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Originally Posted by Hatterasguy
Yeah I want a nice K98 but I don't want to drop a G note on one!
Its because of the Band of Brothers and The Pacific, WW2 stuff is now hugely popular to collect.
Look at Garands too, big bucks!
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As are uniform pieces and the like. A fixed bale front seam helmet can set you back a few hundred bucks; those things were fairly common at flea markets and junk stores when I was a kid. I have one I picked up at a flea market in Belgium for about $5 in the mid-80's.
I visited the Bois Jacques outside Bastogne a couple of years ago and ran into two Dutchmen with metal detectors. They said the woods in the area used to be covered in rusting relics, and the films changed that in a hurry. Now, you're lucky to unearth something even with a metal detector.