I went to a WW2 battlefield and found GOLD!

In this battlefield documentary we found lost German WW2 gold! We went on another metal detecting trip to an Eastern Front battlefield and history was everywhere.
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[@mdww2battlegrounds]

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[@maisiefreeman8597]

Just done a quick search through the genealogy databases, and I believe I have found a potential match for the owner of that ring. Martin August Hegebarth, born 6th September 1899, married to Maria Stahl 12th January 1930 in Frickhofen, Hessen-Nassau. I hope you can find his family and return that ring.

[@nicwilson89]

Should be able to locate some relatives with that information. I hope they get it back to the family

[@TankManHeavy]

Did anything come of this?

[@andybrooks4070]

that would be super cool to return the ring to the soldiers family

[@phuktard]

He was a POS Nazi that had looted the Gold.

[@dnbmania]

@@phuktard everyone had to fight their own war

[@mileshigh1321]

@@phuktard Not every soldier was a nazi he might have been drafted and in his 40's.

[@antonioacevedo5200]

@@mileshigh1321 you are correct. If was married in 1930, that would make him 35-45 years old about.

[@Chris-yg5vh]

@@phuktard You're probably the type that thinks every white European male is a Nazi. Clearly you don't know much about history.

[@goldielocks2621]

It's amazing to think that most of your finds would initially have been just lying on top of the ground and then nature began to take them. I love watching you all, I do a little amateur detecting and never have found anything old.

[@sammgallagher8765]

You got to think deeply about it. When they find a hat and Bullet etc it's so crazy to think a soldier 70 years back left that there dropped it and its just layed there all that time. I just wonder what the scene was when it dropped. So so interesting man. If you watch these things and don't think that way your mind ain't open enough.

[@terrybaird3122]

When I watch these videos I am transported back in time to the moment the found items were abandoned. I see a button and wonder about the soldier that last buttoned his shirt with it and how it came to be buried in the forest. Was it the cold wet spring of '45, or the heat of a '43 summer. In any case, I am guessing that soldier would have rather been at home with his woman and a bier. F#@%ing war.

[@jackleslie5635]

I love how they even know the types of spoons used by the army

[@3daysago203]

Smaeee

[@alexipilon8319]

I love you guys and I wish I could go where you guys go and do what you guys do

[@rockasstley7917]

Me too

[@mdww2battlegrounds]

Thank you so much for the support!

[@monkeymeier4811]

@@mdww2battlegrounds do you search with official permission?

[@MooThePro]

If u Go with them, you might be stepping on the mine :)

[@davidli7873]

Monkey Meier no duh

[@jamesbennett5189]

Fun fact. The American M60 is built around the mg42 design.

[@philging]

This is such a great channel - well done guys. My father fought with The Coldstream Guards from 1943 to 1945 and I still have many items that he carried into battle.

[@cheetahgamerz9448]

My great great grandpa fought for the british.

[@garyhinchey4086]

You guys need a series on the history channel, extremely interesting

[@broc0li3s96]

Dude, i really love your videos, it's AMAZING how things that were in the ground for 70 years can look like. You should make a video with everything you found, it will be EPIC!!!

[@steveholmes5207]

We are social distancing something we didn't think we would ever do but things like this are real treat this is history and what we are living through will one day be history stay safe everyone greetings from England 💓👍

[@coolkingwistune1323]

Steve Holmes thx

[@evo-doh9435]

Yea 🙏 thx

[@cincoy3679]

It’s sad to think about.. person killed there.

[@muzeumpobojowisk]

hello. the 1st rifle it's not a 98k carbine, but a polish model 1929 probably captured by Germans in 1939... p.s. the button is made in Bruder Schneider Wien company in years 1871-1908. It was used on a austro-hungarian waffenrock. Best Regards from Poland.

[@MornFuin777]

The chain “bracelet” is actually a pocket watch chain.

[@joannhempen8210]

Absolutely love this stuff!!, I read what ever I can about WW2. I’m loving this. Thank you!

[@AN-nt3uv]

Could that 25th regiment button eventually be from 1st world war time or older? These woods could have been also used during maneuvers of the Kaiser's army.

[@AN-nt3uv]

@Herbert Norkus Yes, the font type looks more like being of "Deutsches Heer".

[@jameskent3634]

Imagen if the soldier who lost the lighter watched this "there it is I've been looking for it"

[@cliffordblackwell7037]

In response to Mr. James Bennet; Only the feed cover/feed arm was taken from the MG-42, it is only a slightly modified copy of that. Much of the rest [gas system and bolt] is a reworked copy/version of the FG-42.

[@jaxxonguin9853]

I love how you compliment everyone's finds, even if it's something you see often

[@DetectoresRJ]

*Meus amigos que lugar top, achar essa aliança foi tudo de bom, e se achar a viúva vai ser luxo, like Brasil 🇧🇷*

[@jjt1093]

Wouldnt be surprised if the body of the soldier is somewhere very close by , very personal items all in 1 place 14:50

[@martinnaylor]

Love your videos,there is something magical about finding lost WW2 items in the ground and your knowledge of the items seems very good too,keep up the good work.👍👍

[@rodolfoadamoelenis3399]

my grandfather fought in this battalion camp, he was from the 25th panzergrenadier...this is incredible for me, thank you very much

[@ofpWolf]

That badge on 7:45 is a soviet sport normatives badge. It was issued to person, who could achieve specific results in sports. This one was for running. Cant find exact requirements for USSR unfortunately.

[@mdww2battlegrounds]

Not your typical find, but still a very cool badge in my opinion!

[@ofpWolf]

@@mdww2battlegrounds it is! Since it's post war Soviet stuff I don't think you can find lots of them in Europe.

[@thomasbrown5081]

Outstanding video s great to watch you find war items 👍👍👍👍

[@Exotio_]

1:28 Nazi soldier: *After 100+ year,YOU FINALY FOUND MY LIGHTER THAT I LOST!*

[@lukkyflo]

Not all german soldiers was nazis !

[@missionslos5074]

@@lukkyflo Hat er das je gesagt?

[@saved_phts]

Nice video ! Hello from Russia 🖖

[@juguemosconkriskris8463]

Gracias por por los subtitulos en español!

[@P1xEngineer]

I really like this some videos for searching an old items from a great history of the world

[@simon12798]

I missed you guys while you were away, am so glad your back.

[@davidsfishtanks9347]

What do you do with the stuff you find ??

[@DeimosPC]

They likely keep most of it, give some to museums. You can buy some relics on eBay, mainly from the eastern front

[@swen6390]

They sell it in his webshop

[@cadesnyder5023]

It’s crazy to think people are still alive who fought in these battles

[@amya3980]

Great narration. Love how you give such clear information on the finds! Thanks from America!

[@mdww2battlegrounds]

Happy to hear your appreciation. Take care!

[@loicmalakoff6728]

I love your vidéos, you guys and your discoveries of objects on the ww2 because being myself a detector of artifacts related To the history of France. 🤗👍👍

[@freddyrossi4309]

What do you do with all your finds? Bring them to war museums?

[@robgoose8126]

Sitting in my car this morning waiting for the ferry, and forgot I had my volume up high. Clicked this video. In case you were unaware, your intro sounds amazing with bass lol.

[@mdww2battlegrounds]

Haha I noticed that too! Hope your ear drums still work ^^

[@robgoose8126]

@@mdww2battlegrounds they're no worse today than they have been since I lost a bit of hearing in the USMC. Turns out machine guns are REALLY loud! Lol

[@hamzaxd710]

I have a question what did you do with the things that you find

[@jamesbaber1582]

Super cool. ...dangerous with the mines but awesome artifacts

[@Bable012]

"Its a cold winter day, 2°C or 36°F" *laughs in Pittsburgh polar vortex* lol

[@paulgrogan8032]

The fighting there must have been horrific to find relics of both sides so close to one another.

[@thompoes8456]

Nice video

[@daledeter8997]

I think it's awesome what you guy's do. You are walking through history I get goosebumps when you find something.

[@regisreymond9581]

don't be catch by authorities guys ! it's totally forbidden to make militaria seeking in France, especially with a metal detector .but great video !

[@yuushagaming1643]

You guys really dig through time.. Keep Safe! Love from the Philippines!❤️👍

[@cambellevans9945]

What a lovely gesture it would be to return the ring to the family. What would be even better would be if the soldiers wife was still alive - unlikely I know as she would probably be around 95 years old now.

[@dhooter]

I have a K98 my Grandfather smuggled back in his officer buddies trunk. He managed to somewhat take it apart hide the parts in the trunk. Has all the Swastikas on it. And I shoot it all the time. Came from the battle of the bulge.

[@creyesm21]

I’d love to go sometime with you, I love how you show this beautiful artifacts, greetings from Mexico

[@silverstonegardening1605]

Only a boss would go finding WW2 stuff using a pink toothbrush

[@thomasweatherford5125]

You’ve got to give an update on the gold ring! That would be amazing if you found the owner!

[@mdww2battlegrounds]

I've made an exclusive video about it, which is available on my Patreon!

[@ww2finders273]

Nice

[@oliverhel9629]

When your friends and yourself found the sports badge, I thought "ikon". Russian orthodox pendants.. alas.. but many rifle bores. A Good day.

[@oliverhel9629]

Finished watching the video.. you'd had a fantastic dig site that day.. bon, bon.

[@mademoisellekaya1438]

You are lucky to not have found any body parts, although they could have been eaten by animals or the body ended up not far from there and gotten disposed off.. But that was a very interesting spot and so you can see, everybody thinks that the main pathway in a Forest didn't get used to fight on because you were so much less visible behind the trees, well, clearly they also were used and so lots can be found everywhere you can think off. When I was a very little girl I found so many stuff and me and my (older) cousins always found loads of ammo which we blew up. Back then that stuff was already so unstable as could be and better left untouched so we doug it up very carefully, pulled the pin off of the many handgranates we also had and up it went. And at home off course again some drama of mothers who heard those blasts 👀😊 Understandable now I'm a little older 😁

[@marystotts1939]

Nice finds all! Fun to watch. The ring is sad. Maybe from killed soldier. Thank you for sharing. Hope you can find the owner of the ring❤️

[@lieutenantdan2697]

Good video and good finds man! Always love the enthusiasm, and I enjoy the small history lessons along the way.

[@magtomlaos]

excellent videos, You need to be very careful when excavating former battlefields, many unexploded items

[@entityfollows2176]

They totally didn’t know that. They just play hot patato with it

[@petepeterson4540]

good for you! I love it when you find stuff

[@nurqe12]

Maybe it's only me but if you find something Soviet just don't say to me nothing and when German stuff reaper my sense of excitement keeps growing.

[@snekek1564]

You should renovate the k98 and give it a new stock and stuff and make it work

[@barchatoarangoiti8848]

Felices fiestas lo primero y gracias por hacer estos vídeos y enseñarnos cosas de historia perdidas. Gracias a vosotros estoy empezando a querer salir a detectar y limpiar los bosques alemaes

[@ashchambers4094]

Imagine this:Your soviet soldier are waiting for combat but you can only hear the screams of your comrades and Gunshots in the background but then German soldiers come out of nowhere and started firing so you left your badge:70 years later a guy doing a metal detecting video find your badge Jeez ;-;

[@chalk9912]

that sports badge is pretty neat

[@ahickin]

Omg amazing finds 😃 I’d love to go metal detecting someday

[@eddyredmond7758]

Great video!!!

[@SgtRockworth]

I've been wondering since I started watching your videos: What do you guys do with the non-explosive things you find?

[@Martin-vy7mm]

I'm pretty sure they call the authorities who dispose of it. Or maybe they leave it where they found it in a very deep hole

[@lurezpe8655]

Keep it or donate It to museums

[@entityfollows2176]

Bomb squad and police

[@ronniecardy]

Nice finds hope you can find who the ring belonged too

[@codaalive5076]

It is sad seeing soldier's wedding ring, spoon, a few coins and buttons. All in a few square meters, probably meaning soldier died there. Imagine being in mortal danger or dying there, hope ring comforted them. Same with Russian star badge and similar, guess they were not throwing this things away since they meant something to them even if not as much as wedding ring. I like watching such videos, although seeing very personal items found in the soil still makes me sad. Hope they will be able to find who owned wedding ring, family would surely be happy and could help them with closure... This is really showing what war is. We should learn from it, especially in this times that are similar to 1930's in Germany and allied countries. Stop all wars!

[@arjundiwaker3449]

Please make a video about returning the soldiers ring

[@mdww2battlegrounds]

My effort to do so is captured in a video on my Patreon!

[@discoverynorthcarolina9824]

Great finds, I honestly miss Europe

[@cameronlogan01]

That ring is absolutely amazing

[@jerry2422]

When u said we found gold i thought it was gunna be toilet paper.

[@coolkingwistune1323]

Jeremy van Raalte LOL maybe some hand sanitizer too 😂

[@brettnelson7518]

Ww2 toilet paper was superior to modern 2 ply. Germany had finest tree leaves. The best for your bumbum. The worst was the Posion ivy type plants in veitnam. They took many marines out of service. :0

[@markwebb8616]

The more I watch this type of video the more I think I might have found a new hobby!

[@martinlagerstrom2599]

You do a great job, and such a gift of interesting knowledge and facts that you present. Keep up the good job. I have been following your channel now for some 2 years, and will now take up metal detecting myself. Thanks for all the fantastic videos! Greetings from Martin in Sweden =)

[@mdww2battlegrounds]

Hey Martin, thanks for your support and for being a fan! Good luck with picking up the hobby. Cheers!

[@MjrCarnyx]

Very awesome video and amazing finds. Thanks for sharing

[@baskil7030]

Sinds deze week jullie video's aan het bekijken. Sinds deze week ook het detectoren weer opgepakt. Jullie video's inspireren me om op zoek te gaan naar hotspots. Geweldige video's dit!

[@mdww2battlegrounds]

Goed om te horen. Veel succes!

[@andybrooks4070]

Whats crazy though is, orginal german made mausers are crazy expensive, for much less you can get a much nicer swedish mauser, i really want a german made mauser but they are just to expensive

[@jackmanmoth6526]

3:04 I found one of those coins in a penny roll in the USA.

[@mnicrashSoren]

Love your channel thank you for sharing your discoveries history is absolutely amazing

[@kaspernielsen9149]

What do you do with all the finds that u guys dig up?

[@MattyPraps1234]

Probably keep some, donate some to museums

[@ryanbroguy]

the swastika badge might have been worn by an officer

[@marcioruediger5680]

Sou do Sul do Brasil cidade de Blumenau SC sou fã do programa de gostaria de conhecer vocês quem sabe um dia!! A cidade aqui foi fundada por um alemão e seus 30 imigrantes !! Sou da família Ruediger só não sei qual lugar da Alemanha!!!

[@hanlanz1]

I want to know what happens with all items you found, do you give them to museums or keep for yourselves ?

[@b-squad2185]

He flys up to space and just let's them float

[@davidwilson2581]

Your hotspot was probably where a German soldier died and his body laid there and rotted away leaving only the metal items you found

[@hitler2207]

@Yuck Foutube he would been burried in war or after the war

[@alessandro64339]

Parabens pelo canal e obrigado por colocar legendas em portugués . sou um incrito do seu canal.

[@NielsMF]

Why no locations in the description? Nice if we can google some background info about this area

[@Caseshells123]

If you had a raffle once a month and give out a small find like a badge or button or something you get a lot of patrons

[@juliegriffin7609]

Awesome video

[@amandamcvicar7781]

I love this channel + am fascinated with how much history is left in those empty woods. I'm curious, (you may have answered this question before) what do you do with your finds after you've cleaned them up?

[@mdww2battlegrounds]

Hi there, thanks for watching. We clean up most stuff (with the exception of weapons and ammunition) and put it on display, unless something can be returned to family of the soldier of course. The relics we find aren't that suitable for museums as one might think. Most museums here in Europe are already filled with rusty dug up relics.

[@julian_der_kek9737]

my moms friend found one of those nazi party badges or what you called it and it looks like its new the colur is still bright red you can clearly read whats on it and even a name on the back its so impresive how long this stuff holds up

[@ismulniir]

Strange to think that we are the last generation to see ww2 veterans

[@adriankeeble8342]

I love your videos i like ww2history

[@BeercanBushcraft]

Great video, brilliant finds. When you say that you want to return the ring to his family (love you for that), what resources do you use to to get your information - if you don't mind me asking? All the best to you and yours 👍 👍 👍 🍻

[@mdww2battlegrounds]

Thanks a lot! Things like Ancestry.com and military archives etc. You can find more info about this on my Patreon, I made a special video about it.

[@pex3]

@@mdww2battlegrounds You really know how to tease us XD

[@tedkreibich8584]

Great finds and video gentlemen... You always provide super explanations with the artifacts which makes your channel interesting and educational. Thank you all.

[@mdww2battlegrounds]

Well we do our best to share knowledge about WW2 history! Thanks for watching.

[@joebrown1382]

Wow what great finds. Those pins & buttons are awesome. The first rifle in pretty good condition. The gold ring is fantastic. Great show guys. I would love to be there hunting with you. HH glad you're back.

[@mdww2battlegrounds]

Thanks for watching!

[@GustavoSantos-zy2ee]

É simplesmente incrível o que ainda está nesses locais depois do tantos anos

[@Westandgone]

Mad editing skills, TOTAL improvement over the last few videos

[@mdww2battlegrounds]

Thanks a lot!

[@brettnelson7518]

Back before gold was a scam. A gold ring that size these days are so over priced due to the wealthy hording gold. Good find!!

[@andremacedo5427]

Gostei muito do vidio da pra ler era bom se fosse traduzido

[@GebruederLange]

Nice video, cool finds that yall made!! 👍

[@mdww2battlegrounds]

Thanks brother! ^^

[@blake6636]

You uploading a new video literally has made my day. Thank you! I love your videos.

[@mdww2battlegrounds]

Really appreciate that! Thanks for watching.