War Dig

….She stood silently, lowering her small hands along her small, childish body. Behind her, preparatory work for the burial was going on, equipment was being installed, the sound was being adjusted for loud and solemn speeches, and some…

This story began in the early spring of last year. I met a young man. I didn’t know then that this acquaintance would somehow change my life... Our first meeting took place in a cozy cafe in St. Petersburg, then there was a walk through the…

Outside the window, icy snow has already covered the trampled ground, tired from the rains. The cold autumn has long left no hope for the uncertain and wet summer that passed away in a hurry. Clumsily and slightly in a hurry, I anxiously…

There were two people in the forest. On the eve of winter, the forest on the Karelian Isthmus was incredibly beautiful. It amazed with its harsh nature, frosty air and ringing silence of this already frosty morning. The autumn leaves have…

Quite recently, an interesting event occurred - specialists from the rescue squad of the Northern Fleet recovered 2 Shermans, it seems that they were a modification of the M4A2(76)W, from the Thomas Donaldson ship sunk by a German…

That day (August 15), the day, by the way, of the archaeologist, the three of us went to the field in the hope of finding a dugout, since there is a smell there and it is impossible to find it by eye, but this is August and the fields, in…

In general, the video is a small training film on how to drill a position. First we go on horseback with a metal detector, then we start digging and digging, digging, standing knee-deep in water and mud. But what can we do?…

I love watching military equipment being pulled out from under the water. Or from the swamps. Or they dig it out of the ground. It doesn’t matter where it comes from, but it’s always an unforgettable sight — the cables are held by an…

Many times during my digging I found various unexploded shells and other dangerous things lying in the ground. I would never even touch them, because who knows what in this rusty iron thing will work and happen in a second. Maybe nothing,…

It’s been a long time since I dug a military record and didn’t travel through the Second World War, the coins are all too tight, to find an unknocked field and knock it out for two months is worth it — medieval silver and coins from…