Dig Hill 80: Help Fund Excavation of a WW1 German Fortification!

[cmore]

I found this on FB. There is a group looking for funding to dig Hill 80 from
WWI. I personally have nothing to do with this, just posting it FYI.It looks quite interesting and I have made a pledge. I don't think it is going to happen though since they are over $100,000 short.

This is from the youtube page:

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Help fund it here: http://dighill80.com
For more details: http://hill80.com

"Hill 80" was a German fortification in the town of Wytschaete, Belgium that was occupied from October 1914 all the way until the autumn of 1917. It has been untouched since, and today offers a fantastic opportunity for archaeologists to excavate a large and very well-preserved German fortification from WW1. A team of dedicated professional battlefield archaeologists is raising funds to conduct a full-scale excavation on the site in 2018, and they need our help to do it. The fundraiser only runs until December 17, so if you you share my interest in this history please act now by making a contribution and spreading the project to you friends!

Disclaimer: I have no financial interest in this, nor do I personally know the team behind it. I have contributed to the fundraiser myself, and if it succeeds I hope to be able to film either some of the dig or the final results for you!
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[ame]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ix1BfvCfd8&feature=youtu.be[/ame]

 

[federali]

I always find archeological digs on battlefields of special interest. I assume that the group has secured the necessary permits from the local government. I'd like to try it myself but I'm no longer able to work on my knees and the unexploded ordnance is nearly as deadly today as it was when it first failed to detonate.

 

[the ringo kid]

This dig (dig in your pocketbook) has been going on for at least a decade that I'm aware of. I first heard of this dig about 17 years or so ago.

I love things like this too-but this "dig" is akin to that militaria dealer (whose name ive thankfully long since forgotten) who had an endless supply of General Douglas Bader stuff for sale.

 

[rwsmith]

I'm broke....

I can't help monetarily but I do hope they dig up some neat stuff. In the past I've been known to contribute to certain things that interested and excited me when I was a working and productive member of society which came to a halt in 2002. I helped bring the Thrust SSC (jet powered car) from England to the Black Rock desert to break the speed of sound, which it did. Somewhere around here I've got a letter signed by Richard Noble and Andy Green (driver/pilot).

 

[the ringo kid]

They have dug up loads of stuff-most sold as ground dug militaria-and some are remains-which is grave robbing.

 

[okiegtrider]

Fascinating project. Glad you posted it.

 

[OFT II]

Anyone notice that the Gew 98 pictured above appears to have a bolt cover? I don't think I've ever seen one like that before.

 

[rkwood]

Thanks for posting this info & link, cmore. I contributed to the Kickstarter campaign a few days ago and I'm really hoping that they reach their goal. My grandfather served in the German army during WWI and fought in the trenches, so this dig is of particular interest to me. The artifacts are particularly well preserved and I hope we are able to learn more about trench warfare that took place 100 years ago.

Very cool!

 

[Tom S.]

This dig (dig in your pocketbook) has been going on for at least a decade that I'm aware of. I first heard of this dig about 17 years or so ago.

I love things like this too-but this "dig" is akin to that militaria dealer (whose name ive thankfully long since forgotten) who had an endless supply of General Douglas Bader stuff for sale.

Are you sure it's the same dig? I only ask because Ian says in the video it was discovered in 2015.

 

[the ringo kid]

Thanks for posting this info & link, cmore. I contributed to the Kickstarter campaign a few days ago and I'm really hoping that they reach their goal. My grandfather served in the German army during WWI and fought in the trenches, so this dig is of particular interest to me. The artifacts are particularly well preserved and I hope we are able to learn more about trench warfare that took place 100 years ago.

Very cool!

This scam-has been going on for near 20 years-same guy too-same original photo used as well. But-its YOUR money-lose as much of it as YOU want to.

 

[the ringo kid]

Are you sure it's the same dig? I only ask because Ian says in the video it was discovered in 2015.

Yes I am. Same guy in photo as same photo used near 20 years ago. This info used to be posted on the warrelics site and others. Some sites no longer active-so I don't know how to dig up the info? I know these was a big "row" about this guy(s) and this "dig" that was on otto torrerios site-and also on the Militaria Collectors Forums-before Lenny Warren from Scotland, and his site-went "belly up."

All I can say is-spend at your own risk. Mush of what these twirps find-are grave-dug (robbed) and sold on that market. Some people think its cool, to collect German-or Russian dog tags-that are halved-denoting that soldier was killed in action-or died of wounds.

The guy above-is famed for being in "business" with a jerk from Latvia by the name of pavel nowak--who is the biggest militaria scam-artist and crook of them all.

No thanks, my money-when I can spare it? will go to places I trust like: Carsten Baldes, Helmut Weitze and Detlev Niemann (if he ever gets back in the business?)

Oh and, don't be surprised to find loads of ""Stalingrad"" battlefield relics for sale when clicking on any links you find associated with this guy-or somehow connected to his site by one means or another.