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…
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Metal detecting for relics in different ww1 and ww2 areas of Romania.
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…
Metal detecting in Romania
JASSY AREA 1944 – PART 3 – LATE AUTUMN DIG
Last autumn, in December, went back metal detecting in the area where I found the Sherman Tank lid and had the luck to find some nice items, even though the area has been searched very heavily in the last years. In this outing I found another cool Wehrmacht personal items…
Metal detecting in Romania
Jassy – Kishinev Offensive area 1944 – Part 2 – Sherman Tank Lid & Shells
Well, you don’t find a Sherman tank lid every day 😀 Especialy, after calling it a day and heading to the car with the detector still on and the guy in front of you switches his off. In spring/summer 1944 the Jassy – Targul Frumos area “hosted” one of the…
Metal detecting in Romania
Jassy – Kishinev Offensive area 1944 – Part 1 – Personal Items
Got the chance to go and dig in the Jassy area where, in 1944, the Red Army tried in the sping and succeded in autumn to break the Axis front. Lots of interesting personal stuff, and check out the Sherman Tank lid I found near Jassy.