1945-S War Nickel Found In Korean War Foxhole

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Lembafc Valued Member Korea, Republic Of 489 Posts	Posted 02/11/2020 8:50 pm On Sunday my son and I went metal detecting at the Battle of Chochiwon here in South Korea. It is the fourth battle in July 1950 when the North Korea 105th Armored DIV supported by the 4th INF DIV attacked the United States 21st INF REGT, also known as Task Force Smith, at a strategic bottleneck on Route 1. We hit up two ridgelines where the NK 16th and 18th INF REGTs attacked US positions and found a handful of NK officer pistol casings, Soviet-made rifle casings, as well as M1 Garand and M1 Carbine casings. To top off the hunt, we found the discovery of a lifetime: a 1945 War Nickel in one of the foxholes in the path of the North Korean 4th INF DIV. Below is the video. It is emotionally moving to find an item like this, especially since it was probably dropped by a young soldier from Task Force Smith, 21st INF REGT 3rd BN. You can really feel the tension on that hill. Y8p9srnvQbg We do a lot of metal detecting here in Korea at Korean War battlefields and old mountain passes. So if anyone visits or lives here and wants to come find history, you are 10000% welcome to join us! Report this Post to the Staff

TNG Bedrock of the Community United States 10284 Posts	Posted 02/11/2020 9:13 pm You guys are awesome. I love these videos. Funny when you fired off two shots with your detector. LOL Report this Post to the Staff
Lembafc Valued Member Korea, Republic Of 489 Posts	Posted 02/11/2020 10:18 pm Quote: You guys are awesome. I love these videos. Funny when you fired off two shots with your detector. LOL LOL There are a some comments in Korean like "I didn't know gun sounds came out of detectors" LOL Some others said it scared them. hahah Report this Post to the Staff
Coinfrog Bedrock of the Community United States 94367 Posts	Posted 02/11/2020 10:35 pm Great thread, thanks! Report this Post to the Staff
Lembafc Valued Member Korea, Republic Of 489 Posts	Posted 02/12/2020 10:00 pm @Coinfrog Thanks! I love finding these items here :) Report this Post to the Staff
Blind Squirrel Valued Member United States 220 Posts	Posted 04/17/2020 9:36 pm Wow, I just stumbled upon this thread. My father was with TF Smith. He had pictures of those battlefields and would only tell a few stories about the battles. He said he returned a different man, and 50 years after the Korean war ended, I started my first of four tours in Korea. Dad was an avid hunter and introduced me to detectors in the early 70s. He hunted many civil war battle fields, but I could not convince him to return to Korea and see how the country had changed. Thanks for sharing your video. Report this Post to the Staff
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