This SS Panzer Division left the front line in a hurry!

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  • Опубліковано 21 лис 2024
  • In these Eastern Front woods we discover equipment that was abandoned by the SS during the final days of WW2. The artifacts indicate the destruction of a SS Panzer Division that had to leave the front line in a hurry. It's incredible to see what they left behind!
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КОМЕНТАРІ • 134

  • @onepoleleft
    @onepoleleft 18 днів тому +42

    You should do a video of cleaning up some of the best finds of the day. For example: The phone box, enigma machine, etc. I think it would be very cool to see it all cleaned up after so many decades.

  • @Canned_beef
    @Canned_beef 20 днів тому +60

    A not completely destroyed enigma machine is crazy

    • @mdww2battlegrounds
      @mdww2battlegrounds  20 днів тому +6

      We were really blown away by it as well!

    • @HeavyMetalDetectingPassion
      @HeavyMetalDetectingPassion 14 днів тому

      Apsolutelly amazing

    • @АфтандилКалашников-ы2у
      @АфтандилКалашников-ы2у 11 днів тому

      ​@@mdww2battlegroundsя тоже поражен!Где вы нашли напильник и лист железа?Я вам таких игрушек 1580 в месяц сделаю

    • @Boofi-quat
      @Boofi-quat 3 дні тому

      That thing is *priceless* , dude.

    • @joseph-sj7do
      @joseph-sj7do 2 дні тому

      Directions were to dismantle the machine and dispose of parts separately, primarily the Wheels as shown , obviously it could not be destroyed by fire, Ships, U Boats etc to throw parts in sea , there is a Jap Submarine that delivered supplies to Germany in WW2 and collected among other stuff 200 Enigma Machines for use by Japs, it reached Singapore where it dropped off 50 Enigmas and set sail for Japan but not far outside Singapore it was sunk by hitting a Jap Minefield , presumably the Enigmas are still in wreck (Google it , Jap Subs supplying Nazi Germany)

  • @imagination9857
    @imagination9857 20 днів тому +8

    these are so cool finds. an enigma machine is an incredible find, but like the guns in decent condition and that badge. this is incredible. so many great finds.

    • @mdww2battlegrounds
      @mdww2battlegrounds  20 днів тому +1

      We had a great trip! And this is part 1/2. 2nd part of this adventure is launching mid december 😄

  • @Czechoslovakia157
    @Czechoslovakia157 20 днів тому +26

    2:35 Bro finds a piece of metal and he's ready to tell u that he is a Wikipedia
    Idk how u can recognize that thing in 2 seconds, but ur amazing👍
    You're my favorite UA-camr

    • @ikeood
      @ikeood 20 днів тому +2

      I was thinking the same. It requires a lot of knowledge and experience. With a small screw found he may guess like " Oh, look guyz! it's a Panzerkampfwagen's top lid hinge's third screw.." Respect.

    • @mdww2battlegrounds
      @mdww2battlegrounds  20 днів тому +5

      It takes some years of experience indeed. Once you find a specific object, it is easy to remember it!

    • @АфтандилКалашников-ы2у
      @АфтандилКалашников-ы2у 11 днів тому

      ​@@mdww2battlegroundsтебя украинцы бешентвом не заразили?

    • @АфтандилКалашников-ы2у
      @АфтандилКалашников-ы2у 11 днів тому

      ​@@mdww2battlegroundsтебя украинцы бешентвом не заразили?

  • @BlastedBilly
    @BlastedBilly 20 днів тому +28

    Panzer badge? Field phone? Enigma machine?? Incredible stuff! As always thanks for sharing your adventures!

  • @s70rk
    @s70rk 20 днів тому +3

    That badge is in crazy good condition. I'd be pretty ecstatic over that find. Congratulations. And thank you for another interesting video!

  • @lesteraizlewood8457
    @lesteraizlewood8457 8 днів тому +2

    Wow, what a fantastic day you guys had finding all those treasures.

  • @harveygault1911
    @harveygault1911 17 днів тому +1

    This is way cool. 80 years since the end of the war and still finding artifacts. Thanks for your work it really brings ww2 to life for me. My parents went through the war.

  • @cathyorlowski1951
    @cathyorlowski1951 20 днів тому +3

    WOW... what special finds. Keep this site marked and come back some day. ❤

  • @ut000bs
    @ut000bs 18 днів тому +3

    "Notes on serving the Wehrmacht" was the large print on that label. It is instructions for something. I can't tell what.
    "Ersatzsicherungen" is "Replacement fuses."

  • @saitenreisser7021
    @saitenreisser7021 13 днів тому +3

    „Merkblatt zur Bedienung des Wehrmacht-Rundfunkempfängers“ is „Leaflet for the use of the Wehmacht broadcast receiver“

  • @bangswitch6587
    @bangswitch6587 20 днів тому +9

    Best video, yet!!!
    You guys hit the honey holes!!!

    • @mdww2battlegrounds
      @mdww2battlegrounds  20 днів тому

      Thank you! And this is only part 1/2 of this adventure 😄 Next upload in December. Stay tuned!!

  • @andrewlerdard-dickson5201
    @andrewlerdard-dickson5201 17 днів тому +1

    That Panzerkampfabzeichen looks to be in bronze, not for panzer crew, but possibly more than likely for a Half-track or Armoured Car etc

  • @tergar1
    @tergar1 20 днів тому +8

    Omgoodness! That Engima machine was an amazing find! Thanks, guys, that's a banner! 😅👍

  • @rick3279
    @rick3279 20 днів тому +3

    Great finds. One of the best videos yet!

  • @LandscapesDronescapes
    @LandscapesDronescapes 20 днів тому +6

    Great video. Enigma machine!! Holy smokes

  • @marcush2220
    @marcush2220 16 днів тому +2

    Hope you and your team will come back to this place. Fantastic finds and congratulations for finding parts of an enigma.

  • @ACAdventures
    @ACAdventures 20 днів тому +2

    Awesome finds guys💪🏻 the enigma roll ist very very nice and seems to be in a good condition🙏🏻
    Congrats and greetings from Germany
    AC

  • @bobgrewe988
    @bobgrewe988 20 днів тому +6

    Great finds boys. Impressive.

  • @mikfly
    @mikfly 20 днів тому +3

    That enigma machine is INCREDIBLE! What a video!

  • @douglasbrock1134
    @douglasbrock1134 20 днів тому +1

    Another great video, the last two rifles would be good to restore to static display having the wooden parts restored.

  • @marksmithson1414
    @marksmithson1414 20 днів тому +1

    Omg these are some amazing finds. There are so many bras shells and rifles. Great discovery's.

  • @dalewyatt1321
    @dalewyatt1321 20 днів тому +1

    Brilliant day. Congratulations for the finds of the year

  • @ahmetkopman4860
    @ahmetkopman4860 20 днів тому +1

    that meds was in amazing condition, really cool!

  • @j.f.7843
    @j.f.7843 3 дні тому

    I'm German and I can tell you, that on the "paper" there is nothing about an Enigma..
    "Rundfunkempfänger" is a simple radio-unit🤷‍♂️

  • @teunmulder9772
    @teunmulder9772 20 днів тому +1

    Prachtige video ik kijk graag naar jou video's top 😊

  • @tedkreibich8584
    @tedkreibich8584 18 днів тому

    What can I say but another great find video Mike and companios.

  • @josephvanhefflin
    @josephvanhefflin 19 днів тому +1

    Beautiful find of history❤

  • @jaycee2392
    @jaycee2392 13 днів тому

    Interest stuffings ...smooth footy too,

  • @debbiestyer453
    @debbiestyer453 16 днів тому +1

    Wow...great finds

  • @cardboardcrafts2511
    @cardboardcrafts2511 19 днів тому +1

    Awesome video 😁

  • @adamdziuban
    @adamdziuban 3 дні тому

    great finds mate :)

  • @chrisemery6834
    @chrisemery6834 19 днів тому +1

    Great videos as always 👍👍👍

  • @garydonnelly8337
    @garydonnelly8337 20 днів тому +1

    Another amazing video, great finds.

  • @123321790
    @123321790 16 днів тому +2

    Do you ever worry about live rounds ?

  • @murry001
    @murry001 20 днів тому

    Some fantastic finds!!!! would be so amazing taking these out of the ground, the stories these items could tell omg

  • @metakoerner-vollrath9879
    @metakoerner-vollrath9879 10 годин тому

    I find this incredibly interesting, and I would also be interested to see what lies in our forest. Do you need a permit for something like this and what do you do with all the treasures???

  • @jaycee2392
    @jaycee2392 13 днів тому

    Max verstappen's got some good hobbies!! Well done max !😊

    • @TerryKnight-hw3pg
      @TerryKnight-hw3pg 8 днів тому

      What are you talking about ?

    • @rupertwilliams891
      @rupertwilliams891 4 дні тому

      ​@@TerryKnight-hw3pg they are Dutch....

    • @TerryKnight-hw3pg
      @TerryKnight-hw3pg 4 дні тому

      ​@@rupertwilliams891Got it , l don't often see F1 references on these sites . 😅 .

  • @GaryWarrilow
    @GaryWarrilow 20 днів тому +1

    Amazing finds love your videos plz keep them coming

  • @martinolson761
    @martinolson761 7 днів тому +1

    Super exciting stuff!

  • @jimmywr32
    @jimmywr32 20 днів тому +1

    great video

  • @pablopickasso4098
    @pablopickasso4098 4 дні тому

    What do you guys do with the stuff? Very interesting 😊

  • @martinashton5792
    @martinashton5792 20 днів тому

    Panzer Badge in Bronze for Panzer Grenadiers not the Silver version as you described

  • @samuelfinkenzeller2002
    @samuelfinkenzeller2002 20 днів тому

    looks more like a MG 34 barrel would match the bolt found nearby 3:53

  • @fanartofficial
    @fanartofficial 12 днів тому +1

    best videos at your channel. how do you always find out where something was in World War II ?

  • @seanchamberlain428
    @seanchamberlain428 19 днів тому

    Id love for you to privide us with a map showing rough areas at the start of videos where you are detecting within a country in relation to battlefield locations etc. I hope this is something you could add?

  • @silvanaorizi5643
    @silvanaorizi5643 7 годин тому

    Hi just started watching ur videoes i am fascinated by all the things u find its a hobbie of mine just got my self a new metaldetector hope i find as much as u 🌞

  • @MichaelKelly-b9c
    @MichaelKelly-b9c 2 дні тому

    Do you think all that stuff might have been buried or just left there and was covered up over the decades?

  • @buymicheats
    @buymicheats 20 днів тому

    you should make a video showing some of your best finds that you've cleaned up.

  • @hill8203
    @hill8203 День тому

    When you say left in a hurry, do you maybe think there’s a chance they weren’t alive?
    Maybe the dump sites were from fallen soldiers? They items found seem to be stuff that one wouldn’t leave behind?

  • @dewindoethdwl2798
    @dewindoethdwl2798 19 днів тому

    Dull question but do you survey and record the items & their location, like an archaeological dig? I know it’s modern history but the future may welcome that sort of information.

  • @matthewdragonfly1435
    @matthewdragonfly1435 11 днів тому

    You found a rotor for enigma, not enigma. This is realy nice and very rare find, but comparing to the whole enigma it is nothing.

  • @davestrang8585
    @davestrang8585 13 днів тому +1

    The phone was cool🎉🎉

  • @gruppenfuhrer45
    @gruppenfuhrer45 7 днів тому

    Long time subscriber and love the video, just wonder why you never show your faces?

    • @mdww2battlegrounds
      @mdww2battlegrounds  7 днів тому

      The videos are about WW2 history, not about me. I never felt the urge to idolize myself, the real story is about the WW2 soldiers that fought on these battlegrounds.

    • @gruppenfuhrer45
      @gruppenfuhrer45 6 днів тому

      @ wow very well said mate. Ty and keep up the great work bringing history back 😊

  • @davidclark4839
    @davidclark4839 8 днів тому +1

    Amazing

  • @honjan1
    @honjan1 10 днів тому

    Hello in the video in 11:08 you found a czechslovak cold war collar badge for motorized infantry

  • @noahbrady9404
    @noahbrady9404 20 днів тому

    It’d be really cool if you knew someone or could get your hands on like ground sonar technology imagine if there was a giant artillery gun burried close by I’m sure something that big would light the metal detectors up to though

  • @austin5710-x1x
    @austin5710-x1x 3 дні тому

    Where do these guys metal detect?? I’m moving to Germany in a year and I’d love to get some of my own finds!!

  • @cycloopnl
    @cycloopnl 19 днів тому

    Echt bizar gaaf!

  • @maverick4177
    @maverick4177 20 днів тому

    You should really consider doing an episode on the things you have found all cleaned up and displayed
    That would be far more interesting than mud and rust 😂

  • @Gamerfox24681
    @Gamerfox24681 5 днів тому

    what country do u do these vids in?
    I really want to get into this type of stuff

  • @mikequayle4569
    @mikequayle4569 9 днів тому +1

    Where are you digging?

  • @fokkoterpstra4762
    @fokkoterpstra4762 19 днів тому +1

    Weer mooie vondsten mannen. Met name het enigma onderdeel en de veldtelefoon

  • @zoltanszilvassy8715
    @zoltanszilvassy8715 4 дні тому

    It would be nice to know what country or region you are in. My grandfather died April 6 '45 in Hungary and 'so' if you were there it would be especially meaningful for me. As he was attached to 6th SS Pz Armee. and they were encircled and had to abandon bogged down vehicles and break out. He died of exhaustion/hypothermia. 41C

  • @tealc240
    @tealc240 20 днів тому

    Looks to me you were in a certain Spot of the Halbe Pocket.

  • @AhadulIslamSrabon-n4v
    @AhadulIslamSrabon-n4v 8 днів тому +1

    Just asking what country are you guys metal detecting in only the country name only only the country name will be very helpful

  • @gregDAgamer1234
    @gregDAgamer1234 4 дні тому

    this was probebly hours of work and metal ditecting

  • @ducks_n_discs9143
    @ducks_n_discs9143 19 днів тому

    Love the videos and knowledge in Canada. Have you made a video of your personal collection?🇨🇦🍻

  • @kdmmorrison
    @kdmmorrison 20 днів тому

    The soil seems to be sandy so might be near Berlin or the coast.

  • @royvandenpoll3895
    @royvandenpoll3895 11 днів тому

    looks like Hurtgenwald didn't know there was anything left to find I think you are from the Netherlands? Also search days planed? I have been searching for almost 15 years and would like to join the search to share experience and knowledge

    • @TDeibara
      @TDeibara 2 дні тому

      In the Hurtgenwald a Soviet artillery position? Dont think so 😅

    • @royvandenpoll3895
      @royvandenpoll3895 2 дні тому

      That would be very strange indeed I missed that in the video but always nice finds👍

  • @SamratasGiri
    @SamratasGiri 15 днів тому

    I think that near my village was eastern frontlines in Lithuania near Švenčionys

  • @nickgardner1507
    @nickgardner1507 13 днів тому

    Guys, Een Vraag voor Ye. Where is the location, just the country is fine. I know you probably want to stop people from scavenging the site. Thanks.

  • @AussiePom
    @AussiePom 10 днів тому +3

    In the 1980s BBC sitcom Allo Allo which if you have not seen it was about WW2 in occupied France. A cafe owner and his wife and staff are in the French resistance and they get a message on the radio which the cafe owners wife Edith reads. "The Germans have a new machine for encoding secret messages it is called Enema" and Renee the cafe owner says "My god the lengths the Germans will go to to pass messages". One of the staff says "No Edith it is Enigma".

  • @MainahTony
    @MainahTony 20 днів тому

    wheres the girlfriend?
    seriously tho so amazing that you are finding this history!!! LOVE IT!

  • @Jellyrider234
    @Jellyrider234 5 днів тому

    how do you know in what areas to look for these?

  • @Kieryboo
    @Kieryboo 17 днів тому +3

    just subscribed because the cutest British girl recommended this to me and now we are romancing

  • @bigmajordawg
    @bigmajordawg 5 днів тому

    LOL sweet..ponder instead in Panzer :)

  • @VegasCyclingFreak
    @VegasCyclingFreak 20 днів тому +2

    Nice finds today. I find it amusing when people say "it's really hot, over 30 deg C" (86 deg F) lol. Where I live, last summer we had a week of 46 deg C (115 deg F) and one day it was almost 49 deg C (120 deg F). That's the air temperature, no heat index to speak of with 5-7% humidity.

    • @mdww2battlegrounds
      @mdww2battlegrounds  15 днів тому

      Have you ever tried digging or doing garden reconstruction in those temperatures? 😄

    • @VegasCyclingFreak
      @VegasCyclingFreak 14 днів тому

      @@mdww2battlegrounds Yes I've had to do major sprinkler repairs mid-day in mid-summer. It sucks. In summer I do after work road bike rides for an hour or so to stay heat acclimated and this last summer I measured the temperature of the pavement in front of my house - it was 143 deg F! (61.7 deg C). Avg temps on my rides are well over 100 deg F. I almost fainted waiting at a traffic light this year... this kind of insane heat is hard on a 58 year old.

  • @АфтандилКалашников-ы2у

    Эту питьевую чашку ты у меня вчера купил на авито.Эта питьевая чашка не твоя.

  • @johndillon8051
    @johndillon8051 12 днів тому

    Halbe area?

  • @213thAIB
    @213thAIB 7 днів тому

    Halbe pocket?

  • @user-Misanthrop73
    @user-Misanthrop73 20 днів тому

    Schöne Funde….grüße aus Brandenburg

  • @zitro8875
    @zitro8875 20 днів тому

    What finds

  • @erikgothberg8078
    @erikgothberg8078 20 днів тому

    Would be interesting to know if this was on the Eastern Front or the Western Front

  • @ИванХолодных-у3ц
    @ИванХолодных-у3ц 18 днів тому

    это где ?

  • @Monique-ys2zu
    @Monique-ys2zu 16 днів тому

    Votre camera pixele+++

  • @marcogiappichini4957
    @marcogiappichini4957 19 днів тому +2

    👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻💪💪

  • @hoganshero19
    @hoganshero19 19 днів тому

    Odd question for you, what do you do with everything you find, do you have your own collection, do you donate to the local museum? Would you ever send anything to the ones who watch your videos? I would love to be there to find something to bring home, my collection disappeared a few years ago, it was all medals and ribbons, things like that, even had the ss rank that would equal a two star general, all gone now. And trying to find anything here is almost impossible. Or the seller wants an arm and a leg for it. Please let me know.

  • @smn3322
    @smn3322 16 днів тому

    Nice finds! Love your Videos!
    Are you allowed to keep the weapons? In Germany you are Not even allowed to Transport they. You have to call the Police and only they can Take Them 😅🤣

    • @Michael-p2i
      @Michael-p2i 13 днів тому +2

      Sometimes Rules are made to be broken my friend. What they don't know won't hurt.

    • @smn3322
      @smn3322 13 днів тому

      @Michael-p2i true Story

  • @fredde8851
    @fredde8851 20 днів тому

    Show your faces