You find a mine, dig it up, pull it out of the ground, brush it off, take video. But they won't let you watch them detonate it, because it's too dangerous. Makes sense.

@pixieloco

3 жыл бұрын

if you find an explosive you need to report it right away, he shouldn't have done all that in first place. and of course they won't let you watch. in Soviet Germany you don't break the rules, the rules break you!

@gahtsno1

3 жыл бұрын

Next time just build a bonfire on top of it and wait a few meters away.

@jakehildebrand1824

3 жыл бұрын

@@pixieloco wrong, if you find an explosive, you need to jump up and down on top of it

@LUCKYB.

2 жыл бұрын

in America . Goverment Brakes the rules it creates t it is a mafia Democray .

@wbenken7655

2 жыл бұрын

Hide a trail cam in the trees.

It usually takes about 200lbs of pressure to set off an AT-Mine. What makes handling/unearthing mines (Specifically, tank mines) are that there are fuse wells on the bottoms of the mines where a solder, or enemy soldier can install a spring loaded fuse called a mousetrap. If the mine is mousetrapped, someone trying to remove the mine will activate the spring, and you usually only find bits and parts of the person that was not in the direct blast radius. (Pieces and bits of boots/shoes). Be extremely careful in that area if you go treasure hunting again. If you found a live tank mine with the fuse still in it, you may run into other unexploded ordinance that can ruin a good pair of shorts. 1st Squadron, 1st Cavalry, 1st Regiment of Dragoons, of the 1st Armored Division Bosnia ~ Operation Joint Endeavor, 1995-'96. "Death Before Dismount!!!"

Mike, be careful when you pull wires from buried rifles. My father was a commando and said traps to rifles, bottles of booze, etc., using wires to hand grenades, etc. were very common. I like your channel and don't want to see you go BOOM.

@thomasjernigan6017

6 жыл бұрын

Michael25 Mickydoo36 those wires would be rusted in half by now lol

@willb3698

5 жыл бұрын

Thomas Jernigan yes, or not.

@j.franklin21

5 жыл бұрын

That's more of a Vietnam thing. I don't think it was common in WW2

@TheOwlOfTheNorth

5 жыл бұрын

@@j.franklin21 Hahaha watch alot of movies and play to much games ?

@j.franklin21

5 жыл бұрын

@@TheOwlOfTheNorth Yes, but I also read alot. The whole booby-trap thing was very much a common thing in Vietnam, but I almost never read about it happening in World War 1 or World War II

As a UXO Tech let me say (1)buried mines are commonly booby trapped, (2) antitank mines are normally protected by anti personnel mines, (3) the things that prevent antitank mines from detonating by footsteps of people weaken with age, (4) explosives become more sensitive with age. Please take care, just mark it and then report it.

@IanCaine4728

6 жыл бұрын

Everything from my Army training was screaming the same thing, mark it off with some engineer's tape and GTFO. I wonder how common place it is in Europe to find these. I know a ton of ordnance was used, and every time they drain a canal the big bombs make the news, but I wonder if people just get used to it.

@PolyDuff

6 жыл бұрын

As someone living in Duisburg, a town which got bombed really bad in WW2 because of its steel industry, I can tell that you get used to it somehow. Hearing about yet another WW2 bomb that has to be defused in Duisburg is something that occurs at least ten to twenty times a year. Here in Duisburg there are lots and lots of contruction sites at the moment, especially roadworks, so one almost expects the excavator to dig something up.

@stinkyfungus

6 жыл бұрын

IIRC, the teller mine 43 fuse assembly had a built in anti handling device. Ie: detonate in place... you can't disarm one.

@bobclarke2705

6 жыл бұрын

Oh yes you can !!!!

@MultiArrie

5 жыл бұрын

That is a lot after 70 years. Notice 10% of the aircraft bombs did not go off.

for all those who wants too see the explosion 16:55

@hidan8292

5 жыл бұрын

Myn Gnax Enty not all capes wear heroes

@hank_ny

5 жыл бұрын

thank you.....

@ghostassassin2818

5 жыл бұрын

What a disappointment

@JohnnyV_Val

5 жыл бұрын

14:55 and on sorry not sure what time they found the mine the bomb squad later neutralized.. ok 5:10 u see the mine

@kaimorrison3204

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you

Pulling a 70 something year old mine out of the earth by the handle then nonchalantly brushing the soil off of it. You strike me as a bit of a gambling man.

@ludwigvb2943

3 жыл бұрын

indeed, I had the same tought about digging it out, they are stil a danger. but is there a secure way to take the detonator out? I think it should be some 500 pounds to activate them or if been lifted up. Can the detonator be unscrew securly?

@brianfromtheambar7944

3 жыл бұрын

Nah..... if you see the mechanism on top, you can see that the safety was on, so it was switched off. The internal explosive may be unstable, but would need to be detonated, or perhaps struck incredibly hard, so as to 4upture the casing. Mike and co. were safe because they were gentle, and took care not to move it much at all. They did it by the book. Always do a GPS locate and call the local authorities.

@jakehildebrand1824

3 жыл бұрын

@@ludwigvb2943 its an anti tank mine. They could probably jump up and down on the pressure plate without any issues (other than the possibility landing on ot wrong and spraining their ankle) That being said, it is very old and theres no guarantee that the pressure plate will hold to up to the weight intended to set it off anymore, and the explosives inside could have destabilized by now

@mikejacques8863

6 ай бұрын

As a long time combat engineer- if you didn’t lay the mine don’t pick it up- there are dozens of ways of booby trapping them- if a normal foot soldier sees a “safed” mine he’d be more likely to pick it up- that’s the mine I would put a mousetrap under if I was so inclined

When I was a boy my Dad would take me and my brother to play football on waste land behind sand dunes on the Norfolk coast. Many years later, my Dad, a Traffic Policeman, was sent to escort a wide load from the area where we played. When he arrived he found a party of Royal Engineers, an armoured bulldozer and a tank transporter. They informed him that the field we had played on was a forgotten minefield from WW2!!

@IronMikeMetaldetecting

5 жыл бұрын

LOL

@walterwhite7485

4 жыл бұрын

Oof

@RealistDryad

3 жыл бұрын

Damn lucky you didn't step onto those

FINALY SOMETHING ON KZread THAT IS NOT CLICKBAIT

@potatopooter4071

6 жыл бұрын

Andreas 862 go to Daily Dose of Internet. He's not clickbait.

@iamabearofficial7904

6 жыл бұрын

Andreas 862 Here is something that will help you. You can flag videos that are click bait! You click the flag icon button, and choose the "Misleading" option!

@dang1861

5 жыл бұрын

Except we didn't see the mine go BOOM, which is why I clicked in the first place....

@daniel51404

5 жыл бұрын

Big time click bait

I am sooo jealous. If I weren’t such a broken old veteran, I would fly over just to film history. Great job.

@johne.osmaniii7217

4 жыл бұрын

Thomas Cole same here, ... I got to serve on both sides of the infamous “Iron Curtain” stationed in West Germany for 17 months with CoC, 2nd/33rd Armor/1st Bde/3AD, ... @KirchGöns, W.Ger. Then I reupped for FCo/40thArmor “Patton” Berlin Brigade, ... 13 months there, ... (& my reup contract was violated, & Ispent 4+ months at CSC/3/6th Infantry, @ McNair Barracks, ... I witnessed the tank stolen from Co F/40th, about 4, or 5 days after I got to West Berlin, ... our tanks were loaded for war, at a second’s notice, ... so not knowing who the guy was, it became the very 1st time, that I was actually ready to take someone’s life, as I sprinted after the tank as it gained momentum after turning onto Huttenweg strasse, headed towards ClayAllee Strasse, ... and watched as it turned onto ClayAllee Strasse, towards Checkpoint Charlie, ... where he wrecked the railings, then turned around, & drove, still with closed hatch, across the city & exited from the roadway, & drove through all but the next to last tank trap, installed by the Soviets, some years earlier, ... WO-4 Chief Jimino, (Maintenance Officer), ... walked cautiously out to where the driver of the stolen tank was at, after telling the CQ to drop one right down his gun tube, if it appeared that he was going to try, & make a stand, ... & asked the driver, if he was going to come with him, or the Soviets? Turns out the driver was one of our people, & we were fed a cock, & bull story about why he did it, ... it the truth finally outed by the time this guy was back safe & sound in the states ... (he had been promoted, 2 stripes), ... he got through most of the tank traps, which was what his end goal truly was, ... And I was left shaken to the core because I was all but certain that this guy had stolen one of our tanks that was loaded for Russian Bear, ... and was about to incite the start of WW3, ... I also knew that the US was not prepared to go to war, because the company that I had been assigned to in West Germany, was only 42%manpower, which meant that we not only worked our 5 days a week, but we also stood guard 2, & sometimes 3 times a week, in addition to working outside in the weather over there, all day long, ... all of the new parts for any deadlines vehicles were being shipped to Vietnam still while I was there, & in 1973, we had one M60 tank finally get enough hours on it to trade it in, ... it was a M60 “Slick”, a round domed turret, with a serial number welded on the rear bottom of the hull, ... hull number 000005, had been cast, & created as the 5th prototype tank hull, in East Chicago, Indiana, at a factory called Blaw Knox, on the corner of Chicago, & Railroad Avenues, ... just about a mile from Inland Steel, & maybe about 1&1/2 miles from Youngstown Sheet, & Tube, & maybe about 3 miles from US Steel, in Gary, Indiana, ... and about 13 miles north of where I had been raised, ... I imagine that when it got to the 2nd echelon, at the transfer point, that, between the tank crew, & maintenance there, that it had been stripped of any of the better interior secreted parts, like the laser range finder, & better apparatus teams like the padded seat covers, heater, intact vision blocks, pistol grip controls, etcetera, ... etc, ...

I have been in construction my whole life. I've had to deal with dynamite and blasting. The sound of that blast, that far away!!!??? And seeing the crater it left, I can't imagine the horror both sides went through!!!! Just unbelievable!!!!. Thank YOU for sharing this great horrible example of how many men went into and through war like this. Absolutely no one today can even imagine this horror,unless you experienced it!!!!!!!

@benjaminnicholson7571

6 жыл бұрын

Great comment

@metanumia

6 жыл бұрын

Fantastic comment for a fantastic video, thank you Hans Hahr. :) You are absolutely correct, and I truly hope we never have another war on the scale of World War I or II. I care deeply for the safety of all our beloved allies in Europe, and around the world, who gave up so much blood and so many lives to ensure democracy, peace, and the end of fascist dictatorships in the 1940's. Let us all continue to fight and strive for peace, stability, compassion, wisdom, insight, equality and liberty for all people everywhere, the best way to fight for those ideals is by building relationships and helping our neighbors and allies, *not* by building walls. Sincerely, An American

@proudgerman3170

6 жыл бұрын

Anodyne Melody Bullshit & Lies.

@tewdogs4475

6 жыл бұрын

One only, to the south, for now.

@AldoSchmedack

5 жыл бұрын

Yes, well said! God bless Hans!

At 15:15....that siren might awaken ghosts to run for their lives...the same sound they heard in WWII when enemy were around.... For those that know what I mean...it can be a shrilling sound that can stay with you for a lifetime. For me....it’s the sound of incoming mortars when I was in Iraq and Afghanistan. Now retired... Now I can see why my grandparents and their friends never went to a 4th of July celebration or when the tornado siren went off they would cry uncontrollably. Stay safe metal detecting

@breando1

5 жыл бұрын

eddieg1979 ....great comment, I’m too young to have been in that war but I found that siren very haunting and eerie myself, I can just imagine how actual vets would feel.

@Monyato

5 жыл бұрын

eddieg1979 imagine a ghost running for its life.....

@localextremist2839

5 жыл бұрын

@MJW Already dead bro

@danielk4331

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you for your service, and your sacrifice!

@craigpennington1251

4 жыл бұрын

Not only siens when they go off, ship sirens too have the same effect. Every time I hear one my hair, what's left of it, stands on end and my B/P goes way up. A lot of people do not really understand what goes on with veterans. I too do not attend fireworks shows. Boy, these guys were lucky that day. A very good thing that mine wasn't tossed. And don't be rubbing on it.

I like boom. Thanks for sharing

@evanthecameraman1636

3 жыл бұрын

Привет

Imagine that this might have saved someones life

@jungwonscactus9425

4 жыл бұрын

Becky Barkell it definitely did

@jakobauersperger8214

4 жыл бұрын

Those are anti tank mines dumbass

@jakobauersperger8214

4 жыл бұрын

400 lb to detonate it, not some human

@shok988

4 жыл бұрын

@@jakobauersperger8214 jeep driving fam

@jeffmacilraithify

3 жыл бұрын

RANDOM CHOICE dr. Toxic yes it’s a tank mine which would take tons of pounds to detonate but you didn’t need to say it as if you knew everything and saying it like a complete dumbass

Old battlefields. Always a place to discover interesting things.

@IronMikeMetaldetecting

6 жыл бұрын

I agree

It was a success was that you made it home alive. I could not believe you were handling a mine. Sometimes they go BOOM!! all buy themselves.

Great finds. Loved hearing the explosion even if we didn't see it.

It would be my dream to go and metal detect ww2 stuff. Very exciting

@tom7332

4 жыл бұрын

Go to Germany there is the Most ww2 Stuff

@santanaduran9702

3 жыл бұрын

Yes yes free guns

@Quallo-ek6dx

3 жыл бұрын

I live right in the Westwall and i can tell you, it's awesome. When you go hiking in the Wood there are bunker ruins everywhere. A friend of mine really has an eye for them, he finds them every damn time! He also goes searching with a detector and he always finds stuff. But He decided that it's too dangerous so he doesnt do it anymore.

I like how you asked to take a look at the first find that Chris found most people just rip it out of your hands but you were respectful!

@IronMikeMetaldetecting

3 жыл бұрын

thanks! :)

YOU GUYS BE CAREFUL!!! Not EVERYTHING is SAFE! God Bless You for your work; it IS educational. May we all learn from the past.

The helmet wasnt broken... The soldier got his skull blown out!!!

@jimbo7105

5 жыл бұрын

After being stabbed with the bayonet

@felixaltenburg1253

5 жыл бұрын

@@jimbo7105 Bayonet charge be like uaaah

@bobshore1977

5 жыл бұрын

Which broke the helmet

@felixaltenburg1253

5 жыл бұрын

@@bobshore1977 im talking bf1

@bobshore1977

5 жыл бұрын

Oh ok i didnt play the game so i wouldn’t know

Hope you report your found of that half id-tag. It means it is broken in half, the remains of her owner is still there. You may have been open a grave..... These tags were broken in half and one half remained on the corpse and the other was taken away, to report the death of the man.

@hopsta5628

5 жыл бұрын

It could be the half that was taken and never got to it's destination.

@darkshadowsx5949

5 жыл бұрын

"remains of her owner" it a dog tag not an animal with a gender... common people.

@lesliefranklin1870

4 жыл бұрын

Sadly, many soldiers were killed by artillery during WW1 and WW2. Many of them were vaporized by the explosion where there is nothing else left than perhaps half a dog tag. War is hell. :-(

@kurtsoderberg

4 жыл бұрын

If the colector remainds alive, Then the disks would be returned, often not so

Very cool stuff there Mike. Great video.

@IronMikeMetaldetecting

6 жыл бұрын

Tx Matt! Glad you liked it.

In another life when I was a kid, I spent many hours on the weekend with friends searching around Aschaffenburg a mine searching the woods, but we were looking for old castles, not WWII items. Found a lot of blank rounds for M1 rifles, but nothing else. Guess that was a good thing. Thanks

Mike,awesome brooch 😍 looks amazing! Excellent video. 🖒

@IronMikeMetaldetecting

6 жыл бұрын

Thanks buddy! Running a bit behind on your videos. Will watch them soon! :)

You guys made some great discoveries in this video, thanks again for your entertaining uploads, Iron Mike Metaldetecting! I love your videos because I find it fascinating to see buried historical artifacts unearthed decades after they were used. These artifacts continue to serve as somber reminders about the horrors of total war. Your work here is not only entertaining but educational, providing a hands-on approach to understanding our collective past from a physical perspective. I hope the bomb-squad and fire crews let you film the detonation of any UXO you discover in the future (from a safe distance). You will probably find more UXO due to the unparalleled scale of World War II and the vast quantity of munitions scattered across Europe. Some interesting facts about the Teller mine are that its primary explosive charge was made up of 5.5 kilograms of TNT (2,4,6-trinitrotoluene, C6H2(NO2)3CH3) and it featured a screw-on T.Mi.Z.43 fuze with an activation pressure of 91 kilograms (~200 pounds) required to detonate the mine's primary charge. Something you should keep in mind should you handle one of these type of mines again, is that the T.Mi.Z.43 fuze included an anti-tampering mechanism, designed to prevent enemy soldiers from handling and messing with the mine if discovered prior to it detonating. When the mine is disturbed while it is armed, it detonates the 5.5 kg of TNT. Here's some more important information about the Teller mine's activation mechanism, from WP: "When the T.Mi.Z.43 fuze is inserted and the pressure plate (or screw cap) is screwed down into place, it shears a weak arming pin inside the fuze with an audible "snap". This action arms the anti-handling device. Thereafter, any attempt to disarm the mine by unscrewing the pressure plate (or screw cap) to remove the fuze will automatically release the spring-loaded firing pin inside it, triggering detonation." Also, the effects of decades of weathering, wear, and corrosion by the elements might have the effect of arming the mine, thus activating the anti-handling mechanism, meaning that simply handling, lifting, or brushing the mine casing too hard could detonate the primary charge. It's difficult to estimate just how much or in what way decades of wear and corrosion will alter the activation-pressure or the arming switch, or the anti-tampering mechanism. I recommend that if you find a Teller mine again, or any type of UXO such as panzerfaust warheads (also detonated from impact pressure), that you should be extremely careful not to brush the pressure switch, arming switch, or move the UXO out of the ground more than just digging the top soil off of it. I wouldn't want the Nazi's lost weapons to claim yet another life! Good luck, good hunting, and thanks for the videos! :)

@IronMikeMetaldetecting

6 жыл бұрын

Thanks for your comment and glad you like the videos! And dont worry, I knew it was safe enough to take it out of the hole.

@metanumia

6 жыл бұрын

You're most welcome, keep up the great work. I'm very glad to hear you take safety seriously, good hunting. :)

@nerffamilystudios2285

6 жыл бұрын

Anodyne Melody I

@jimmyharris1481

6 жыл бұрын

Thank you for the excellent description and explanation what could happen if it is mishandled ! And... 91 KG is just the weight of a soldier with equipment on the body and a gun ! I used to be trained with those things 56 years ago and I still remember how careful one had to be not to be blown-up during handling the ignition fuse !

Mike I think the reason the officer in command moved it and could move it to a lower area to better contain fragmentation was it still had the handle on it. This let them tie a line to it and slowly drag it to the better position safely.

Those are some amazing finds!! Well done.

You guys are crazy ass hell looking and digging for well stuff because you could go look at every find GOOD LUCK GUYS

that was not the sound of the mine itself going off, it was the sound of some explosives the demolitionsists put over it to get rid of it completely because if they tried to detenote its own explosives it would probably be a dud and poof and then basically you would go the more expensive route of doing it...

@bob_the_bomb4508

5 жыл бұрын

Tom unfortunately that's not always true.

@bob_the_bomb4508

5 жыл бұрын

MysteryFan it's not always true that old weapons are not dangerous. Just because the outer casing is muddy and rusty doesn't always mean that the device won't function if disturbed. In fact, chemical decomposition of some explosives over time (such as picric acid) can make them more sensitive.

Did you showed the Erkennungsmarke to officials? Maybe a falllen soldier could be identified!

@fishyfishy3140

5 жыл бұрын

foxtrott foxiNB I don’t think you can identify a person from an old destroyed helment, unless you try hard lop

@jacrispiejackson69

5 жыл бұрын

foxtrott foxiNB that’s the dumbest shit I’ve ever heard

@jonathanbaird8109

5 жыл бұрын

@@fishyfishy3140 What are you talking about? He's referencing the "dog tag."

@ryancook6452

5 жыл бұрын

They normally are? That's literally how they identify ww2 corpses

@Willam_J

4 жыл бұрын

From www.dererstezug.com: “Erkennungsmarken (identification tags, and often abbreviated "EK") were issued to all existing members of the Wehrmacht on the first day of mobilization in 1939.” “The basic purpose of a soldier's dogtag is a rather simple one: to positively identify him when he is killed, and to provide verification if and when his corpse is exhumed at a later date. "Erkennungsmarken" were issued to every member of the German Armed Forces and were a constant companion of the Landser; they are therefore a worthy subject of study for students of German army life.” So, this wasn’t such a stupid question, after all. It could be used for historical research, or could even provide some amount of closure, to a soldier’s family.

Excellent finds! It's interesting to watch, thanks!

We used to find stuff on the South Downs in England in the 1980's, it was used for military training during WW2. Can't do it now, it is now classified as a National Park. We did find a live 3 inch mortar that my mate insisted on throwing it off a chalk pit. Not a long story but the bomb disposal got their way and disposed of it. Oh what fun days we had! Nice video, thanx.

omg i found a anti tank mine *pulls it up* i wonder what is says on the button *swipes hand over button* BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

@dylanmccallister1888

5 жыл бұрын

@Frank DeFalco it sat for 70 years too though

@dippytvshorts

5 жыл бұрын

Made in Germany my friend it won't exploded like this

@balticadventure1481

5 жыл бұрын

World War 2 the gift that keeps giving

@elijahaitaok8624

4 жыл бұрын

@Loli4lyf the Russians trained the dogs with their own tanks. That worked so well

@lesliefranklin1870

4 жыл бұрын

@@elijahaitaok8624 It really didn't work well. The dogs were frightened by all the other explosions and hid under Russian vehicles instead. The program resulted in more Russian than German losses.

Imagine in the war hearing them anti-tank mines just going off during the midst of a fight.

WOW! That explosion a mile away was amazing! War is terrible and you are bringing it to life! Thank you. Would love to do that myself!

3:49 wauw! genuine WWII Jockstrap :D, nice find!

the badge that was found was given to participants of rallyes in these days. most likely that antitankmine was moved to a lower place to minimize the risk of debris flying too far.

It's been a long time since that forrest heard a blast like that

Really great finds. It's probably too late now, but if you take a piece of stainless steel some baking soda, hook negative side of 1.5 volt battery to stainless, put in litre of water with cup of soda. Hook positive side to tools, medals or what you find. Leave in solution for an hour it will start cleaning it. "Electrophoresis" after 1 hr keep checking every hour till all debris are gone.

astonishing finds. awsome vlog!!

Hey guys, remember "ALWAYS be careful"!!! Have fun, don't play in the mud too long, or you'll just turn into another "mudder rucker"!!🤣 Wishing you "good tones", take care, "God Bless", sincerely Randy. P.S.: They most likely moved it to the lowest spot to keep shrapnel from going sideways-since that crap can travel w/o a passport!!🎄🎉👍🙏👊

What incredible finds. Just imagine all the pain and suffering that both sides went through. If that site could only talk or perhaps turn back time and watch as the battle unfolds. Do you have any idea of what battle was fought there? That forrest would have been an open field back during the war, correct? The trees look pretty young. Would be a great experience detecting in the Forrest with you guys.

@IronMikeMetaldetecting

5 жыл бұрын

Nothing has changed there. Ofcourse the trees that stoud there were long gone but the forest was there in ‘45. German troops had to hide in the forest since the air was controlled by the Russians. So what you see there is how it basicly was back then.

@ericnickel3280

5 жыл бұрын

@@IronMikeMetaldetecting thanks for the reply. I'm really very envious you have the opportunity to dig up history like this. American here BTW.

Incredible history! Great finds & I'm sure so much more is under foot. Enjoyed your video.

Different subject for me, good video, thanks.

Hey Mike, popped over to take a look at your channel as I saw it in the suggestions and as its so great I had to like and sub. What a shame the medal was corroded but it came out OK after cleaning. Wow, the gas mask has kept well. Yikes, you did find a land mine and two anti-tank rocket thingys, well done for getting them out of the woods!!! Very nice bayonet and a lovely old car badge. That was some bang and that is a big hole, glad you weren't anywhere near!! ATB & HH. Deano.

@catcatcatcat7372

6 жыл бұрын

I feel like you are being fake

@DeanoDetects

6 жыл бұрын

Absolutely not Eagle 179. That was a totally genuine comment. Sorry if you think I’m being fake but I suppose there are a lot of fakers out there. Take care. Deano.

@proudgerman3170

6 жыл бұрын

Eagle 179 Agreed. Thank you for your comment.

Thank you Mike for the early Christmas present. Very cool video as always.

@IronMikeMetaldetecting

6 жыл бұрын

Thanks Matt! And you're very welcome :)

Hi, Iron Mike! Beautiful ❤️ video! Big Thanks!!!😊

@IronMikeMetaldetecting

2 жыл бұрын

Many thanks!

That is what I call a REAL MANs job.

Hey Mike.. Great finds you did there.. lucky that the mine was on safe :-) I think the reason they moved it down hill could be the schrapnel blast direction.. If you blow it on top they could have make some damage far away.. Downhill they would blast upwards.. I hink you can actuelly see a damage on the tree at 18:16 in the video. I also going metal detecting and its a lot of fun but still have to try it out in Berlin :-) Greatings from Denmark

Yep k98 cool find hello from oregon usa

This is so interesting. Thank you KZread for recommend

Ive always wanted to go there and metal detect,, now im 53 nowand never will get to, life is truly to short... envy -- awesome video

5:30 Hey, that's mine!

@gerryb8274

5 жыл бұрын

Eric Taylor That's Your mine I thought it was his mine. lol

I live in Germany, near Mainz. If you are ever interested in restoring old daggers or bayonets that you find, please let me know. Great video!

@drizzel47

6 жыл бұрын

Maplehouse Knives I live in Mainz :)

@jordanhicks5131

5 жыл бұрын

Neat, my great grandfather came from mainz

@alexitobig9302

5 жыл бұрын

I found an Bayonet for a I think Mauser 98 A. Not a "Notbayonett". Send me a mail and next time I show it to you alexplayafina@gmail.com

Wonderful finds! I know that you put a lot of hard work into finding that stuff, which we did not see!

As a Combat Engineer. I approve, just be careful..

@JK-dh9sz

5 жыл бұрын

ramairgto72. My very first car was a 71 GTO. wish I still had it.

It looks like you found some 8mm kurtz ammo among the other 8x57, so keep an eye out for an STG-44

1981 a wwII U.S. handgrenade was found at the house I would buy 17 years later. Wonder what else was buried in that yard .

Thank you Mike for getting rid of that mine. It could have been a disaster for someone or wildlife. God bless you

@IronMikeMetaldetecting

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you Mary. I agree, good thing it's gone now.

These to me are reminders of what happened in the past and how proud and cruel humanity has been. We can learn from the past and these artifacts should be reminders for us all. I hope we never see another World War.

HIT IT WITH A HAMMER!!! Sorry I had to get that out of my system

@sparkymax4290

5 жыл бұрын

Sam Sam I was afraid I was the only one.

@nobodytoo

5 жыл бұрын

ha ha, a very big hammer, the initiatoin load is usually like 400-600 pounds.

@yumemeko1370

4 жыл бұрын

I also come to think of the same idea.. it's a bad choice and a bad idea

Such a good video! I always get so excited when you upload A video

@IronMikeMetaldetecting

6 жыл бұрын

:-)

I really enjoy watching your videos. Just found them today watching here in Los Angeles. Great work

Great content in this video. Well done.

I say Wooooaaah Shit! A Teller Mine. Looks like they put C-4 on top of the mine and blew it. C-4 does a wonderful job of blowing shit up.

@Cragified

6 жыл бұрын

Yep, controlled detonation is the best way to handle such things.

@yamahaguy1732

6 жыл бұрын

reddevilparatrooper who knew 😱

@reddevilparatrooper

6 жыл бұрын

I never fuck with mines. Anytime with mines with that age the explosive material inside may not be inert. Modern explosives especially WWII German can last for a long time because they were designed for long term storage.

@davecc0000

6 жыл бұрын

That crater doesn’t look new. Grass inside, etc. looks like it’s 70 years old. Fresh crater will have fresh earth turned up and tossed about.

@easydoz1

6 жыл бұрын

AGREED^

At 5:32 on the left the mine says safe and on the right it says activated feels good to be German

@mohithmurthy7111

5 жыл бұрын

Germans are transgender sthey have defeated twice in WW

@zab6124

5 жыл бұрын

@@mohithmurthy7111 wha..

@thegamingrhino5864

5 жыл бұрын

@@zab6124 im with u bud what the hell..

@dd-lv9ih

5 жыл бұрын

@@mohithmurthy7111 they're LGBT +QRFFGH

@luftwaffles1944

5 жыл бұрын

Russians would never have it on save and always have it on activated.

This was awesome. Be careful out there.

Nice mushrooms there under the butter knife.. @ 21:00 . LMAO

Every metal detectorist's worst nightmare: finding an unexploded bomb and having it blow up in your face...

9:12 I would be careful yanking wires or cords like he just did. There could be booby traps. 13:34 Helmet. They painted their name on the inside of the back of their helmet. Is there any evidence on this one?

@ohmanyourecool1

4 жыл бұрын

That sounds like a root not a wire

Well i don't know how i miss you guys thank you for sharing your days out now subscribed :-)

@IronMikeMetaldetecting

6 жыл бұрын

My pleasure Mohammad :-)

I love watching your videos, I love finding out about what they used in the military years ago, it’s really fascinating, keep up the good vids

Ive subbed great channel here guys..

@IronMikeMetaldetecting

6 жыл бұрын

Tx! You won’t regret it ;-)

Awesome vid

I have found a couple WW2 items but you guys are the masters 👍

Very interesting video, thank you.

Hey Mike, nice video 👍. Why do you think gas masks seem to not have the glass in them, do you think it was removed and used for something else?

@chrisdeligiannis5295

6 жыл бұрын

my guess is its due to the lenses being made with Cellophane that was held together by a metal ring that can be removed for cleaning, this ring could* become loose and the lenses fall out or they become shattered due to missuse

@beau64

6 жыл бұрын

They wouldn't of taken the glass out because it would probably be shattered It would be no use

Dank jullie! Ik heb dat autosymbool eerder gezien in een tijdschrift. Deel van een oud reclamebord? Goed je weer te zien Mike, mooie vid!

@IronMikeMetaldetecting

6 жыл бұрын

bedankt voor je aardige bericht. Je was er snel bij! :)

@TheErwinboot

6 жыл бұрын

Renault toch?

We moved into this house in 1987. The house was built in 1913. Hiding up on the furnace air return duct, I found a a strange German device. It has a compass sealed in a container filled with oil. It's mounted on two gimbals. It turns out that, in German, it's a 'Mutter Kompass' used in the navigation system in a WWII German bomber aircraft. How it ended up in my house here in Canton, Ohio I'll never know. I also found a 1939 Nazi 10 pfennig coin. So now I think they were brought here by someone who lived here in our house after they came home from WWII after being in Germany.

You do great videos. I enjoy watching them

I really fuckin enjoy this channel, it's such genuine fun. Don't change Iron Mike!

@shakhzodaahmad5030

6 жыл бұрын

RobotSlug I will report y8ou

@robotslug

6 жыл бұрын

Shakhzoda & Ahmad Oh no! Not that!

@alexanderpiper5362

6 жыл бұрын

Shakhzoda & Ahmad why?

I found an intact German tank commander's helmate in an abandoned house I guess the guy used to be a German soldier because I found a German tank commander's outfit aswell but since the houses window we're gone I found out very quickly that it had a hornet's nest inside of the left arm and torso part of the coat but the helmate was a very good find

@IronMikeMetaldetecting

6 жыл бұрын

Superb! Would love to find that as well!

@AldoSchmedack

5 жыл бұрын

Very cool!

@hacked6613

5 жыл бұрын

I still would have taken it, it’s worth the stings

@Chachoes

5 жыл бұрын

Nah fam you should get a suit I mean that a peace right there

@localextremist2839

5 жыл бұрын

@@Chachoes I know right its so Cool

I find your channel very interesting and the history you recover is amazing.

Just found your channel and am amazed by your finds, it must be absolutely amazing to find those types of artifacts. On a side note, you are absolutely certifiable handling unexploded ordnance the way you do considering how much more volatile they become with corrosion over time. I wish you many more interesting safer finds and keep the videos coming.

the reason why they moved the mine is quite simple. that was not a active mine. and you moved it (very stupid and dangerous btw.). so it was reasonable save to move the mine to a lower location to better control and contain the blast. with such old weapons, the detonators can be totally rotten. so they can explode even if they are not armed. that's why you should never move such finds. so far you've been incredibly lucky. i wouldn't rely on that. it's not worth it.

16:50 for the explosion (if that's all you came for)

I dont know why but i kinda get satisfied by these finding old war tools videos

Very nice finds guys

My father went as far as Italy he was with the Royal Canadian medical Corps

3:11 if no ones going to do it, I will, *ahem* " Are you my mummy? "

@Metal_Enjoyer

6 жыл бұрын

Skoon, Thatraccoonskunkguy god dammit don’t remind me of that creepy ass kid 😂

@thetravellingwanderer6923

6 жыл бұрын

How do you not have more likes?

@EmptyShellCasing

6 жыл бұрын

That episode gave me nightmares!

@rayturner3107

6 жыл бұрын

Skoon, Thatraccoonskunkguy

@christianraams430

6 жыл бұрын

Skoon, Thatraccoonskunkguy really I forgot about that creepy shit now you reminded me of it again and I feel sick I think I need to go see someone who is a doctor 😁

Where we used to go cross country runs from school, in Hampshire, mines were found in the woods there. A boy picked one up & carried it back to school. I guess German aircraft must have dropped them when they raided Portsmouth. Can't see how else they got there. They were more or less lying on the surface, only partly covered by mud. After three were found we were given a talk by the bomb disposal team & shown what not to touch. They didn't change the route though. You were meant to be tough in the seventies, though that wouldn't have been much good if someone had landed heavily on a volatile one.

I'd be as nervous as a dog shitting razor blades digging that shit up.

Kabooooommm!!!!! Sweet!!!

The boom you heard was most likely the explosives they used to eliminate the tank mine. That specific tank mine probably did not have anything left that was active still after all these years. Although they were designed to blow upwards they still left a much larger hole in the ground than it did. Most likely it didn't have any active material in it still, luckily.

Wow, thats some serious power!

Great stuff Mike! Bummer you didn't get to film the explosion. The pin you found with the automobile and the dog running alongside is really cool. Neat to think about the person that wore it and what it meant to them. Good stuff. Can't wait to see more.

Will you go back where the mine was and see if the detonator survived?

@IronMikeMetaldetecting

6 жыл бұрын

The thought crossed my mind but doubt if I ever gonna find it. The thing could have skyrocketed :-)

@potatopooter4071

6 жыл бұрын

I thought mines blew up by weight.

@broadstken

6 жыл бұрын

not all, there are a lot of different fuse and trigger types

You can disarm the mine by hitting it on the pressure switch with a hammer.

I love all the forests you go to

@IronMikeMetaldetecting

3 жыл бұрын

me too! Sometimes I sit on a log for a while just to enjoy the beauty of it.

New subscriber here from Nottingham, England :) great videos. Look forward watching more