JamesBondaka
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Back track about 2.5 years ago...I hunted an old German homestead. I was able to find some coins, medallions and Nazi WWI and II items The home was being redone and some parts have been remodeled, torn out or completely torn down, The first was an old barn that I found the first items. Now to the present.... Part of the inner structure of the house was being worked on. The owner agreed to let us detect and look around again. After finding nothing but spiders and dead mice....we found a spot in the stair well that had a large area between the floors. From the ceiling we detected various forms of metal in this inaccessible area .. A large angled board about 8 feet long was nailed securely to this area in the stairwell. We got the crowbar and went to work. These nails had not been touched in many many years with different colors of paint on them to show for it. After about 15 minutes of really heavy prying.....it popped loose at one end. I peeked in.....Nothing.! I was /about to put the board back and I notice the X supports between the floors. I wonder???
I pull the board back some more and I see what looks like a box...... there is....... a box....like a cookie tin box. OHHHHHHHHHHH Im thinking off golden things and riches. I am able to get a hold of the box and get the lid off. Gold?
no..... but interesting things for a collector of such things.....and something very interesting to boot. Along with many .....Im going to guess....WWII medals, pins etc...there is 2 pieces of wall art. I also open up a leather holder and discover ....what I think is silver cup....that is collapsible. I have seen cheap plastic versions of these but not one like this. They only made things like this many many years ago and it is stamped "German".
There is one item.....I do not know what it is....some kind of buckle????
The owners did not know of these items or were part of the Nazis party. Someone probably hid them there because being German in this country at that time was not a popular thing to be. I later found out ....that there was a POW camp located about 10 miles away from this location. There were a few around the United States at that point in time.
The owner gave us the medals etc and wants us to check out the art to see if they are valuable. If so,,,,,they get one and we get one. Hopefully, someone one here can help us with that mystery.
I pull the board back some more and I see what looks like a box...... there is....... a box....like a cookie tin box. OHHHHHHHHHHH Im thinking off golden things and riches. I am able to get a hold of the box and get the lid off. Gold?
no..... but interesting things for a collector of such things.....and something very interesting to boot. Along with many .....Im going to guess....WWII medals, pins etc...there is 2 pieces of wall art. I also open up a leather holder and discover ....what I think is silver cup....that is collapsible. I have seen cheap plastic versions of these but not one like this. They only made things like this many many years ago and it is stamped "German".
There is one item.....I do not know what it is....some kind of buckle????
The owners did not know of these items or were part of the Nazis party. Someone probably hid them there because being German in this country at that time was not a popular thing to be. I later found out ....that there was a POW camp located about 10 miles away from this location. There were a few around the United States at that point in time.
The owner gave us the medals etc and wants us to check out the art to see if they are valuable. If so,,,,,they get one and we get one. Hopefully, someone one here can help us with that mystery.