You find a mine, dig it up, pull it out of the ground, brush it off, take video. But they won't let you watch them detonate it, because it's too dangerous. Makes sense.
if you find an explosive you need to report it right away, he shouldn't have done all that in first place. and of course they won't let you watch. in Soviet Germany you don't break the rules, the rules break you!
Mike, be careful when you pull wires from buried rifles. My father was a commando and said traps to rifles, bottles of booze, etc., using wires to hand grenades, etc. were very common. I like your channel and don't want to see you go BOOM.
@@TheOwlOfTheNorth Yes, but I also read alot. The whole booby-trap thing was very much a common thing in Vietnam, but I almost never read about it happening in World War 1 or World War II
Pulling a 70 something year old mine out of the earth by the handle then nonchalantly brushing the soil off of it. You strike me as a bit of a gambling man.
indeed, I had the same tought about digging it out, they are stil a danger. but is there a secure way to take the detonator out? I think it should be some 500 pounds to activate them or if been lifted up. Can the detonator be unscrew securly?
Nah..... if you see the mechanism on top, you can see that the safety was on, so it was switched off. The internal explosive may be unstable, but would need to be detonated, or perhaps struck incredibly hard, so as to 4upture the casing. Mike and co. were safe because they were gentle, and took care not to move it much at all. They did it by the book. Always do a GPS locate and call the local authorities.
@@ludwigvb2943 its an anti tank mine. They could probably jump up and down on the pressure plate without any issues (other than the possibility landing on ot wrong and spraining their ankle) That being said, it is very old and theres no guarantee that the pressure plate will hold to up to the weight intended to set it off anymore, and the explosives inside could have destabilized by now
As a long time combat engineer- if you didn’t lay the mine don’t pick it up- there are dozens of ways of booby trapping them- if a normal foot soldier sees a “safed” mine he’d be more likely to pick it up- that’s the mine I would put a mousetrap under if I was so inclined
As a UXO Tech let me say (1)buried mines are commonly booby trapped, (2) antitank mines are normally protected by anti personnel mines, (3) the things that prevent antitank mines from detonating by footsteps of people weaken with age, (4) explosives become more sensitive with age. Please take care, just mark it and then report it.
Everything from my Army training was screaming the same thing, mark it off with some engineer's tape and GTFO. I wonder how common place it is in Europe to find these. I know a ton of ordnance was used, and every time they drain a canal the big bombs make the news, but I wonder if people just get used to it.
As someone living in Duisburg, a town which got bombed really bad in WW2 because of its steel industry, I can tell that you get used to it somehow. Hearing about yet another WW2 bomb that has to be defused in Duisburg is something that occurs at least ten to twenty times a year. Here in Duisburg there are lots and lots of contruction sites at the moment, especially roadworks, so one almost expects the excavator to dig something up.
It usually takes about 200lbs of pressure to set off an AT-Mine. What makes handling/unearthing mines (Specifically, tank mines) are that there are fuse wells on the bottoms of the mines where a solder, or enemy soldier can install a spring loaded fuse called a mousetrap. If the mine is mousetrapped, someone trying to remove the mine will activate the spring, and you usually only find bits and parts of the person that was not in the direct blast radius. (Pieces and bits of boots/shoes). Be extremely careful in that area if you go treasure hunting again. If you found a live tank mine with the fuse still in it, you may run into other unexploded ordinance that can ruin a good pair of shorts. 1st Squadron, 1st Cavalry, 1st Regiment of Dragoons, of the 1st Armored Division Bosnia ~ Operation Joint Endeavor, 1995-'96. "Death Before Dismount!!!"
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I have been in construction my whole life. I've had to deal with dynamite and blasting. The sound of that blast, that far away!!!??? And seeing the crater it left, I can't imagine the horror both sides went through!!!! Just unbelievable!!!!. Thank YOU for sharing this great horrible example of how many men went into and through war like this. Absolutely no one today can even imagine this horror,unless you experienced it!!!!!!!
Fantastic comment for a fantastic video, thank you Hans Hahr. :) You are absolutely correct, and I truly hope we never have another war on the scale of World War I or II. I care deeply for the safety of all our beloved allies in Europe, and around the world, who gave up so much blood and so many lives to ensure democracy, peace, and the end of fascist dictatorships in the 1940's. Let us all continue to fight and strive for peace, stability, compassion, wisdom, insight, equality and liberty for all people everywhere, the best way to fight for those ideals is by building relationships and helping our neighbors and allies, *not* by building walls. Sincerely, An American
Thomas Cole same here, ... I got to serve on both sides of the infamous “Iron Curtain” stationed in West Germany for 17 months with CoC, 2nd/33rd Armor/1st Bde/3AD, ... @KirchGöns, W.Ger. Then I reupped for FCo/40thArmor “Patton” Berlin Brigade, ... 13 months there, ... (& my reup contract was violated, & Ispent 4+ months at CSC/3/6th Infantry, @ McNair Barracks, ... I witnessed the tank stolen from Co F/40th, about 4, or 5 days after I got to West Berlin, ... our tanks were loaded for war, at a second’s notice, ... so not knowing who the guy was, it became the very 1st time, that I was actually ready to take someone’s life, as I sprinted after the tank as it gained momentum after turning onto Huttenweg strasse, headed towards ClayAllee Strasse, ... and watched as it turned onto ClayAllee Strasse, towards Checkpoint Charlie, ... where he wrecked the railings, then turned around, & drove, still with closed hatch, across the city & exited from the roadway, & drove through all but the next to last tank trap, installed by the Soviets, some years earlier, ... WO-4 Chief Jimino, (Maintenance Officer), ... walked cautiously out to where the driver of the stolen tank was at, after telling the CQ to drop one right down his gun tube, if it appeared that he was going to try, & make a stand, ... & asked the driver, if he was going to come with him, or the Soviets? Turns out the driver was one of our people, & we were fed a cock, & bull story about why he did it, ... it the truth finally outed by the time this guy was back safe & sound in the states ... (he had been promoted, 2 stripes), ... he got through most of the tank traps, which was what his end goal truly was, ... And I was left shaken to the core because I was all but certain that this guy had stolen one of our tanks that was loaded for Russian Bear, ... and was about to incite the start of WW3, ... I also knew that the US was not prepared to go to war, because the company that I had been assigned to in West Germany, was only 42%manpower, which meant that we not only worked our 5 days a week, but we also stood guard 2, & sometimes 3 times a week, in addition to working outside in the weather over there, all day long, ... all of the new parts for any deadlines vehicles were being shipped to Vietnam still while I was there, & in 1973, we had one M60 tank finally get enough hours on it to trade it in, ... it was a M60 “Slick”, a round domed turret, with a serial number welded on the rear bottom of the hull, ... hull number 000005, had been cast, & created as the 5th prototype tank hull, in East Chicago, Indiana, at a factory called Blaw Knox, on the corner of Chicago, & Railroad Avenues, ... just about a mile from Inland Steel, & maybe about 1&1/2 miles from Youngstown Sheet, & Tube, & maybe about 3 miles from US Steel, in Gary, Indiana, ... and about 13 miles north of where I had been raised, ... I imagine that when it got to the 2nd echelon, at the transfer point, that, between the tank crew, & maintenance there, that it had been stripped of any of the better interior secreted parts, like the laser range finder, & better apparatus teams like the padded seat covers, heater, intact vision blocks, pistol grip controls, etcetera, ... etc, ...
When I was a boy my Dad would take me and my brother to play football on waste land behind sand dunes on the Norfolk coast. Many years later, my Dad, a Traffic Policeman, was sent to escort a wide load from the area where we played. When he arrived he found a party of Royal Engineers, an armoured bulldozer and a tank transporter. They informed him that the field we had played on was a forgotten minefield from WW2!!
RANDOM CHOICE dr. Toxic yes it’s a tank mine which would take tons of pounds to detonate but you didn’t need to say it as if you knew everything and saying it like a complete dumbass
At 15:15....that siren might awaken ghosts to run for their lives...the same sound they heard in WWII when enemy were around.... For those that know what I mean...it can be a shrilling sound that can stay with you for a lifetime. For me....it’s the sound of incoming mortars when I was in Iraq and Afghanistan. Now retired... Now I can see why my grandparents and their friends never went to a 4th of July celebration or when the tornado siren went off they would cry uncontrollably. Stay safe metal detecting
eddieg1979 ....great comment, I’m too young to have been in that war but I found that siren very haunting and eerie myself, I can just imagine how actual vets would feel.
Not only siens when they go off, ship sirens too have the same effect. Every time I hear one my hair, what's left of it, stands on end and my B/P goes way up. A lot of people do not really understand what goes on with veterans. I too do not attend fireworks shows. Boy, these guys were lucky that day. A very good thing that mine wasn't tossed. And don't be rubbing on it.
I live right in the Westwall and i can tell you, it's awesome. When you go hiking in the Wood there are bunker ruins everywhere. A friend of mine really has an eye for them, he finds them every damn time! He also goes searching with a detector and he always finds stuff. But He decided that it's too dangerous so he doesnt do it anymore.
Hope you report your found of that half id-tag. It means it is broken in half, the remains of her owner is still there. You may have been open a grave..... These tags were broken in half and one half remained on the corpse and the other was taken away, to report the death of the man.
Sadly, many soldiers were killed by artillery during WW1 and WW2. Many of them were vaporized by the explosion where there is nothing else left than perhaps half a dog tag. War is hell. :-(
omg i found a anti tank mine *pulls it up* i wonder what is says on the button *swipes hand over button* BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
@@elijahaitaok8624 It really didn't work well. The dogs were frightened by all the other explosions and hid under Russian vehicles instead. The program resulted in more Russian than German losses.
that was not the sound of the mine itself going off, it was the sound of some explosives the demolitionsists put over it to get rid of it completely because if they tried to detenote its own explosives it would probably be a dud and poof and then basically you would go the more expensive route of doing it...
MysteryFan it's not always true that old weapons are not dangerous. Just because the outer casing is muddy and rusty doesn't always mean that the device won't function if disturbed. In fact, chemical decomposition of some explosives over time (such as picric acid) can make them more sensitive.
Mike I think the reason the officer in command moved it and could move it to a lower area to better contain fragmentation was it still had the handle on it. This let them tie a line to it and slowly drag it to the better position safely.
We used to find stuff on the South Downs in England in the 1980's, it was used for military training during WW2. Can't do it now, it is now classified as a National Park. We did find a live 3 inch mortar that my mate insisted on throwing it off a chalk pit. Not a long story but the bomb disposal got their way and disposed of it. Oh what fun days we had! Nice video, thanx.
You guys made some great discoveries in this video, thanks again for your entertaining uploads, Iron Mike Metaldetecting! I love your videos because I find it fascinating to see buried historical artifacts unearthed decades after they were used. These artifacts continue to serve as somber reminders about the horrors of total war. Your work here is not only entertaining but educational, providing a hands-on approach to understanding our collective past from a physical perspective. I hope the bomb-squad and fire crews let you film the detonation of any UXO you discover in the future (from a safe distance). You will probably find more UXO due to the unparalleled scale of World War II and the vast quantity of munitions scattered across Europe. Some interesting facts about the Teller mine are that its primary explosive charge was made up of 5.5 kilograms of TNT (2,4,6-trinitrotoluene, C6H2(NO2)3CH3) and it featured a screw-on T.Mi.Z.43 fuze with an activation pressure of 91 kilograms (~200 pounds) required to detonate the mine's primary charge. Something you should keep in mind should you handle one of these type of mines again, is that the T.Mi.Z.43 fuze included an anti-tampering mechanism, designed to prevent enemy soldiers from handling and messing with the mine if discovered prior to it detonating. When the mine is disturbed while it is armed, it detonates the 5.5 kg of TNT. Here's some more important information about the Teller mine's activation mechanism, from WP: "When the T.Mi.Z.43 fuze is inserted and the pressure plate (or screw cap) is screwed down into place, it shears a weak arming pin inside the fuze with an audible "snap". This action arms the anti-handling device. Thereafter, any attempt to disarm the mine by unscrewing the pressure plate (or screw cap) to remove the fuze will automatically release the spring-loaded firing pin inside it, triggering detonation." Also, the effects of decades of weathering, wear, and corrosion by the elements might have the effect of arming the mine, thus activating the anti-handling mechanism, meaning that simply handling, lifting, or brushing the mine casing too hard could detonate the primary charge. It's difficult to estimate just how much or in what way decades of wear and corrosion will alter the activation-pressure or the arming switch, or the anti-tampering mechanism. I recommend that if you find a Teller mine again, or any type of UXO such as panzerfaust warheads (also detonated from impact pressure), that you should be extremely careful not to brush the pressure switch, arming switch, or move the UXO out of the ground more than just digging the top soil off of it. I wouldn't want the Nazi's lost weapons to claim yet another life! Good luck, good hunting, and thanks for the videos! :)
Thank you for the excellent description and explanation what could happen if it is mishandled ! And... 91 KG is just the weight of a soldier with equipment on the body and a gun ! I used to be trained with those things 56 years ago and I still remember how careful one had to be not to be blown-up during handling the ignition fuse !
In another life when I was a kid, I spent many hours on the weekend with friends searching around Aschaffenburg a mine searching the woods, but we were looking for old castles, not WWII items. Found a lot of blank rounds for M1 rifles, but nothing else. Guess that was a good thing. Thanks
Hey guys, remember "ALWAYS be careful"!!! Have fun, don't play in the mud too long, or you'll just turn into another "mudder rucker"!!🤣 Wishing you "good tones", take care, "God Bless", sincerely Randy. P.S.: They most likely moved it to the lowest spot to keep shrapnel from going sideways-since that crap can travel w/o a passport!!🎄🎉👍🙏👊
Hey Mike.. Great finds you did there.. lucky that the mine was on safe :-) I think the reason they moved it down hill could be the schrapnel blast direction.. If you blow it on top they could have make some damage far away.. Downhill they would blast upwards.. I hink you can actuelly see a damage on the tree at 18:16 in the video. I also going metal detecting and its a lot of fun but still have to try it out in Berlin :-) Greatings from Denmark
I never fuck with mines. Anytime with mines with that age the explosive material inside may not be inert. Modern explosives especially WWII German can last for a long time because they were designed for long term storage.
Skoon, Thatraccoonskunkguy really I forgot about that creepy shit now you reminded me of it again and I feel sick I think I need to go see someone who is a doctor 😁
I found an intact German tank commander's helmate in an abandoned house I guess the guy used to be a German soldier because I found a German tank commander's outfit aswell but since the houses window we're gone I found out very quickly that it had a hornet's nest inside of the left arm and torso part of the coat but the helmate was a very good find
Great stuff Mike! Bummer you didn't get to film the explosion. The pin you found with the automobile and the dog running alongside is really cool. Neat to think about the person that wore it and what it meant to them. Good stuff. Can't wait to see more.
the badge that was found was given to participants of rallyes in these days. most likely that antitankmine was moved to a lower place to minimize the risk of debris flying too far.
What incredible finds. Just imagine all the pain and suffering that both sides went through. If that site could only talk or perhaps turn back time and watch as the battle unfolds. Do you have any idea of what battle was fought there? That forrest would have been an open field back during the war, correct? The trees look pretty young. Would be a great experience detecting in the Forrest with you guys.
Nothing has changed there. Ofcourse the trees that stoud there were long gone but the forest was there in ‘45. German troops had to hide in the forest since the air was controlled by the Russians. So what you see there is how it basicly was back then.
Hey Mike, popped over to take a look at your channel as I saw it in the suggestions and as its so great I had to like and sub. What a shame the medal was corroded but it came out OK after cleaning. Wow, the gas mask has kept well. Yikes, you did find a land mine and two anti-tank rocket thingys, well done for getting them out of the woods!!! Very nice bayonet and a lovely old car badge. That was some bang and that is a big hole, glad you weren't anywhere near!! ATB & HH. Deano.
Absolutely not Eagle 179. That was a totally genuine comment. Sorry if you think I’m being fake but I suppose there are a lot of fakers out there. Take care. Deano.
Oh, the stories these things could tell us, if they could speak...... great video. My uncle just gave me my great uncles Empire of Japan flag from some battle in the Philippines in 1945.
Bang! Now think back 70 years. Imagine sounds like that intermittently coming from every direction (hopefully not from behind you!) crackling gunfire, smaller explosions and you can kind of get an idea what combat in WWII might have been like.
9:12 I would be careful yanking wires or cords like he just did. There could be booby traps. 13:34 Helmet. They painted their name on the inside of the back of their helmet. Is there any evidence on this one?
You say, you were about a mile away, when they blasted the mine. Hmm.. With THAT "BANG!" in mind it would give me the shivers, when I look to the part, you pull it out of the ground and "wiped the pressure pad" clean..
Really great finds. It's probably too late now, but if you take a piece of stainless steel some baking soda, hook negative side of 1.5 volt battery to stainless, put in litre of water with cup of soda. Hook positive side to tools, medals or what you find. Leave in solution for an hour it will start cleaning it. "Electrophoresis" after 1 hr keep checking every hour till all debris are gone.
Hey Mike, familiar face, cool to see you again but on RUclips this time. Years ago you were friends with some of my friends around 070. Veel succes met je channel Smik, leuk om te volgen!! Fijne feestdagen en mooie jaarwisseling!! Mark
Hey Mark! grappig dat we elkaar zo 'treffen'. Weet heel goed nog wie je bent. Kan mij vooral herinneren dat je de straten onveilig maakte met de 5GT turbo ;) Goede feestdagen en dank voor het volgen!
Just found your channel and am amazed by your finds, it must be absolutely amazing to find those types of artifacts. On a side note, you are absolutely certifiable handling unexploded ordnance the way you do considering how much more volatile they become with corrosion over time. I wish you many more interesting safer finds and keep the videos coming.
the reason why they moved the mine is quite simple. that was not a active mine. and you moved it (very stupid and dangerous btw.). so it was reasonable save to move the mine to a lower location to better control and contain the blast. with such old weapons, the detonators can be totally rotten. so they can explode even if they are not armed. that's why you should never move such finds. so far you've been incredibly lucky. i wouldn't rely on that. it's not worth it.
Where we used to go cross country runs from school, in Hampshire, mines were found in the woods there. A boy picked one up & carried it back to school. I guess German aircraft must have dropped them when they raided Portsmouth. Can't see how else they got there. They were more or less lying on the surface, only partly covered by mud. After three were found we were given a talk by the bomb disposal team & shown what not to touch. They didn't change the route though. You were meant to be tough in the seventies, though that wouldn't have been much good if someone had landed heavily on a volatile one.
You find a mine, dig it up, pull it out of the ground, brush it off, take video. But they won't let you watch them detonate it, because it's too dangerous. Makes sense.
if you find an explosive you need to report it right away, he shouldn't have done all that in first place. and of course they won't let you watch.
in Soviet Germany you don't break the rules, the rules break you!
Next time just build a bonfire on top of it and wait a few meters away.
@@pixieloco wrong, if you find an explosive, you need to jump up and down on top of it
in America . Goverment Brakes the rules it creates t it is a mafia Democray .
Hide a trail cam in the trees.
Mike, be careful when you pull wires from buried rifles. My father was a commando and said traps to rifles, bottles of booze, etc., using wires to hand grenades, etc. were very common. I like your channel and don't want to see you go BOOM.
Michael25 Mickydoo36 those wires would be rusted in half by now lol
Thomas Jernigan yes, or not.
That's more of a Vietnam thing. I don't think it was common in WW2
@@j.franklin21 Hahaha watch alot of movies and play to much games ?
@@TheOwlOfTheNorth
Yes, but I also read alot.
The whole booby-trap thing was very much a common thing in Vietnam, but I almost never read about it happening in World War 1 or World War II
Pulling a 70 something year old mine out of the earth by the handle then nonchalantly brushing the soil off of it. You strike me as a bit of a gambling man.
indeed, I had the same tought about digging it out, they are stil a danger. but is there a secure way to take the detonator out? I think it should be some 500 pounds to activate them or if been lifted up. Can the detonator be unscrew securly?
Nah..... if you see the mechanism on top, you can see that the safety was on, so it was switched off. The internal explosive may be unstable, but would need to be detonated, or perhaps struck incredibly hard, so as to 4upture the casing. Mike and co. were safe because they were gentle, and took care not to move it much at all. They did it by the book. Always do a GPS locate and call the local authorities.
@@ludwigvb2943 its an anti tank mine.
They could probably jump up and down on the pressure plate without any issues (other than the possibility landing on ot wrong and spraining their ankle)
That being said, it is very old and theres no guarantee that the pressure plate will hold to up to the weight intended to set it off anymore, and the explosives inside could have destabilized by now
As a long time combat engineer- if you didn’t lay the mine don’t pick it up- there are dozens of ways of booby trapping them- if a normal foot soldier sees a “safed” mine he’d be more likely to pick it up- that’s the mine I would put a mousetrap under if I was so inclined
As a UXO Tech let me say (1)buried mines are commonly booby trapped, (2) antitank mines are normally protected by anti personnel mines, (3) the things that prevent antitank mines from detonating by footsteps of people weaken with age, (4) explosives become more sensitive with age. Please take care, just mark it and then report it.
Everything from my Army training was screaming the same thing, mark it off with some engineer's tape and GTFO. I wonder how common place it is in Europe to find these. I know a ton of ordnance was used, and every time they drain a canal the big bombs make the news, but I wonder if people just get used to it.
As someone living in Duisburg, a town which got bombed really bad in WW2 because of its steel industry, I can tell that you get used to it somehow. Hearing about yet another WW2 bomb that has to be defused in Duisburg is something that occurs at least ten to twenty times a year.
Here in Duisburg there are lots and lots of contruction sites at the moment, especially roadworks, so one almost expects the excavator to dig something up.
IIRC, the teller mine 43 fuse assembly had a built in anti handling device.
Ie: detonate in place... you can't disarm one.
Oh yes you can !!!!
That is a lot after 70 years. Notice 10% of the aircraft bombs did not go off.
for all those who wants too see the explosion 16:55
Myn Gnax Enty not all capes wear heroes
thank you.....
What a disappointment
14:55 and on sorry not sure what time they found the mine the bomb squad later neutralized.. ok 5:10 u see the mine
Thank you
It usually takes about 200lbs of pressure to set off an AT-Mine. What makes handling/unearthing mines (Specifically, tank mines) are that there are fuse wells on the bottoms of the mines where a solder, or enemy soldier can install a spring loaded fuse called a mousetrap. If the mine is mousetrapped, someone trying to remove the mine will activate the spring, and you usually only find bits and parts of the person that was not in the direct blast radius. (Pieces and bits of boots/shoes).
Be extremely careful in that area if you go treasure hunting again. If you found a live tank mine with the fuse still in it, you may run into other unexploded ordinance that can ruin a good pair of shorts.
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I have been in construction my whole life. I've had to deal with dynamite and blasting. The sound of that blast, that far away!!!??? And seeing the crater it left, I can't imagine the horror both sides went through!!!! Just unbelievable!!!!. Thank YOU for sharing this great horrible example of how many men went into and through war like this. Absolutely no one today can even imagine this horror,unless you experienced it!!!!!!!
Great comment
Fantastic comment for a fantastic video, thank you Hans Hahr. :) You are absolutely correct, and I truly hope we never have another war on the scale of World War I or II. I care deeply for the safety of all our beloved allies in Europe, and around the world, who gave up so much blood and so many lives to ensure democracy, peace, and the end of fascist dictatorships in the 1940's. Let us all continue to fight and strive for peace, stability, compassion, wisdom, insight, equality and liberty for all people everywhere, the best way to fight for those ideals is by building relationships and helping our neighbors and allies, *not* by building walls.
Sincerely,
An American
Anodyne Melody Bullshit & Lies.
One only, to the south, for now.
Yes, well said! God bless Hans!
I am sooo jealous. If I weren’t such a broken old veteran, I would fly over just to film history. Great job.
Thomas Cole same here, ... I got to serve on both sides of the infamous “Iron Curtain” stationed in West Germany for 17 months with CoC, 2nd/33rd Armor/1st Bde/3AD, ... @KirchGöns, W.Ger. Then I reupped for FCo/40thArmor “Patton” Berlin Brigade, ... 13 months there, ... (& my reup contract was violated, & Ispent 4+ months at CSC/3/6th Infantry, @ McNair Barracks, ... I witnessed the tank stolen from Co F/40th, about 4, or 5 days after I got to West Berlin, ... our tanks were loaded for war, at a second’s notice, ... so not knowing who the guy was, it became the very 1st time, that I was actually ready to take someone’s life, as I sprinted after the tank as it gained momentum after turning onto Huttenweg strasse, headed towards ClayAllee Strasse, ... and watched as it turned onto ClayAllee Strasse, towards Checkpoint Charlie, ... where he wrecked the railings, then turned around, & drove, still with closed hatch, across the city & exited from the roadway, & drove through all but the next to last tank trap, installed by the Soviets, some years earlier, ... WO-4 Chief Jimino, (Maintenance Officer), ... walked cautiously out to where the driver of the stolen tank was at, after telling the CQ to drop one right down his gun tube, if it appeared that he was going to try, & make a stand, ... & asked the driver, if he was going to come with him, or the Soviets? Turns out the driver was one of our people, & we were fed a cock, & bull story about why he did it, ... it the truth finally outed by the time this guy was back safe & sound in the states ... (he had been promoted, 2 stripes), ... he got through most of the tank traps, which was what his end goal truly was, ... And I was left shaken to the core because I was all but certain that this guy had stolen one of our tanks that was loaded for Russian Bear, ... and was about to incite the start of WW3, ... I also knew that the US was not prepared to go to war, because the company that I had been assigned to in West Germany, was only 42%manpower, which meant that we not only worked our 5 days a week, but we also stood guard 2, & sometimes 3 times a week, in addition to working outside in the weather over there, all day long, ... all of the new parts for any deadlines vehicles were being shipped to Vietnam still while I was there, & in 1973, we had one M60 tank finally get enough hours on it to trade it in, ... it was a M60 “Slick”, a round domed turret, with a serial number welded on the rear bottom of the hull, ... hull number 000005, had been cast, & created as the 5th prototype tank hull, in East Chicago, Indiana, at a factory called Blaw Knox, on the corner of Chicago, & Railroad Avenues, ... just about a mile from Inland Steel, & maybe about 1&1/2 miles from Youngstown Sheet, & Tube, & maybe about 3 miles from US Steel, in Gary, Indiana, ... and about 13 miles north of where I had been raised, ... I imagine that when it got to the 2nd echelon, at the transfer point, that, between the tank crew, & maintenance there, that it had been stripped of any of the better interior secreted parts, like the laser range finder, & better apparatus teams like the padded seat covers, heater, intact vision blocks, pistol grip controls, etcetera, ... etc, ...
It was a success was that you made it home alive. I could not believe you were handling a mine. Sometimes they go BOOM!! all buy themselves.
When I was a boy my Dad would take me and my brother to play football on waste land behind sand dunes on the Norfolk coast. Many years later, my Dad, a Traffic Policeman, was sent to escort a wide load from the area where we played. When he arrived he found a party of Royal Engineers, an armoured bulldozer and a tank transporter. They informed him that the field we had played on was a forgotten minefield from WW2!!
LOL
Oof
Damn lucky you didn't step onto those
I like boom. Thanks for sharing
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Imagine that this might have saved someones life
Becky Barkell it definitely did
Those are anti tank mines dumbass
400 lb to detonate it, not some human
@@jakobauersperger8214 jeep driving fam
RANDOM CHOICE dr. Toxic yes it’s a tank mine which would take tons of pounds to detonate but you didn’t need to say it as if you knew everything and saying it like a complete dumbass
At 15:15....that siren might awaken ghosts to run for their lives...the same sound they heard in WWII when enemy were around....
For those that know what I mean...it can be a shrilling sound that can stay with you for a lifetime.
For me....it’s the sound of incoming mortars when I was in Iraq and Afghanistan. Now retired...
Now I can see why my grandparents and their friends never went to a 4th of July celebration or when the tornado siren went off they would cry uncontrollably.
Stay safe metal detecting
eddieg1979 ....great comment, I’m too young to have been in that war but I found that siren very haunting and eerie myself, I can just imagine how actual vets would feel.
eddieg1979 imagine a ghost running for its life.....
@MJW Already dead bro
Thank you for your service, and your sacrifice!
Not only siens when they go off, ship sirens too have the same effect. Every time I hear one my hair, what's left of it, stands on end and my B/P goes way up. A lot of people do not really understand what goes on with veterans. I too do not attend fireworks shows. Boy, these guys were lucky that day. A very good thing that mine wasn't tossed. And don't be rubbing on it.
Old battlefields. Always a place to discover interesting things.
I agree
It would be my dream to go and metal detect ww2 stuff. Very exciting
Go to Germany there is the Most ww2 Stuff
Yes yes free guns
I live right in the Westwall and i can tell you, it's awesome. When you go hiking in the Wood there are bunker ruins everywhere. A friend of mine really has an eye for them, he finds them every damn time! He also goes searching with a detector and he always finds stuff. But He decided that it's too dangerous so he doesnt do it anymore.
Hope you report your found of that half id-tag. It means it is broken in half, the remains of her owner is still there. You may have been open a grave.....
These tags were broken in half and one half remained on the corpse and the other was taken away, to report the death of the man.
It could be the half that was taken and never got to it's destination.
"remains of her owner" it a dog tag not an animal with a gender... common people.
Sadly, many soldiers were killed by artillery during WW1 and WW2. Many of them were vaporized by the explosion where there is nothing else left than perhaps half a dog tag. War is hell. :-(
If the colector remainds alive, Then the disks would be returned, often not so
Did you showed the Erkennungsmarke to officials? Maybe a falllen soldier could be identified!
foxtrott foxiNB I don’t think you can identify a person from an old destroyed helment, unless you try hard lop
foxtrott foxiNB that’s the dumbest shit I’ve ever heard
@@fishyfishy3140 What are you talking about? He's referencing the "dog tag."
They normally are?
That's literally how they identify ww2 corpses
Half of the tag is missing meaning he was already identified.
omg i found a anti tank mine *pulls it up* i wonder what is says on the button *swipes hand over button* BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
@Frank DeFalco it sat for 70 years too though
Made in Germany my friend it won't exploded like this
World War 2 the gift that keeps giving
@Loli4lyf the Russians trained the dogs with their own tanks. That worked so well
@@elijahaitaok8624 It really didn't work well. The dogs were frightened by all the other explosions and hid under Russian vehicles instead. The program resulted in more Russian than German losses.
The helmet wasnt broken... The soldier got his skull blown out!!!
After being stabbed with the bayonet
@@jimbo7105 Bayonet charge be like uaaah
Which broke the helmet
@@bobshore1977 im talking bf1
Oh ok i didnt play the game so i wouldn’t know
Great finds. Loved hearing the explosion even if we didn't see it.
WOW! That explosion a mile away was amazing! War is terrible and you are bringing it to life! Thank you. Would love to do that myself!
I like how you asked to take a look at the first find that Chris found most people just rip it out of your hands but you were respectful!
thanks! :)
You guys are crazy ass hell looking and digging for well stuff because you could go look at every find GOOD LUCK GUYS
At 5:32 on the left the mine says safe and on the right it says activated
feels good to be German
Germans are transgender sthey have defeated twice in WW
@@mohithmurthy7111 wha..
@@zab6124 im with u bud what the hell..
@@mohithmurthy7111 they're LGBT +QRFFGH
Russians would never have it on save and always have it on activated.
YOU GUYS BE CAREFUL!!! Not EVERYTHING is SAFE! God Bless You for your work; it IS educational. May we all learn from the past.
that was not the sound of the mine itself going off, it was the sound of some explosives the demolitionsists put over it to get rid of it completely because if they tried to detenote its own explosives it would probably be a dud and poof and then basically you would go the more expensive route of doing it...
Tom unfortunately that's not always true.
MysteryFan it's not always true that old weapons are not dangerous. Just because the outer casing is muddy and rusty doesn't always mean that the device won't function if disturbed.
In fact, chemical decomposition of some explosives over time (such as picric acid) can make them more sensitive.
Thank you Mike for getting rid of that mine. It could have been a disaster for someone or wildlife.
God bless you
Thank you Mary. I agree, good thing it's gone now.
Imagine in the war hearing them anti-tank mines just going off during the midst of a fight.
This is so interesting. Thank you RUclips for recommend
Mike I think the reason the officer in command moved it and could move it to a lower area to better contain fragmentation was it still had the handle on it. This let them tie a line to it and slowly drag it to the better position safely.
We used to find stuff on the South Downs in England in the 1980's, it was used for military training during WW2. Can't do it now, it is now classified as a National Park. We did find a live 3 inch mortar that my mate insisted on throwing it off a chalk pit. Not a long story but the bomb disposal got their way and disposed of it. Oh what fun days we had! Nice video, thanx.
You guys made some great discoveries in this video, thanks again for your entertaining uploads, Iron Mike Metaldetecting!
I love your videos because I find it fascinating to see buried historical artifacts unearthed decades after they were used. These artifacts continue to serve as somber reminders about the horrors of total war. Your work here is not only entertaining but educational, providing a hands-on approach to understanding our collective past from a physical perspective.
I hope the bomb-squad and fire crews let you film the detonation of any UXO you discover in the future (from a safe distance). You will probably find more UXO due to the unparalleled scale of World War II and the vast quantity of munitions scattered across Europe.
Some interesting facts about the Teller mine are that its primary explosive charge was made up of 5.5 kilograms of TNT (2,4,6-trinitrotoluene, C6H2(NO2)3CH3) and it featured a screw-on T.Mi.Z.43 fuze with an activation pressure of 91 kilograms (~200 pounds) required to detonate the mine's primary charge. Something you should keep in mind should you handle one of these type of mines again, is that the T.Mi.Z.43 fuze included an anti-tampering mechanism, designed to prevent enemy soldiers from handling and messing with the mine if discovered prior to it detonating. When the mine is disturbed while it is armed, it detonates the 5.5 kg of TNT. Here's some more important information about the Teller mine's activation mechanism, from WP:
"When the T.Mi.Z.43 fuze is inserted and the pressure plate (or screw cap) is screwed down into place, it shears a weak arming pin inside the fuze with an audible "snap". This action arms the anti-handling device. Thereafter, any attempt to disarm the mine by unscrewing the pressure plate (or screw cap) to remove the fuze will automatically release the spring-loaded firing pin inside it, triggering detonation."
Also, the effects of decades of weathering, wear, and corrosion by the elements might have the effect of arming the mine, thus activating the anti-handling mechanism, meaning that simply handling, lifting, or brushing the mine casing too hard could detonate the primary charge. It's difficult to estimate just how much or in what way decades of wear and corrosion will alter the activation-pressure or the arming switch, or the anti-tampering mechanism.
I recommend that if you find a Teller mine again, or any type of UXO such as panzerfaust warheads (also detonated from impact pressure), that you should be extremely careful not to brush the pressure switch, arming switch, or move the UXO out of the ground more than just digging the top soil off of it. I wouldn't want the Nazi's lost weapons to claim yet another life! Good luck, good hunting, and thanks for the videos! :)
Thanks for your comment and glad you like the videos! And dont worry, I knew it was safe enough to take it out of the hole.
You're most welcome, keep up the great work. I'm very glad to hear you take safety seriously, good hunting. :)
Anodyne Melody I
Thank you for the excellent description and explanation what could happen if it is mishandled ! And... 91 KG is just the weight of a soldier with equipment on the body and a gun ! I used to be trained with those things 56 years ago and I still remember how careful one had to be not to be blown-up during handling the ignition fuse !
I'd be as nervous as a dog shitting razor blades digging that shit up.
It's been a long time since that forrest heard a blast like that
Hi, Iron Mike! Beautiful ❤️ video! Big Thanks!!!😊
Many thanks!
5:30 Hey, that's mine!
Eric Taylor
That's Your mine I thought it was his mine. lol
In another life when I was a kid, I spent many hours on the weekend with friends searching around Aschaffenburg a mine searching the woods, but we were looking for old castles, not WWII items. Found a lot of blank rounds for M1 rifles, but nothing else. Guess that was a good thing. Thanks
Mike,awesome brooch 😍 looks amazing! Excellent video. 🖒
Thanks buddy! Running a bit behind on your videos. Will watch them soon! :)
3:49 wauw! genuine WWII Jockstrap :D, nice find!
Very cool stuff there Mike. Great video.
Tx Matt! Glad you liked it.
Wonderful finds! I know that you put a lot of hard work into finding that stuff, which we did not see!
HIT IT WITH A HAMMER!!! Sorry I had to get that out of my system
Sam Sam I was afraid I was the only one.
ha ha, a very big hammer, the initiatoin load is usually like 400-600 pounds.
I also come to think of the same idea.. it's a bad choice and a bad idea
As a Combat Engineer.
I approve, just be careful..
ramairgto72. My very first car was a 71 GTO. wish I still had it.
Hey guys, remember "ALWAYS be careful"!!! Have fun, don't play in the mud too long, or you'll just turn into another "mudder rucker"!!🤣 Wishing you "good tones", take care, "God Bless", sincerely Randy.
P.S.: They most likely moved it to the lowest spot to keep shrapnel from going sideways-since that crap can travel w/o a passport!!🎄🎉👍🙏👊
I dont know why but i kinda get satisfied by these finding old war tools videos
Hey Mike..
Great finds you did there.. lucky that the mine was on safe :-)
I think the reason they moved it down hill could be the schrapnel blast direction.. If you blow it on top they could have make some damage far away.. Downhill they would blast upwards.. I hink you can actuelly see a damage on the tree at 18:16 in the video.
I also going metal detecting and its a lot of fun but still have to try it out in Berlin :-)
Greatings from Denmark
Nice mushrooms there under the butter knife.. @ 21:00 . LMAO
I live in Germany, near Mainz. If you are ever interested in restoring old daggers or bayonets that you find, please let me know. Great video!
Maplehouse Knives I live in Mainz :)
Neat, my great grandfather came from mainz
I found an Bayonet for a I think Mauser 98 A. Not a "Notbayonett". Send me a mail and next time I show it to you alexplayafina@gmail.com
Incredible history! Great finds & I'm sure so much more is under foot. Enjoyed your video.
I say Wooooaaah Shit! A Teller Mine. Looks like they put C-4 on top of the mine and blew it. C-4 does a wonderful job of blowing shit up.
Yep, controlled detonation is the best way to handle such things.
reddevilparatrooper who knew 😱
I never fuck with mines. Anytime with mines with that age the explosive material inside may not be inert. Modern explosives especially WWII German can last for a long time because they were designed for long term storage.
That crater doesn’t look new. Grass inside, etc. looks like it’s 70 years old. Fresh crater will have fresh earth turned up and tossed about.
AGREED^
When you showed that lovely little badge of the car and two people i had an enormous flash of deja vu
3:11 if no ones going to do it, I will, *ahem*
" Are you my mummy? "
Skoon, Thatraccoonskunkguy god dammit don’t remind me of that creepy ass kid 😂
How do you not have more likes?
That episode gave me nightmares!
Skoon, Thatraccoonskunkguy
Skoon, Thatraccoonskunkguy really I forgot about that creepy shit now you reminded me of it again and I feel sick I think I need to go see someone who is a doctor 😁
I really enjoy watching your videos. Just found them today watching here in Los Angeles. Great work
It looks like you found some 8mm kurtz ammo among the other 8x57, so keep an eye out for an STG-44
Ive always wanted to go there and metal detect,, now im 53 nowand never will get to, life is truly to short... envy -- awesome video
I found an intact German tank commander's helmate in an abandoned house I guess the guy used to be a German soldier because I found a German tank commander's outfit aswell but since the houses window we're gone I found out very quickly that it had a hornet's nest inside of the left arm and torso part of the coat but the helmate was a very good find
Superb! Would love to find that as well!
Very cool!
I still would have taken it, it’s worth the stings
Nah fam you should get a suit I mean that a peace right there
@@Chachoes I know right its so Cool
Great stuff Mike! Bummer you didn't get to film the explosion. The pin you found with the automobile and the dog running alongside is really cool. Neat to think about the person that wore it and what it meant to them. Good stuff. Can't wait to see more.
Yep k98 cool find hello from oregon usa
Those are some amazing finds!! Well done.
the badge that was found was given to participants of rallyes in these days.
most likely that antitankmine was moved to a lower place to minimize the risk of debris flying too far.
That is what I call a REAL MANs job.
What incredible finds. Just imagine all the pain and suffering that both sides went through. If that site could only talk or perhaps turn back time and watch as the battle unfolds. Do you have any idea of what battle was fought there?
That forrest would have been an open field back during the war, correct? The trees look pretty young. Would be a great experience detecting in the Forrest with you guys.
Nothing has changed there. Ofcourse the trees that stoud there were long gone but the forest was there in ‘45.
German troops had to hide in the forest since the air was controlled by the Russians. So what you see there is how it basicly was back then.
@@IronMikeMetaldetecting thanks for the reply. I'm really very envious you have the opportunity to dig up history like this. American here BTW.
Great video as usual Mike!! Thanks!
Thanks for watching!
Hey Mike, popped over to take a look at your channel as I saw it in the suggestions and as its so great I had to like and sub. What a shame the medal was corroded but it came out OK after cleaning. Wow, the gas mask has kept well. Yikes, you did find a land mine and two anti-tank rocket thingys, well done for getting them out of the woods!!! Very nice bayonet and a lovely old car badge. That was some bang and that is a big hole, glad you weren't anywhere near!! ATB & HH. Deano.
I feel like you are being fake
Absolutely not Eagle 179. That was a totally genuine comment. Sorry if you think I’m being fake but I suppose there are a lot of fakers out there. Take care. Deano.
Eagle 179 Agreed. Thank you for your comment.
Excellent finds! It's interesting to watch, thanks!
Thank you Mike for the early Christmas present. Very cool video as always.
Thanks Matt! And you're very welcome :)
Nice video,man,keep digging,good luck,👍
Every metal detectorist's worst nightmare: finding an unexploded bomb and having it blow up in your face...
Oh, the stories these things could tell us, if they could speak...... great video. My uncle just gave me my great uncles Empire of Japan flag from some battle in the Philippines in 1945.
1981 a wwII U.S. handgrenade was found at the house I would buy 17 years later. Wonder what else was buried in that yard .
Nice one,Mike! From South Africa.
Keep those K98 clips they are worth some money to people who own a K98
I mean...Clips are delicate...You'll never be able to use those old ones
I own a ww1 era Gewehr 98, btw...I have over 10 original clips, and tons of modern reproductions...They arent worth much
The one shown in the video is amazingly corrosion free. Propably unusable though.
It's the most widely produced gun of all time when you factor in minor variants. Not really valuable.
Nah. I own a German k98 and have purchased many stripper clips online, there worth like 3 bucks a pop, 5 on a good day.
Holly crap. I heard both explosions, can you just imagine hearing that dead at night.
Dank jullie! Ik heb dat autosymbool eerder gezien in een tijdschrift. Deel van een oud reclamebord? Goed je weer te zien Mike, mooie vid!
bedankt voor je aardige bericht. Je was er snel bij! :)
Renault toch?
Bang! Now think back 70 years. Imagine sounds like that intermittently coming from every direction (hopefully not from behind you!) crackling gunfire, smaller explosions and you can kind of get an idea what combat in WWII might have been like.
My father went as far as Italy he was with the Royal Canadian medical Corps
I have found a couple WW2 items but you guys are the masters 👍
9:12 I would be careful yanking wires or cords like he just did. There could be booby traps.
13:34 Helmet. They painted their name on the inside of the back of their helmet. Is there any evidence on this one?
That sounds like a root not a wire
Those sirens are always so eerie
I really fuckin enjoy this channel, it's such genuine fun. Don't change Iron Mike!
RobotSlug I will report y8ou
Shakhzoda & Ahmad Oh no! Not that!
Shakhzoda & Ahmad why?
Very interesting video, thank you.
Such a good video! I always get so excited when you upload A video
:-)
astonishing finds.
awsome vlog!!
ik dacht van het begin al dat jouw accent heel Nederlands klonk, had ik dus tocht gelijk.
PS. ben geabonneerd.
You say, you were about a mile away, when they blasted the mine. Hmm.. With THAT "BANG!" in mind it would give me the shivers, when I look to the part, you pull it out of the ground and "wiped the pressure pad" clean..
Ive subbed great channel here guys..
Tx! You won’t regret it ;-)
Really great finds. It's probably too late now, but if you take a piece of stainless steel some baking soda, hook negative side of 1.5 volt battery to stainless, put in litre of water with cup of soda. Hook positive side to tools, medals or what you find. Leave in solution for an hour it will start cleaning it. "Electrophoresis" after 1 hr keep checking every hour till all debris are gone.
Hey Mike, familiar face, cool to see you again but on RUclips this time.
Years ago you were friends with some of my friends around 070.
Veel succes met je channel Smik, leuk om te volgen!!
Fijne feestdagen en mooie jaarwisseling!!
Mark
Hey Mark!
grappig dat we elkaar zo 'treffen'. Weet heel goed nog wie je bent. Kan mij vooral herinneren dat je de straten onveilig maakte met de 5GT turbo ;)
Goede feestdagen en dank voor het volgen!
Mark Pronk I
"these kind-of highly explosive thingies"... that I'm just going to poke around with my finger. Darwin award?
9:00 pulling that wire? Really? Death wish?
it's a root
roots are cables now?
Just found your channel and am amazed by your finds, it must be absolutely amazing to find those types of artifacts. On a side note, you are absolutely certifiable handling unexploded ordnance the way you do considering how much more volatile they become with corrosion over time. I wish you many more interesting safer finds and keep the videos coming.
16:50 for the explosion (if that's all you came for)
Nice, I have thought to buy me a metal detector to, and go for it some day, seems cool to explore in the woods. Nice finds !
At what time is the explosion?
AOL Reader 15:14
AOL Reader 16:55*
@guy c its been a year he most likely has
I love all the forests you go to
me too! Sometimes I sit on a log for a while just to enjoy the beauty of it.
the reason why they moved the mine is quite simple. that was not a active mine. and you moved it (very stupid and dangerous btw.). so it was reasonable save to move the mine to a lower location to better control and contain the blast. with such old weapons, the detonators can be totally rotten. so they can explode even if they are not armed.
that's why you should never move such finds. so far you've been incredibly lucky. i wouldn't rely on that. it's not worth it.
You do great videos. I enjoy watching them
A horse gas mask!!! yikes
Where we used to go cross country runs from school, in Hampshire, mines were found in the woods there. A boy picked one up & carried it back to school. I guess German aircraft must have dropped them when they raided Portsmouth. Can't see how else they got there. They were more or less lying on the surface, only partly covered by mud. After three were found we were given a talk by the bomb disposal team & shown what not to touch. They didn't change the route though. You were meant to be tough in the seventies, though that wouldn't have been much good if someone had landed heavily on a volatile one.