Missing soldier's ID found - Eastern Front [2/2]
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- Join me and Mike on the second part of our Eastern Front trip, in which we again did some awesome discoveries.
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What blows my mind is thinking about what lead to each of these items being lost during the war. Super cool. Great work man!
its all fun and games till you dig up a active landmine
its all fun and games until you dig up a live bear
Its all fun in games until you dig up a nuke
It's all fun in games until you dig up someone you knew.
@@ekanshgupta2421 ok this is the best of all the above comments!
That’s not quite, some of them don’t really work at this age since they’re 70 years old
Most impressed with the respect you show to everything you touch. From reporting unspent ammunition, to ensuring the digs you make are filled in and ensuring items you dig up are simply not put back in the holes if you don't feel they are worth the dig. Great stuff. Thank you...
I wonder if someone died wearing that helmet and decomposed inside of it.
Probably
I wonder if they found any bones
No. The skeleton would still be there. Or parts of it anyway.
Have you felt the weight of one of those things? When it comes to clearing the bodies, they are not going to pick up a damaged helmet as well.
@_@
I wonder how often they dig through some dirt that was a human
It would have to be bone. All flesh is no more.
@@sassiebrat well no shit
I have been wondering about bones as well. For example, that helmet with its top blown out. An exploding shell? There has to be bone fragments, at least.
you have no idea how often that happens, plenty of missing soldiers from the war unaccounted for
@chester rockwell the bones often comes with the metal bro
I've always been fascinated by the decay of the things we leave behind until they eventually succumb to the soil and overgrowth over time. It's as if the earth is constantly trying to erase all traces of our activity and our existence.
It's funny how the leather of the ammo pouch survived so well.
16:33 dang that German must’ve had his head blown to bits, it looks like the massive hole could be caused by both entry and exit wound at a tight angle
Nooby Plays GT the helmet yust corroded away, these days most helmets i find look like this.
@@fritzedelwei3133 well yeah i doubt soliders left unbroken helmets on the field. you af probably finding only the ones that have been shot or damaged.
Dominik Ivkovic ofcause they did, especially in the area i live very close to berlin and near seelow the germans yust didn’t care anymore and dumped their equipment everywhere and anywhere and went home or at least tried.
Ty Strong i had over 40 helmets within the last year some where well preserved others strongly corrodet away and a lot of battledamaged ones, this one just seems to have rotten away, it doesn’t look to bend and doesn’t have the typical cracks of battledamaged helmets.
Nothing got blown off, the helmet sat in the ground like a bucket, collecting all the water, and that made the bottom rust out
Just finished watching a 4th video on your site and you've earned a new subscriber. I'm impressed with the way you show a relic after you've cleaned it up and especially as it was used in action. Did you turn over the metal plate you discovered at the start of this video and were you able to identify it? Thanks for some superb presentations!
+Tech Nicholls
We were not able to identify it, nor did we turn it over. It did not seem necessary at the time to turn it over.. I have heard in the meantime that there could have been a hiding place beneath it or something similar. Perhaps an interesting thing to go back to in the future. Cheers
@@mdww2battlegrounds The handle makes it look like an improvised shield ?
@@mdww2battlegrounds Of interest is the fact that you found the half of the Erkennungsmarke that stayed with the body (two holes at the top). I believe the half with one hole at the top was the one taken away...
9:18 anti tank rifle with a low calibre developed I think in 1944-1945
A little bit of trivia here...veteran German troops would often tell new, fresh replacements to throw away the gas mask and keep container for personal items, i.e., shave kits, cigarettes (or tobacco), small pieces of food, etc.
Loved this video Hope they find the soldier that the dog tag belong was killed and the family knew that he was not declared missing in action
...oh come on..it was a Kraut..no one cares..maybe his family..but..no one else
Krauts are people to
@@xxkawaiixx4221 shut up even a "kraut" is an human
@@j.bischoff3603 ...yeah..you're right
Here in the Philippines in a far province and site of one of the last major battles, there is a Filipino family that goes into the jungle and finds relics as well as remains of many Japanese soldiers. They carefully exhume them, put them in boxes, and contact the Japanese government agency whereby they attempt to locate the family. In Japanese culture it is important to them to have the remains returned, and so these soldiers are. many family members still travel here to consecrate the site and leave a shrine. It is a noble act they perform. They otherwise make a modest income selling relics. most are not for sale, but remain in a museum. I personally saw at least 2 500 pound bomb casings stood on end, and crates of unused US grenades, (not deactivated!!), and scores of miniature coffins containing Soldiers remains.
Great finds, very sad and emotion This was a war that should never have been countless lives lost and for what ? may those who carried the relics you found rest in peace
Ww2 should of been prevented but many lives were lost to stop many a tyrant in that period.
Ww1 was a war that was for nothing and the end was the fuse for this.
Who's watching in 2020/21 this great video 👍
The 9 mm you found is a modern round made in Italy (Fiocchi). The military never wrote "9 mm Luger" on them. The round today is referred to as 9mm Luger or 9mm Parabellum.
Hi guys: I particularly appreciate the effort it must take to find supporting video for your finds.
You two found some awesome pieces in your videos. Nothing to be ashamed of, it's your heritage and be proud of it...Great job and thanks for sharing, I really enjoyed them.
They are not German. They are from Netherland and they speak netherlandish eh ich is similiar to german. I know that because Im german.
Thanks for your reply, enjoy watching all your finds, especially German!
May those poor soldiers rest in peace.
Loved the I.D. tag footage. Great finds great channel.
So, I've been watching your channel for a while, and I find the fact you can find and even identify these relics that haven't been touched for over 70 years. I am happy to say you have earned a new subscriber
Thanks a lot for appreciating and subscribing!
The chances the 9mm case was actually used in a luger are slim. 9x19 ammo is often marked 9mm luger
Michael Wittmann - You are probably correct. I purchased factory-fresh ammunition back in the early 1980s here in the US to use in my WWI-vintage Luger and I distinctly remember the casing being marked "9mm Luger".
Ziemlich Deutscher Name 😂,finde sowas enorm Interessant unf vorallem quelt mich der Gedanke wie es dort mal aussah, also zu Kriegszeichen und wieviele Menschen dort liegen...
Have to agree. Even today the round is often called 9mm luger / 9mm Parabellum.
Michael ! Still alive ! I thought they shoot your balls off, in Normandie, when they liberated Europe !
Yes, more likely a Walther P38
I love these videos and the way these folks show reverence to these objects, and the sacrifices they represent.
It Mike and I, not me and Mike. Has rotted, not has rotten. I love the content.
1:50 it's amazing that some of these items survive exactly where they were dropped by the soldiers that used them.
9:45 for the ID Card
Good job and lotsa work - I've done a fair share of WWII relic hunting and would have saved that ammo box whole, taken it back and carefully vacuumed the dirt away so the cartridges remained in their original position.
Brilliant video. Thank you. Amazing that you are able to still pull out museum pieces like this.
So cool.
Beautiful finds
Thank you for sharing this with us. Really enjoyed it!
You know you're in the right place when you see shot through ww2 thick door just casually laying there since everything happened.
Vette video en super vondsten. Dank voor de motivatie!
Great stuff ! Superb vid fellas. Thanks for sharing and taking us along !
Amazing work retrieving history. Great work!!!!
Some unbelievable finds to be found out there - be safe and thanks for posting!
I love old stuff like antiques.
3:55 I love the handy little metal detector he has. Ideal for finding small items.
Keep up this amazing work guys
Very good interesting work gentlemen. Thanks for sharing this piece of history.
Your videos are waaay awsome! How you edit everything and the information you provide is outstanding work! Thank you sir
Always a pleasure to watch your videos ! Beautiful and interesting WW II finds !
"...there are still stories to be told. ..." Romantic somehow BUT dramatic and touching ! Yeah, the WW II, the endless dramatic story(ies)...
It's nice to see not all young mans of 'modern' time are ignorants ! I found czeh 7.92x57 mm live rounds, and even a 2 x 9mm parabellum (casings...) for pistol (not automatic...).
The GFL headstamp on the 9mm casing is Giulio Fiocchi, Lecco, Italy. This company is still manufacturing ammunition today, so it is likely that this is a modern cartridge casing of relatively recent manufacture.
Somebody is going to get into trouble if they get caught with that pistol....
a lotta Italian units from shattered italian divisions fought on the eastern front with the germans, its possible this was Ammo mixed in with german ammo for Mp40s and pistols or with Italians fighting along with the germans in that area
I really like what you do to uncover ww2 history. Thanks
Nice finds ! Thank you for the English subtitles !
New sub here from Canada, really loving this channel. Keep up the finds!
I cant believed you find an ammo box o my god that is some freakin beatiful ammo box someday i want to find an ammo box
Hey friend! Have you found one yet?
I found important news about the German tag you found.
It refers to the 4 infantry replacement battalion 36.
There is only one small mistake.
The number 52 does not refer to a personal number of a soldier but to the REGIMENT NUMBER: 52
The 4th Infantry Division was raised in October 1934 in Dresden. It took part in the Invasion of Poland in 1939 and later the Battle of France in 1940. Later that year it was converted into the 14th Panzer Division.
The following officers commanded 4th Infantry Division:
April 1, 1934, to November 10, 1938, Oberst (colonel) Erich Raschick
November 10, 1938, to August 15, 1940, Gen. Lt. Erick-Oskar Hansen
War service
Polish Campaign:
September 1939: part of IV Corps, 10.Armee, German Army Group South
Low Countries and France:
May 1940: reserve division of German Army Group A
June 1940: part of IV Corps of 6.Armee of German Army Group B
Order of battle (1943)
Grenadier-Regiment 163
Grenadier-Regiment 181
Grenadier-Regiment 205 (1)
------- FUSILIER - BATAILLON 52-------
Artillerie-Regiment 152
- I. Abteilung
- II. Abteilung
- III. Abteilung
- IV. Abteilung
Pionier-Bataillon 152
Panzerjäger-Abteilung 152
Nachrichten-Abteilung 152
Feldersatz-Bataillon 152
Versorgungseinheiten 152
that tag should be from 1943
was it on the oder front. germans formed divisions out odds and ends. the rifle could have been a italian carcano or danish to dutch rifles , they just used anything at 1945
This is old but maulser was made in a lot of different countries so it could be possible not every maulser is a 98. Alot of European countries took the design. Maulser is the reason we have the bolt actions today they are made off of the maulser action.
@@woody6754 Mauser not Maulser
Could have been an 8mm antitank rifle.
absolutely incredible! great finds!
The 9mm Luger ammunition was introduced by Georg Luger, and is still used today. The 9mm Luger is the most popular round in the USA now. The Wehrmacht used that ammunition in the Luger pistol also designed by Georg Luger, but also in the later and superior Walther P38 pistol and many hundreds of guns internationally later.
Another amazing video. Keep up the good work, you guys make a lot of effort to create this quality of content.
do you know what I find comforting in a way? that every unfired round and ordnance you discover didn't end up injuring or killing someone. thanks again guys! ▪☆☆☆▪
Wow !! 🇺🇸one off the coolest ww2 videos ever I've ever watch awesome job dudes 👍🎥
It really amazes me that these items are still available to be found after all these years.
Amazing pieces of history that were found
speechless. great content. keep up the good work!
Nice finds and video
The videos and your presentation of what you find are great, thank you for taking the time to translate and give a little history behind each find. In regards to the "erkennungsmarke", they are usually found with the remains. Have you ever had that happen?
Thanks for appreciating my work! I personally never found human remains luckily.
Your videos are superb! Love it!
AMAZING!! Simply amazing!! It took TH-cam almost 3 years to recommend your channel to me. Subbing for sure. Question, was there any information returned about the application for the missing soldier?
Good to have you here! Unfortunately not. The institutions dont give you any info based on only a found dog tag. If bones are found as well, it's a different story.
Mooie vondsten jongens, ook mooi in het engels . Keep up the good work!!!!
Muy bueno.... Espectacular descubrimiento.. los felicito..
It must be quite a good feeling to find such WW2 finds I hope I'll be able to find some in the near future
I have watched two episodes so far or videos and this cool stuff to watch you have a new subscriber
Very good descriptive video. Thank you for the English translation. So many good videos only have the language of the people finding artifacts. Probably continued detecting in the area will produce the body of the fallen soldier and closure for him and if identification is possible, closure for his descendants.
it amazes me how the earth heals it's wounds and covers them up .
Everyone’s a gangsta until you step on a landmine.
Wow, this seems like a lot of fun, I want to try doing this!
The 9mm brass marked GFL. It stands for Guilio Fiocchi - Lecco. Fiocchi bullets are Italian. I love to watch your videos. Thanks for all you do.
Props to how much care u took with this historical stuff man I gotta go there someday buitiful forest but was once covered in blood and bodies
Did the diggers develop this video style? It is without words... The drama between finds with only some subtitles... with appropriate music doing the 'fill-in" instead of any idle conversation.. this is extremely compelling video nicely done.
I developed this style myself yes. In my newer videos I replaced most captions by narration though. Most viewers indicated they prefer this. I think it works well too! Thanks for watching.
Excellent video!
Heel interessant! Ook top met alle info over de herkomst en gebruik van de dingen die jullie gevonden hebben. Subscriber erbij!
You are sooo lucky to be in Europe, I have such a passion for what you are doing.... But nothing in South Africa where I live
Editing skills on point thanks for the subtitles
You are welcome!
9:00 that’s a mosin nagant 91/30
May I ask which portion of the Eastern front you were searching?
Imagine being there to his day, then suddenly you go back in time to the war and surrounded by gunfire. Crazy!
swolf 221 bro I’ve always thought about the same exact thing. It’s crazy to think that at that very spot decades ago someone’s adrenaline was running thru the roof knowing death was at the door!!
Dg_96 _ I KNOW RIGHT! Like that exact spot was super deadly. When people visit Omaha beach today, it’s crazy because that was a bloody and horrific battle. It’s crazy how history shapes everything! 🤘🏼
Uncle Sam There is actually a movie about this topic!
Paul Weber Oh really? Im interested
Een goede video. Dankjes.
I'm amazed with how long leather can last out in the elements
You can see in some movies of those towns where the German soldiers are seen in their offensives. So say, "we are in the same place that you see in the movie, the soldiers passed by here", etc., etc. Very good exploration videos. Greetings.
Great Job guys 👍... it's great fun to watch your productions. See you in the next one 😉
where are you guys from ? Just wondering how much you come around to live out your passion 😁
Please keep up the good work guys
And greetings from the Hurtgen forest
Lol I have a casing on my desk that's a round made by GFL in 9mm luger.
Interesting to know that fiocchi has been making ammo since ww2 or before.
This legit makes me want to go and metal detect there
I bet Someone died with that helmet on
I bet millons of germans died in those helments
@Ty Strong or it just sat there for 75 years and rusted away
Good.
@Ty Strong What. This comment makes no sense. Typically the "sniper rifles" were just normal infantry rifles such as the m1903 and the Karabiner 98 kurz with scopes on them.
@@Clueless1942 because of the way it sat in the ground, like a bucket, it collected water for all those years until the bottom finally rusted out. If it had fallen right side up, it would still be intact.
Man I'd love to join yall one day , great videos keep it up
Very nice. A very interesting presentation.
Thank you for the interesting video (others too, they are all interesting to watch). By the way, "4./Inf.Ers.Btl.36" means: 4th Company, 36th Infantry Replacement Battalion.
5:57 = stg44 clip with live rounds 😲😲😲 I've never seen a find like that on YT, waow that's rare !
again beautyful finds,mooi gedaan
That isn't a lost tag per se. Its a tag that has been broken in half. That was likely a soldier who lost his life and one of his comrades broke off the tag and carried it with him for identification. The soldier that took it was likely killed too with it in his hand and thus why it was dropped there with no body.
Do you guys mark the gps points on the place you found items? Maybe nice way to map everything.
Yeah, I thought that myself.
They didint find a prosthetic arm from bf5
The second one is a civil rifle, i love those, its most likely a 22lr caliber.
The receiver an trigger mechanism remind me of the 317 made by Simson/BSW/Gustloff Werke…
Some great finds
Poland welcome. Funtastic work brawo
Amazing stuff, that gasmask is creepy af tho
I recently found your channel and many others. Do you get up one day and say hey! Lets go digging today? Does one have to get permission? And are you able to keep your findings? Give to to museum? Very interesting....Thanks much!
Nice Finds :) 💪💪💪💪
+1, good finds.
That one barrel that was by itself may been one of those that could be changed when they get hot from firing. I think they used them on the MG 34 and MG 42