Helmet dump location given by Belgian Farmer

[Ollie Digger]

I found this amazing pit on information given by a local farmer who remembered his childhood after the war.
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AMAZING WW2 GERMAN TRASH PIT, HELMET, PANZERFAUST and more - YouTube

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Also helmets for sale, but I don't know how to post them in the for sale page.

[CSW]

An interesting find that deserves to be appropriately and professionally documented. I certainly think you should inform your local museum officials.

[Ollie Digger]

That is not how it works here. Here you keep what you find when given permission by the owner of the land. Museums already have enough WW2 related items. If it was Roman gold I would inform the musea! But it is just metal junk left in the ground after cleaning the fields

[Watchdog]

That is not how it works here. Here you keep what you find when given permission by the owner of the land. Museums already have enough WW2 related items. If it was Roman gold I would inform the musea! But it is just metal junk left in the ground after cleaning the fields

That's pretty much how it is in most countries I think.

In most cases this WWII "detritus" (which is what it is no matter how excited we get about it ) has no archeological or historical significance to the authorities and any commercial value would be subject to any agreement reached with the landowner. In UK certainly, any subsequent dispute (ie the farmer realises that this junk has a monetary value and wants a share) would be a matter for a civil courts jurisdiction but only if a deposition were made.

So, it really is "finders,keepers" you did the work afterall

[MAP]

Very nice! Congrats. Amazing finds

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[Paul D]

Excellent days work , they've cleaned up very nicely .

[Niedersachsen]

Thanks for filming! Great looking helmets!

[francis]

Hi Ollie. thanks for the link to your dig, excellent finds, location and VERY lucky.

I couldn't help notice your excavation device though. There are obviously many tools for this, but if you want something small, cheap and perfect for this kind of work I would highly recommend you take with you a basic good quality hunting/fishing knife. Fixed plastic handle with about 5"-6" (13-15cms) blade. At least just to loosen up and break into the ground. A good one wont bend and it doesn't matter if it loses its cutting edge. It will ensure you don't damage items, especially glass and porcelain.

The problem is with heavy dried clay or gravelly stony soil and especially soil with large flint chunks is that spades and even small trowels just wont penetrate hardened clay, and they immediately stop when they hit a stone. It may sound odd but the knife will allow you to lever out or loosen large chunks faster than you would expect. I've had to use this frequently in the soil of France and sometimes I've even excavated more than a metre in depth where it was almost impossible without this. Just a thought. I don't want to be rude. But I never thought to try this myself for the first 2-3 years of detecting, and really regret the time lost, and frustration prior to adding this small basic item to my kit. Good luck. Francis.