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Buried Treasure!
Loganberry Hut
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Since i began to make my new borders, Ive discovered some interesting artifacts!
my favourite, is a tiny little perfectly formed glass jar, which has an almost pinkish hue to it. There is no screw top for a lid, so assuming it was corked? its about 1.5'' tall, maybe the same diameter. Ive also found lots of pieces of broken up ceramic with a very old looking blue & white pattern on, and ribbed back. The house i live in was only built in the late 60s so guessing they cant be that old really?
anyone else found anything exciting while digging?
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Depends what was on the site before your house was built. Years ago, before council tips, people used to just dig a very big hole in the ground, fill it up then dig another. I found a whole bottle bank in my old house, but was told thats what they did back then. The little bottle is probably a perfume bottle, its probably got a little tiny glass stopper but whether you could find it!
It was all just greenfield, so you are probably right! i love the idea of little bits of history under my feet!
I found a bubble car in my allotment (dinky toy size) slightly tatty but we kept it as my husbands first car was a bubble car.
Verdun
Verdun tsk tsk,
lol.... beats my quirky glass jar hands down!
This topic has been raised before and as I said then, I had found a Elizabeth 1st coin dated 1562 in some gravel I have had since the mid-sixties....I have pics, but I've already shown them before and would hate to bore peeps with them.
Clay pipes in abundance which apparently have NO antique value whatsoever. In fact archaeology types say you're meant to re bury them for other people to find !