Eifel region 2008

[Aru-Ed]

Together with a friend i did some searching in the German/Belgium Eifel region, heavy fighting took place in late 1944/early 1945 between German and US troops.
The first time we searched together was a good day, first i picked a spot after i did some research and he had a very nice find.
At the bottom of a foxhole he dug up a German MG-ammobox.
We had a nice suprise after opening the box!
The live ammo has been put back in the hole it came from.
Then he took me to a spot he picked out and there i did some nice finds.
After this trip more would follow.

[Dimas]

Amazing condition, you'll need to deactivate the ammo. I guess that type of ground well preserved the items, even the cloth and papers.
You need deep search with deep detector like a Fisher Gemini 3

[Aru-Ed]

Amazing condition, you'll need to deactivate the ammo. I guess that type of ground well preserved the items, even the cloth and papers.
You need deep search with deep detector like a Fisher Gemini 3

We left the ammo behind.
When we opend the box we could still smell the weapon oil!

[reneblacky]

Great work! I would have kept the box intact
Thanks for sharing

René

[ironcross1]

Fantastic stuff , cheers Raymond

[Steve T]

Oh WOW ! I am soooooo jealous !!!!

I'd love to find an ammo can like that

You are very lucky

Steve T

[petehi]

What are those three tools(?) in the ammo box?

[sitges1990]

I'm pretty sure those are tools to link and de-link the belted ammo.

[Adrian Stevenson]

What are those three tools(?) in the ammo box?

Hi, they are not tools. They are spare bolts for the MG42.

Cheers, Ade.

[Aru-Ed]

What are those three tools(?) in the ammo box?

The MG42 parts are bolt and cartridge ejector assemblies.