Secret WW2 British Army OUTPOST discovered!

[@mdww2battlegrounds]

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[@etgha]

How do you do these kinds of things? I've been wanting to go to Achi Baba for a while now to do this kind of thing but not too sure where I'd start looking once I get there

[@etgha]

Also a bit concerned that there just arent things out there anymore, though I suppose you're evidencing otherwise haha

[@allandavis8201]

A few quick questions for you, if that’s ok, when you discover live ordnance you always re-bury it and mark the spot for bomb 💣 disposal teams, how exactly do you mark the spot and how do you reference where it is?, do you use GPS coordinates or just a map reference? and finally, is there a set of rules/conduct instruction for metal detector users to follow? for example, do they contain instructions for notifying the authorities about un-exploded ordinance or if you find human remains (I hope you never do find any, that would be very saddening). Thanks 🙏 for sharing another of your excellent videos, always interesting, informative, and most importantly, entertaining. 😀👍🇬🇧🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

[@Sultan-Zaviyar-Rehan]

Heyy

[@PaulVerweij]

2:53 it is the upper part of a seal stamp for letters/personal paper sealing.The actual stamp is missing.

[@GoldMugu]

What time ?

[@snootypeach4765]

It looks like a bottle opener

[@kwilson4880]

Wow that's interesting

[@bar8917]

@@snootypeach4765 .

[@leanderschipper5253]

Exactly what I was thinking!

[@theyeetshiba893]

I want to spend a day with you! YOU ARE DOING MY DREAM!!!

[@agamer3021]

Same

[@Maxcooksfood]

These dump holes were most likely from the may- July 1940 period where the Brits were retreating thought france

[@MC_GOOMZ]

Literally the same 😂

[@JustLou71]

I agree!

[@jackkerr5990]

Same

[@MetalFan10101]

Day 1: Slams shovel into live mortar round Don't think detecting is for me.

[@EnnJaySeeT800]

Cicholas Nage Your profile pic matches your comment lol.

[@yuukimiyazaki6576]

imagine if they detect a land mine haha and shove a shovel

[@dankmazzi2376]

Chicken 🐔😘

[@jimcy1318]

Most likely the burned material and vehicle parts are from a direct hit and explosion.

[@adrianos.6627]

Thanks for the Portuguese subtitles, this is a great channel about WWII findings and fragments of history. Strong hug from Brazil. 🇧🇷 (Obrigado pela legenda em português, este é um ótimo canal sobre achados da Segunda Guerra e fragmentos da história. Forte abraço do Brasil.)

[@mdww2battlegrounds]

You're very welcome! I'd like to think that everybody in each corner of the world has to be able to fully understand everything that is going on in these videos and the history that we uncover. Thanks for appreciating!

[@eisenrotz]

While I was in the german army for six years, my job was to aid the EOD's (I was a combat-paramedic) in case something happens. We worked at a air to ground weapon range to find and clear duds, which was a military training area in WWI and WWII, after the war used by british troops and later by the Bundeswehr. We found so many dumps. And I mean A LOT. The whole forests around that area are full of british dump holes, they just buried german canteens, belts, helmets, gas masks, personal stuff of soldiers (GER and ENG) who where stationed there etc in those holes and covered it up with dirt and sand again. I think the british troops used this place, to storage stuff of surrendering and surrendered german soldiers and later dumped everything. We NEVER cleared these dumps when we found them while detecting, we just shoveled sand over these again, because they just contained harmless stuff like small caliber ammo or just british and german WWII-era equipment as I said (we were looking for bombs, grenades and bigger ammo etc). Of course many other dump holes were just filled with trash, old trash but still interesting. :P And all those dumpholes are now located outside of the (still active) air to ground weapon range.

[@simoneassirelli1809]

In other words you were the very first do find this stuff

[@KeepItBrick]

I’m not from Germany nor have I ever been to Germany, or anywhere in Europe even, but thank you for your service.

[@EUROPAONTOP]

Thank you for your service

[@EUROPAONTOP]

And can you post more stories because many people would like to read them😄

[@eisenrotz]

​@@KeepItBrick Thank YOU for the not needed but very welcoming honoring.

[@BrasherFox]

The bottle at 14:22 was manufactured at United Glass Bottles, UGB, in St Helens, England. The number 8 to the sides on the bottom, would be the mold number as each mold was numbered so it could be Identified if it became defective. I worked for the company for a short period in the 1960s.

[@australium7374]

thanks for the tip. I like little bits like these

[@klausbarbel8826]

The Thing at 2:36 is what we call a Petschaft. It holds a seal, like a seal ring. Good luck guys

[@outdoorsocialist8774]

Dam. I was going to say that 😂

[@Andy-qo6rq]

The brass circular mount at the start of the video looks like the tip of an officers pace stick that they used as a directionally aid to direct fire for soldiers further along the trench line so they could be seen at a distance. Some officers never used them as it would signify to a sniper that they was an officer. The half circular light looks like the rear light from the motorbike. Love the stuff you was bringing out. The dispatch riders used canvas holdalls for messages and they wore a long leather sleeveless coat without a collar.

[@baraiyanaynesh9553]

You guys are so lucky to have had the opportunity to explore more and more about World War 2 and to see for yourself and touch you personally.

[@CEng-ge6sw]

So, here is very strong evidence that we British did actually take part in WW2. We hardly ever get a mention or see us in contemporary film or see remains of our equipment on battlefields. But I know that a soldier uncle of mine is buried in Belgium, another uncle was in the BEF and escaped via Dunkirk and later went in at Arnhem in an airborne division and my own father was a prisoner of war for 3 years after being wounded-in-action and was later registered as 40% disabled. Also, I remember fatherless children who were contemporaries of mine and their widowed mothers and massive bomb damage . We were in the war alright - and from start to finish!

[@beakytzw]

Agreed mate, all of the Allied Nations had a massive part in ending WW2, yet it seems it was the Yanks old boy that did it all on their own, Both times! Even if they were several years late on both occasions!

[@mdww2battlegrounds]

You Brits definitely did! Your role for our freedom in Europe was essential. Most of the stuff we find is actually German, simply because they were the losing party overall. They left most equipment behind.

[@JohnMcMahon.]

The Americans actually sent a lot of movie makers to Europe during WWII, they were way ahead of any other country in terms of film making at that time. That’s why there is a lot of footage from the American side. Also afterwards in terms of films and documentaries, the Americans do make a lot of them. This is why some people think they’re arrogant but they’re just telling their own part of the story, which of course, any other country is quite entitled to do the same.

[@clement5420]

Where were the french in the movie Dunkirk?

[@Ingens_Scherz]

@Jeff Rasberry You wouldn't have done if Germany hadn't declared war on the US. Did you know that?

[@emerel]

Not surprised seeing beer bottle among other war leftovers found after brits :) they know how to party 😂 great video 👍🏻

[@bramvandeveire4560]

2:55 is part of a matrix seal. This is the seal part itself is gone but its still an amazing find. This is probably older than ww2. I guess it's 19th century.

[@mdww2battlegrounds]

Could be for sure. It turned out to be gold plated too. Really a cool find.

[@bramvandeveire4560]

@@mdww2battlegrounds it's an amazing find indeed! Congrats!!!

[@margaretblanchard758]

This should be a channel on the discovery channel. They dig stuff up and talk all about its history.

[@noahellis3672]

Watching you dig up these artifacts and relics made me wish I was out there helping to uncover these great finds. I especially appreciate your ongoing narrative of what you dig up and the research you do with these discoveries. Can't wait for the next video.

[@FylRonn]

I can't help myself but when I hear his voice I think it's similar to Vaas's voice from FarCry3.

[@tomphillips805]

Really cool video. Would love to go somewhere like that and find something of interest instead of farm implements and pepsi cans😂

[@Bable012]

Pepsi cans add up man 🤣

[@hankhankenhunter3876]

Lol, that's what I said till I found a big solid silver skull ring amongst the scrap in a Canadian farm field. Quite a few old silver Canadian coins too. Don't give up. Every dog has it's day. Try your local creek or river. That's where I find the balance of my relics. Happy digging. Hank

[@tomphillips805]

I have found a quarter of a silver coin once but that was the only proper decent find I have had

[@heraldgreenbanger5488]

I once dug a pit of 15-25 beer cans to find a 1920s brass lipstick tube under it all. Was it worth it? Probably not but I was happy.

[@tomphillips805]

@@heraldgreenbanger5488 fair enough 😂

[@seldomseenkidjonathandoher7361]

Sad and poignant that the beer bottles are from my home city. I hope thise guys got out and had good lives, man

[@killawatt8243]

Rubber was also used for tourniquet for massive injuries where an artery would need to be stopped flowing to that extremity so maybe a medic bag contents ?

[@Nana-vg7od]

Everybody gangsta until when he steps on an active mine

[@dianeburnejko2908]

So interesting but somehow I feel sadness when the finds are pulled out. Thanks for sharing great videos.

[@mdww2battlegrounds]

Thanks for the support!

[@minhphamduy9217]

So, what do you guys do with the relics after you've dug them up? Do you keep them or donate to museums or something else?

[@spooder_128]

I think they keep the cool ones and donate the rest

[@conpop6924]

Would love to go to europe someday and metal detect a battlefield

[@robertpimpo4698]

Nice job finding these relics

[@emperoroffish4278]

next to the river Thems you can find Victorian pottery and old horse bones but the only war items there are is from the blitz like shrapnel or if you are in Bristol you could find English mortar bombs from the British ammunition factory.

[@brocabe]

8:30 looks like the burnt remains of a string and washer envelope. I’m guessing you found a messenger motorcycle that broke down so he burned his documents, either to keep warm, or to keep them from being captured.

[@kkampy4052]

If I did that around here, all I would get is bottle caps and pull tabs. On another note, I really enjoy your channel. You show reverence for what happened there.

[@swamptalkpodcast8744]

Like I’ve said in a previous video. Bullets are not live when they’ve been exposed to the weather like that. Powder is definitely bad in those, plus you need a spark to set that off. It’s not like other bombs that need only slight movement to go off. These are practically safe.

[@tolistolis4867]

You should make a video about everything you have found . If you collect what you find .

[@olivedrabgarage6243]

Those vehicle parts you found are from the G503 Jeeps, if you look closely at the blackout light lens inside, the top of the headlight bowl near the lip and the brake pad shoes (the half moon shaped things) you might find a cursive “F” stamp for Ford. That would mean it was a Ford GPW Jeep, if not then they’re Willys manufactured parts. The type inner tube fits the G503 tyres...they can in 6.00 and 7.00 sizes, 6.00 being the smaller thickness from rim to tread. It’s strange to find those things in the hole but if the globes were blown and the brake pads worn out, they’re an easily replaced item and seeing as the brake pads were riveted on with brass rivets, it might have just been easier and quicker to swap out the whole part for a new part and throw away the old part. These would have been parts carried in the toolbox’s of the Jeep for basic field repairs. The rifle speed load clips are British .303 as are the rounds. This could have been British or even Canadian forces as being both Commonwealth troops they used the same equipment and would have received everything out of the British Army QM stores in England.

[@pokemonwarfare94]

I just want to say at around 12:00 mark you kept referring it to a Lee Enfield bullet clip but it could also have been a M1 Grand bullet clip since they both used a external bullet clip feed mechanism.

[@australium7374]

it is a lee enfield clip however as it only stores 5 bullets instead of 8. The bolt for the lee had to be pushed inward the garands was semi automatic

[@joannhempen8210]

This was such an awesome video. I love history, thanks for sharing!!

[@mdww2battlegrounds]

Thanks for appreciating!

[@srebrnyowca9886]

2:50 wax seal incomplete👍

[@tedkreibich8584]

You gentlemen have got to be one of the most prolific and consistent Metal Detection teams . I have never seen any video where you haven't made some fantastic discoveries (and when you have the Old Guy (Mike) with you ... Great video Chris thank you for sharing ... Be Well Be Careful and Be Safe - the virus seems to be raising it's UGLY Self again.... Greetings from Canada

[@mdww2battlegrounds]

Thanks for watching as always Ted. Consistency is very important to me. Luckily we keep finding enough stuff to keep the productions up and running. Cheers!

[@williamsoileau1802]

I forgot to mention the episode where you found that MP40, totally awesome, when I got my Cass lol FFL, got an MP 40 with aluminum grips ,the STG44 too ,MP 40 dated 1941, STG 44 dated 1945 still in the grease, never fired and never will be.

[@gmg9010]

Wish I had a pin pointer if that’s what it’s called also I wish I had my metal detector which my dad took to find pipes and wires and I still don’t have it Me Ranting over here I guess

[@adamrice617]

Another great film. Thank you 👍🏻

[@michaelpurvis1492]

Brilliant ❤ thank you for sharing 👍

[@Tula1940_LB]

Honesty it's sad you can't keep the ammunition. Explosive material I understand like fuses and grenades. But small arms ammunition is not really dangerous to handle.

[@emperoroffish4278]

They don’t let you keep the ammunition because it is hard to trust someone keeping it safe. It can be stolen and then used again (that is not for any war effort)

[@emperoroffish4278]

I know because I stole some easily. And they are really good at scaring off the pigeons.

[@wingsken]

that plate with 4 holes is the upper part of a P59 ammobox shell holder., i see some brake shoes as well looking to be willys or mb. That blackoutlight was mounted on the lefthand side fender.

[@project182r3]

Great video man, I’m loving your stuff

[@stibs66]

Awesome find and very interesting information. Thank you

[@Simoess96]

I was watching this video and I thought where you keep all the things you find if you can make a video about it I would like it very much Hug from Portugal 🇵🇹✌️💪

[@Tenfyr]

Your content is so interesting. To imagine what events left those relics there. Fascinating.

[@mdww2battlegrounds]

Thanks a lot! It's a thrilling thought indeed.

[@metals2magnets428]

amazing finds there guys im from Manchester UK

[@dreadedascendance2005]

11:25 I think that what you have found there was anti-air rounds from during ww2

[@johnpaolotamundez7731]

Rifle ammo

[@DarkVoidDan]

R.I.P to every fallen soldier of every country WW1/WW2

[@davidflanagan1653]

Glad to see you back.

[@greekadventures560]

I believe this is the best channel with metal detecting!

[@mdww2battlegrounds]

I appreciate that!

[@morganrowe2330]

Great finds! Thank you!

[@mikecummings7054]

That beer bottle has UGB on. This is the company who made it, United glass bottles. Made in Britain during the 1940s and 1960s.

[@headhuntergemini6906]

bro this is really interesting....i respect your hard work✌

[@yodawg3469]

Honestly the best thing would have been to leave the rounds alone,reburied and be back to look for other artifacts.Good video though.

[@DriftingDan26]

Man that could have been a runners motorcycle that took a direct 88 hit. Awesome video

[@jimmieallen5096]

Man I wish I could be there amazing job guys. Greetings from Oregon U.S.A

[@mdww2battlegrounds]

Thanks a lot!

[@person1782]

Do u sell any of the ww2 stuff u find? cos I love history but I would take some that you have double of

[@simoneassirelli1809]

I don't know the technical name in English of the item your asking for at the beginning of the video. But I think it is the object in the front of the colonels' cars. Like Mercedes nowadays lolz

[@gerritrookworst3701]

Way too small.

[@luispulido9992]

Your videos are so cool 😎

[@BR54966]

I really like your videos, Love history THANK YOU

[@cookie-pp4zq]

Amazing finds man! I love watching your videos!

[@mdww2battlegrounds]

Thanks for the support!

[@bearhardcorepicker]

2:58 looks like a mount/holder for a seal.

[@vasilikosmakos2250]

what do they do with the stuff they find - do they keep all of it or they put it back in the hole?

[@angelob.remasog1485]

Binebenta nila online sa mga collector ng mga lumang gamit na galing sa pangalawang digmaan!

[@cosmiceagle1967]

This is amazing keep doing what your doing

[@garethmcgonnell7517]

The little item is a seal matrix missing its intaglio insert

[@GlasgowCeltic88]

In archaeological terms you can learn so much more, about a period in time, from excavating a miden heap (a dumping ground for trash). Keep it up bud.

[@tubehound8]

Thank you. Stay safe.

[@timmorgan27]

Hi, I think the mystery object from near the start of the video is a personal seal but unfortunately the actual seal part has fallen out.of the bottom

[@mdww2battlegrounds]

Other people also commented that. Could be true! It's a shame that the actual seal part is missing.

[@straightshooter8443]

5:00 - 5:30 that big tank looks like a small propane (low pressure gas) bottle? Not sure but I did see a gas regulator or something that looks like that. You hook the two together to use it for cooking. Or, could that be a portable flamethrower? I’m really not sure. Good fine.

[@AlleghenyMTNRails]

Awesome video. Love your work. Keep it up.

[@Casey87_]

I have just discovered your fantastic channel this evening! That bottle you found @5:30min has the initial UGB which stands for United Glass Bottle and with a little research I have found the plant where it was made and the year, it's from Sherdley which is in St Helens, England (our town has a long and rich history in glass production) which is about a 2 minute walk from my house! It was made between 1913-59 if that is indeed an S, I see on the bottle! Edit so I commented the above not long after seeing it, continuing through the video I see you found a bottle from Manchester, which coincidentally is about 20 miles from St Helens, we're pretty much between Liverpool and Manchester so it's really interesting! Sorry, I'll continue to watch now rather than comment! 🙈

[@mdww2battlegrounds]

Hey Iain, thanks for your interest and good to have you here on the channel!

[@Bamfeod]

As EOD pretty ballsy pulling fuzes out of the ground like that... but I love your channel

[@Psychedelicseafood]

Love the vascularity in the thumbnail 🤘

[@fokkoterpstra4762]

Weer een leuke video mannen. Vooral de achtergrond informatie is zeer goed. Echt top!

[@mdww2battlegrounds]

Bedankt voor het kijken!

[@nzwotb2525]

It sucks that the bullets will be ruined by being defused

[@pbrobotspbrobots1710]

its amazing just how much keeps getting dug up from our past, just think in another 100 years all the plastic that will be dug up by relic hunters

[@999zilverengoudbullion8]

A fuse uses a very sensitive charge to detonate the shell itself.. So take more care of you run into fuses..

[@ismulniir]

How do you find these sort of stashes and battlegrounds? Id reckon there isn't a lot of those where i live, since norway was just an occupied countrt

[@someoneyoudontknow7407]

Great video. I envy you. I want to get the equipment and learn the ropes. This looks like something I could enjoy for the rest of my life

[@rushikeshpawar5687]

Love you bro very great work

[@mdww2battlegrounds]

Thanks for the support!

[@paulcole1171]

you had some incredible finds and the Manchester bottles are from England

[@johnfletcher2445]

These bullets and grenades were awesome so much history lv it great job 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

[@dungss4386]

I am from indonesia I am support you man I am so bad english sorry man:V

[@tonojono9506]

Nijr nyasar

[@lovenorajafebrian6826]

Odading mang oleh

[@daimlerbenzstuttgart]

You guys are AWESOME! I love all your videos, I could watch one everyday. Keep up the Great work guys. From all your New Jersey USA Fans 👍🇺🇸

[@mdww2battlegrounds]

Really appreciate the support!

[@baobo67]

What were the head stamps on the .303 Ammunition? Would have shown the year of manufacture, the munitions factory it was made in and type of round ie Mk7 Ball the most common or tracer etc. A whole story you missed.

[@treasurehuntingscotlandmud9340]

great finds really enjoyed watching

[@dink277]

What do you use to keep the ticks off you when your in the woods like that

[@christopherbraiden6713]

Some very interesting finds loved the head lamp and the ammo clip. Thanks for the video!!😎🐓🐓🇬🇧

[@mdww2battlegrounds]

You are very welcome!

[@bigoz24x76]

The mysterious item at the beginning could have been a fancy bottle opener not sure tho

[@jenx83]

would love to see the disposal of finds like these particularly the fuzes, wonder if they are disposed in situ by EOD or if they are transported in suitable cases to another location.

[@finder2342]

25 pounder fuse is not a grenade it is a artillery fuse

[@andre_kade6514]

That's amazing...Nice video...

[@bradynurfer556]

maybe when British and french troops were heading towards Dunkirk they were left behind during all the chaos of the retreat

[@mrhud50n15]

Keep up the good work love the vids

[@kerylholt1921]

303 would have held two clips, 10 rounds, I used to fire them in the cadets, 1972.

[@Palmstreet-u7x]

i can imagine how many old ww2 relics re stii laying around in just germany alone,if 1 takes the heavy fighting in 44/45 in germany there still lots in ground

[@eddyredmond7758]

Great video!!!

[@williamsoileau1802]

You found a U.S.made vehicle parts dump, the red oval light is the stop light tail light, now the U.S. fire extinguisher is a push pull type, mines made by Ford for the GPW Ford jeep, I have the 1943 Willy's MB gun jeep, almost bought a GPW.

[@dodgydruid]

The blackout tail light would be something affixed to the rear axle but underneath thus to allow convoys to transit at night without attracting attention of aircraft. It was a dim light shielded by the vehicle body of any light above the vehicle and its dim pattern saw little light diffused to the ground area. Britain whilst having some Jeep's used its Austin Champ which itself became the common or garden Land Rover after the war having first evolved into the Austin Gypsy which was built alongside Land Rover's and Austin group had to consolidate its lines and the Gypsy was quietly axed. It is immensely irritating that todays modern view that us British had American everything, at the start of WW2, the British empire although in some decline was by far the largest industrial, economic and military entity the planet has known, America has never come close to the 1/4 of the worlds landmass and 1/4 of the planets population under sway of the Union flag, if you factor in the "light pink" colonies such as Uruguay, Argentina, much of Asia and a lot of non British Africa marched in beat at least to London's tune. Do read up on why America abandoned its plans to invade the empire in 1947, that even depleted and in terrible financial trouble long story short that even JFK said in one of his writings that post WW2 Britain still had the ability to flatten the US quite easily losing that ability sometime in the 50's or 60's and the worry of an enemy Britain seeking common ground with the Soviet Union would have been a coalition that kept hawks in Washington sleepless for years until Britain suicided itself as a global player when it joined the EU.

[@yatarimwahlaha3372]

Mantap bekas peningalan ww2 ❤️

[@trainguysweden7350]

Do you bury all stuff you find again or do you take them home or to a mueum?