1st Ww German Belt Buckle With The Deus2

[palzynski]

This morning my cousin invited me for an outing in a small forest 2 or 3 kms far from from a little town.  The forest surface is around 80 acres and belongs to the city . As there were a few soldiers camps during the 1st WW it is a good place for finding 1st WW relics like buttons , badges ... Unfortunately there is a lot of 1st WW artillery rubbish like shell fragments which are tough to detect ..

We arrived at around 3PM and we started detecting , me with my trusty Deus2 WS6 and my cousin with his Deus1 WS5. As there were woodcutters working we could not go where we initially planned and had to go to a less interesting area a little away from the camps .

This is probably why we found almost nothing during the 1st hour except these bloody shell fragments 🤢 . Just to explain , at the end of 1918 the Germans were running short of steel and their shells were made from an "ersatz" material made of a mix of zinc and other crap metals . The pb is that these fragments are conductive and there are plenty of them , small and big ones , and no other choice than digging them as they sound as good targets ...

After one hour and half I was a little disappointed and I was going to have a rest when I heard a very clean high tone signal . I dug it , I saw a big rectangular shape and I immediately recognized a German belt buckle ,awesome .. 👌🤩 🙃 😺... Wow I havent found one since 2 or 3 years , and this one is very nice ... My cousin is a 1st WW specialist and identifies it as a Prussian mod 1847 belt buckle , probably been lost by a German soldier in 1918 .

Buckles are quite rare and usually we have to find many buttons before finding a buckle . But for some reason , today we only found this splendid buckle and nothing else   ..

My D2 settings are still the same btw ;  SENSITIVE nr 2 mode  , 5 tones , SQUARE 

It was a sunny day at a very nice place , we will be back ...  🙂

 

The area , a little forest near a small town, my cousin in the path with his Deus1 :

Me and my buckle :

 

Prussian mod 1847 belt buckle : 

After a little cleaning  :

 

Back to my cousin's car :

 

Landscape view  , the forest on the left :

 

German "ersatz" shell fragments . There are plenty of them in the area , no other choice than digging them ...

[Lodge Scent]

That is a great find Palzynski! Very cool. Always nice when your "Plan B" produces a good find.

[F350Platinum]

Beautiful countryside and a great find, looked like a pleasant day as well. 👍 What more could you ask for?

I'm liking the WS6 very much, so light and easy to maneuver. Hope to get a cover for it soon, ordered one from the UK since no one makes them here. Should be here someday 🙄 😀

[NCtoad]

Very nice belt buckle!   Nice pics too!

[Ogliuga]

A really nice shot! 👍

[CPT_GhostLight]

Beautiful country and a spectacular buckle, thanks for sharing, well done!

[unox]

What a ripper of a find, congratulations.

[strick]

Nice trophy find Palzynski and in great condition. Thanks for the look. Beautiful area. 

strick 

[palzynski]

36 minutes ago, strick said:

Nice trophy find Palzynski and in great condition. Thanks for the look. Beautiful area. 

strick 

Thanks strick , yes the soil is neutral and not acid at all in this forest, and all the finds are in great condition .  For some reason it is different 2 or 3 miles to the west where the soil is more acid ..