Metal Detecting WWII Battlegrounds

Metal Detecting WWII Battlegrounds

My name is Chris, I’m 29 years old and I have a passion for WW2 history. The silent WW2 reminders in and around my home in Europe nourished my passion for WW2 history while growing up. In 2010, I decided to pick up a metal detector and set out on a journey to recover lost artifacts and their untold stories, that I could share with the world. Follow me during these educational metal detecting documentaries where we share these WW2 stories!

I’ve been a KZreadr for about 13 years now. By now I have exceeded the staggering number of 500.000 subscribers!

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  • @HDBoyWonder
    @HDBoyWonderСағат бұрын

    Artifacts, not “equipment.”

  • @TheBierHooligan
    @TheBierHooligan5 сағат бұрын

    For someone whose relatives fought and died in this battle, thanks for sharing with us your search and finds in this video!

  • @saber28dz
    @saber28dzКүн бұрын

    That mp40 was amazing

  • @usercreated
    @usercreatedКүн бұрын

    Why is there sand

  • @smokingrammy828
    @smokingrammy8282 күн бұрын

    I do know my dad was in the Ardennes. There is buried blood from WW II. Dad's unit was expecting wounded, and the wounded never came. CO told Dad to bury the excess blood. Dad said there were a lot of bottles. Part of Pattons 3rd Army, 642nd Medical Clearing House. Dad was a med tech level 5. He had his training at Fletcher General hospital in Ohio.

  • @usercreated
    @usercreated2 күн бұрын

    Great video, I have a question why is the ground like sand in some places ?

  • @LoekBerkepies
    @LoekBerkepies3 күн бұрын

    How does it works? Do you go for several days? Or do you stay anywhere around some good spots? Because I can imagine it’s a lot of traveling when you only go for one day of detecting and then go home again. Veel heen en weer reizen voor een dagje zoeken, of combineer je dit met een paar dagen en dan weer naar huis?

  • @colp9492
    @colp94924 күн бұрын

    I would not want you to dig up 80yr old mortar rounds they could go bang very easily once disturbed 😳

  • @sirlvcivs
    @sirlvcivs4 күн бұрын

    i need you to take me with you everytime you go to find stuff! i have a mission in life...first of..i need to be there

  • @jordancampbell1230
    @jordancampbell12304 күн бұрын

    You probably get this all the time, but you sound a lot like max verstappen. Anyways great vid man.

  • @WilliamCarr-tn5qp
    @WilliamCarr-tn5qp4 күн бұрын

    Wow you did great 😊

  • @patmckeane6588
    @patmckeane65885 күн бұрын

    Plane parts ,maybe magnetos??

  • @alecboi777
    @alecboi7775 күн бұрын

    3:37 Otto Gustav Reisner was born on 28 September 1887, in Nieder Tschirnau, Guhrau, Silesia, Prussia, Germany, his father, Wilhelm Karl Reisner, was 38 and his mother, Johanna Dorothea Poranzke, was 42. He married Klara Helmchen on 12 February 1915, in Opalenitza, Kreis Grätz, Posen, Prussia. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. He registered for military service in 1915. He died on 25 October 1945, in Wrocław, Poland, at the age of 58.

  • @patmckeane6588
    @patmckeane65885 күн бұрын

    Model looks like a do 17

  • @sirlvcivs
    @sirlvcivs5 күн бұрын

    what am i doing here in finland.....i can only dream about such findings

  • @SteveMuncaster-ji9dw
    @SteveMuncaster-ji9dw5 күн бұрын

    Brilliant 👍👍

  • @sniperpro716
    @sniperpro7165 күн бұрын

    I actually wanna do this one day would be amazing

  • @patmckeane6588
    @patmckeane65885 күн бұрын

    Shoe horn for helping feet into shoes

  • @tonybennett3904
    @tonybennett39046 күн бұрын

    Incredible finds.

  • @andreasockenfeld6723
    @andreasockenfeld67236 күн бұрын

    Ich finds cool,dass ihr die Ammofunde meldet,danke dafür.

  • @bullpowerable
    @bullpowerable6 күн бұрын

    Welk merk detector hebben jullie.

  • @augustguldbrandasfergjakob8597
    @augustguldbrandasfergjakob85976 күн бұрын

    I’m from Denmark like the first coin

  • @mattbyrne1822
    @mattbyrne18226 күн бұрын

    Your videos are so historical and educational. You guys are truly saving history. Keep up the outstanding work.

  • @mdww2battlegrounds
    @mdww2battlegrounds5 күн бұрын

    That is what we try to do! Thanks for the support!

  • @davebarrowcliffe1289
    @davebarrowcliffe12897 күн бұрын

    The fastening pins on the back of those pips and numbers have never been used. They are obviously replacements if you think about it!

  • @sarahcook8725
    @sarahcook87257 күн бұрын

    Wow what you are finding is amazing so much history

  • @anper9916
    @anper99167 күн бұрын

    La mayoría del armamento de los ingleses siempre era inferior al alemán; sólo en tema aéreo y naval estaba parejo; si los Americanos no les hubiesen aportado su ayuda, Churchil en vez de puros, se hubiera fumado los pelos del sobaco.

  • @ncsaddlehunter77
    @ncsaddlehunter777 күн бұрын

    Not sure when but KZread unsubscribed me from your channel. I just realized that I hadn't seen any videos from you in months Actually I believe the last one I saw in my notifications was the second or third that had your girlfriend in it.

  • @mdww2battlegrounds
    @mdww2battlegrounds7 күн бұрын

    Welcome back to the channel!

  • @Ch.y337
    @Ch.y3377 күн бұрын

    How do you get permission to dig here?

  • @YuriOvchinnikov_jr
    @YuriOvchinnikov_jr8 күн бұрын

    Да, помойка попалась вам богатая.

  • @richardthornton3051
    @richardthornton30518 күн бұрын

    That is so cool to stand where many brave men stood and did their duty and more these guys should leave that ordinance alone and dont say anything after all it was buried so people wouldn't use it as over time it decays and is less of a threat

  • @goldielocks2621
    @goldielocks26218 күн бұрын

    It's amazing to think that most of your finds would initially have been just lying on top of the ground and then nature began to take them. I love watching you all, I do a little amateur detecting and never have found anything old.

  • @goldielocks2621
    @goldielocks26218 күн бұрын

    The English penny is worth collecting if you haven't already sold it.

  • @jarneboesmans9677
    @jarneboesmans96778 күн бұрын

    how do you find these locations? Me and my buddy recently begun medal detecting. Whe went to Vroenhoven brug because there was heavy fighting, but when found 1coin (not from ww2) and scrap metal…

  • @dw7094
    @dw70948 күн бұрын

    Damned if I'd be digging around those sites. Never can tell if there's any UXO laying around. Even today UXO is still being found throughout Germany, France and Italy.

  • @sf14031952
    @sf140319529 күн бұрын

    Latrine pit the oil is to burn the faeces

  • @robertneven7563
    @robertneven75639 күн бұрын

    COMMON SENCE is far away herr, ,

  • @violetraysgarage1765
    @violetraysgarage17659 күн бұрын

    Why is there a "Mutterkreuz" for german mothers t the front?

  • @donaldsanders5124
    @donaldsanders51249 күн бұрын

    German wooden bullet ammo was used in combat. I had a WWII friend that was injured near the end of the war and he was shot at close range with a 8mm German rifle and firing a wooden bullet. The bullets hit him in the hip and he had a very long recovery because the bullet broke into many little pieces and his leg was almost removed because of the infection from the wooden piece that were still in him. He suffered his whole life from his wound.

  • @larryburwell8550
    @larryburwell85509 күн бұрын

    great finds, must be in holland in the market garden drop areas

  • @joserebollal
    @joserebollal10 күн бұрын

    MUY BUEN VIDEO, FELICITACIONES POR LOS ALLASGOS UN SALUDO DESDE BUENOS AIRES ARGENTINA

  • @Sarnarath
    @Sarnarath10 күн бұрын

    What do you do with the mortars you found? You should give EOD a call

  • @ordinarypablo
    @ordinarypablo10 күн бұрын

    this is the type of hit that future archeologists will find under kentucky ballistics range

  • @ordinarypablo
    @ordinarypablo10 күн бұрын

    THTAT'S IT! IM MOVING TO GERMANY

  • @anamorgan8686
    @anamorgan868610 күн бұрын

    These guys are so awesome

  • @JohnHogaarts-vq5xf
    @JohnHogaarts-vq5xf10 күн бұрын

    at 8.50 is a pikhouweel from de enginirs (genie)

  • @rickkerts3802
    @rickkerts380210 күн бұрын

    Amazing content as always!

  • @mdww2battlegrounds
    @mdww2battlegrounds7 күн бұрын

    Thank you Rikkert!

  • @richardparton1655
    @richardparton165510 күн бұрын

    Thanks to everyone for the content, can’t wait for the next episode.👍

  • @mdww2battlegrounds
    @mdww2battlegrounds7 күн бұрын

    Thanks for the support!

  • @joevicmeneses8918
    @joevicmeneses891810 күн бұрын

    what area are you detecting anyway ??? Market-Garden or Varsity ??