“Finally, on 7 May, te panzer-fusiliers counterattacked on the left wing of the division’s sector with the assault guns and Panthers and supported by the armoured assault pioneers. Their objective was to take once and for all Hill 254, called “Kalmu”, witch was higher than any of the neighborings hills….
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Metal detecting in Romania
I found two SSh-40 Russian Army helmets while metal detecting near Targu Frumos
During 1944, especially in Spring and late Summer, the Red Army attacked on the whole front-line established from Targu Neamt – Pascani – Targu Frumos – Podul Iloaei to Iasi. No wonder traces are still to be found, trenches kilometers long are still to be seen and searched and…
Metal detecting in Romania
Small Metal Detecting outing in the Targu Frumos Area – WW2
This spring I went again in the Targu Frumos area where, last year, I found the German mess tin with the nice bullet holes in it. Some Wehrmacht small relics were to be found again, like the backpack strap buclkes, but mostly, I found lots of Russian Army…
Metal detecting in Romania
Romanian Veteran’s story sends us right to WW2 battlefield
As always, reading a lot gets you closer to great metal detecting spots. Recently I’ve finished reading a book by Dan Ramf – “Our grandparents, our heroes”, a book full of war memories gathered from Romanian WW2 Veterans. The main interest for me was first of all learning more about…
Metal detecting in Romania
Artillery fuses found around Bucharest
Because I live in Bucharest, the closest places to metal detect are the forests near the city. No major battles or things are to be noticed, but some smaller action took place and some cool thing are to be found (still). In the late autumn of 1916 when the Central…
Metal detecting in Romania
Short Metal detecting around Buzau
I was going to see what was left of the WW2 Airfields at Mizil and Buzau with my friend from Romanian WW2 Aircraft Archeology and stopped near a small forest where, in late August 1944, when the Wehrmacht was fighting for it’s life to get further west and escape to…