buried treasure

[monkeybum]

Apart from the flood which was dealt with pretty quickly we had no problems........nothing that goes bump in the night anyway.

[dwrudd]

I have actually found a bracelet

It is about and inch wide and made from many small rings like really tight chain mail. There are several small copper flowers on it which have an enamel finish and the metal looks like it could be silver??

Would not know where to take it anyway so it is in a drawer now.

Darren

[Digger-07]

I have unearthed a hoard of junior school (judging by it size) cuttlery. Ther must be enough for about 20 place settings. No bag or anything just loose in the ground by the side of the water butt.

[Snadger]

I have unearthed a hoard of junior school (judging by it size) cuttlery. Ther must be enough for about 20 place settings. No bag or anything just loose in the ground by the side of the water butt.

Leek growers sometimes used to have a pile of scrap, old nails, bolts etc at the end of there leek trench to supply iron to there plants! Whether it works or not I do not know, but I do know that our Ancesters rarely suffered from iron defficiency as all there food was cooked in cast iron pans.
I myself was brought up in a steel town so probably got enough iron in my formative years to last me a lifetime!

[roitelet]

So far I have found a beautiful procelain pipe bowl from about 1860, several coins, (1925, 1945) but the best one was a Louis 16th half sol which came from under the floors when they were dug up. I have also unearthed a WW2 bullet which was to be expected although in 2,500 square metres I thought I might have found more, but I haven't dug it all up yet and I'm not going to!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

There are a lot of Neolithic 'bits' in the area so I was not suprise to find some worked flints. One is beautiful and could have been an arrow head, the edge is so thin that it is almost transparent.

I shall have to get my Archeological Buddy out here to do a propper dig one day

[trousers]

i too had the metal detecting bug for about five years ,when we lived in buckinghamshire,i found ring money,goldstaters fromthe celtic period roman coins ,knife handles etc and coins from the saxon tothe modern day its a fab hobby and one i will get back to in time ,there was a great mag you could buy at the time called the searcher

[big fiona]

I've had my plot for 2 1/2 years now. I had never seen such a ramshackle shed. Other plot holders told me that the chap who had my plot before me had a bar with optics set up in the shed and used to invite the lads in for a nip. They also told me that there was a rumour that there was a cellar under the shed with a bicycle in it!

I bought a new shed last spring and was intrigued to find out if the cellar thing was true. It took 2 lads 6 hours to take down the old shed as it had been 'repaired' over and over again with roofing felt (several patches and layers over the roof AND walls), wooden slats and LOTS of 3 inch nails. It was chucking down rain and freezing cold the entire day but this did not deter the small but determined group of onlookers eager to see if the rumour was true. It was, partly. There were two brick lined pits filled with what appeared to be the remains of a greenhouse. We pushed a long cane down one of them and it seemed to be about 5 ft deep. There may have been an old bicycle down there but I wasn't going to start fishing around huge shards of glass! One of the pits is still uncovered as my new shed is much smaller than the old one. I've been throwing any small stones in and have been advised to add some 'ballast' as I plan to site a (plypropylene) greenhouse there at some point. I reckon it would be safer to put down some paving stones.

Any advice?

BF

[Nicos]

We took our metal detector to a farm nr Hadrian's Wall and asked the farmer for permission to wander round. We found an old nail and a piece from his tractor (Lost in the 50's....and boy was he chuffed!!!!)
When we went sight seeing he asked if he could borrow it for the day to try and find some guns a distant relative had buried to hide from the authorities. He didn't find them, but had so thoroughly enjoyed himself that out came a couple (- or so -) of bottles of illicit whisky and we all had a very pleasant evening to say the least!!! ( climbing up stairs on hands and knees was an interesting experience!!)
Am still in hope of finding something on the lottie!!

[Digger-07]

Leek growers sometimes used to have a pile of scrap, old nails, bolts etc at the end of there leek trench to supply iron to there plants! D

Like the theory Snadger but this cutlery was definately a type of alloy nothing ferrous in it. Perhaps it was piled up because it didn't work.

[Snadger]

Like the theory Snadger but this cutlery was definately a type of alloy nothing ferrous in it. Perhaps it was piled up because it didn't work.

OK! Cue scenario two!!!

Mother: "Whats this pile of cutlery doing under your bed, son?"
Little Jimmy: " Ohh, you mean THAT pile of cutlery?"
Dad " Don't be a smart*rse son! Whats this all about then?"
Little Jimmy: "They made me eat spring Cabbage at school dinner today"
Dad : "So what?"
Little Jimmy: "I HATE Spring Cabbage, so I nicked the cutlery so they couldn't serve it up again!"
Mother: " What can we do, the poor boy will get expelled!!!"
Dad: " Don't worry, I've got the ideal place to get rid of the evidence............

[madderbat]

We have found wealth on our plot so far: One penny and two halfpennies! All over 100 years old though - 1907 the latest

We also have plenty of broken glass, which is one of my pet hates. Why do people just bury such a dangerous thing? I've been cut on both hands in the past from glass and really loathe it. Mind you, before the skip I don't know what I would have done, except not have it near the garden.

[Snadger]

We have found wealth on our plot so far: One penny and two halfpennies! All over 100 years old though - 1907 the latest

We also have plenty of broken glass, which is one of my pet hates. Why do people just bury such a dangerous thing? I've been cut on both hands in the past from glass and really loathe it. Mind you, before the skip I don't know what I would have done, except not have it near the garden.

Way back in the past most cultivated land was treated to a dose of 'Earth soil' from the middens. Thats how you sometimes find a lot of small pieces of Victorian pottery, clay pipes,jam jars and coins etc. A sign of wealth in an area that isn't close to the coast is when you find oyster shells in the soil, there could be gold in that thar soil!

[NEWTO THE PLOT]

well so far i have found an old biscut tin lid,a trainer, a desert spoon and a heineken beer can lol but who knows what lies inder the rest. LOL

[madderbat]

well so far i have found an old biscut tin lid,a trainer, a desert spoon and a heineken beer can lol but who knows what lies inder the rest. LOL

Seems like a good haul so far, if you get the lid of the biscuit tin, (or the second trainer) you win first prize.

[pigletwillie]

Our first plot was held by an alcoholic west indian for a few years. All we find are beer bottle tops and chicken bones.