{"id":4986,"date":"2013-10-17T08:06:35","date_gmt":"2013-10-16T22:06:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bikeme.tv\/?p=4986"},"modified":"2013-10-15T20:31:55","modified_gmt":"2013-10-15T10:31:55","slug":"buried-treasure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bikeme.tv\/index.php\/buried-treasure\/","title":{"rendered":"BURIED TREASURE"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The amount of materiel left over after World War Two and abandoned in the forests and swamps of Europe is truly staggering. Time and progress has covered up much of what the Germans and others left behind as they advanced or retreated over vast swathes of land.<\/p>\n<p>But metal detectors and the study of old battle-plans can yield some amazing results. Especially in the mainly under-developed regions of Eastern Europe.<\/p>\n<p>Behold a find of much awesomeness&#8230;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_4987\" style=\"width: 630px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4987\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4987\" alt=\"1238061_217865275044169_1581531689_n\" src=\"http:\/\/bikeme.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/1238061_217865275044169_1581531689_n.jpg\" width=\"620\" height=\"434\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bikeme.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/1238061_217865275044169_1581531689_n.jpg 620w, https:\/\/bikeme.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/1238061_217865275044169_1581531689_n-300x210.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bikeme.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/1238061_217865275044169_1581531689_n-499x350.jpg 499w, https:\/\/bikeme.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/1238061_217865275044169_1581531689_n-600x420.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-4987\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">At first, it was just a beeping noise on the metal detector. Some scrabbling around in the dirt and the prize began to reveal itself&#8230;<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_4988\" style=\"width: 630px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4988\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4988 \" alt=\"1230013_217865588377471_32886227_n\" src=\"http:\/\/bikeme.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/1230013_217865588377471_32886227_n.jpg\" width=\"620\" height=\"434\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bikeme.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/1230013_217865588377471_32886227_n.jpg 620w, https:\/\/bikeme.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/1230013_217865588377471_32886227_n-300x210.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bikeme.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/1230013_217865588377471_32886227_n-499x350.jpg 499w, https:\/\/bikeme.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/1230013_217865588377471_32886227_n-600x420.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-4988\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The sands of time needed to be removed slowly<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_4989\" style=\"width: 630px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4989\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4989\" alt=\"539675_217867931710570_1208919965_n\" src=\"http:\/\/bikeme.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/539675_217867931710570_1208919965_n.jpg\" width=\"620\" height=\"434\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bikeme.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/539675_217867931710570_1208919965_n.jpg 620w, https:\/\/bikeme.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/539675_217867931710570_1208919965_n-300x210.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bikeme.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/539675_217867931710570_1208919965_n-499x350.jpg 499w, https:\/\/bikeme.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/539675_217867931710570_1208919965_n-600x420.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-4989\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">It would pay to be gentle with that shovel<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_4990\" style=\"width: 630px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4990\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4990 \" alt=\"1185810_217868651710498_1082930512_n\" src=\"http:\/\/bikeme.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/1185810_217868651710498_1082930512_n.jpg\" width=\"620\" height=\"434\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bikeme.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/1185810_217868651710498_1082930512_n.jpg 620w, https:\/\/bikeme.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/1185810_217868651710498_1082930512_n-300x210.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bikeme.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/1185810_217868651710498_1082930512_n-499x350.jpg 499w, https:\/\/bikeme.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/1185810_217868651710498_1082930512_n-600x420.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-4990\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Looks as if it&#8217;s mostly all there, too<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_4992\" style=\"width: 630px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4992\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4992\" alt=\"1235295_217868831710480_855122303_n\" src=\"http:\/\/bikeme.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/1235295_217868831710480_855122303_n.jpg\" width=\"620\" height=\"434\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bikeme.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/1235295_217868831710480_855122303_n.jpg 620w, https:\/\/bikeme.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/1235295_217868831710480_855122303_n-300x210.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bikeme.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/1235295_217868831710480_855122303_n-499x350.jpg 499w, https:\/\/bikeme.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/1235295_217868831710480_855122303_n-600x420.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-4992\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Some gentle pushing with human legs to loosen it from the grip of the earth&#8230;<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_4993\" style=\"width: 630px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4993\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4993 \" alt=\"15076_217869108377119_562945334_n\" src=\"http:\/\/bikeme.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/15076_217869108377119_562945334_n.jpg\" width=\"620\" height=\"434\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bikeme.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/15076_217869108377119_562945334_n.jpg 620w, https:\/\/bikeme.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/15076_217869108377119_562945334_n-300x210.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bikeme.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/15076_217869108377119_562945334_n-499x350.jpg 499w, https:\/\/bikeme.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/15076_217869108377119_562945334_n-600x420.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-4993\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">&#8230;et voila!<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_4994\" style=\"width: 630px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4994\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4994\" alt=\"1236935_217869301710433_904541619_n\" src=\"http:\/\/bikeme.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/1236935_217869301710433_904541619_n.jpg\" width=\"620\" height=\"434\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bikeme.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/1236935_217869301710433_904541619_n.jpg 620w, https:\/\/bikeme.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/1236935_217869301710433_904541619_n-300x210.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bikeme.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/1236935_217869301710433_904541619_n-499x350.jpg 499w, https:\/\/bikeme.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/1236935_217869301710433_904541619_n-600x420.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-4994\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">It sees the sunlight again! But what is it they have dug up?<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_4995\" style=\"width: 630px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4995\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4995 \" alt=\"L-300\" src=\"http:\/\/bikeme.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/L-300.jpg\" width=\"620\" height=\"453\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bikeme.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/L-300.jpg 620w, https:\/\/bikeme.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/L-300-300x219.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bikeme.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/L-300-479x350.jpg 479w, https:\/\/bikeme.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/L-300-600x438.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-4995\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">One of these, actually. Cool, huh?<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The amount of materiel left over after World War Two and abandoned in the forests and swamps of Europe is truly staggering. Time and progress has covered up much of what the Germans and others left behind as they advanced or retreated over vast swathes of land<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":4987,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[18,222],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bikeme.tv\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4986"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bikeme.tv\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bikeme.tv\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bikeme.tv\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bikeme.tv\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4986"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/bikeme.tv\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4986\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5009,"href":"https:\/\/bikeme.tv\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4986\/revisions\/5009"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bikeme.tv\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4987"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bikeme.tv\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4986"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bikeme.tv\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4986"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bikeme.tv\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4986"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}