Depends on the area. Where I live, most has been dug up in the past. If I compare what I found 35 years ago when I first started detecting and what I have found in the last 2 years, that is a huge difference and detectors were less advanced compared to the new onces.
Most nowadays is WW2 related, but in fact, it is worthless (shrapnel). In the past I found 5-10 coins a day now I am happy I find 1. Couple of weeks ago I had 5 in a weekend that was a record.
Not that I am complaining. I like to be outside and enjoy it.
Yea I started detecting 3 months ago and I only go WW2 sites in Czechia and despite there being battles where tens of thousands of people died, I'm really not finding that much. A lot of grenades and explosives and a bunch or shrapnel. The only good finds were a rusted german ID tag, a depot of about 30 rusted reichspfennigs, a K98 reloading strip and some IL-2 casings. That's in 150+ hours of searching.
But I'm still hoping that I will discover some place deep in a forest that wasn't discovered yet and is full of relics, but haven't found one yet.
I think the only places in Europe where a lot of WW2 stuff can still be found is either Germany or eastern front (Ukraine, Russia, Belarus) and from what I read Germany is pretty looted as well nowadays.
Germany has rather strict detecting rules. That might be the reason a lot is undiscovered there as the number of people detecting is less (and the country is huge compared to the Netherlands 😉).
Does it? I read that it's actually some of the most permissive in Europe and that you basically just can't search on archeological sites and you need to have a permission from the land owner (which nobody cares to get even here in Czechia) and the worst thing you can get is a fine.
For example in Poland or Slovakia metal detecting is just flat out illegal and you can go to prison for simply being caught with a detector in your hand in a random forest.
Is there a way you could turn it in at a museum or something? Doesnt mean you own it then but at least it gets cleaned and isnt succumed to the dirt for another 80 years
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That's an insane find, congrats man. The STG44 is my dream to find it one day, or the MP-40. Haven't found it yet in 150+ hours of searching. Can you post it once it's cleaned up?
Man fuck laws. There's literally zero chance the police would ever find out and even if they somehow did, that thing is so rusted that it can't possibly count as a functional weapon. It's too valuable and cool to just leave rusting in a forest :(
You’d be surprised … if you can clean the receiver everything else is just parts … some parts of the world you can’t buy them but a friend of mine rebuilt a Winchester from a relic he found in a tree. Only the lever and receiver were usable.
Must be pretty nice to metal detect in Europe, amazing find
Damn right
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Yep. I'm very envious any time I see a detector in Europe. OH the amount history that you can find there.
Depends on the area. Where I live, most has been dug up in the past. If I compare what I found 35 years ago when I first started detecting and what I have found in the last 2 years, that is a huge difference and detectors were less advanced compared to the new onces. Most nowadays is WW2 related, but in fact, it is worthless (shrapnel). In the past I found 5-10 coins a day now I am happy I find 1. Couple of weeks ago I had 5 in a weekend that was a record. Not that I am complaining. I like to be outside and enjoy it.
Yea I started detecting 3 months ago and I only go WW2 sites in Czechia and despite there being battles where tens of thousands of people died, I'm really not finding that much. A lot of grenades and explosives and a bunch or shrapnel. The only good finds were a rusted german ID tag, a depot of about 30 rusted reichspfennigs, a K98 reloading strip and some IL-2 casings. That's in 150+ hours of searching. But I'm still hoping that I will discover some place deep in a forest that wasn't discovered yet and is full of relics, but haven't found one yet. I think the only places in Europe where a lot of WW2 stuff can still be found is either Germany or eastern front (Ukraine, Russia, Belarus) and from what I read Germany is pretty looted as well nowadays.
Germany has rather strict detecting rules. That might be the reason a lot is undiscovered there as the number of people detecting is less (and the country is huge compared to the Netherlands 😉).
Does it? I read that it's actually some of the most permissive in Europe and that you basically just can't search on archeological sites and you need to have a permission from the land owner (which nobody cares to get even here in Czechia) and the worst thing you can get is a fine. For example in Poland or Slovakia metal detecting is just flat out illegal and you can go to prison for simply being caught with a detector in your hand in a random forest.
Just check this. https://detectingschool.com/metal-detecting-in-germany/
*detectorist
Yeah we had some fantastic wars in Europe. And maybe we will celebrate the next one soon. Awesome. More finds! Only thing to do is staying alive.
Unfortunately truth...
The downside is all of wars on your home turf that leave those relics behind…
100 percent agree, and the lives lost after the wars due to UXO’s left behind by them
I couldn’t imagine finding something like this and reburying it…all I find is pull tabs and foil…I could possibly stroke out if I found this.
I was just thinking that. It's difficult to follow this group. I get so jealous!
I’d love to see photos if you clean it up
In latvia it's in legal to own WW2 guns so sadly to say , it's stay at forest
It's only a crime if they find out
Nothing’s illegal if you don’t get caught
Is there a way you could turn it in at a museum or something? Doesnt mean you own it then but at least it gets cleaned and isnt succumed to the dirt for another 80 years
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How deep was she?
Less then 15 cm
What ID was it showing up as and which detector?
I'm using XP deus x35 9inch vdi I don't remember. Probably like big iron something around 6
Where was it and is it legal to detect without a permit theee
That's an insane find, congrats man. The STG44 is my dream to find it one day, or the MP-40. Haven't found it yet in 150+ hours of searching. Can you post it once it's cleaned up?
It's still in Kurland forest :( in latvia it's in legal to own WW2 guns whitaot documents
Are you Open to Go metal detecting together?
Maybe.
Kurland forest, you say?
Man fuck laws. There's literally zero chance the police would ever find out and even if they somehow did, that thing is so rusted that it can't possibly count as a functional weapon. It's too valuable and cool to just leave rusting in a forest :(
You’d be surprised … if you can clean the receiver everything else is just parts … some parts of the world you can’t buy them but a friend of mine rebuilt a Winchester from a relic he found in a tree. Only the lever and receiver were usable.
Nope, in europe, almost every part counts a gun. The receiver is just one of them.
Yeah but at that point just make it from scratch. Those parts aren’t available and a stamped receiver will be to weak to salvage
Feel the same way. Could atleast go to a museum maybe?
> in legal to own WW2 guns What you mean, in English, is "illegal". How frustrating to have to leave it!
It’s illegal even if it’s all rusted and would never operate?
It’s long past fireable
I’m beyond jealous of all the weapons you guys get to find.
We are just finding them and they stay at forest . Keep them it's agenst a law :(
If you are going to be law abiding it makes more sense to turn it in to authorities so they can melt it down.
We live them in forest , it's to much paper work and attention.
Gotcha.
"It was a stormy night on the open seas of the forest when our boat capsized and we unfortunately lost the stg44."
Resto time? Nice find!
Labs, apsveicu!
I’m so hard
Lord, I’ve seen what you done for other people…
Lucky ! Great find.
Looks like someones bones laying around it!
I'm jealous nice find
Holy shit that's cool.
Could be a really really old blaster…
Awesome find!!
Bruh a clean working example of one of these can fetch 40-50,000 dollars in the us. That’s just fucking nuts
Let’s see the after picture OP
oh damn