Dirt Fishing - Metal Detecting & Abandoned Places

WW2 Relic Found Growing Into a Tree Metal Detecting Germany Today I'm in Germany hunting for WW2 relics with my Garrett Ace 150 metal detector.  The area I'm in was once a WW2 battlefield.  The Soviet Red Army had pushed the Germans out of Poland, into East Germany and eventually to Berlin where the war came to a head.   I have hunted this area before but never with such success.  I first scour the forest for signs of the war, trenches, bunkers, and even WW2 relics that have grown into the trees.  The forest is just littered with live ammo, shell casings, and other amazing finds. Here you can see I found some very personal items, a German helmet, bayonet, and badge.  The forest floor is moss covered sand which makes for easy digging.   As I recover these items though, I am aware of the horror that must have taken place here during the deadliest war in history.  It never ceases to amaze me how much evid...

WW2 relics are so abundant in Europe, they have been found grown into trees.  What was once a war between mankind has now become a war of man vs nature.  It's been over 70 years since the end of the deadliest war in history though it may be hundreds more before there isn't any trace left. WW2 Replicas for Sale: From live artillery to soldiers helmets these relics scatter the forest floor just beneath the surface.  The amount of war debris is so substantial that sapling trees eventually began to sprout underneath, pushing them up and out of the ground, in some cases, they have begun to swallow them whole. I have done my share of metal detecting and WW2 relic hunting in Germany over the last few years and I have never seen anything like this.  Often I find war relics just lying on the surface of the forest floor, and with my metal detector, I have found countless items just beneath the mossy surface.  On my next trip I will have to ...

ww2 Relic Hunting -Metal Detecting Germany Metal detecting in Europ e is a relic hunters dream. In this video watch as these two detectorists discover an M40 WW2 German helmet, a K98 bayonet, and other

I'm not sure exactly when I caught the treasure hunting bug.  If I had to guess I would say it was in 1985 when I first saw the movie "The Goonies"  I was always an adventures kid and there is just something about the lure of hidden treasure, and in this case WW2 relics, that just keeps me fascinated.  I recently took up the hobby of metal detecting.  My first hunt was in the east of Germany where I dug up a a bunch of old war relics, live ammo, a live grenade and even a WW2 Helmet.  Since then I have been absolutely hooked on dirt fishing which led me to watching countless hours of treasure hunting videos on YouTube , which led me to magnet fishing.  What is magnet fishing you ask?  Well as the name implies it is fishing for metal with a very strong magnet.  I haven't yet tried out this crazy hobby yet is seems so simple and effective I've just gotta try it.  You can purchase a magnet for fishing on Amazon for next to nothing, p...