Exploring the Arctic battlefields of northern Finland

[CSW]

Sorry, got no incredible SS rings/buckles/helmets to show here Instead I'll throw in some photographs of the ordinary surface finds I've come across in the vast wilderness of the northernmost sector of the Eastern Front.

Edit June 2023: to all the black diggers here, please do not use my thread for advertising your highly harmful and criminal activities.





A few Mauser strippers.



Nebelwerfer stuff, first a base fuze...



...then a bit more than just the fuze. Nothing inside, just an empty broken shell - nice markings though.



Always a nice find: a lid piece from a bakelite flash reducer container for the 7,5cm Geb. G. 36 mountain gun. This one was in pretty nice shape and dated 1943.



75mm, 105mm casings anyone?



And much, much more to come.

[CSW]

Nebels, nebels...

A little close-up of the stamps.



And more.





Found a big piece too

[MAP]

It's all gold to me! Nice finds.

[AndyM35]

Very interesting. Some of those items have survived remarkably well after so many years.

[CSW]

Thanks for the kind words.

Yes, that indeed seems to be a rather common thing with these Lapland relics. Even the surface finds occasionally have some wartime paintwork still visible. Not an expert myself but I think we can thank the cold and dry winters of the region along with the thick, long-lasting protective snow mass for that

Speaking of original paintwork...

A few protection spacers for German 10,5 cm shell carriers.



And this 17 cm shell carrier isn't too bad either:



"Heeres-Munition, Gesamtgew. 20 kg"

[Anderson]

Very interesting photos.

[Brig]

Great stuff!

I spent 8 months in Norway hoping to stumble on a single relic in the woods, and no luck. Love seeing these arctic related relics!

[Woolgar]

Great finds!

When I was in Lapland it was only snow on the ground

Nick

[Martin C]

Thank you for sharing your finds with the forum.


Martin

[CSW]

I spent 8 months in Norway hoping to stumble on a single relic in the woods, and no luck.

That's a shame. I must admit, though, that there is usually a lot of research involved in finding these locations - it's not like I randomly stumble upon ammunition dumps on my way to the grocery store

When I was in Lapland it was only snow on the ground

Heh, not too rare up there. I once found myself in the middle of a blizzard in June