Bavaria Mike
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- Location
- Bavaria Germany
- Detector(s) used
- Minelab XT70, Fisher 1280, Garrett Ace 250 and MH5
- Primary Interest:
- All Treasure Hunting
Tuesday I was determined to detect a field on a hillside near a Celtic fortress however, I was not sure how to get to it easily. I drive past it every day. I checked Google Earth several times and found two possibilities. One turned out to be a stream crossing and the other is a rutted muddy road through the forest, my Audi sports car can’t do either so I had to walk into it. I parked near the base of the Celtic Fortress as this was a landmark for me. Walked over the Fortress as a major rain downpour started, no pictures, and then down into a ravine. The Fortress has a large stream to the North and a smaller stream in this ravine to the East. Unfortunately, the Celtic Fortress has been determined by the Archies to have only been used for about 3 decades around 520 BC, maybe it was just a safe haven and I have spent many hours around it and have not found anything!!! I detected around the ravine and stream, only found a few shotgun shells and two ox shoes.
Starting up the next hill I found a narrow cart road partly closed off by fallen trees that had lead into the ravine, thankfully explaining why I found a few ox shoes here as it was hard to get to. I found another ox shoe on the cart road in very nice condition. They are made differently than the ox shoes I find in Bavaria, I kept the one on the far left. These are the only finds for this hunt other than several WWII 50 Caliber brass shell casings on the next field and I got soaking wet.
Finally the hike through the woods and rain opened up into the fields I wanted to get to, a little disappointing as the grass was about 4” high in most places. I detected around this area for about 1.5 hours, found a little trash and several 50 Cal brass casings from WWII that was aiming towards an airfield nearby and that was it. It was still a good hunt even though the finds were not great as I do enjoy the endurance and adventure of it all. The worst part about these kind of hunts is, nobody knows where I am, I do enjoy the peace and solitude but if something were to happen? I do carry a cell phone with me and surprisingly, had a phone call when I was deep down in the ravine. Check out the hills in the background, the whole area is like this!
I am working an early shift this week so I get off at 2:00PM. After yesterdays hump I wanted a sweet easy hunt today so I detected a small prone position course across from my work site on the army post, thought I could pick up some pocket change and maybe an American silver coin or some German WWII relics. I should not have done this or said this but I did. I spotted a few soldiers walking up to me, they were just passing through on their way back from a weapons qualification range. Had their body armor on, M16A2s at port arms, laughing and joking along their way, then they spot me with the metal detector. They got close and I hear one of them say “hey, you looking land mines?” I turned around and said yes, pointed to their immediate front and said watch your step. They froze in place, I hesitated a few seconds and said, just kidding guys, this is just a hobby. They all loudly said some transitive word in French and called me Dick, I don’t know why because my name is Mike, LOL. We had a good laugh together and they went on their way and I did my way. Here are some brass casing pieces I often find, I think they are training rounds or blanks.
Ends of the casings, dated 43, 51 and 58 that I can read.
Here are today’s finds, two for one hole dimes 1988 and 1984, a 1922 aluminum 50 Pfennig coin made into a button and a small picture frame.
Top of a whatsit I found Sunday at the old farm site, just over an 1 ¼ “ in diameter.
Reverse of the whatsit.
The other finds from just over a 1 hour hunt Sunday, a large Caliber musket ball with the mold nipple attached, a broken watch winder and a 1938 brass/aluminum 5 Pfennig swastika coin. HH, Mike
Starting up the next hill I found a narrow cart road partly closed off by fallen trees that had lead into the ravine, thankfully explaining why I found a few ox shoes here as it was hard to get to. I found another ox shoe on the cart road in very nice condition. They are made differently than the ox shoes I find in Bavaria, I kept the one on the far left. These are the only finds for this hunt other than several WWII 50 Caliber brass shell casings on the next field and I got soaking wet.
Finally the hike through the woods and rain opened up into the fields I wanted to get to, a little disappointing as the grass was about 4” high in most places. I detected around this area for about 1.5 hours, found a little trash and several 50 Cal brass casings from WWII that was aiming towards an airfield nearby and that was it. It was still a good hunt even though the finds were not great as I do enjoy the endurance and adventure of it all. The worst part about these kind of hunts is, nobody knows where I am, I do enjoy the peace and solitude but if something were to happen? I do carry a cell phone with me and surprisingly, had a phone call when I was deep down in the ravine. Check out the hills in the background, the whole area is like this!
I am working an early shift this week so I get off at 2:00PM. After yesterdays hump I wanted a sweet easy hunt today so I detected a small prone position course across from my work site on the army post, thought I could pick up some pocket change and maybe an American silver coin or some German WWII relics. I should not have done this or said this but I did. I spotted a few soldiers walking up to me, they were just passing through on their way back from a weapons qualification range. Had their body armor on, M16A2s at port arms, laughing and joking along their way, then they spot me with the metal detector. They got close and I hear one of them say “hey, you looking land mines?” I turned around and said yes, pointed to their immediate front and said watch your step. They froze in place, I hesitated a few seconds and said, just kidding guys, this is just a hobby. They all loudly said some transitive word in French and called me Dick, I don’t know why because my name is Mike, LOL. We had a good laugh together and they went on their way and I did my way. Here are some brass casing pieces I often find, I think they are training rounds or blanks.
Ends of the casings, dated 43, 51 and 58 that I can read.
Here are today’s finds, two for one hole dimes 1988 and 1984, a 1922 aluminum 50 Pfennig coin made into a button and a small picture frame.
Top of a whatsit I found Sunday at the old farm site, just over an 1 ¼ “ in diameter.
Reverse of the whatsit.
The other finds from just over a 1 hour hunt Sunday, a large Caliber musket ball with the mold nipple attached, a broken watch winder and a 1938 brass/aluminum 5 Pfennig swastika coin. HH, Mike
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