War Cop

Have you ever wondered what happens to military equipment that is picked up after the war? Do they saw it for metal? Or are they sold to private collections (and there are such!)? Or is the equipment restored, brought to normal operating…

Now the busy season will begin for all old-time diggers — The harvest is starting to be collected from the fields, which means there will be more plowing! But the guys who are digging for war, they never stopped, although in the heat…

Coping is an interesting occupation. When you go out into the field and start digging, you never know what you will find. And if you start digging for deep signals in the field and drilling for the signal found, more often this leads to the…

War excavations, friends, are not only shell casings and helmets (with great success and desire), but also military equipment. Every year there is less and less of it, but there are still many places where you can get fragments of various…

Well, what are you doing there? Digging? Or you’re sitting at home, maybe the weather isn’t right? Or there’s no equipment? It’s time for me to dig, but you’re just sitting there doing your own thing business and suddenly you come across…

I continue the topic on the Wehrmacht, identification of finds, in the first part we had a topic about Wehrmacht bowlers from the Second World War, what types were there and how to identify: Wehrmacht Bowler Kochgeschirr 31 (Identification…

The fields are overgrown, and where there is not overgrown with grass, there are plantings and farmers are unlikely to be happy if a person comes to their field with a tool and a shovel. What remains for the digger to do? The choice is…

Digging for war is not an easy task. In America, local diggers walk along golf courses and pick up various bullets from the first rifled guns, but in our specific situation, walking along a golf course is very rare. Have you been digging…

On Sunday I’m going to the cops early in the morning. And in the afternoon, a comrade from St. Petersburg will bring books — all the memoirs and recollections of the Second World War, there are 20 of them. Among them…

On behalf of our entire small team, we congratulate you, our dear readers, subscribers, friends and random guests, on Victory Day! We wish everyone a peaceful sky above their heads and never know what war is! Believe me,…

Digging in a swamp is a dirty job, literally, difficult and exhausting, both physically and mentally. But. Big but! Bears fruit — for example, excellent boxes in zero condition, which can then be reassembled and, if…

Ask yourself a question - does your cop bring you money? Diggers make money in different ways; for some, it takes years to find the first gold and somehow pay for the equipment, equipment and fuel; for others, digging for positions brings…

The guys are digging the forest, where once upon a time there was an enemy rear and the Wehrmacht soldaten were engaged in all sorts of economic nonsense, which is why the finds are corresponding — various car parts,…

What is the difference between a war cop in 1941 and in the year, for example, 1944? You know? If not, then I’ll tell you: On the 41st, this is when you spend hours walking, walking, looking for a signal, then you come across a shot and…

Comrades who are interested in coping with the war and who have encountered the work of search engines will certainly be interested in hearing about the topic of the search movement from the very first hands of the head of the regional…

One of the most significant finds from the war is undoubtedly a German helmet. Of course, depending on the condition and availability of decals. The sample in the photo above is undeniably a shock only because of that SS decal on the right…