- [Chris] Well, where did you find it? In the foxhole? - In this hole here. - Really? - Yep. - Jeez! - Oh! - [Chris] Look how pretty that badge is, guys. - [Drone] Takeoff. - [Chris] We actually just set up our stuff. And today I'm with the Dutch Relic Diggers and World War II Artifacts, you can find them on Instagram. It's a cold winter day, so let's get on digging, get that blood flowing. Hopefully we're gonna find something. 71 signal right here. I was just called over by World War II Artifacts pointing out that he thinks he has a British canteen. Can I take it out? - [Chris] Yeah, sure. Well, you were definitely right, my friend. Think that's original color on there, right? - Yeah, some green paint. - Army green. British then. Whoa. So that's here. - Yep. - Then there must be more. Also, this mortar tail just came out of this hole, and now also this canteen, so there's multiple finds. That's an interesting combinations of finds though because this would've been fired and normally it ends up in a random place, but apparently it ended up with this canteen. And there we go, there's some holes in the bottom, but there's also some original paint still there. Well, any canteen is an incredible find in my opinion. And there is more in the hole. Just got to figure out what it is. There might actually be another canteen down there, but as you saw with the last one, it's quite fragile, so we don't want to poke any holes in it. Let's make this a little bit bigger and see if we can dig it out carefully. This just came out of the side of the hole. This is a British buckle of a webbing belt. It was attached to some canvas fabric in there, but not much left. Do you want to hop along and explore anti-tank ditches and bunkers with us? Support us on Patreon and get access to these exclusive specials. We did at least just saw some fabric there. And there's metal there, so this is gonna be interesting. All right, guys, this just came out. And last video we found this as well. It's is a heater, a heating element that could've been put in a soup tin. There is some movement there, I don't know if you can see it, but there's like this rounded shape there. So we're sort of praying this is gonna be a helmet, but let's not get our hopes up too soon. - Can I take it out? - Yeah, go for it, man. Oh, it's just another canteen. - [Chris] Sorry, guys, it's just another canteen. Wow. Two canteens in one hole. That's pretty amazing. Quite special. - [Chris] I don't directly see an army color on this, but probably another British one. We did just notice some green color there on the other side, I believe. Yeah, right there. Not in the best condition, but a very neat find. And now it's time to get that fabric out, if you are there already, I'm not sure. Right there's our pile of finds. This piece of fabric just came out. It might well be part of a battle dress. A jacket. And I just spotted something metal there. There's quite a familiar shape. Well, I don't think there is doubt about what it is. It's a butt plate from a rifle. I am not directly sure if this is Mauser K98k or Lee-Enfield, I mean the British Lee-Enfield rifle. The other finds here were British, so- I think there should be a hole in the middle if it's Lee-Enfield because the oiler was over here. Here we go. - [Chris] Let's get all of the mud off. Well, we're gonna look it up, guys, and I'll send you the confirmation afterwards. Right there, right there, just the buttstock came out. I do feel more metal here. Can you hear that? Gonna find out soon if the rifle is here. All right, next big iron object to come out, we have an idea that it is from a shovel, but let's see if that's correct. Yeah, for sure. Not sure if that is a standard-issue one. It's a British entrenching tool. - [Chris] British entrenching tool, wow. Cool find for sure. Well, we definitely managed to brush it off, but we lost a part of the shovel there in the process. But still, very recognizable. Let me put up a picture somewhere in the image of what this originally looked like. The hole's getting bigger and bigger. More signals keep popping up. Also more signals besides it. And actually, right beside this hole, we just found a Lee-Enfield buttstock. So this is the other one we just found, so now we can clearly make the comparison. This is actually a Mauser K98k buttstock and this is from a Lee-Enfield, and not sure, maybe this was made from zinc. For sure we've hit a hot spot right here. There in the back is where we had that major dump pit and there are signals everywhere around it. Found some buckles, casings, small stuff. And I just discovered a British smoke grenade here. This was used to put down smoke on the enemy and to mask attacks, or just to smoke them out, basically. Maybe this one actually did go off because this thing itself does not explode. So that's a cool find. A lot of original green paint still visible on there. So this is where I just found this British smoke grenade. And right next to it, look at that, guys. It's a British Lee-Enfield clip, a full one, and there is a surprise on the back. There is actually a second one. So let's get a better look. This could've been some sort of ammo package and the cardboard paper has just vanished. Could well be that, actually. I mean, they're... Yeah. - I see some. - [Chris] Exactly. There's still some paper left there. Maybe we can find the whole bandolier. Yeah, yeah. There's another one, I think. It's coming a bit loose. You see that? And there is the original paper, guys. There's even more in there. I see that laying directly there. Here, here. - [Chris] Wow, there's some gold color still on this, on these rounds. That's so amazing. Let's keep on digging. Yeah, there's for sure more rounds there. And there you go. The hole is empty. I dug up five of these. A lot of paper still on there. Some of these still have their original gold color. So yeah, very cool. I'm gonna put it with all the other ammunition we've found and it will be disposed of at the end of the day. I'm not sure if you can see it, but there's a foxhole here, there's one there in the back, there's one right here, and I am also digging in a foxhole right here. I got quite a high signal, an 80 signal, and some relics already came out. These are 25-pounder protection caps. And this thing is a transport plug. There's a copper rim here, as you can see. Very heavy. Right, so we got more of this grenade package material. But right now, we found something really cool. Ray just pulled out another transport plug, but this is solid copper, guys. And there's no charge in it, nothing, this is just solid metal. And look at the colors, it's all still there. It's probably marked. - [Ray] There's an arrow. - Broad arrow, you mean? - Yep. - [Chris] I see it. It's visible now here as well. This transport plug was used on a variety of British grenades to make sure it got safely from A to B. The broad arrow was an ordnance mark that was widely used by the British army to mark equipment. This piece is marked with 1942. All right, time to close up this hole. No more finds, unfortunately, so we're gonna leave this nicely and move on. We're detecting this forest edge over here, and one of the first things we noticed were these metal objects on the surface. I'm not quite sure what that is, but I am very sure that this is the remains of a British 25-pounder box. Well, that's interesting for sure, but my buddies over here are already working hard. They found some pretty interesting stuff. These are 25-pounder grenade racks. These would actually fit in that box over there. There's one, and there's another one, brand new from the ground. Well, I mean, not brand new, but it's fresh from the ground at least. And some porcelain here as well. It's actually English porcelain. Look at that. It says England, 1942, so that's very neat. Well, that's it for now. We're packing up our stuff. It's gonna get dark soon. See if we can find back the car. It's the second day. I'm still with the Dutch Relic Diggers, but today I'm joined by Market Garden Battlefields and World War II Unknown. So without further ado, gonna set up our stuff and continue this adventure. All right, I just showed the guys something very interesting. We're all gathered up right now because I found something right over there and you can see it already. I dug it out already, I showed it to my friends, but I had to get my camera. You can see this tube over here, and to be honest, I didn't know what it was, but I did notice a stamp here on the back. And you here you can see yet another British broad arrow. There is a cap here, you can turn this open. And my friends just told me that this is a part of a Lee-Enfield cleaning kit. It's an oiler, basically. You could oil your rifle with this. And this specific relic would actually have been placed in the buttstock of the rifle, so that's quite a cool find. I've never found this before. All right, so I just had a try, and this thing opens quite easily. So we're gonna do this live on camera. Let's see what we can discover inside. - [Bob] This goes very easy. - [Chris] Yeah, it goes smooth, doesn't it? - [Bob] It's in good condition. - [Chris] Look at that. That's still... - [Bob] Oh there... So that's the oiler, there is still some oil on it actually. There's some droplets on it. - Yeah. It's water. - Oh, there's water inside. Yeah, well, probably happened over time. Wow. This specific Lee-Enfield oiler is off the Mk III type, meaning it was made between 1889 and 1906, well over 100 years old. My buddy Ray, he just shouted that he got a badge. Let's discover exactly what sort of badge. Well, where did you find it? In the foxhole? - In this hole here. - Really? - Yep. Got a badge. - [Chris] No way, man. Jesus, you are right! Wow, that looks like a really neat badge. Let me just get my close-up camera. All right, before I forget, this thing also came out, this pickaxe. And these guys tell me here that this is an American pickaxe World War II, so that's a cool find. But first let's please, please brush off this metal. I want to see. This is gonna be a pretty one. - [Bob] Ah there is text. - [Chris] Have you guys ever seen that one before? - No. - No, no. - [Chris] Jeez! The Welsh... The Welsh Regiment? I mean, we knew there were British soldiers here, but this even confirms which regiment. Look how pretty that badge is, guys. Almost no corrosion. A lot of decoration on it as well. The Welsh. We will be able to find out exactly which regiment that was. Right, at least we found it, guys. I'm gonna give you some more information in a little bit. Ray just found a cap badge of the Welsh Regiment. We were able to trace its origin back to the 53rd Welsh Infantry Division that took part in the Northwest Europe campaign. I can't believe this. While I am helping out excavating this foxhole, Bob from Market Garden Battlefield coming running over from that foxhole over there, shouting that he has a Wehrmacht belt buckle. Jesus, man, look at that condition. The front plate is missing. That is a very neat find. You can see this clear patter of dots. That's very typical for Wehrmacht finds. So that was found right there. There's his detector. And right next to it, Ray is excavating this dug out. And that's where we just found that Welsh badge. So we're doing well here. This is a nice spot. Okay, let's give it a slight brush. Wow. Very neat, man. Congrats again. So we moved locations and we dropped our bags over there. And Ray's the hand grenade man, I think. He has been finding so many, and just look at that. We have been finding a lot of British hand grenades. And as you can see, this is an American pineapple hand grenade. And I'm not gonna mess with it, I'm not gonna take it out. I just wanted to show this to you. I do think we're doing a good job here, cleaning these woods from all of that dangerous ordnance. But yeah, we're gonna leave this to the professionals and mark this location. Definitely there is American stuff here. And my friend Bob over here just shouted and showed me this stainless steel rim. And I think we're all quite sure here that it's gonna be an American mess tin, but I wanted to do this as a live dig and let you guys enjoy the same, so... - [Bob] Let's go. It's the upper part. - [Chris] Yeah, it's the pan part, right? The handle is missing. - Yeah. - [Bob] Unmarked, but still a nice find. - [Chris] Very cool. We love finding these American mess tins. Can still be a name scratched- - Yeah, scratched. - [Chris] In there somewhere. And we have the second mess tin of the day. Quite unexpected, but not entirely. I mean, this is a foxhole right here, I think. And Rob from World War II Unknown pulls out a very neat mess tin. So yeah, this was also the pan thing, right? The handle is missing. - Yep. - [Chris] Wow. Great condition. Stainless steel? - Mm-hmm. - [Chris] After 75 years in the ground, they look like new. Except for the handle though, but, you know. Thank you guys for watching. Don't forget to check out my Patreon and my Instagram. Want to say thank you to the Dutch Relic Diggers and World War Two Artifacts for inviting me on this beautiful day. See you all next video. Take care.
