Title: thought i'd found a buriel spot, Post by: Al.Thepastfinder, ( Alan ) on September 20, 2010, 07:03:39 AM Had a couple of hours out yesterday in the potatoe field that i spotted being planted in the spring, only a couple of rows lifted though, so went around in the stubble on the surrounds,
found a George 4th Irish halfpenny, 1822. but then a large signal, dig down 2 foot to find some rusted metal sheet, on the side edge of this i found what looks like a cartwheel penny, hmmmm, i cleaned off the sheet with my gloved hands to see a couple of holes in it, looked to be cavities under it, so set about cutting through it, could it be some sort of buriel i thought, i dug my spade into the soil underneath to see how firm of soft it is, my spade went down remarkable easey, so i cleaned it out with my hand to reveil a larger cavity, couldn't get enough of my arm down there to go right in, tried digging more out, but it got too difficult, not enough room, but i saw what looked like rotted wood on the side wall too, about 4" of soil underneath before the cavity, down about 3 ft now, didn't have time to dig around more, so had to fill it all in again, if i'd have found some bones or coins i would have just put it on hold. My Bonus for the day though was about 30 lb of potatoes or more that i picked that was left behind,, a bag of Elderberries and a bag of blackberrys to go with a load of apples i had given me for going up and pickling a load for a neiboure, Apple crumble ect on the menue soon, lol pehaps i should get out and get some more elderberries and black berries soon for wine, hic, hic, Title: Re: thought i'd found a buriel spot, Post by: Al.Thepastfinder, ( Alan ) on September 20, 2010, 07:04:55 AM The coins
Title: Re: thought i'd found a buriel spot, Post by: Chef Geoff on September 20, 2010, 09:16:48 AM Your find reminds me of one I found many years ago that nearly took my eyebrows off, it was tin sheeting with a thin layer of soil under it and very soft earth or a cavity under that, I was sat pondering whether it was worth digging as the tin had obviously been the target, when I lit a cigarette and threw a match in the hole....................whooooooooosh!!!!
The flame was to say the least......impressive. Asking about afterwards I found out that it was probably a field toilet from pre mechanised farming (only pre 50's) when you had a lot of workers picking crops. I had released a pocket of methane. Title: Re: thought i'd found a buriel spot, Post by: Al.Thepastfinder, ( Alan ) on September 20, 2010, 10:55:43 AM wow, Thanks Geoff, i bet that made you jump, lol. i wonder if mine was the same, i didn't have time to go and ask the farmer if he knew anything about it, if a hole had been dug to bury rubbish ect, sounds the same though, under that couple of inches under the sheet it went down Quite soft too, i nearly lost my shovel when i stabbed it in lol,
i did stick my nose down there to see if i can smell anything bad, like rotted bodies lol, nothing though, it was the large heavey coin i found down there that kept me going a bit more, Alan |