Berlin's Battlefield: We found another German Soldier. Who was he?
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 5 ก.ค. 2024
- Going back with our metal detectors to the Berlin area to search for WW2 relics.
We found another German soldier that has fallen right here in the Berlin area. Like we do everytime we found remains, as soon as we discover remains, we stopped digging and reported it.We did receive some feedback about what was on him and if he could be identified.
Besides that we found loads of interesting WWII relics! Maybe even Hitler's lost gold!
You'll just have to check that out ;-)
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FAQ:
-Do you report things found to the authorities?
Yes, all nasty things found like UXO's and finds that could be important from an archaeology perspective are reported to the local authorities.
-Do you sell finds?
I am a collector myself so I hardly sell relics. But if I do then I'll post it on the social media pages or check out my Patron's website. I share finds with my Patrons (check the Patreon website for more details).
-How do you gain permission for metal detecting?
Check out local laws regarding metal detecting and get permission from the landowner. Or hook up with a local metal detecting club in the area you would like to detect and get your information from them. (I stopped responding to questions like this all together, I'm Iron Mike not Google Mike..)
-Can I come with you?
No.
-Do you love me?
Yes I do!
-Will you marry me?
No, lets just be friends.
-I want to see more!
Go check out the social media pages, or consider becoming a Patron! Patrons have access to much more, special videos, behind the scenes footage and WW2 goodie boxes containing relics me and my friends found over the years.
-What metal detector do you use?
The Garrett Ace Apex or the Garrett AT Max.
-Camera?
Go Pro 7, Go Pro 10 and a Sony handy cam
-Favorite find?
Deep Digger Dan's TH-cam channel.
-What is on your bucket list?
Hitler's lost gold or the missing Nazi gold train everybody is searching for. But until then I am happy with whatever pops up, I even enjoy finding landmines... :-s
-What channels do you recommend?
Deep Digger Dan:
/ @deepdiggerdannet
Viking Jan:
/ @suohtas
The History Underground
/ @thehistoryunderground
Personal friend and a big support to the channel, Anton's Hardware:
Antons Hardware
/ @antonshardware
What was the best find? The SS Dog tag? SS Cap badge? MG parts? let me know!
de SS Cap Badge
SS Dog tag personal item!
I like the little optic lens, it looks like a Moartar Sight part.
The lost fallen soldier, because he got a proper burial now.
For me, it was finding the soldier. Now he can lay at rest with his fellow soldiers.
Thank you for your respectful treatment of these soldiers. Even if this soldier has no name, he is back in his homeland. There are so many more out there
He never left
@@AnthonyOMulligan-yv9cg depends on how you see it
the man was probably austrian
Sadly they weren’t that respectful towards their opponents.
Europe will forever be stuck with the trauma of the war. How heartbreaking it is that even now we still find the dead lost and forgotten, and bury them.
Thank you Mike, for the huge respect you express! Thanks for handling it respectfully and reporting it. Now he can finally rest in peace🙏🏻
Mike rules!
We still have in family 2 German soldiers MIA.
Danke das ihr mit unseren Gefallenen ehrenvoll umgeht. Das ist nicht selbstverständlich. Danke. Im Tot (und Verwundung) gibt es keine Feinde. Das habe ich von unseren Veteranen gelernt.
Sie verdienen keinen Respekt nach dem, was sie den Menschen in Europa und Nordafrika angetan haben.
80 years now and soldiers remains are still being found...
So sad to be respectful
over 100 years for WW1
I just googled it and it says there are still 1.3 million missing German soldiers unaccounted for so I guess people will be finding German bodies until the end of time.
Google says 1.3 million German soldiers are still unaccounted for so unfortunately they will be finding them until the end of time.
Not surprising
WWI Iron cross. For sure it is Volkssturm area. Many of the men were aged in their 50's by then. They wore their Iron Cross back into combat for the last time atter that award sat in a drawer at home for over 2 decades without much fanfare. The south of Berlin had thousands of Volkssturm participants go missing in action in the severe fighting in the woods in April 1945. Either killed and buried without documentation or captured and sent east to the gulags. Some say those woods are haunted now for the futile sacrifice.
Super dat je ook even laat weten dat de gevallen soldaat daadwerkelijk ook is geborgen en een plaats heeft gekregen op een begraafplaats.
Dat maakt onze hobby (het rondlopen met een metaaldetector) nog zinvoller en waardevoller.
Helaas zijn er nog te veel "cowboys" die er een potje van maken...
Dank Pieter! Helaas zijn er inderdaad mensen die ze niet melden.
Very interesting. My great grandpa fell near Wreizen (Wriezen?) in front of Berlin, right next to the Seelow Heights. One of his friends made it home and said he was last seen in an area that got hit heavily rockets and overran. The Red Cross said his remains are likely under a factory (hey got this info from a German prisoner who said he buried lots in that are there).
great video!
Schöne funde und danke für das sehr gute Verhalten im Falle des gefallenen soldaten! Möge er in Frieden Ruhen! Danke fürs zeigen 👍
Awsome!
80 years later you’re the first human hands to touch the rifle parts. I am so glad I found this channel, it’s kinda strange to hear a French accent on a German battlefield. Finding and reporting the remains of the lost is just incredible. I’m watching from Ohio USA 🇺🇸.
Soo cool watching from the other side of the world 🌎!
Thanks for dropping by and for your nice comment. i’ve been mistaken for many nationalities but never French! lol
I’m actually Dutch but from German decent. So no French blood here.
But again thank for watching the video, appreciate you.
@@IronMikeMetaldetecting He's a 'Murcan, so you speak better English than he does 🙂
Wieder einmal ein top Video Mike, das mit dem gefallenen ist sehr respektvoll👍👍..Lg08
Danke Lehmi und danke fürs Zuschauen!
Thank you for showing respect for the dead.
Everything you guys do and have done is respectful and interesting, if not sad at times. You do not ever know that anyone is there when you dig. You always handle it with class and proper authority. Anyone who complains is just a clown.
Why is it forbidden for me as a German to dig in a forest but people from netherland come and bring lots of equipment and stay for hours and days, digging hole after hole and if you ask them, they tell me to pi$$ off? If I did that and got caught by a forester, my home would be raided and I would probably be sent to jail or sentenced to a fine of 1000s of Euros.
Don't misunderstand me, I really appreciate your work, but I think we should have equal rights for everyone in Germany. I know many interesting places, but the more I found, the more I had to hide from other people that might call the police.
Im guessing probably because you are a german and the government doesnt want germans to snoop around for artifacts and bones linked to a dark side of your history since some idiots may want to create some sort of workship there(you know… for “that” thing…). Im not calling you or germans anything to be clear. There is a saying in my language that doesnt quite work in english but here is goes:”there are mad men for every thing”
How tf does that work like that
Exercise your rights as a citizen. If law is unfair, rebellion is justice.
Fantastic finds and that rusted out helmet has quite possibly lay Undisturbed since the day it was dropped maybe in the heat of battle👍
Much respect, I appreciate what you do, thanks as always for sharing.
I like your History Traveler T-shirt, Mike!
Fantastic finds ! Great Intro Design. Good Video Mike ! Rest in peace for All under earth people
Thank you so much for making these videos. And thank you for how you treated the find of the fallen soldier. My grandpa was lost in Stalingrad, and was never found. My father never really got to know his father. Was hard for him, not to know what happend to him. Hopefully times like these will never return. Groetjes, Chris
I salute you Mike for the respect to fallen,my grandpa was mia in Winter war and newer found..
Thank you!
Thanks for sharing with us! And thanks for beeing this respectful to these heroes. Keep going my friend.
Greets, IG
Thanks for watching! Treated these guys with respect is the least we can do. The battle is long done for and these men deserve respect.
SS were not heroes
Loved this. Good interesting finds. The finest respect to the dead soldier. I’m glad he is now resting in piece.
thank you, appreciate your comment
You can’t live without water! The woods look great. Hello from New Jersey
Vond het weer een geweldige video Mike ❤ Tot snel weer! Groetjes Mike 💛💚
bedankt! :-)
Hi guys, love these digs you do!. I don’t have instagram, did the locket have pictures inside?
Bedankt wederom voor een geweldige video Mike, ik had helaas door de drukte van de afgelopen week nu pas de tijd om te kijken.
Fantastisch dat je JD zo blijft suppporten door zijn tshirt te dragen :)
Bedankt Arjan. En geen probleem hoor, ben al blij dat je de videos kijkten waardeert. Zou leuk zijn JD een keer mee te nemen op een jacht 😉
@IronMikeMetaldetecting Hoe geweldig zou dat zijn. Ik heb m al een keer een ronde in Normandie zien doen. Keep our fingers crossed ;)
That bent barrel was bent that way from heat due to it being fired non-stop.
Hi Mike! Some great artefacts found in this location once again.
I find it extremely sad that the soldier you found, has laid there for so long without anyone in his family knowing where he was, or what happened to him. I know it is not uncommon, particularly on what was known as the ‘Eastern Front’ when battles were so fluid, that circumstances would lead to this situation. However, it is uplifting to know that he is now in a place that recognises his sacrifice. It is unfortunate that his tags could not be found, so that his current family could be notified.
The respect that you and your friends have shown this soldier is more than appropriate, it shows compassion and decency. Greetings from Australia 🇦🇺!
1:39 that Magazine. It looks like from Beretta M38A. first they came with a 20 round Magazine and then later a 30 round Magazine. good video I'm already looking forward to the next one to see what you find
OooOoOOoOooOo Another great video Iron Mike 🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼
lol thanks!
Greetings from the United Kingdom. Another brilliant video. The golden eagle cap badge is beautiful, and considering its age is in great shape.
I'm glad you don't show any bodies you come across, it's enough to know they are there, and that they will be carefully removed, identified if possible and then laid to rest. The only thing that upsets me, is that the vast majority of those that are found or still to be found, will never be identified, will never have a grave with a name, and a family that will never know what happened to their loved one.
No bodies only bone's
Also they use DNA in identification
@@AnthonyOMulligan-yv9cg Yes I know all that, even so many will never be identified, which is a shame.
@@medic1627 everything goes in the sea sink's and dissolves the calcium from bone's to nothing.
@@medic1627 becoming elemental again
Come sempre un grande video per una ricerca professionale
Thanks so much for your sensitive, respectful manner with the body. Question: Do u also report the dig tags? Might help solve something
I love the new intro Mike !!
great video mike
Hello Mike new subscriber from Perth Western Australia
Thanks David! Appreciate the sub 🙂
Kudos to you for respecting the dead
Spannende Entdeckungen, wie immer auf diesem Kanal.
Danke für anschauen Claudia!
Hello from Raleigh, NC
Hi! Thanks for dropping by
Absolutely great video
Awsome!
Nothing but honor and respect for those fallen and not defending that country.
My father fought his way through the forest to the Tangemunde Bridge with the remains of the 9th Army.
Wow! Not many people survived the 9th Army's journey from Berlin/Halbe Pocket to the Elbe. I hope he lived to be a happy old man.
Mooie vondsten Mike !
Are you in the Grunewald? Back in the 80's we would train there but couldn't dig, beware of the grunepigs
Me gusta este tipo de videos, exelente.
I admire what you do and your respect for the fallen soldiers 💗
Thank you so much. Appreciate that.
It is so funny when they say the condition is not too bad. In our region in Leningrad region that is considered really bad condition. And several hours to the north in Karelia - that level is considered fubar.
The little lens device ? Could it have been an indicator light assembly of some type ?
Very good and informative..I have SUBBED....Good luck to you all
Appreciate it! Thanks for the sub
The metal part is the lower part and the mag well from à pps 43
Do you have any idea of what this area looked like pre war ? Has this become a pine tree plantation ? Do you consult with maps, or old battle diagrams before you search an area ?
This is Grunewald area?
@@user-sz4sb8yt9hI was going to ask the same it looks familiar.
@@user-sz4sb8yt9h it looks familiar.
At 3:08 I believe it's part of a mg42 bipod leg I think
First magazine almost looked like a 20 round Thompson smg magazine or maybe a Reising smg magazine
That’s what I thought. Heavy rounds like .45 rounds but a thompson there on the eastern front?
@@IronMikeMetaldetecting could have been from US and UK Lend Lease
@@IronMikeMetaldetectingI believe it’s possible the soviets got some thompsons from the lend and lease program
@@ozarksurvivalsupply
You are correct,Sir.
reisling mags are single feed
Откапывать солдата нужно уметь! Это делают специально обученные люди. Доверяйте это дело им.
Goed gedaan Mike.
bedankt!
As a dedicated War zone/ camp site detectorist myself ~ I have a large number of Identity tags found locally over the years and I refuse to trade ~ or sell the tags as I feel this totally disrespectful to the (Australian) diggers of WWII.
I always endeavour to trace their history or families and have had some success in doing so ~
It is always a thrill to return relics or individual items to the families ~
I generally agree to return the time to the family on the proviso they share something of their fore bearer and as a result I have had been privilege to some great stories shared of combat and military experiences from humorous to being captive of Vichy French troops in the middle east ~ even later serving as the (BCOF) in the occupation of Japan ~
Hej Mike. I'm watching You from Poland. Great wideo!
Thank you my Polish friend ☺️
Well spoken.salute.
Thanks. ✌🏻👊🏼
you're welcome
Even egipcian era remains are still found jack
Die cap badge op zeker de mooiste vondst
Die is wel bijzonder inderdaad :-)
Hi mike great video lots of fines cant wait for your next video stay safe my friend 🙌👍👍👍🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼
That sure looks like a 3 on the iron cross. If it is then that's an 1813 (first year ever issued) iron cross!!!
No it is from ww2, on the back they have the year 1813 too
Iron Cross is i believe a Maltese Cross of Maltar as u seen on Royalty.
Well done with your level of respect for the fallen. Sadly, even when they’re identified, the people who knew and remembered these soldiers are many times also gone. 80 years is a very long time ago and it’s sad most of these families won’t ever get closure. Thank you for your videos Mike, they always make my day. If you’re ever in Seattle, there’s a meal and a few beers waiting for you. 🍻
Hi Thomas, thank you for your long time support and your kind words. It is sad to think that this guy passed away without his family ever got to know what had happened to him. I don't care which side this guy fought for, he was someone's son and his parents most have been devastated not seeing their son return from war.
And thanks for the invite, if I'm ever in Seattle we'll most def. have a beer together! :)
So sad the war was over
3:12 is a PPsH-41 lower
A sad cemetery
Does anyone know if you need a license to metal detect in a Forrest in Germany or a permit no matter what
The ** dog tag wasn't cavalry as you told but was mountain troops, so it would be probably 6th "Nord" Div.
Yeah it was S+S gebirgsjäger, but what I was trying to say in the video is that Raoul found a S+S cavalry dog tag a couple of months prior. You can see that in one of the previous videos.
El centro de la Cruz de Hierro siempre estará oxidado por que es de Hierro. Lo curioso es la cinta, me explico: La Cruz de Hierro de Segunda Clase, no se llevaba en el uniforme, tan solo su cinta. Así que probablemente sea una que o bien nunca se otorgó o bien el ganador la guardaba integra.
poor man R I P
Thank you for respecting the soldier and no matter what side he was on he was a brave gentleman. Rest in peace. His name will never come out but the one's of us that saw this video will remember him and that is very important, Thank you and your crew for being the respectful people that you are. God Bless You All
At 3:30 I Believe that is a part from a mp40
Weapon part was indeed from a PPSH
thank you
Is it in Grunewald wood?😮
R.I.P
What did you wipe on the dog tag that helped the lettering stand out better?
S+S symbols (the two 'lightning' S's)
@@IronMikeMetaldetecting no I mean, what was the liquid the was put on it that made it stand out? Water doesn’t usually work like that 😃
@@alexandercurran8179 probably a spit ball 😀
Trained with Gebirgsjäger. Have an edelweiss
mag je daar zonder vergunning zoeken?
rip soldati . da quando faccio ricerca e il mio piu grade dramma e trovare dei resti che fortunatamente non mi e capitato un saluto da Salerno
Look at the black GHOST left side behind the tree in the beginning of the video !
Is the black line behind the Tres?
Lol. Dang! :43-:51
Looks like someone is hiding? Jeff or Raul hiding from the camera man!
You see the camera man pan right to keep the person behind the tree from being seen but he didn't pan right enough lol.
Not a ghost!
Squirrel
The magazine is for a mp 35 or 28
thanks!
Pensaba que iban a recuperar osamentas de los caídos, pero nada, solo vestigios de armas, condecoraciones y no sé si esas fotos corresponden a los difuntos
Respeto.
Niemcem który walczył za "ojczyzne " a raczej za pana z wonsem
I use the garrett at pro cheers
great machine! Been using the AT pro for many years before I switched to the Garrett AT Max
Dat is een lens van een microscoop ik heb hem hier liggen
what do y'all do with this stuff?
WHO is the man by the intro by the tree ?😂
Some creep probably
I would know the name and surname of this fallen S.S....
I have a few questions: Don’t you worry about finding an unexploded bomb? And what do you do with all this stuff? And do you inform the Russian Embassy when you find Soviet soldiers? Do they even care or they just leave them like they abandon their soldiers in Ukraine?
Bombs are reported to the kampfmittelraumdienst (German Bombsquad) and I don't clear the remains myself, so I don't do the whole recovery proces. But I know that they are reported to the right authorities when they the deceased has an ID on him. What happens after that I don't know.
The part at 3:17 looks like a Thomspon body
It must be a sobering experience when you discover human remains, but it’s good how you treat them with such respect. I’m just wondering about the insignia and badges, especially those of the Waffen SS; a soldier wouldn’t normally be so careless to drop a prized possession. Do you suppose they were maybe discarded deliberately, to avoid identification when capture or surrender became inevitable?
Yes, you're correct. We have heard and read alot about the S+S soldiers discarded their ranks and ID's at the end. Because Soviet forces were ordered to shoot SS on sight but also after the war the Soviet forces removed the ID's from the German dead on purpose to 'punish' the Germans because of what they did. That way the loved ones never got to find out what happened to them.
@@IronMikeMetaldetecting Thanks for the info. In terms of humanity that war was a race to the bottom!
Injusto going this channel and I have some questions .
Do they have permission to find this things ?
What do they do with that ?
Is there a museum where we can see those things ?
What happen when you find a urss or gringo soldier , what is the protocol ?
Is it posible to go with them only to see how you find this stuff ?
Gettings from Mexico
Schönes Ringchen 😊 es fehlten Russen Knöpfe und Patronen Hülsen 😅
1:50 Beretta M38 magazin
Indeed, why didnt I think of that :-)
Thanks!
If it's possible could you let me know thank you