Man makes 'chilling' WW2 discovery after metal detecting around friend's garden A man was left gobsmacked after making an eerie discovery when metal detecting in his friend's garden for a bit of fun.
"But this item is special in so many ways: it's directly connected to one of the most prominent historical events of all time (World War Two) and it's encapsulated in endless mystery (how it got there, why it was buried, who buried it, when did they bury it, etc etc etc).
Sharing the tale on Reddit, he recounted: "My friend and I were searching around his property with my metal detector when we came across this.
He went on to say: "There was nothing inside the chest except that it was filled to the brim with dirt.
The SS insignia belonged to the Schutzstaffel, an organisation under Adolf Hitler during World War Two.
