WWII Metal Detecting - Third Reich Relic Hunting - Waffen SS and Polizei on the Eastern Front
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- čas přidán 9. 09. 2024
- Team WWIIMD visited last may the former battlefields of the eastern front, where heavy fighting took place in 1945. In the search for war relics we discovered some amazing finds that we will share in our new battlefield research video. Our most interesting finds where a silver totenkopf ring, SS gebirgsjäger Erkennungsmarke, and a Polizei and SS belt buckle.
We also found equipment pieces and other interesting things that were left behind in the woods after the war.
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Greetings from Holland!
Disclaimer:
- Our videos are uploaded as non-political, informative and historical entertainment.
- No unexploded ordnance was found or will be shown is this video.
- No soldiers remains, in any kind, were found or will be shown in this video.
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...that SS ring is worth so much damn money
firstname lastname bois flexin with da gucci rings can get the frick outa here, When im commin with dat SS silver ring worth their momes life
it´s no totenkopf ring
Whoa ... check out right at the 8 minute mark when he pulls the helmet out of the ground, you can see the face of the soldier for a second as it was preserved and then quickly crumbles away. The mouth, nose and forehead were all intact!
Maybe it's my old age, but when I watch youtube videos such as this, whether its in Europe or the Pacific and my heart aches a little for the young men who died because their country ordered them to. I pray for their souls.
Daaaaamn, I would really like to own one of these rings...
I have one of those rings
@@pigsniffer776 how?
I collect infantry items from WW2 and mainly German in origin.
Over here in UK we have lots of reproduction items and have to be cautious in what we purchase, these repos can be very good and sometimes difficult to tell apart from original.
Here you are finding the real deal for shure.
Would love to look for these treasures, thanks for showing us.
Regards from Tee.
Vielen Dank! And yes, you should plan that trip, good hunt!
I love how they have put photo's of the items as they looked during the war when they find something. It brings it all together because sometimes it's hard to imagine what the find looked like. Thanks guy's
Thanks for your support Aanun!
Those ss rings are expensive as hell today
Great video! I especially liked how you showed the actual pictures of how the items you've found were used or worn. Thanks!
Hi Chevy, very good to hear you enjoyed the vid, Vielen Dank!
It is not easy doing what you guys do to share history with all of us to see. Very much appreciated and I'm sure I speak for a lot of us keep up the great work and thanks for great videos! John from the USA....
Thanks for the kind words John, the relics end up in our showcases but we can reach a much larger public by showing them in our videos. Thanks again.
WWIIMD.
My grandfather told me during the war when the Germans were retreating or just before capture or surrender.They would discard or throw away metals/rings even Id plates"dog tags"! esp. the SS officer's.The Russians were not to kind to them if you could imagine and you can't really blame them. They tried to"blend in" but the allies weren't stupid and identified most anyway..that's why you see allot German stuff out there and after the war stuff got buried to clean up..and yes a lot is from battles.. A lot out there to explore and find! great video!
Your grandfather said that very well, because of that we find the relics we share in our videos.
Thanks for watching!
WWIIMD
SS members can be is recognized by their SS blood group tattoo. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_blood_group_tattoo Something not commonly known during the war I guess.
Wow, the soldier face at the moment when he pulls the helmet off the dirt. Incredible
What goes through my mind is what a horrible waste that war is.
Consider that the entire industrial output of a country ended up squandered in this way.
And for what?
Im glad to see these things being recovered, history is important no matter the circumstances.
must be incredibly exciting and rewarding to find things given the history
This is how you make a battlefield excavation film! Sehr gut!
Hallo Uli, Danke! Hope you get lucky and find some nice relics while you visit your friends, good hunt!
Vielen Dank, schön dass zu hören.
aside from the face in the helmet .. that ring was badass people would pay a lot of money for that ring ..I cant believe how awesome that ring was
I have a hat pin identical profile of the ring that was found in a wall of an old church in germany along with an eagle with the swastika below it hat pin also. I believe its a second generation series as in late war pins i was told. Really cool stuff.
I believe that ring would go for 3k or so.
Hey Jay, At the end of the war, many German soldiers fleeing the Red Army dismissed their equipment, emblems, booty and rings. The find of a helmet, ring or a row of buttons does not immediately mean fieldgrave.
It's amazing how much stuff the soldiers left behind.
This is so incredibly fascinating! I'd pay a king's ransom to come along and pull history from the ground. Awesome work guys.
From USA,
Retired USN.
7.59 i seen the face, your right it was there .
It sure does for a sec, i would love to detect there! As some one commented earlier, "imagine the stories those relics could tell " !
Outstanding job on making this video I love how you find the photo of the people your relics come from!
Fantastische video. Sprakeloos te zien, wat jullie nog naar boven halen. Things that should never be forgotten... or buried...
Hi Stalwart, thanx for subbing ;-) .We have never thought about guiding tourists. We could show the remains of the war above the ground, but finding relics can not be enforced. There are days we find nothing interesting at all, and when people have paid to come along and to find relics....you need the luck factor.
Id be worried about my hangdown being rendered into pink mist by an old land mine. But these are amazing artifacts
Hi Kelly, we keep what we find and display the small relics in our display cabinet. These vids act as museum, anyone can see the finds this way.
A truly sad time for all those involved in the war, but great for metal detecting.
mit jeder Erkennungsmarke die gefunden wird, kann ein Menschenschicksal endlich abgeschlossen werden....deshalb Respekt.
FANTASTIC VIDEO!!!!! I live in the state of Virginia in the USA and relic hunt for Civil War relics. It is amazing the similarities between hunting for WWII artifacts and Civil War artifacts. Good luck in your future relic hunting for WWII artifacts!!!!!
Excellent work, guys. They're no good rotting in the ground. Fascinating.
Thanks for watching MrL.
Very well done, including the photos of the items in use.
Very well made video; music not overwhelming. Respect was shown upon exhumation. The interspersed photos of the people/soldiers wearing the equipment that was being recovered was saddening.
Hi Gazt, good to hear you enjoyed the vid, thanx. If we may come across a missing soldier, we would make an interesting video of the official excavation, an experience we must share for sure.
Dzięki! Cieszymy się, że niektóre z Polski kolega poszukujący, pozdrowienia i powodzenia.
Thank you for your enthusiasm Sabbathz, nice to know you appreciate it so much.
Great video I love how you show pictures of what you find. Its crazy to think of the stories these relics could tell.
Thanks for the appreciation.
WWIIMD
Many thanks!
Who else rewatched him take the helmet out at 7:59 couldn't find it, found it, then got freaked out?
Must have been a site of a desperate battle, a lot of different units in one place.
Hi Dave, we have done some WW1 detecting, but in that time we did not have digital cams. The WW1 interest is there, but we still have so much other ideas to try out, and actually too little time. Good to hear you like the vids, there will be more in the future;-)
Thanx man! Een helm mogen vinden is idd erg gaaf, maar een interessante zoekplek vinden wordt steeds zeldzamer. Kwestie van stug blijven doorgaan en uitproberen, de aanhouder wint, echt waar ;-) Groeten en good hunt! WWIIMD
Did anyone see the face in the dirt at 8:00 mins into video when they get helmet out of ground.
Pretty large face, in contrast to the helmet.
WWIIMD
Yes, I did.
Yes... Cant forget his face...
Very Horrific. These guys need to respect the need to identify the dead and inform authorities
@@WWIIMetalDetecting any rings for sale
The Death's Head Ring was a hell of a find!! Good video...
Have you given the position (GPS) and text of the "dog tags" to the red cross?
If not so please do the same, just to respect the dead ones and their families.
Still today relatives/families/descendants of missed solders are waiting for information.
I have two great uncle's who died on the eastern front. One was reported killed and the other was missing in action. My great grandfather also died on the eastern front on the black sea. My great grandfather has a grave at Constanza (Romania), but atleast one my of my great uncle's was missing in action.. So it would be nice to atleast find out what ever happend to him/them.
Does anyone know any ship that sank December 20th of 1943? I know that the UJ-102 was sank the 15th, but on volksbund it says that my great grandfather (if it is him) died the 20th.
These are rare finds in fantastic conditions WAOW ! And the background music perfect for an exeptional video 👍👍👍
love your videos. keep going detecting those forgotten treasures before they got more rotten in the ground
Hi Troy, back in the 70's and 80's a lot of stuff still layed on the forest surface, did'nt need a MD to go relichunting then ;-) Good to hear you like the vid!
A face seems to appear to 8 minutes, when the helmet is removed.....excellent video ! Bravo !
Great video and amazing relics , the ss skull ring is indeed creepy ,
German M-35, M-40 and M=42 helmets had either a leather or pigskin liner. It was the remnants of the leather that you saw when the helmet was pulled out. If you look close at some of the other helmets that are pulled from the ground, you can see part of the leather band and liner.
The ring may have the soldier's name inside it. As for the K98's, clean those up and then find out what year and factory made each one by the markings on the receiver ring.
Amazing channel. Really great historical treasures. How emotional is to find this kind of stuff? Greats from Brazil.
Jota Oliver Cool to hear and thank you for watching! WWIIMD
Thanks a lot!
another great hunt and great video as well.
some really kewl tickets for sure u guys are finding - i likem
Have a go, be careful and good hunt!
That ring is unbelievable
Excellent video;Thanks for posting and make some more!
Howard White, USA
9:40 gas mask FTW what a hell of a find! great video!
Super items, thanks for the video...
Hello Guys! I swear I saw a soldier profile underneath the helmet, then disappeared 'cos it was like sand.
Did anyone see that? Min 8:00
+Kary Munster INDEEED!!!
+Kary Munster Yea I did, Freaked me out!
+Burnwell _ Bandit i know right! *.* i see creepy stuff.
Greets!
+Kary Munster Omg good eye my friend... Kinda scary, poor soldier i hope he rest's in peace
+TheSimplyNerd Hi & thanx! really cool video. I totally agree with You, May all those brave soldiers Rest in Peace.
Absolutely Amazing!
Great job WW2 Metal Detecting. I enjoy these videos.
One of the best Metal Detecting Videos, I have ever seen on You Tube!! Outstanding Filming! Thanks for Posting!! I really enjoyed it.
Wow, thanks!!
It amazes me that some of the relics are found just laying on the surface for so many years undiscovered ! You certainly have some nice finds in this video ! Keep them coming ! Good luck !
Thanks man ;-) glad you like them. About your question: a lot of other ww2 relics are for sale on the German Ebay for example, these you can have send over to the US, so I see no problem at all bringing them back yourself. Good hunt!
Every ring found and every helmet found is where a body was laid to rest ......... I have found some amazing stuff from the American civil war in Alabama and Mississippi ..... I do feel uneasy at times or feel like a grave robber at times more so when I find a row of buttons....
another great video of nice finds, great job
Was responding to comment from Aleziss where he said he saw facial features. I didnt see anything like that. Great site. Enjoyed seeing the footage.
I was stunned watching this video! Last week, I dug up a silver skull ring identical to the one at the beginning of this video! I guessed it was close to 100 years old, and that it looked like a Nazi skull shape. The only weird thing is, I dug it up along a river in Reno Nevada, USA!!! I found it with my minelab 705.
Vielen Dank Carlos, and it's very possible, there are special underwater md's, but we have not tried that out. We did do some relic hunting with a supermagnet, very cool and relaxing to do ;-)
Hi B, with the restoration and conservation of finds, we try to be as conservative as possible. When its obvious what relic it is, we sometimes only let it dry, nothing more. Other finds for example get carefully glass bead blasted and a wax treatment usw.
This stuff is so freaking cool.
Hi Randy, Thanks for your enthusiastic post, good to hear you like the vid! If we would live in the USA, Civil War relic hunting would be our nr. 1 interest, good hunt to you too!
mmm sobering, you know a man doesn't leave behind his decorations and money or helmet unless he no longer needs them. war is death, lest we forget. very interesting finds
Hahaa, nederlanders! Helemaal een topvideo nou ik dat opmerkte ;)
Haha bedankt he!
Thanks Pedro, we do our best! We try to make something that about 10 or 20 years is still interesting to watch, quality over quantity.
Top , feine Sachen bei .......sehr bekannter Boden ;-)
Oh okay! Thanks for the info!
Amazing channel, you guys must enjoy like children in a toy store doing this!!
Thanks Giovanni, I like the comparison!
I am guessing that an oil solution or similar would be used to clean the smaller items like belt buckles , medals and coins etc . Great finds , especially that SS ring .
Very interesting and well done video...good job...i have been in.poland close to german border with a friend addicted to metal detector hunt,but he didnt know what happened there...close to grifyno,szczecin
i would love to go to europe someday and find relics like these!
Thank you so much for the translation option .
I'd absolutely love to have that ring
Wow, we would never find artifacts loke those in Argentina and Australia, only gold nuggets. Great video guys.
Thanks Mr.K good to hear!
great video!! a lot of real history in this findings!! saludos
Mooi werk gasten. Zalig om naar te kijken.
That is correct. It's the same video as of yesterday, but now without a few sloppy language errors.
Awesome findings! Nice video.
Hoi jongens,
top werk.
Voor mij is het maar een droom om alleen al een helm te vinden.
TOP
No, not yet, only corroded like the ones we've shown in our vids. Waterfinds are sometimes in better condition.
Beautiful presentation
het is kennelijk echt de moeite om naar het oostfront te trekken met mijn metaaldetector :)
I think you're right Chris.
Kort gezegd: als je het wapen helemaal verwoest dan mag je dit prachtige stukje geschiedenis houden
Nee precies. Respect voor de natuur ;) Thanks voor je prachtige video's trouwens . Vrienden en ik genieten er volop van. Ga zo door !!