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Title: Unusual finds Post by: mole on March 31, 2009, 09:20:27 AM during my many years of detecting I have made a few finds that are definatley non run of the mill one nice sunny afternoon I decided to test out my new detector a whites beachcomber 6D on the mountainside behind my mothers house I ,d been detecting for about an with only a predecimal halfpenny and some rubbish to show for when I got quite a strong signal using my hand trowel I cut into the ground which was rock hard flipped the turf back the signal was still coming from the hole by now I was down six inchs suddenly I came across a flat stone by now my heart was beating like a drum with all kinds of strange thoughts going through my mind had I found a hoard ??? was it roman or medieval I removed the stone to find a round rusted container I tried to open this by hand no luck so I levered it open with my trowel only to discover that my potential hoard was a dead racing pigeon buried at eight inchs plus ??? ;D in a babys powdered milk tin I consider to have gotten off lightly though after relating my story to a lady at the local library who informed me her friends husband who was also a detectorist whilst out detecting one day had a great signal dug down a fair depth to recover a metal container only to discover it contained someones ashes >:( ??? but you know what they all say if in doubt DIG ;D
Title: Re: Unusual finds Post by: bymatt666 (byron) on March 31, 2009, 08:39:05 PM ooops dai !......not the sort of find we want !... :-[...i have heard about the ashes of the departed being uncovered too......they are buried in some very odd places.... :-\....byron
Title: Re: Unusual finds Post by: coleggwent(phil) on April 06, 2009, 01:52:29 PM Hi there mole on about killing two birds with one stone thats a under statement nice story mate :D :D :D
Title: Re: Unusual finds Post by: Al.Thepastfinder, ( Alan ) on April 06, 2009, 05:22:24 PM ha ha , yeah iv'e found a few plates from the burials of people ashes and left it alone there or covered it back carefully when it wasn't showing at first
Title: Re: Unusual finds Post by: PHIL YNYSBOETH on April 07, 2009, 09:35:37 PM My good friend Derek came across a box containing the remains of an old collier while out detecting with his dog (some of you may remember the story in the Searcher few years ago.)
He found it in the GAP (famous Abercynon land mark) he carefully replaced the box but everytime he took his dog near there he,d try and dig him back up lol Word to the wise if you dont want to be dug up repeatedly like this poor fella make sure your loved ones dig a very deep hole ;D |