I was talking to my detecting buddy last week and he said he wanted to do a forest hunt.  I had been recently given a WWII German defensive site near by to detect, our museum curator took me on a first hand tour of the site several weeks ago.  I called my buddy, filled him in on the details, the biggest detail about this site is hot ammunition.  He was all for it even though it was a bit windy with 30F/-1C temps.  We had a nice 2.5 hour hunt and both of us found a few interesting relics along with loads of German and American ammo casings.  Must have been a skirmish here and the Americans came through this area during WWII.  Here are a few pictures of the site, one of several trenches.

Another trench, we did not find much around them.

A foxhole connected to a trench.

This looks to have been a tank ditch, nothing interesting found around it.

My detecting buddy, probably digging another WWII brass ammo casing.

My buddy found a religious pendant, an 1876 coin and a nice brass 5 gram weight.  Here are my finds.  What I thought was a locket when I dug it turned out to be a pipe lid.  A spoon I pulled from the roots, forgot my hand saw by the way.

A hand full of bullets that made it to the pouch.  Many are deformed, some live and some missing the bullet with an intact primer.  The story about the site is, after WWII, the dangerous ammo and such were put into a pile and blown up.

A few buttons, left a late 1800s button and right I am not sure of.

The date side of 3 coins I found, 1943, 1941 and an emergency coin minted by a local town in 1921.

The other side of the coins.

Since Christmas is coming, thought I would show off my wife's talent.  This is a wreath for the 4 weeks of advent with candles.  She does an awesome job working with dried flowers, bouquets and such.  This wreath is made from pine, bushes and shrubbery from the backyard, smells very nice and is beautiful for the season.  She must have made over 20 of these for friends and family, several door wreaths as well.  I wish you all a Merry Christmas and Happy Hunting.  Mike

Hey Mike.
It is nice to find some coins from this period of time, but you should be very careful, digging in fighting-areas of wwII. Just about two or three weeks ago, sondenmichel found a handgranate in the woods. At least, he didnt hit it with the dig. He offert the thing to the officials. Merry christmas and contemplative hours with the nice wreath.