки тому +1

    Absolutely fantastic

  • @mandybrown7758
    @mandybrown7758 2 роки тому +7

    Unbelievable finds Great video and im always so blown away by your channel and how to find these amazing sites to dig

  • @SoulIron
    @SoulIron 2 роки тому +1

    So many good finds and in such a good condition! Nice

  • @danmarsh2011
    @danmarsh2011 2 роки тому

    I love your voice I wouldn’t watch the channel without you narration I love to see the show but your voice makes it so much better

  • @wnmech6495
    @wnmech6495 2 роки тому +2

    Simply amazing the find’s

  • @morotoro8023
    @morotoro8023 2 роки тому +2

    Excelente hallazgos en buena condición ok.

  • @ap6878
    @ap6878 Рік тому

    Its a great Chanel, you r right, all those lost and hidden things after so many years, and find them, its amzing

  • @fireabend_1226
    @fireabend_1226 2 роки тому +3

    Very nice video - congratulations! I read that you can save the leather with oil. Put the bags in the oil after cleaning with water. Use coconut oil or safflower oil until the leather no longer absorbs the oil. All the best. backbreaking work.
    Очень красивое видео - поздравляю! Я читал, что можно спасти кожу маслом. Поместите мешки в масло после очистки водой. Используйте кокосовое масло или сафлоровое масло, пока кожа не перестанет впитывать масло.
    всего хорошего. непосильная работа

  • @ozziepete55
    @ozziepete55 2 роки тому +3

    As usual another excellent video. The relics you recover are just fantastic. You keep making your videos I'll keep watching. Many thanks.

  • @kamal.1990
    @kamal.1990 2 роки тому +2

    Awesome 👍

  • @timusa-o7w
    @timusa-o7w 8 місяців тому

    I like that fork! I’d take it home and use it. Nice finds. I would enjoy doing this myself

  • @MrRaskobrails
    @MrRaskobrails Рік тому +1

    The conditions are amazing. I live in Germany in the Eifel region, and when we were kids we dug out some WW2 remnants, like bullets. But they were all in very bad condition. Rusted all over.

  • @claudionadal.5301
    @claudionadal.5301 Рік тому +2

    😲😲😲😲😲😲 que impresionante hallazgo saludos desde chile🇨🇱

  • @robbiemcc4355
    @robbiemcc4355 2 роки тому

    Fantastic, bravo 👏

  • @dalecross4543
    @dalecross4543 Рік тому +1

    Also thanks for the subtitles!

  • @xxxxxx-l4h
    @xxxxxx-l4h 2 роки тому +1

    that Mauser rifle looks beautiful, what do you do with all the ammunition and rifles that you find? superb work!

  • @jbillareezy3223
    @jbillareezy3223 2 роки тому +1

    I love your videos. So interesting. What do you do with the artifacts you find?

  • @ehayes5217
    @ehayes5217 2 роки тому +1

    really enjoyed video, thank u!🇺🇸

  • @Resto-Rob
    @Resto-Rob Рік тому

    Awesome finds!

  • @colinware4295
    @colinware4295 2 роки тому

    A lot of hard work , that's mud for yer, but what great finds! ,congratulations.

  • @davidroosa4561
    @davidroosa4561 Рік тому +1

    those boots are so good you could wear them

  • @InfidelAtWork
    @InfidelAtWork Рік тому +1

    I am surprised there is no body found nearby (or it is too far away, ie. 5m next to digging place). Keep up good work! Please add more english subtitles :).

  • @treasurehuntingscotlandmud9340

    Enjoyed the video some lovely finds

  • @user-nu1di4gr5h
    @user-nu1di4gr5h 2 роки тому

    Павел спасибо и Не пропадай.лучше редко но метко чем вообще не как.находки просто П.......ц огнище

    • @swampwar
      @swampwar 2 роки тому +1

      Это мое старое видео, и канал не мой. Будьте внимательнее.

  • @ED-od6hy
    @ED-od6hy Рік тому

    Very nice early Kar98k… You can even see the stock cartouches!!!

  • @tobiassimon1780
    @tobiassimon1780 2 роки тому

    Das alles so gut erhalten ist schon ein Wunder!

  • @dalecross4543
    @dalecross4543 Рік тому

    Dam you have some good finds👌

  • @winstonchurchhill3264
    @winstonchurchhill3264 Рік тому +2

    What do u do with the stuff u find ? Very interesting , thank you ! Greetings from Portsmouth England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

  • @maverickalgozino7243
    @maverickalgozino7243 Рік тому +1

    Gracias!!

  • @koeumann
    @koeumann Рік тому

    Incredible !!

  • @marianomelfimanglitz5052
    @marianomelfimanglitz5052 Рік тому +1

    Amazing !

  • @sioeliparsons6896
    @sioeliparsons6896 2 роки тому

    Wow this is amazing i wish some day i could find stuf like that its super cool

  • @kowalski363
    @kowalski363 Рік тому +1

    Great video

  • @1978JonBullock
    @1978JonBullock 2 роки тому +4

    The Rifle is in the same condition as the day it was buried a great find .
    The boot in great condition truly awesome discoverys .

  • @diepohlis
    @diepohlis 2 роки тому +2

    Wieder ein tolles Video. Der Schlamm hat alles sehr gut konserviert. Viele Grüße aus Bayern. Marco

    • @csstreifencorporal7008
      @csstreifencorporal7008 2 роки тому

      Ja wirklich guter ZUSTAND. UND DIE STEMPELUNG der Patronentasche. Kampmann Kaiserslautern da hat meine Mutter und ein Onkel gearbeitet die Fabrik hieß später RAKA.

    • @user-xf1hc5vq9h
      @user-xf1hc5vq9h Рік тому

      Добрый день! У нас под Туапсе черноморское побережье кавказа. два немецких кладбеща , в горах , такая глухомань. Одно кладбище стоит где немцы держали свои позиции . там окопы пулемётные гнёзда , много было банок из под консерв. Второе кладбище в ущелье в лесу долеко. Но там почемуто немцы хоронили своих без ремней и были черепа рзбиты, житонов небыло. житоны мы нашли вообще в другом мести , куча была. А почему так было незнаю Загадка. Может немцы расстреляли своих кто отказывался воевать. НЕЗНАЮ. Бавария это красота и я горный человек.

  • @kmoscastmoscast1164
    @kmoscastmoscast1164 2 роки тому +1

    Excelente videos, está Guerra? Toda para nada saludos desde México

  • @bobgrewe988
    @bobgrewe988 2 роки тому +1

    Amazing

  • @dcsensui
    @dcsensui Рік тому +1

    Quite a collection for a museum.

  • @gabbydeanda1592
    @gabbydeanda1592 Рік тому

    I would love to do that digging and finding historical artifacts

  • @piratepete842
    @piratepete842 2 роки тому +1

    👍excellent

  • @VENGFUL386
    @VENGFUL386 2 роки тому +3

    Nice vids. I love ww2!

  • @GuilhermeRehder
    @GuilhermeRehder Рік тому

    what do you do with the objects found in the excavations? do you sell?

  • @user-zn6bf6zj2g
    @user-zn6bf6zj2g 4 місяці тому

    Brother, I wish that you may get a metal detector someday. Great findings. I amazed at what good condition they are in. Good work!

  • @user-cn7el3dy3i
    @user-cn7el3dy3i Рік тому

    اشجار يتغذئ علئ بقاية حرب وعظام بشر شي محزن جدا تحياتي لك شكرا علئ كل شي

  • @RNemy509
    @RNemy509 2 роки тому +8

    Your videos never disappoint. Such amazing finds

    • @thekingsilverado3266
      @thekingsilverado3266 Рік тому

      He pulled everything but a tank and staff car outta that muddy pit...

  • @danielruiz9154
    @danielruiz9154 2 роки тому

    Muy bueno

  • @xxxy9928
    @xxxy9928 7 місяців тому

    13:38 i like how silver the mud is shining

  • @jackjohnson291
    @jackjohnson291 Рік тому +1

    They definitely died in that hole. No one leaves behind their fork. 😆

  • @couchpotato6424
    @couchpotato6424 Рік тому +1

    Looks like a mountain troops boot

  • @liampaterson3424
    @liampaterson3424 Рік тому

    The cleated boot might suggest there were mountain troops there (Gebirgsjäger) unless other units wore such footwear.

  • @xfirehurican
    @xfirehurican Рік тому

    BRAVO ZULU 👏

  • @jordy8441
    @jordy8441 2 роки тому +1

    A awesome video and beautiful findings 🔥💯🔥🤩 love to watch your videos keep making awesome video's af WWII greetings from out Nederland ❤🤍💙 respect 💯✌😇

  • @MrGnom99
    @MrGnom99 Рік тому

    AMAZING

  • @kingsglans1692
    @kingsglans1692 Рік тому +1

    The 98k looks good..I've seen loads of Mosins pulled from the dirt, but not this carbine yet.
    98k выглядит хорошо. Я видел множество мосинов, вытащенных из грязи, но еще не этот карабин.

  • @Spencer859
    @Spencer859 Рік тому

    Damn good video.

  • @adammore2653
    @adammore2653 7 місяців тому

    Has any ordinance you've discovered detonated (even bullets) during excavation?

  • @alex99137
    @alex99137 Рік тому

    Insane the mud preserved it

  • @jonathanvincent4960
    @jonathanvincent4960 Рік тому

    Can I come on one of these digs? Huge bucket list item! Lol

  • @whitemanriding
    @whitemanriding Рік тому +1

    👍👍👍

  • @thomasweatherford5125
    @thomasweatherford5125 2 роки тому +4

    That rifle looks like with a good clean and service that it could function again. Incredible

  • @SlickCycler
    @SlickCycler Рік тому

    What are the small red, rectangular boxes?

  • @thekingsilverado3266
    @thekingsilverado3266 Рік тому +1

    I'm really surprised the guy all that stuff belonged to ain't down there in that hole still with his stuff. He probably got blown 5 feet over to the left and is still laying there.

  • @michaelsmith2723
    @michaelsmith2723 Рік тому

    Beautiful fork.

  • @raffaellaborghi6730
    @raffaellaborghi6730 2 роки тому +2

    this things see the sunlight after 80 years incredible !!!!!!!!!

  • @ap6878
    @ap6878 Рік тому +1

    You have ma like😊

  • @mehdimehdi123
    @mehdimehdi123 Рік тому

    good video.

  • @voyager177
    @voyager177 Рік тому +4

    Exellent remnants of German remains, well preserved after all those 80 years

  • @moonbot1683
    @moonbot1683 Рік тому

    That boot was in better condition than mine 😬

  • @toolfreak78
    @toolfreak78 Рік тому +5

    That rifle is very beautiful. Can you make it shootable again ? I have seen people who renovate these weaponesand sometimes they can shoot, most of the times not, but this rifle looks in very good shape.

    • @crankyoldguy2
      @crankyoldguy2 Рік тому +1

      It might be possible. The action certainly looks like it could be disassembled and cleaned up. The inside of the barrel is the question: while it may have been encased in mud when found, water came first, and it's pretty likely that it rusted up. If not, then you could have a functional rifle. There's certainly enough ammunition around - IF you can keep it according to local regulations.

    • @russellking9762
      @russellking9762 Рік тому

      @@crankyoldguy2 it’s Russia…anything goes…no such thing as DEA or ATF…breathing down their necks like over here…i’m jealous to say the least

    • @Economics365
      @Economics365 Рік тому

      @@crankyoldguy2 thank you

  • @Yamaha38XCRacer
    @Yamaha38XCRacer 2 роки тому +1

    👌🏻

  • @neonskyline1
    @neonskyline1 Рік тому

    What an awesome fork,

  • @doyoueverwonder2683
    @doyoueverwonder2683 Рік тому

    do you get to keep anything? or is it all turned over to the military/ bomb squad?

  • @No_war_let_me_peace
    @No_war_let_me_peace 2 роки тому

    It's amazing to finding remains really I want to know where the place is

  • @KRACKER13
    @KRACKER13 Рік тому

    Have you ever restored any of the weapons to work in order again and number two how many soldiers have you been able to identify and give back to their families