Metaldetecting battle of Berlin - Eastern Front

Day 3 and 4 of our metaldetecting trip in a Berlin forest. Join me and my buddy Excavator Erick on our detecting adventure in the woods.

[@bobdudy7177]

I really appreciate your Executions and Journeys. Thank you and Please stay Safe. You have the best Fun!

[@kangaroo4527]

Love from the United States! These videos are really cool to watch, and I love seeing all these old bits of history.

[@Blueeyedfloozie]

Recently found your channel. Love it... Thank you for showing us all the History you find

[@IronMikeMetaldetecting]

Thanks for watching!

[@karenlgeraghty]

the object at 10.55 you couldnt identify is the end of a leg from a tripod mount for an MG42 or 34. the little handle on the side is used to extend the legs and lock them in place. from a dreyfus mount for anti aircraft use.

[@mathiascase8747]

InstaBlaster

[@scottkovacs7634]

I like your channel. And artifacts

[@corbinbacon9043]

It's awesome that you were able to retrieve that rifle grenade from years past and then report it accordingly. Good job mate. Safety first. Appreciate your videos as always. I keep finding new ones I haven't seen. Loving it!!

[@francisjohnification]

Hi Iron Mike. Just wanted to say I like your style and 'no nonsense' approach to this excellent hobby. It's good to see stuff you find is quite often what I have dug up. It helps with my identification. Good luck. Kind regards from U.K. That's a great find at 11.10 👍 love finding mechanical items like this. Perfectly safe, inert and more importantly.....keepable.

[@marystotts1939]

It’s always fun watching . Love to see what you find😊

[@IronMikeMetaldetecting]

Yay! Thank you!

[@frackious]

It's all so peaceful and beautiful but boy what a nightmare it must have been 70 + years ago! Your videos are interesting. Thanks for posting them. :)

[@IronMikeMetaldetecting]

+frackious thanks for watching!

[@ACAdventures]

Super finds Good luck for next time my friend😉

[@9lettere668]

in the 80's we founds piles and piles of German weapons/ammo/helmets/badges ...mines, mortar rounds, grenades, artillery rounds, uniforms, belts and buckles, flags and pennants, documents (soldbuch) ID dog tags, boots, knives, bayonets, coins......etc etc etc.....sold/traded most of them except ammo, grenades, mortar rounds, artillery rounds......we also traded Hershey chocolate bars for banners and flags, traded an Elvis Presley 45 record for a nearly new German sub machine pistol and two full ammo magazines. Found lots of eagle and swastika stamped knives and forks and spoons. Found several canteens and their belt pouches. All kinds of Nazi magazines and posters. Could get handfuls of Nazi lapel pins and badges for 1 german at the weekend flea markets. Swords and their cases were in bundles and one sword could be had for one US pack of cigarettes.

[@magnusandersson8112]

Man you're awesome .. i love watching your videos.. thumbs up from Sweden !! 👍👍

[@bingobutler9656]

Found your channel a couple of days ago. Been burning through your videos. Really well done bro.

[@da-ghoul2332]

Hey don't be bailing I just found this channel month ago I subscribed and I got the Bell ready to go I watched it all the time whether it's boring or exciting please continue if I could get from Detroit to a battlefield with a metal detector I would love to do that for a week or two as a vacation I want to see some nuts don't quit

[@johndodson4527]

Love your videos!!!!!

[@IronMikeMetaldetecting]

love your comments John!!!!!!

[@chris1237895]

The magazine at 12:45 is from the Tokarev SVT-40s. It's really cool to see that it still has rounds in it too

[@gdlividgryphon417]

That's a trace of the Russians

[@thomasferris3750]

Trenchgun96 if you look closer you see that the rounds are center fire, the curve maches the gewger 43 and it isent long enough to be svt 40

[@SapperMac72]

The rounds in the magazine are rimmed...they look like Soviet 7.62X54 R. They would match the SVT-40. The 8mm rounds fired from the Gewehr-43 were rimless.

[@mikebrase5161]

@@thomasferris3750 that's for an SVT-40 not a G-43. I own one of each.

[@PREFECT57]

great vid well done from a brit in uk

[@TheZowwee]

Greetings from America! I LOVE your channel and love your finds!!! I would give my left NUT to go with you on a dig! We here at America buy that stuff for a lot of $$$. It may not be worth much where you are but here in the USA, there are people who would give you 30 bucks (or 30 Euros ..whatever) easy for just a Nazi pin or something. Keep it up, love your channel !

[@IronMikeMetaldetecting]

LOL I dont want your left or right nut. Just give the video a like and a great comment like this and I’ll make another video so you can hop along virtually.

[@impactoefeitosespeciais7297]

Incrível descoberta das panzer faust e do rifle 👏👏👏 Parabéns pelo trabalho. Grande abraço de São Paulo, Brasil.

[@methylene5]

Nice finds!

[@devonchapman9488]

love your channel!

[@IronMikeMetaldetecting]

+Devon Chapman very glad to hear that! Thanks Devon!

[@Matt.garrow]

Excellent video, you deserve way more subscribers. Keep it up!

[@IronMikeMetaldetecting]

Thanks! :-)

[@Matt.garrow]

Iron Mike Metaldetecting One last question, have you ever found any Sieg-runes or any other badges?

[@ardenneprospection2227]

Hi m'y Friend, good morning from belgium. Nice vidéo. Happy New year Friend ;)

[@IronMikeMetaldetecting]

Thanks! Best wishes!

[@Black-Shark710]

Hey man, doubt you'll see this, but I think the cloth you found was the tent corresponding tent stake! I'm pretty sure you were digging right where a German soldier slept! If so that's pretty awesome. Thank you, and all of your partners for countless hours of amazement!

[@IronMikeMetaldetecting]

I read every comment just don't respond to them all. ;) But thanks for your comment. The video was shot a while back so had to see what you were talking about. But you are right, could well be that they camped out there. Thanks for coming by. As long as you guys enjoy the content I'll keep on recording our adventures.

[@tedkreibich8584]

How come you are so laid back when you metal detect with the battle grounds group. I always enjoy your banter and comments.

[@IronMikeMetaldetecting]

Thanks Ted! I always enjoy talking to you guys but they dont. So when they shoot their video I’m told to shut up :-(

[@JeremiahWatkins-zv8bn]

Haha, you have a new French subscriber, so I can help with French finds.

[@IronMikeMetaldetecting]

Cool, perhaps I do need your assistance is the future. My French is tres horrible :-) Thanks for the sub!

[@baker2niner]

Check the 'dentifrice' (toothpaste?)

[@cckii3194]

Cool man

[@mariakozicz3306]

Varsovie savon rulez! Greetz from Poland!

[@007tallguy]

great video and it's nice to see you recovering so many great relics! thanks for sharing your adventures with us. :) i would have liked to have seen "Franks" deep detector. did you say 6 meters? wow!

[@tomthebomb9474]

007tallguy I doubt it

[@francisjohnification]

Think he meant 6 feet which is approx 2 metres which is what he mentions later on.

[@dooookie]

Since that magazine was curved it was probably from a STG 44. And i would looooove to go to Berlin because ive always wanted a authentic German Stahlhelm.

[@IronMikeMetaldetecting]

Yeah nice one, didn't think of that. Cheers Plagi. Ps. have to find my first helmet too :)

[@dooookie]

Iron Mike Metaldetecting Good Luck man!

[@AJewInTexas]

Yeah way too big. This is more likely a Gewehr 43 or possibly an SVT 40 mag.

[@georgedowling514]

That is most definitely NOT an stg 44 magazine as it was WAY to small probably as domthebomb said gewehr 43 or tokerov mag oh and btw that bullet was probably 20 mm or somewhere around there. Could of been soviet antitank rifle bullet

[@mikeallen7830]

Plagi try ww1 sites for a stahlhelm

[@jameslane2667]

30 farmers in France in 1990 were killed by Leftover war war two shells I didn't know if you knew that Merry Christmas Happy New Year

[@tommyboy4237]

Object at 13:09 is a Russian SVT40 rifle magazine.

[@CheezyAnimations]

Tommy Boy that’s what I thought

[@johnboy384]

Rusty magazine at the 13min mark contains 7.62x54R ammunition and is likely from a Soviet SVT40 rifle.

[@Rascal_the_Raccoon]

No shit Sherlock

[@alaskanbas6507]

The part at 11:11 could the part of a tripod of a machine gun or mortar that prevents the weapon from sinking into the ground and sliding backwards, but I don't know for sure.

[@clarencecarr3]

Bastiaan Leenheer it's highly likely that you are correct.

[@alaskanbas6507]

OK, thanks for letting me know.

[@bstinson4119]

It's off an 80mm mortar.

[@clio4led46]

Object „cap” Savon Dentifrige Varsovie is polish powder for tooth (Today toothpaste). This cap was before II WW from Polish Kingdom. The inscription is in French. Poles opposed the Russian invaders

[@clarencecarr3]

You'll find a lot of shaving equipment because in order for a gas mask to work properly it has to be touching the face 100%

[@francisjohnification]

Clarence Carr I have found many shaving items whilst detecting, and was puzzled by this. Now after what you say, it all makes sense. Thanks for the info. Regards from U.K.

[@clarencecarr3]

francisjohnification No problem, I'm a nerd when it comes to millitary history.

[@clarencecarr3]

Skull What?

[@clarencecarr3]

Skull No that was a pretty popular mustache style before he ruined it.

[@spencerpierson8606]

that item at 11:08 is German ww2 machine gun anti-aircraft tripod foot.

[@RubenKelevra]

When you get a deep metal detector you should try it around Solingen/Wermelskirchen/Remscheid in NRW. You will have to dig deeper but I guess here's some nice stuff buried because on Solingen/Wermelskirchen border is a old Castle which was the mansion for the whole country here. :)

[@RubenKelevra]

This might be handy, if you go this way: wiki-commons.genealogy.net/Datei:09_Amt-Solingen.djvu

[@IronMikeMetaldetecting]

Thanks Ruben!

[@thewalkingfail4188]

Iron Mike Metaldetecting you shoud try it there. i found some cool stuff in that area ps: i am a big fan

[@luckythegerman]

11:08 Min. This could be a feet of a Lightpost. Broken off but a nice found

[@matthiash.5548]

Lucky I had exactly the same idea maybe an MG tripod LOL I found it it could be the food of an MG15 tripod o.o havy stuff

[@belgiumww2diggers271]

top video Mike!Zeker blijven verder doen!

[@IronMikeMetaldetecting]

Bedankt! :)

[@feuerpause4596]

Die k98 ist ja der Hammer und so gut erhalten

[@jameslane2667]

you can look it up on Google Merry Christmas and Happy New Year from Kansas City Missouri

[@IronMikeMetaldetecting]

+James Lane Hi James, thanks for your concern but I'm not a French farmer..

[@zomahawkjoe4175]

I'm pretty sure that if you put your rusty finds in lemon juice, it will eat away all the rust

[@SCARSOFEUROPE]

Its a russian hiking pole for snow. 1943

[@k832sly]

the item at 11min is the end of a leg off a tripod, not a mortar but an anti-aircraft fixed firing tripod for an mg34 or 42

[@IronMikeMetaldetecting]

Guess it could be. Turns out to be a pretty cool find after all :)

[@k832sly]

certainly is, I will try and find a clear photo. Last time I was in Berlin there was still a wall and I had to go to the East in uniform. great finds.

[@k832sly]

here is a link to a photo of the tripod feet. www.warrelics.eu/forum/attachments/field-equipment-accessories-third-reich/270589d1322433806-mg-34-anti-aircraft-tripod-dreifuss-cimg9792.jpg

[@matthiash.5548]

Lenny Szrama I have found similar tripods in combination with MG15 rifles. I would say you're right it's the tripod of an anti aircraft gun.

[@walsch80]

@@IronMikeMetaldetecting I hope that you can verify what I said in my post before...

[@Spitsz01]

franse ontsmettings zeep. Gaaf!

[@gdlividgryphon417]

I'm surprised no one from the war moved the Panzer Faust (Tank fist)

[@mat24ist]

the shell casing looks like a shell from the antitank rifles or some thing for aa (anti air) shells. not sure, but nice finds.

[@jonlennon3348]

You might consider making a small sifter using 1/4 inch screen(we call it hardware cloth in the USA), make one about 12 by 18 inches and with sandy soil you might have better luck sifting high iron area's.

[@sneakyredneck2059]

That larger shell casing was from 20 mm which was used for anti-air mostly. German.

[@francisjohnification]

Looks too big to be a 20 mm also there is usually a thicker reinforcing band just after the extractor groove. The rim is too big as well so think he was right saying it’s Russian. The german casings were always well marked with year and manufacturer.

[@Modellbyggaren]

At 10:54 - this is part of a german MG-tripod (the big AA-tripod, not Lafette). It used to look like this; www.warrelics.eu/forum/field-equipment-accessories-third-reich/driefuss-mg-anti-aircraft-tripod-122801/

[@aliciaemmitt9392]

Yes it is :)

[@kabbey30]

Thank you Mike!

[@IronMikeMetaldetecting]

+Wakita Sioux, thanks for watching :-)

[@jaydennash1883]

How many panzerauft (sorry if spelled wrong) shots did u find? And when u get that stuff all checked out do u get to keep some of the explosives?

[@leandro8080]

Jayden Nash Panzerfaust ^^

[@yetimangaming9384]

Ordinary no there are protocols that have to be followed when you find things like that ordinary you would put it in a safe spot and let the bomb squad know we're it is and they get rid of it but most things you can keep

[@robertokersout8353]

Lkr jonguh!

[@jmaz1971]

That find with the little lever and spike is part of a tripod

[@iHumerousDragon]

11:04 I think is the tip of a hiking pole, I couldn't tell you what side though

[@grimmudo4459]

Maik ich weiß nicht ob du wissen dust wer die Panzerfaust entwickelt und hergestellt hat! Das war die gasac in Leipzig eine munitions Betrieb!

[@jusa3031]

the rounds in the magazine at 12:54 look like 7.62x54r so Russian gun magazine look up Russian magazines specifically 7.62x54r

[@lapplandsjagare]

Hi from Sweden

[@IronMikeMetaldetecting]

Hi from Germany!

[@chinajoe6510]

Digging up old war mines & weapon...this is a freak show! You guys could be blown up if you are not very careful.

[@user-ej2ug7wd7s]

+1 kamarad

[@IronMikeMetaldetecting]

Thanks buddy :-)

[@red.dragon.360jkr3]

Goede video nieuwe sub erbij

[@IronMikeMetaldetecting]

Bedankt!

[@jakepruett9389]

might be a stg44 magazine

[@simonhavranek352]

Casing at 10:30 is from IL-2 23mm

[@IronMikeMetaldetecting]

thanks!

[@HammerHG1857]

tin lid translates to tooth soap

[@asnazzyfella2518]

What is the most weird things you have ever found?

[@kimmorontynen5309]

that big shell was from Russiand antitank weapon

[@atlasferrari4700]

Hi Mike , Nice video , are you from USA ? I was there in 2013 , nice places , I envy you I would like to be there in this moment :)

[@IronMikeMetaldetecting]

Thanks! No I'm from the Netherlands. Really love the east German woods. Going back there next week for a couple of days. Hope to find some good stuff and make a nice video for you guys.

[@thomasferris3750]

That one round lookd like a 20 mm round for a russian anti tank rifle the thing he found right after looked like the firing pin

[@francisjohnification]

You could be right about the casing but miles out on the ‘firing pin’ mate. You ever seen the size if a firing pin? Someone further up mentioned tripod foot...........

[@Modellbyggaren]

At 12:45 - Tokarev SVT 40 magazine.

[@bernhardwechsler6303]

Super Video !!! Schade das ich ihn nicht verstehe.erzählt bestimmt interessante Sachen .brauch nen Untertitel ✌️

[@IronMikeMetaldetecting]

Moin! Danke fur anschauen! Meine neuesten Videos haben Deutsche Untertitel :)

[@bernhardwechsler6303]

Genial👍✌️

[@spike_-pw9iz]

The shell you found looks like it either belonged to a anti tank gun called ptrs or a 20 mill flak gun if it was a ptrs shell it's Russian if flak it was German and it makes since for it to be the ptrs shell because the next thing you found looked like part of a tripod from a ptrs

[@Rascal_the_Raccoon]

There were no russian 20 mil flak guns

[@mike28003]

I was about to day it looks about the right size for a 20mm

[@erikrunhaar3662]

10:20 its a 20mm of a Russin tank {t-26?}

[@ASTER-ik4hh]

Shturmovik IL-2, ВЯ-23 cannon 23 mm.

[@kecrdetektor]

Beautiful video. He should not have problems with the German people? Because Germany is finding prohibited.

[@IronMikeMetaldetecting]

Not at all. I have German friends that detect themselves and that help me out with permissions, and in one area I even know the locale chief of Police.

[@kecrdetektor]

That is awesome :). I would like to go someday to Germany to look for friends, but I do not know what it takes everything circulation. and most importantly where? :) I really like to go there one day like to go look. We have not much war. But here it is good at finding coins. :)

[@Anonymous-lo4gx]

Nice deep digger dan cameo

[@berdyq]

Hoi Mike, zo te zien ben je hier in de buurt van Halbe? Ben er afgelopen jaar ook geweest met een maat, om de 'sfeer' in de omgeving te proeven. Prachtige omgeving en zelfs aan de oppervlakte in de bossen veel sporen van ww2 gezien, in een verlaten bunker zelfs 3 panzerfausten gevonden. We willen nog eens terug met onze metaaldetectors, maar het viel ons op dat er toch wel wat boswachters patrouilleren. Zijn jullie ook in contact met deze mensen geweest en hoe reageren ze op zoekers?

[@IronMikeMetaldetecting]

Hoi Ber, ik zoek niet in de buurt van Halbe. Zoeken daar is uiterst verboden en als je daar gesnapt wordt dan heb je een groot probleem. Zou je dan ook afraden daar te zoeken.

[@berdyq]

Dank voor je snelle antwoord! Ik had al het idee dat de omgeving Halbe niet slim is inderdaad, bedankt voor je bevestiging. Ik weet dat zoekers niet graag hun locaties prijsgeven, maar zou je toch globaal een 'veilig' gebied aan kunnen geven in de omgeving Berlijn? Trouwens, ik en mijn maat wonen in Zwolle, en waar zeker interessante ww2 locaties zijn. Mocht je binnen redelijke reisafstand wonen en het 1 en ander van onze vondsten willen zien, horen we het wel. We laten onze, toch wel unieke, verzameling graag aan je zien!

[@gogo33detection_et_militar44]

You ave garrett at pro ?

[@RolandAshcroft]

How did the objects end up under the ground by 20-80cm in 80 years?

[@spike_-pw9iz]

They should de arm explosive and put them in museums

[@tavish4699]

WHY ? who wants to see a rusty panzerfaust if he can see a prestine one?

[@iancosgrove1613]

One does not simply disarm a rusty explosive from 80 years ago. Bad idea

[@murgegaming5011]

Repord je de geweeren ook?

[@simonkerling8747]

which metealdetector you have

[@jaidenmead1239]

at 10:20 I believe u found a anti tank shell Wich means u could find a tank

[@johndodson4527]

Dig around z ol houze eh mayb...yo...meyb find ...a liter ....or ...a doll...?jus say n.

[@francisjohnification]

John Dodson Haha. I found a cigarette lighter once and after thoroughly searching the surrounding area I found a human 😂 just because you find an anti tank casing doesn’t mean you will find a tank.

[@kenb.8596]

I really hope you guys have great life insurance, just sayin!!!!

[@impactoefeitosespeciais7297]

De qual arma é o cartucho 18:58 ?

[@oliviakurtz7385]

At 8:02 that’s a Panzerfaüst made from the Germans

[@Rascal_the_Raccoon]

Translation to logic: its what is in the title

[@Rascal_the_Raccoon]

*Tank fist

[@peterdammeliusosterode3424]

@@Rascal_the_Raccoon Pansarnäve.

[@Spitsz01]

of scheerzeep...

[@DEeMONsworld]

I guess you realize this is a death ground, all those bits of clothing and personal items belonged to dead soldiers, you never found any human remains or tags? Not to be macabre, but their is a family I know digging relics in the Philippines and they regularly find Japanese remains, if they find identification they contact an agency still active in Japan to return the remains to the relatives, It is very important to Japanese culture. Of a more relic oriented topic they have unearthed several 500 pound US bombs, and trenches filled with cases of grenades, all of which the cheerfully display (still loaded) in their private museum, the big bombs they actually defuse and empty themselves believe it or not.

[@IronMikeMetaldetecting]

No I have never found human remains. Friends of mine have and when found they are reported to the proper authorities. These fathers, brothers, sons died for their country. No matter the side, they all deserve a proper burial.

[@da-ghoul2332]

Have you thought about traveling to Russia and doing one of their better fields we're here in the states I can hook you up with a very good friend of mine in Virginia who find things all the time if you would like I could put you in contact with him are you on messenger I know you wouldn't have to pay for a roof nor would you have to pay for food if you were to go detecting with him we are good people

[@JeremiahWatkins-zv8bn]

10:24, that's a 20mm canon shell yeah?

[@hophri]

i thought so aswell.... i was like isnt that a 20mm shell.....

[@baker2niner]

"Long Solothurn" (20mmx138B) round? Common to later anti-aircraft batteries. "Belted" case.

[@scaro81]

Kunnen we een keer samen zoeken?

[@Spitsz01]

Savon is zeep toch?

[@danieladamek5336]

10:30 50mm Usa heavy mashingun

[@Rascal_the_Raccoon]

No dipshit its a 50.cal machine gun

[@Rascal_the_Raccoon]

Cant fuckin spell

[@francisjohnification]

HarveyWhalbanger YT On top of that....... he’s wrong too. 😂

[@connorlafo5310]

Have you ever found bones with like a gun or something else.

[@MrVibriocholerae]

Mr. Cheese Bush they usually collect and burry all the casualties during war so its very unlikely

[@cincoy3679]

Sinisteo Soxilano No. They found people all the time. Not this man. But others that look

[@ewrinrommel3649]

13:07 it's a m1 grand Mag

[@mikeallen7830]

Logan Ward *Garand

[@4rdF1Hunny]

Definitely not. Soviet rifle maybe.

[@jamesfriend3544]

At 10.45 that is a 50bmg

[@jesusb.1839]

No mola , no muestra como era en la antigüedad

[@calvinmoe8465]

"day number three" *holds up to fingers*

[@IronMikeMetaldetecting]

*two...

[@LINKINPERRY]

11:10 Tip of a flag pole