Some nice German military relics today and a few other finds...

[Bavaria Mike]

I got out this afternoon for about 2.5 hours with Florian, a detecting friend who lives close by. He just bought a new detector, a Gmax II XP made in France. It is a nice lightweight machine but he paid big $$$ for it and they did give him a good trade in on his White’s Prizm IV. We weren’t finding much until it started to rain, LOL! I found a nice hot spot that gave up several military relics in a 20’X20’ area but they were deep. The grass field was saturated with water and the holes were filling up fast, the mud was sloppy like goop. Florian cracked a funny joke and said he was digging a pond so I added if he didn’t find anything maybe he will catch some fish, had to be there, LOL! Florian found an old brooch and two WWII zinc coins, he was digging everything trying to figure out his new detector. I was lucky and found some swastikas. Here’s the finds. A few relics, zinc button, part of a brooch with pin intact, a nice button with an old style eagle until I found it, nicked it, sob! A heavy disc that may have been a brooch, looks like it had a pin on the reverse. A harness ring and a zinc WWII 1 Pfennig coin in poor condition.

Obverse of a fair condition 1851 Austrian ½ Kreuzer coin.

Reverse of the 1851.

This pin made my day better, second one I have found, is missing the pin on the reverse. Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei / NSDAP / Nazi Party.

This pin made my day! A German eagle holding a swastika. Have always wanted to find an intact pin like this and it has the mounting pins intact as well. Made of aluminum, to bad it was not silver. Right wing has a slight bend in it and a spot of rust, not complaining, just describing.

Reverse of the Nazi pins.

I’m not sure what this is but it reminds me of a military sword hangar. Has a lions head and the hook looks like a snake or swans head at the tip. Made of brass and is 9cm/3.5” wide with hook. I will have to research it. Had a great day detecting. HH, Mike

 

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[trk5capt]

Way To Go Mike, Great Finds, Congrats. trk5capt...

 

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[hollowpointred]

wow! really great finds mike!

 

[kindafoundabuckle]

That is a dream of mine to hunt a WWII site. I did find a German coin here in the US a soldier must have brought home with him after the war. It is in bad shape but I can see Hitlers name on it and the Swastikas on the back. I have found allot of silver but I think that is my favorite coin find!

Tom

KDA

 

[viper771]

Hey cool finds!! That NSDAP pin is cool looking, and so is the eagle. The only thing I have found like that was the winter nazi medal. I am quite jealous of your finds I hope to get to hunt in your neck of the woods sometime. HH!

 

[dave-enc]

great finds mike wtg
hh
dave+bobbie

 

[SHERMANVILLE ILLINOIS]

BM,

as usual, outstanding group of finds.

Thanks for posting; sounds like you had a
good time out in the rain.

have a good un.....................

 

[lonewolfe]

Excellent finds as usual Mike!

HH

 

[mad max]

Like Tom my dream also is to detect a ww2 battlefield. Like the party pin, and the officer hat insignia. Check out this website fellas if youre interested in ww2 battlefield detecting---www.lerenfort.fsnet.co.uk
Max

 

[nhbenz]

Hat insignia, yes. Officer's?... not necessarily. Its the national emblem from a service cap. Common, but still a very cool find.