Berlin's Battlefield: We found another German Soldier. Who was he?
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- Опубліковано 6 жов 2024
- Going back with our metal detectors to the Berlin area to search for WW2 relics.
We found another German soldier that has fallen right here in the Berlin area. Like we do everytime we found remains, as soon as we discover remains, we stopped digging and reported it.We did receive some feedback about what was on him and if he could be identified.
Besides that we found loads of interesting WWII relics! Maybe even Hitler's lost gold!
You'll just have to check that out ;-)
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FAQ:
-Do you report things found to the authorities?
Yes, all nasty things found like UXO's and finds that could be important from an archaeology perspective are reported to the local authorities.
-Do you sell finds?
I am a collector myself so I hardly sell relics. But if I do then I'll post it on the social media pages or check out my Patron's website. I share finds with my Patrons (check the Patreon website for more details).
-How do you gain permission for metal detecting?
Check out local laws regarding metal detecting and get permission from the landowner. Or hook up with a local metal detecting club in the area you would like to detect and get your information from them. (I stopped responding to questions like this all together, I'm Iron Mike not Google Mike..)
-Can I come with you?
No.
-Do you love me?
Yes I do!
-Will you marry me?
No, lets just be friends.
-I want to see more!
Go check out the social media pages, or consider becoming a Patron! Patrons have access to much more, special videos, behind the scenes footage and WW2 goodie boxes containing relics me and my friends found over the years.
-What metal detector do you use?
The Garrett Ace Apex or the Garrett AT Max.
-Camera?
Go Pro 7, Go Pro 10 and a Sony handy cam
-Favorite find?
Deep Digger Dan's UA-cam channel.
-What is on your bucket list?
Hitler's lost gold or the missing Nazi gold train everybody is searching for. But until then I am happy with whatever pops up, I even enjoy finding landmines... :-s
-What channels do you recommend?
Deep Digger Dan:
/ @deepdiggerdannet
Viking Jan:
/ @suohtas
The History Underground
/ @thehistoryunderground
Personal friend and a big support to the channel, Anton's Hardware:
Antons Hardware
/ @antonshardware
What was the best find? The SS Dog tag? SS Cap badge? MG parts? let me know!
de SS Cap Badge
SS Dog tag personal item!
I like the little optic lens, it looks like a Moartar Sight part.
The lost fallen soldier, because he got a proper burial now.
For me, it was finding the soldier. Now he can lay at rest with his fellow soldiers.
Thank you for your respectful treatment of these soldiers. Even if this soldier has no name, he is back in his homeland. There are so many more out there
He never left
@@AnthonyOMulligan-yv9cg depends on how you see it
the man was probably austrian
Sadly they weren’t that respectful towards their opponents.
@@CthuIhuu No one was, soviets neither
There are undoubtedly hundreds of thousands still out there.
Danke das ihr mit unseren Gefallenen ehrenvoll umgeht. Das ist nicht selbstverständlich. Danke. Im Tot (und Verwundung) gibt es keine Feinde. Das habe ich von unseren Veteranen gelernt.
Sie verdienen keinen Respekt nach dem, was sie den Menschen in Europa und Nordafrika angetan haben.
WWI Iron cross. For sure it is Volkssturm area. Many of the men were aged in their 50's by then. They wore their Iron Cross back into combat for the last time atter that award sat in a drawer at home for over 2 decades without much fanfare. The south of Berlin had thousands of Volkssturm participants go missing in action in the severe fighting in the woods in April 1945. Either killed and buried without documentation or captured and sent east to the gulags. Some say those woods are haunted now for the futile sacrifice.
Any ghost stories ???
@@f.dmcintyre4666 no ghosts
Why is it forbidden for me as a German to dig in a forest but people from netherland come and bring lots of equipment and stay for hours and days, digging hole after hole and if you ask them, they tell me to pi$$ off? If I did that and got caught by a forester, my home would be raided and I would probably be sent to jail or sentenced to a fine of 1000s of Euros.
Don't misunderstand me, I really appreciate your work, but I think we should have equal rights for everyone in Germany. I know many interesting places, but the more I found, the more I had to hide from other people that might call the police.
Im guessing probably because you are a german and the government doesnt want germans to snoop around for artifacts and bones linked to a dark side of your history since some idiots may want to create some sort of workship there(you know… for “that” thing…). Im not calling you or germans anything to be clear. There is a saying in my language that doesnt quite work in english but here is goes:”there are mad men for every thing”
How tf does that work like that
Exercise your rights as a citizen. If law is unfair, rebellion is justice.
It is not in Germany 😅 Thats the reason.
@@carstenstoffel2634Sure? Where is it? In Poland? Where there?
I do believe that the "pistol magazine" you've found is actually an Italian Beretta SMG 20round magazine. Truly nice finds!
Europe will forever be stuck with the trauma of the war. How heartbreaking it is that even now we still find the dead lost and forgotten, and bury them.
I think videos like this are very important because they do remind us of the cost of war. We like to marvel at the stuff we find, the pieces we collect or sell. But it's human remains that smack us in the face and remind us that war was the greatest calamity of the modern age. We cannot forget what happens when people no longer see each other as people and fall into this inhuman slaughter. We cannot allow this to happen again.
@@NedkaRokonokova Well said.
@@NedkaRokonokova Es geschieht heute jeden tag wider in der Ukraine. Leider lassen wir es wider zu, das es geschieht. Und nicht nur da....um nicht auch die andern aktuellen Kriegsschauplätze zu vergessen. Leider widerholt sich die Geschichte des Krieges immer wider. So viel dazu...DAS WIR NICHT ZULASSEN SOLLEN, DAS ES ERNEUT GESCHIEHT.
Welcome home Brother. Danke
Thank you for showing respect for the dead.
Thank you Mike, for the huge respect you express! Thanks for handling it respectfully and reporting it. Now he can finally rest in peace🙏🏻
Mike rules!
Agreed. This person had a name and was loved by someone.
We still have in family 2 German soldiers MIA.
80 years now and soldiers remains are still being found...
So sad to be respectful
over 100 years for WW1
I just googled it and it says there are still 1.3 million missing German soldiers unaccounted for so I guess people will be finding German bodies until the end of time.
Google says 1.3 million German soldiers are still unaccounted for so unfortunately they will be finding them until the end of time.
Not surprising
I salute you Mike for the respect to fallen,my grandpa was mia in Winter war and newer found..
Thank you!
Schöne funde und danke für das sehr gute Verhalten im Falle des gefallenen soldaten! Möge er in Frieden Ruhen! Danke fürs zeigen 👍
Awsome!
Super dat je ook even laat weten dat de gevallen soldaat daadwerkelijk ook is geborgen en een plaats heeft gekregen op een begraafplaats.
Dat maakt onze hobby (het rondlopen met een metaaldetector) nog zinvoller en waardevoller.
Helaas zijn er nog te veel "cowboys" die er een potje van maken...
Dank Pieter! Helaas zijn er inderdaad mensen die ze niet melden.
Everything you guys do and have done is respectful and interesting, if not sad at times. You do not ever know that anyone is there when you dig. You always handle it with class and proper authority. Anyone who complains is just a clown.
My great uncle was a Wehrmacht soldier killed on the eastern front in 1942. I often wonder where his body is buried and if he’s been dug up…
80 years later you’re the first human hands to touch the rifle parts. I am so glad I found this channel, it’s kinda strange to hear a French accent on a German battlefield. Finding and reporting the remains of the lost is just incredible. I’m watching from Ohio USA 🇺🇸.
Soo cool watching from the other side of the world 🌎!
Thanks for dropping by and for your nice comment. i’ve been mistaken for many nationalities but never French! lol
I’m actually Dutch but from German decent. So no French blood here.
But again thank for watching the video, appreciate you.
@@IronMikeMetaldetecting He's a 'Murcan, so you speak better English than he does 🙂
O@@IronMikeMetaldetecting
Hi Mike! Some great artefacts found in this location once again.
I find it extremely sad that the soldier you found, has laid there for so long without anyone in his family knowing where he was, or what happened to him. I know it is not uncommon, particularly on what was known as the ‘Eastern Front’ when battles were so fluid, that circumstances would lead to this situation. However, it is uplifting to know that he is now in a place that recognises his sacrifice. It is unfortunate that his tags could not be found, so that his current family could be notified.
The respect that you and your friends have shown this soldier is more than appropriate, it shows compassion and decency. Greetings from Australia 🇦🇺!
Greetings from the United Kingdom. Another brilliant video. The golden eagle cap badge is beautiful, and considering its age is in great shape.
I'm glad you don't show any bodies you come across, it's enough to know they are there, and that they will be carefully removed, identified if possible and then laid to rest. The only thing that upsets me, is that the vast majority of those that are found or still to be found, will never be identified, will never have a grave with a name, and a family that will never know what happened to their loved one.
No bodies only bone's
Also they use DNA in identification
@@AnthonyOMulligan-yv9cg Yes I know all that, even so many will never be identified, which is a shame.
@@medic1627 everything goes in the sea sink's and dissolves the calcium from bone's to nothing.
@@medic1627 becoming elemental again
Nothing but honor and respect for those fallen and not defending that country.
Loved this. Good interesting finds. The finest respect to the dead soldier. I’m glad he is now resting in piece.
thank you, appreciate your comment
14:25 they used those eye pieces to read maps that were made smaller on purpose.
Nice find
Are you in the Grunewald? Back in the 80's we would train there but couldn't dig, beware of the grunepigs
Thank you so much for making these videos. And thank you for how you treated the find of the fallen soldier. My grandpa was lost in Stalingrad, and was never found. My father never really got to know his father. Was hard for him, not to know what happend to him. Hopefully times like these will never return. Groetjes, Chris
I admire what you do and your respect for the fallen soldiers 💗
Thank you so much. Appreciate that.
I like your History Traveler T-shirt, Mike!
Fantastic finds and that rusted out helmet has quite possibly lay Undisturbed since the day it was dropped maybe in the heat of battle👍
Danke für eure Arbeit und Respekt. Thanks for your work and respect.❤
Nice to see the respect for the fallen soldier. So sad so many soldiers were never found and buried in both wars.
"This video was really sad. It was a beautiful video. Thank you."
Wieder einmal ein top Video Mike, das mit dem gefallenen ist sehr respektvoll👍👍..Lg08
Danke Lehmi und danke fürs Zuschauen!
That bent barrel was bent that way from heat due to it being fired non-stop.
Kudos to you for respecting the dead
My father fought his way through the forest to the Tangemunde Bridge with the remains of the 9th Army.
Wow! Not many people survived the 9th Army's journey from Berlin/Halbe Pocket to the Elbe. I hope he lived to be a happy old man.
1:39 that Magazine. It looks like from Beretta M38A. first they came with a 20 round Magazine and then later a 30 round Magazine. good video I'm already looking forward to the next one to see what you find
Hello from Raleigh, NC
Hi! Thanks for dropping by
Fantastic finds ! Great Intro Design. Good Video Mike ! Rest in peace for All under earth people
what a great video love tags and cap badges what a great dig thank you for the journey
Bedankt wederom voor een geweldige video Mike, ik had helaas door de drukte van de afgelopen week nu pas de tijd om te kijken.
Fantastisch dat je JD zo blijft suppporten door zijn tshirt te dragen :)
Bedankt Arjan. En geen probleem hoor, ben al blij dat je de videos kijkten waardeert. Zou leuk zijn JD een keer mee te nemen op een jacht 😉
@IronMikeMetaldetecting Hoe geweldig zou dat zijn. Ik heb m al een keer een ronde in Normandie zien doen. Keep our fingers crossed ;)
If I may make a suggestion, I’m not sure if metal detecting is allowed in the city but if you can make it to Sankrug Bridge, the commander of the Hitler youth before his capture claimed that he buried the pistol Hitler used to shoot himself near this bridge
Hi guys, love these digs you do!. I don’t have instagram, did the locket have pictures inside?
Thank you for respecting the soldier and no matter what side he was on he was a brave gentleman. Rest in peace. His name will never come out but the one's of us that saw this video will remember him and that is very important, Thank you and your crew for being the respectful people that you are. God Bless You All
Sretan Rad !!
Pa gdje god je bilo Ratnih dešavanja po Terenima ima naravno mnogih još neistraženih sada Istoriskih stvari !
Much respect, I appreciate what you do, thanks as always for sharing.
Very interesting. My great grandpa fell near Wreizen (Wriezen?) in front of Berlin, right next to the Seelow Heights. One of his friends made it home and said he was last seen in an area that got hit heavily rockets and overran. The Red Cross said his remains are likely under a factory (hey got this info from a German prisoner who said he buried lots in that are there).
great video!
At 3:05 you found the Breach housing of an russian PPSH41.
R.I.P.
The ** dog tag wasn't cavalry as you told but was mountain troops, so it would be probably 6th "Nord" Div.
Yeah it was S+S gebirgsjäger, but what I was trying to say in the video is that Raoul found a S+S cavalry dog tag a couple of months prior. You can see that in one of the previous videos.
As a dedicated War zone/ camp site detectorist myself ~ I have a large number of Identity tags found locally over the years and I refuse to trade ~ or sell the tags as I feel this totally disrespectful to the (Australian) diggers of WWII.
I always endeavour to trace their history or families and have had some success in doing so ~
It is always a thrill to return relics or individual items to the families ~
I generally agree to return the time to the family on the proviso they share something of their fore bearer and as a result I have had been privilege to some great stories shared of combat and military experiences from humorous to being captive of Vichy French troops in the middle east ~ even later serving as the (BCOF) in the occupation of Japan ~
Spannende Entdeckungen, wie immer auf diesem Kanal.
Danke für anschauen Claudia!
Thanks for sharing with us! And thanks for beeing this respectful to these heroes. Keep going my friend.
Greets, IG
Thanks for watching! Treated these guys with respect is the least we can do. The battle is long done for and these men deserve respect.
SS were not heroes
Thanks so much for your sensitive, respectful manner with the body. Question: Do u also report the dig tags? Might help solve something
First magazine almost looked like a 20 round Thompson smg magazine or maybe a Reising smg magazine
That’s what I thought. Heavy rounds like .45 rounds but a thompson there on the eastern front?
@@IronMikeMetaldetecting could have been from US and UK Lend Lease
@@IronMikeMetaldetectingI believe it’s possible the soviets got some thompsons from the lend and lease program
@@ozarksurvivalsupply
You are correct,Sir.
reisling mags are single feed
That sure looks like a 3 on the iron cross. If it is then that's an 1813 (first year ever issued) iron cross!!!
No it is from ww2, on the back they have the year 1813 too
Do you have any idea of what this area looked like pre war ? Has this become a pine tree plantation ? Do you consult with maps, or old battle diagrams before you search an area ?
This is Grunewald area?
@@АрсенийБелоцерковский-н7дI was going to ask the same it looks familiar.
@@АрсенийБелоцерковский-н7д it looks familiar.
The pine trees were planted after the war. At least in the Soviet Union in the 60s and 70s, a decree was issued that prescribed plowing up and planting coniferous trees in the places of bloody battles. This was done in order to level the landscape and hide underground a lot of weapons, ammunition, as well as the remains of soldiers from both sides. Most likely, the same thing was done to the outskirts of Berlin
Hej Mike. I'm watching You from Poland. Great wideo!
Thank you my Polish friend ☺️
Thank you Mike, I have great respect for the work you do, and if possible, could you and your team search the Çanakkale naval and land battlefields? There is a field directorate established for these battlefields in Turkey. Maybe they can help you produce content.
It is so funny when they say the condition is not too bad. In our region in Leningrad region that is considered really bad condition. And several hours to the north in Karelia - that level is considered fubar.
Es ist schön zu wissen das ihr Respekt vor den Toten habt!
Me gusta este tipo de videos, exelente.
Vond het weer een geweldige video Mike ❤ Tot snel weer! Groetjes Mike 💛💚
bedankt! :-)
The guy survived the fighting in Russia all the way to Crimea and back home, only to fall there so close to the end of the war.
Close, but still too far.
Откапывать солдата нужно уметь! Это делают специально обученные люди. Доверяйте это дело им.
Nice that you Guys treat them with respekt 😊
Hello Mike new subscriber from Perth Western Australia
Thanks David! Appreciate the sub 🙂
I have a few questions: Don’t you worry about finding an unexploded bomb? And what do you do with all this stuff? And do you inform the Russian Embassy when you find Soviet soldiers? Do they even care or they just leave them like they abandon their soldiers in Ukraine?
Bombs are reported to the kampfmittelraumdienst (German Bombsquad) and I don't clear the remains myself, so I don't do the whole recovery proces. But I know that they are reported to the right authorities when they the deceased has an ID on him. What happens after that I don't know.
Well done with your level of respect for the fallen. Sadly, even when they’re identified, the people who knew and remembered these soldiers are many times also gone. 80 years is a very long time ago and it’s sad most of these families won’t ever get closure. Thank you for your videos Mike, they always make my day. If you’re ever in Seattle, there’s a meal and a few beers waiting for you. 🍻
Hi Thomas, thank you for your long time support and your kind words. It is sad to think that this guy passed away without his family ever got to know what had happened to him. I don't care which side this guy fought for, he was someone's son and his parents most have been devastated not seeing their son return from war.
And thanks for the invite, if I'm ever in Seattle we'll most def. have a beer together! :)
I hope you have passed the coordinates of the brands next to the data of the brand. So relatives can still say where an uncle lies today or has died in the war
At 3:08 I believe it's part of a mg42 bipod leg I think
The metal part is the lower part and the mag well from à pps 43
The little lens device ? Could it have been an indicator light assembly of some type ?
Very good and informative..I have SUBBED....Good luck to you all
Appreciate it! Thanks for the sub
OooOoOOoOooOo Another great video Iron Mike 🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼
lol thanks!
Any though given to the idea that the dog tag found may have been the soldiers? Was it found in the same general area?
Come sempre un grande video per una ricerca professionale
I love the new intro Mike !!
Nice vidéo Mike thanks you 🙏👍
Die cap badge op zeker de mooiste vondst
Die is wel bijzonder inderdaad :-)
El centro de la Cruz de Hierro siempre estará oxidado por que es de Hierro. Lo curioso es la cinta, me explico: La Cruz de Hierro de Segunda Clase, no se llevaba en el uniforme, tan solo su cinta. Así que probablemente sea una que o bien nunca se otorgó o bien el ganador la guardaba integra.
Do these guys document where they find these things? In case actual archeologists go through the area.
Even egipcian era remains are still found jack
What was that moving behind the tree on the left of the shot 0:34 it looks like an arm pointing
Iron Cross is i believe a Maltese Cross of Maltar as u seen on Royalty.
Wo ist es genau in Berlin. ? Mach weiter so.
If you find a body do people come out to recover it for a war grave or is it just left there
They come out and recover the remains. The remains are then reburied at a military cemetery with a ceremonial honor. If there is ID in them they’ll notify the family
Look at the black GHOST left side behind the tree in the beginning of the video !
Is the black line behind the Tres?
Lol. Dang! :43-:51
Looks like someone is hiding? Jeff or Raul hiding from the camera man!
You see the camera man pan right to keep the person behind the tree from being seen but he didn't pan right enough lol.
Not a ghost!
Squirrel
Exactly where are you? I've been to Berlin, which has so hundreds of things to see, but a lush forest like that was not one of them. Were you out in the southeastern part of Berlin? I have familial connections with Giesensdorf
Wow amazing finds!
Danke 👍für Euren Respekt den gefallenen Soldaten gegenüber 🕯
The magazine is for a mp 35 or 28
thanks!
PPSh-41,lower receiver 3:11
Is the pine Forest natural?
We have very similar here.
Mooie vondsten Mike !
Not a pistol mag, too long, will be an SMG mag
It‘s defently a lower from a ppsh 1
It must be a sobering experience when you discover human remains, but it’s good how you treat them with such respect. I’m just wondering about the insignia and badges, especially those of the Waffen SS; a soldier wouldn’t normally be so careless to drop a prized possession. Do you suppose they were maybe discarded deliberately, to avoid identification when capture or surrender became inevitable?
Yes, you're correct. We have heard and read alot about the S+S soldiers discarded their ranks and ID's at the end. Because Soviet forces were ordered to shoot SS on sight but also after the war the Soviet forces removed the ID's from the German dead on purpose to 'punish' the Germans because of what they did. That way the loved ones never got to find out what happened to them.
@@IronMikeMetaldetecting Thanks for the info. In terms of humanity that war was a race to the bottom!
Absolutely great video
Awsome!
great video mike
Hi mike great video lots of fines cant wait for your next video stay safe my friend 🙌👍👍👍🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼