German Lugers & Relics Dug Up On WW2 Battlefield!
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- Опубликовано: 20 июн 2022
- In this video, we have a bunch of German Lugers dug up from a WW2 battlefield!
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In late 1990s i was in the garden of my grandmothers sister, which was about 80 years old. There had been two huts in this garden, at nails in this wooden huts there had been rusty metal things hanging. I saw a pistollike item and wanted to see, what it is. In was , to my surprise a belgian FN 1910/ 22 in totally unuseable condition, a magazine full of cartridges still unmoveable in handle. The old lady said: Oh, thats an old toy pistol some children threw in my garden.
Great topic and neat finds for sure.
History happened, thanks for sharing it!
What comes to mind to me? I would build a coffee table with the parts. Build a cavity in the table top to set these parts in, then fill it with clear epoxy. Preserve them.. Very cool actually..
I've never thought about it but now I think artefact guns are pretty cool. A pristine gun with interesting provenance is great and a good investment. An artefact gun is beautiful in it's own way and begs a story to be told. They could be arranged into a collection, say one of each small arm of WW2.
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When I was metal detecting with a friend a few weeks ago he found a Luger in a slightly better condition than this one.
The trigger guard is still intact plus it generally looks a bit less pitted.
It's in a similar condition to the arti Luger.
I 3D printed new grips for him and now it looks pretty cool.
Also it was his first trip ever haha.
Very lucky.
He might sell it.
Wow Lucky him i detect for years and never found one
How was he able to bring it back to America?
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We live in europe
Snail drum magazine could be from a WWI MP-18/28
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I wonder if they issued mp18’s to volksturm troops
What a great notification 👍🏼
Love seeing this cool old stuff.
Times change , in the 80s we threw the scrap in the bin
That artillery Luger if untouched would not have 2 rear sights. Someone made that gun up from parts, then corroded all. Artillery Lugers were banned by the Treaty of Versailles (even the WWI German manual refers to it as an assault weapon) and ordered destroyed so although they may have had a few still left in inventory their use was pretty rare. Yes the snail drum fit in the early MP18 (but not the later variant and certainly none of the guns after that, so if one was found on a WW2 battlefield it was probably a WWI battlefield pickup used by the other side. There is no way those holsters were left exposed to rain and snow for 70 years. Stored indoors in a moist place *barn?) for 70 years is more likely.
Look for, Alex stahlhelm , on RUclips he found pistols with leather in similar condition, i found k98 pouches also in good condition 2 feet deep in the ground
@@ww2historyfinderl587 I note your reply but also note that some WWII era leather holsters I wore on camping and hunting trips greatly deteriorated after only 1 or 2 days of heavy rain or snow conditions. Similar with a Swedish leather ammo pouch that got wet in the field. Half rotted after only a single instance of water saturation.
@@kenibnanak5554 thats strange that they rot away that fast maybe they used wrong stitching or so
500 to 800 for rusty lugers?!!?
Outstanding video and presentation.
Quite interesting! Definitely not highly desirable collector items. However, unequivocally the items do have battlefield history which definitely makes them interesting. There are quite a few good metal detecting channels. Some of the items unearthed could in some cases be restored to operating condition. There exists a huge black market for battlefield relics. Some detectors use large magnets to fish out items in bogs. The condition is usually quite remarkable. It's literally amazing regarding the amount of items that are unearthed on the former eastern front battle sites.
Many collectors, including me, would absolutely buy these.
Maker on the Bastogne topless Luger holster is Otto Reichel Lederwarenfsbrik, Lengefeld/Erzgebirge, Am Markt, code eue
A lot of hard work went into finding this stuff amazing....Thanks Tom....Shoe🇺🇸
Very interesting Mike good job as usual
I bought a german made Mab D that was a battlefield pick up. I put it through electrolysis to remove years of rust and found correct replacement parts in poland and she ain't pretty but its shoots like new
I like this very cool
Wow
In the movie (Shane) the boy was carrying a Stevens (savage) favorite.
Sorry wrong video.
Great video.
well done tom
I have read about in Russia how they will dig up these relics and many are in good enough condition they can be rebuilt into a firing gun which gets sold on the black market
Condition depends allot on soil and how the gun was buried
I’ve sold more then a few relic civil war Swords and guns and depending on the story they can sell for more then an example that is in good condition
Pretty cool and yes would be very cool conversational peace's in a man cave / Den 👍
The site of the Battle of the Bulge is a fertile ground for metal detectorists from around Europe. It is forest so no farming of course, so much of the items found were where they were dropped. Lot of K98s, at least the metal, not many Lugers. Lots of medals, buttons, coins, ammunition, knives, mess kits, and the occasional interesting firearm or accessory. Google "Metal Detectors Belgium ww2 battlefield."
That artillery luger has a rear sight on the toggle?
Are you able to legally bring back these pick ups to the US? And if so is there any special process or can you just take it on the plane with you or what
I bought them from a local guy. He had them all mailed in from Europe with NO customs documents. Not sure how it all got thru customs but there were many boxes and none were seized. It would definitely make me nervous though to try that.
will these be for sale?
Are any of them loaded?
So far. No
The artillery luger looks wrong to me. It should not have a rear sight on the toggle. Was a mix master even before it was buried.
How would these guns get buried? Seems like scavengers would have found the weapons long before this...
In fox holes or bunkers & dugouts. Plenty more were thrown into ponds & swamps by retreating troops. Some are recovered from the buried remains of fallen soldiers. There are many videos on RUclips of Russian relic hunters pulling these things from various places.
They were laying everywhere in the woods in Germany.
My great grandpa found one just at the end of the war and buried it near my house before he went into captivity.
He tried to find it after some years but he could not find it anymore.
What I wanted to say is, a lot of poeple buried stuff and even more was still laying around.
@@shintokatana17 I just stumbled upon a German helmet on a stone about 10 years ago in Norway, moss on top of it. Just sitting where some soldier had forgot it.
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Thats amazing man.
Very lucky.
Sadly I've never found one myself.
The Balkans (for example) were overrun by the Germans and then again by the Russians pursuing them in retreat. There was rubble, craters, trenches, holes, etc. on battlefields everywhere. Lots of stuff just got buried. Survivors were more concerned about living for another day. Probably didn't spend much time looking for artifacts. Farmers sometimes dig up entire fortifications buried long ago including firearms and anything else soldiers might have had with them.
This is the best of a gun we are now freely allowed to own in europe...
That is a huge downside to the EU. Lack of control of your own country. Time to take back your country.
@@mfreund15448 as a blade lover i'm scared to hear on the news all the throats cut and knives attacks of the day that will soon or late see my babies be next on the list...
This is not legal in most EU countries
In Germany it happens that sometimes people find in attics, cellars etc. firearms illegaly owned by shortly before died relatves ore hidden by a former house owner. In such a situation, don' t bring this firearms to police station ! You become a case for court, because you carried a firearm without licence!
CORRECTION. I think you still even need a licence to lawfully own relics like that if they resemble or were a firearm. I would think there still must be avenues open for legitimate & law abiding firearms collectors & hunters to own firearms in Europe. Plenty of Euro gun makers still around like Blaser, CZ, Diana, Sig Saur, Glock, Beretta, Heckler & Koch & about 45,576 more I won't name here.
Not much left. Doesn't interest many, it's just so much junk. Maybe if kept intact for another 200 yrs, might be interesting.
Wel i would love to find it any Day of the year, you can wake me up in Middle of the night for it, finding a piece of history lost 80 years ago on battle field, is Just great
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You ought to be ashamed of yourself selling that trash to people. You dont collect it because its trash.
Forgive me, but any archaeologist watching this, must be wincing in horror! Handle them with care; better still, handle them as little as possible. They need the care of a professionally minded conservator.
A little late for that…
None of these are rare or unique.