Digging trip to German Coastal Defense Battery

[LETLANDS]

Beautiful views..

[Vegard T]

Here are the finds from the first day of digging:

Rifle rounds:

.303 round from 1944, must have been there with British/allied forces during the cleanup, I wonder what they fired at...


Krag Jørgensen rounds from 1943(I think they mostly used Krag Jørgensen rifles there, I have found no other German rifle rounds than these):


Krag Jørgensen rounds dating from 1943-1914:


20mm shells:

[Dimas]

Looks like some of the trenches is artificialy closed back, try to look there, and find small holes in the ground, which Germans used as a garbage place, it's will be most interesting place.

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Looks like some of the trenches is artificialy closed back, try to look there, and find small holes in the ground, which Germans used as a garbage place, it's will be most interesting place.

[Vegard T]

Yeah, the landowner's brother told me that a lot of ammunition etc was dumped in the trenches post-war and then filled in with big rocks. I have a signal in the trench, but I haven't been able to get to it yet. If it wasn't for me not being much of a big muscular guy, I would have torn that trench apart by now. I'll look for the small holes in the ground, always nice to find a garbage dump. I want to try to get the landowner's brother out on a hunt with me(He said he wanted to, I'll try this summer) so he can tell me more about the history of the battery and find some more stuff.

[Haydn Curtis]

Very cool finds! I hope you manage to find some more! And i agree with others, what a beautiful view!!

Haydn

[Vegard T]

Here's a period shot of it:
I'll try to get a picture from that angle when I go there next time, I think I know where it is taken.
Glad you guys like the scenery, I'll take some more pictures when I get out there.

[rogge16]

Great finds! Awesome pictures! I hope you find more. Good luck. Thanks for sharing.

Luke

[Glenn66]

Very beautiful site!

[darrenj40]

Hi great shots, as said, that trench to the AA position would have been a perfect place after the surrender, to dump lots of stuff, then push the rocks in ontop....if it was me i would start at one end and work in...BLOCK AND CHAINS...

[Vegard T]

Actually it's a trench running from a barracks/bunker to a cannon emplacement. I was told that a lot of stuff lie buried under there, but most of the rocks are giant, and you'd need a digger to get them out. I'll try and see if I can move them some more when I get there again.