Discovery of a German Rifle & Medal - Eastern Front [1/2]

This video is the first part of my latest Eastern Front metal detecting adventure. Highlights of the video are a rifle and medal, but many more finds were retrieved.
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[@mdww2battlegrounds]

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[@cathybenson5119]

Thank you for the English captions you put up at the bottom of the screen. Very much appreciated.

[@kinuux]

Military Satellites are the real mass destruction nowadays, shit it can see needle hole

[@ABStravel]

*_greeting from bali island_* _we're indonesia volcano & nationalpark tour organiser_

[@francisebbecke2727]

Warning: I was stationed in West Germany from 1977-1980. World War II unexploded ordnance was being found, sometimes the hard way, (KABOOM.) Digging up old battlefields can be dangerous. Don't die in a war that ended decades before you were born!

[@MADDOG-sq9oj]

that medal is easily one of the coolest finds

[@AlexiaVon]

Amazing to see so many WW2 artefacts just buried 30cm under ground that has been sitting there ever since... How come no one checked these grounds decades ago for these items ?

[@willmoore8708]

GEEEEzusssss!!! The way these guys just clunk around with their shovels!!! My mind is exploding almost like some of their finds should have.

[@readytodie7355]

Cringe...

[@jestersdead6995]

Be careful what you run that shovel into....BOOM.

[@psychiatry-is-eugenics]

Jesters Dead - just guessing it’s been too long for relics to be dangerous . That’s why they handle the stuff now . 4/6/20

[@retiredaccount6339]

most all the mines they dig up have the safety on, or are so old and rusted they could only blow up if someone really wanted them too.

[@ronburns1596]

You were so nice to return my comments of earlier. Everytime I watch your videos, with Mike and the rest of your friends, I know I'm going to learn something new. The background you supply on your findings is fantastic. Again, thank you for doing what you do and please, please extend my sincere gratitude to those that accompany you on your trips.

[@mdww2battlegrounds]

Will do! Thanks a lot Ron. Cheers!

[@WranglerRunner1]

It's gotta be incredibly eerie to detect battlefields at night time.

[@screamoXable]

Seems like quite a rare medal, seeing as how it was in the first year of the war before it was really even considered a world war

[@Stephen-lt1tp]

1939 was stamped on most medals permanently. As that’s the year the war started, and it’s celebrated. The same way the WWI medals had 1914 stamped on them no matter what year.

[@Braunnix]

At 4:44 so you not see the rest of the zunderbuchse in the dirt!?!

[@RealGeeNius]

Gem Jake it seems he missed the rest!

[@lyes6033]

that's what i noticed too

[@brellaboys8937]

Gem Jake it’s not the rest it is just the outline of it we’re it has sat in the soil

[@kiaracharlote]

Exactamente eso Hiba a comentar 👍

[@Breadmanngo]

I thought the same but if you look closely it's just a stick and dirt

[@amc3]

17:30 ..... Incredible, just incredible !! .... I have one of these, but bought it through a dealer, you gave this one light after 70 years in the darkness. For me, this is priceless. So enjoying your work, thanks.

[@christianaguilar3283]

How much

[@tomjeffersonwasright2288]

Any metal you brush with brass bristles will get a coat of brass on it,giving it a brassy or golden color. It is a process called burnishing. A stiff plastic brush will not change the color of metals..

[@gomadnomad9621]

my grandad was shot and killed on the eartern front.. He never came back so they could be my grandad..RIP granddad, tho I never met you.

[@joebrown1382]

Thank you for the cleanup & English text. That iron cross medal is awesome. Watching more older videos.

[@cianzkii]

7:28 there is a face on the tree

[@bangonkali]

Wow

[@lucasclarke4712]

4:43 you forgot the rest of the canister under that lid

[@Coolbreeze0988]

That is so so cool. What an amazing way to bring history to life.

[@md10591]

the way you dig up and manipulate military ammunition is crazy ! one day I will have a prayer for you !!!

[@GeoHvl]

Horse gas mask. horseshoes, medal. I'll bet if you look close you'll find the bones of the horse and the bones of the guy who was riding it.

[@hermionepotter4580]

I’m not sure there was causality counts and bodies were carried out

[@matzesteini1614]

Danke das ihr so schön mit dem Zeug umgeht :) weiter so :)

[@IronMikeMetaldetecting]

Well done buddy. Good job on the editing again.

[@mvdb8110]

Iron Mike Metaldetecting jij bent Nederlands toch? Komt er ook nog een video van jou online?

[@IronMikeMetaldetecting]

MJ Van Den Berg berg ja hoor! Komt eraan. Bezig met editen, ws dit weekend is het wel af.

[@christophertaylor1153]

There is so much unexploded ordinance on those old battlefields and buildings that it is not worth the trouble to dig up. Unless, you are suicidal.

[@alfasud1972]

Even if you know a lot about old amo it is tricky, but these kids appear to don know a lot about them, so they take a high risk holding unstable ordinance. Let's hop they do not encounter fosfor bullets or bombs.

[@heavymetalnut1965]

I could watch your videos for hours! Great job and be careful out there!

[@riccardoz2953]

pretty unique finding gas mask for horse of that shape, first time i see em. Good find !

[@davidoakley3200]

wow just wow. amazing that after all these years you still can find things in great condition. i love your videos there amazing you bring us there with you fantastic. you both are so lucky to be able to do this i would love to be able to go there and find a bit of history too. so thanks guys really looking forward to seeing your next video

[@HappyHippyHuddy]

Also take a look at videos of WW2 History Hunter - it's similar. Thank you for this great and interesting footage and finds. History is everywhere

[@mdww2battlegrounds]

+David Oakley Thanks for your nice comment! It feels good to be able to share our work with everybody who is interested and take you along. Cheers.

[@Maheshkumar-dv8nk]

It's amazing how these objects are still intact and recognisable after more than seven decades. Speaks volumes of the workmanship in that pre computer and digital age.

[@johnsheppard1476]

Mahesh kumar well,I can tell you more:I have a rifle which is currently operational and runs great,though it was buried for 102 years since it was lost in year 1915 until it was found in year 2017!So,as the round was chambered and it had the muzzle cap-that preserved it's bore and chamber absolutely intact.And I swear it is now completely operational and I am firing it literally like if it was from warehouse!

[@bubbleboi3422]

John Sheppard what kind of rifle is it

[@bmcg5296]

Brilliant and well done to all involved, especially the subtitles opens your hard work to a whole new audience.

[@mdww2battlegrounds]

Thanks a lot for your appreciation!

[@bmcg5296]

@@mdww2battlegrounds It is so little compared to the dangerous work you do in trying to preserve a period of mankind’s worst deeds in history. You aren’t given enough recognition for this type of work. Especially giving those who fell in battle the respect they deserved by a proper burial. It has to give you the ultimate and saddest feeling at the same time you’ve found those lost by time. And the family’s who’s loved ones surly have passed now, without ever knowing you found their son, brother or father. That is extremely sad in seeing you’ve found a missing hero’s bones and the body of someone who didn’t want to be there to start with. Happy new year gents.👍🏻⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

[@mdww2battlegrounds]

@@bmcg5296 we do what we can! Thanks again. Happy new years to you too!

[@ulflyng]

immediately recognized the coin. odd to see it there. someone's lucky coin from home?

[@blipblip88]

It's somewhat interesting to me that so many military artifacts from Germany and the allied armies during the war were stamped with a date. I wonder how many non military/civilian products were also marked in this way at the time? I would guess fewer, but why? Thoughts?

[@FullThrottleRacing535]

maybe they expired

[@guusvansprang5673]

ik weet niet waarom ik dit kijk, maar het is wel geinig

[@ade-1772]

Wow the medal. At the end was an epic find nice work

[@janvandenbos7085]

Very nice finds again, keep it up guys 👌👍😲💥😲💥😲💥

[@PaNDaSNiP3R]

Are you worried about blowing up at all? You seem really calm handling those mortars. 😱

[@ryancook6452]

Although fairly dangerous, these rounds are unlikely to detonate and its highly unlikely youd be able to get one to detonate by throwing it. However in theory one of thse could detonate at any time, they quite often do explode during forest fires.

[@steveclark4291]

That was what I was thinking ! Even WWII HISTORY HUNTER is careful around them and he notifies the authorities about them to have them deposed of correctly !

[@kristopherhall971]

@@steveclark4291 at 7:45 they say they reported them.

[@pahoboye]

Love these videos..the locations look wonderful and mysterious

[@dylanweldon1363]

YOU MISSED SOMETHING AT 4:43 WHEN YOU LIFTED THAT UP THERE WAS SOMETHING UNDER IT

[@codycrofts417]

Dylan Weldon I’m pretty sure that’s a little root, and the imprint of the lid, not something else

[@alexm8573]

mein Herz geht auf wenn ich sowas sehe👍😍

[@History-Secrets]

Another great video! :-D You see?... Horseshoes bring luck!!!! Sooo many cool finds.. just crazy! So exciting to open up a container like that, you never know what's inside! Really love that KVK, between the horseshoes, haha!! Thanks for sharing these amazing finds! Gr Nick

[@mdww2battlegrounds]

+History Secrets Apparently they do! Found like 20 of them haha. That had to be enough. Thanks for watching & responding!

[@williamsoileau1802]

Now that was a great dig, not too many livestock artifacts to be found ,that war merit cross is awesome, very well done, have you ever been to Belgium? There's 2 junkyards or were, found a Panter D/T with a VW on it's turret, a lot of shot up U.S.vehicles, howitzer tracked vehicles, 3/4 tons, jeeps, 2 1/2 tons etc...

[@trulyinfamous]

My grandfather fought Vietnam as a marine and at one point was one of the people who patrol the tomb of the unknown soldiers, and since war criminals were kept there, he found in the dirt a nazi pin and still has it.

[@harmvos9679]

thank you for the search in the past what has probably happened

[@HopliteWarlord]

Amazing that that rusted, deformed rifle found in the dirt, was the only thing that its long departed owner had to keep him alive! Ashes to Ashes, dust to dust!

[@130n45]

Echt mega geil was man noch Finden kann heut zu tage, aber eins sollte man nie vergessen. Da wo man solche Sachen wie Waffen oder Medaillen findet sind wahrscheinlich die Menschen gestorben die das Benutzt oder getragen haben. Daher sollte man diese Plätze ehren und eigentlich nicht wirklich da rum buddeln.

[@fw1421]

Amazing how these items have migrated into the soil over the decades.

[@peteogft]

That is very interesting with the Danish coin there. Could the Danish Waffen SS have been fighting on this ground? Cheers, good content.

[@andersoni.7472]

INSANE! U guys are so entertaining!

[@andersoni.7472]

@Zdilslaw Copernicus bruh i commented that 2 years ago

[@michaelpurvis1492]

Amazing 👌 thanks for sharing

[@unterseebootunterseeboot9827]

Awesome and in a same time, dangerous relics. Thanx for sharing and keep going! God Bless!

[@MUDWATCHER]

Great video again 🤩

[@dartarkana4279]

Putting the working end of a shovel on a possible what appears from the beginning an unexploded ordnance 😂🤣😆 Dude dude duds

[@ryanbarker5217]

i imagine that's the chance you take, eh?

[@donnahansen3547]

So facinating. Love your videos. Thank you for sharing your adventures.

[@rorywest4937]

Wow that medal is Amazing!

[@DalinquentB]

Seriously incredible finds.

[@ikutiap5923]

amazing finding

[@F.Krueger-cs4vk]

Wow, amazing finds. 👌🏻👍🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻🖐 from 🇦🇺

[@luminouswanderer]

I love theses vids there so cool

[@MrROsbama]

Thank u guys for another good video about WW2 history/relics !

[@PaNDaSNiP3R]

I really really want to do this!

[@The_bunkering_channel]

now i want to get a metal detector and join you guys :D

[@zanderdavis5846]

I like watching videos like this I love ww2 history

[@michaelaxwilhelm3176]

WOW!!! MEMORIAL!!!

[@MjrCarnyx]

Hele vette vondsten en leuk om naar te kijken! Thanks en succes met de volgende trip. Cheers

[@williamk2257]

That was an interesting one I thought gas wasn't used anymore after the atrocities of WW1. But crazy they somehow got horses to wear gas masks and goggles lol pretty cool. Nice finds though that leather pouch looked amazing for being on top of the earth for damn near 80 years!! Guess better than underground.

[@IGHavelland]

Clean the Medal whit Cillit Bang and Brass fine brush Greeting Team Dosenbier

[@woooster17]

I know this is an older video.. I am currently binge watching your channel. What do you do with the objects you find, rebury, sell or donate to museums..or your own? Great work though, especially the editing and added information. Even the music is good. Kudos guys.

[@MLA56]

The detonators contain mercury, which exploded when struck. The same idea as a priming cap in the center of cartridge case bases. They are FAR more dangerous, unstable, and poisonous than gunpowder. Primers (which is what these are) of ALL types should be handled with extreme care.

[@yungpoopy5875]

Who else got kinda pissed and saw the container to the zunderbusche lid

[@Twittershouldceasetoexist]

Why were you pissed?

[@Toaasty_]

Me I was so triggered

[@erravi]

I thought for sure they would set the lid down and then go to pick the rest up but nope :(

[@jonathanbaird8109]

Why is everyone commenting about this? There was a jumpcut immediately proceeding it, how do you know they didn't go back for it?

[@ww2historyfinderl587]

Weer leuke video met mooie vondsten goed bezig

[@sutrisnoharwanto4332]

Good musiezk.. mistery.. very nicer video and histori

[@arendte3770]

You see German quality

[@dellybellylyons9700]

Good captions guys, great work!

[@biteyoueatyou9391]

OMG, I wanna joint them so bad

[@rensvandermeer4676]

nice findings guys

[@Darchful]

Good Job

[@kennethconnors7532]

good flow more interesting than most

[@alexb8823]

I'm so glad I subbed to you guys, this kinda stuff is so damn cool.

[@DiggingCanuck]

WOW !!! Beautiful relics :-)

[@TheAntokiller]

wooooow the medal is amazing !!!!!!

[@jako_b5828]

really smart to play with this...

[@thomasmanwell9277]

Y’all ever want to contribute to a museum where I’m from let me know! I gladly take donations to spread history

[@elabsurdo69]

Omg that medal looks dope!

[@YourCrew]

8:52 Nokia

[@terrystover7365]

Outstanding video.

[@pigtasticpigtures7825]

I purchased a German Merit Cross, 2nd class I believe, from a friend of my Grandfathers. He’s LOADED(Haha get it, ok I’ll stop now with the jokes), with World War 2 German stuff. I also bought a Party Pin, and a Panzer Battalion Badge. I’m honestly hoping that it’s real. I trust the guy drastically, and it seems real. So I hope so.

[@jamiesuvo7420]

Wow you are so lucky to find so much history I'm glad you say pulling them out and preserving them do you display them at your house or do you donate them to somewhere I would love to have a couple of relics of World War 2 because of their history would have been scary and exciting times back then but we need to preserve this history so we can learn by it and hopefully not make the same mistakes

[@AdventureSonick]

sehr cooles video habe es mir komplett angeguckt aber seit vorsichtig mit den granaten zeugs..

[@ninonigrelli5922]

Mooie handschoenen van de action

[@baharuddinanwar1869]

great youtube channel. thankyou

[@jerrybuit3904]

Very nice job.! Thanks..

[@wraithbravo627]

Very good... esp the english captions.. love ur vidz..

[@ss-heckenschutze-lah6894]

Great work and some nice finds.

[@UnluckyYou]

mooie video!!!! ze worden ook steeds beter ga zo door!

[@ABStravel]

*_greeting from bali island_* _we're indonesia volcano & nationalpark tour organiser_ 💚

[@_Mare_Nostrum]

Amazing

[@andrus1021]

Хорошие находки. Желаю удачи камрады !

[@frontsoldatmm]

Amazing finds, keep up the good work!

[@fabiolas4]

wow, incredible finds!

[@danielmclellan1299]

Awesome

[@deGer67ste]

Good finds and cool Video 👍👍👍... greetings from Austria

[@leoguibi]

adoraria participar de uma exploração igual a essa !!!!!

[@ceramic49]

Outstanding!!!!!!