http://www.shropshirestar.com/news/2013/07/29/missing-keys-hunt-unearths-treasure-trove-find/
What a find! :wavemulticolor:
Nice story thanks nevol, shame we can't find things like that in our back yard
I moved into a house that was built in 1850 and set on 5 acres of land in the middle of a logging town. The house has 17 rooms and back in the day, it was used for everything from a boarding house to a guest house and rumour has it, a bordello at some point.
I recently purchased a metal detector and thought I'd start investigating around the stables and any large trees (assuming buried items might be placed near a feature so that they can be recovered at a later date).
Much to my disappointment, the land was previously used as a wrecking yard so there are bits of car, nails and screws everywhere. On top of that, there are old gal water pipes running everywhere.
While I don't doubt that there are likely to be a number of items buried in my backyard somewhere, I can't seem to get past all the other rubbish to find anything. Alas, the struggle continues....
Nice article Nevol.
Back when I was a kid picking up spuds was a weekend & school holiday job during the harvest period (Apr-Aug). One of the farmers in the area was digging a row when over the digger came a jar full of sovereigns. The story made the paper at the time. Apparently, many years prior there was a chinese laundry on that block of land. The chinese owner was often targeted by thieves so the story goes. They must have had them buried and passed on or something (because you wouldn't forget you had them eh).
Quote from: 'coxspau' pid='23556' dateline='1375317609'I moved into a house that was built in 1850 and set on 5 acres of land in the middle of a logging town. The house has 17 rooms and back in the day, it was used for everything from a boarding house to a guest house and rumour has it, a bordello at some point.
I recently purchased a metal detector and thought I'd start investigating around the stables and any large trees (assuming buried items might be placed near a feature so that they can be recovered at a later date).
Much to my disappointment, the land was previously used as a wrecking yard so there are bits of car, nails and screws everywhere. On top of that, there are old gal water pipes running everywhere.
While I don't doubt that there are likely to be a number of items buried in my backyard somewhere, I can't seem to get past all the other rubbish to find anything. Alas, the struggle continues....
I'm not a detecting guru and there are many others in this forum who do it
but many moons ago I used to collect bottles and jars, china etc.
we used to go to towns, areas, old homesteads and we'd map out the most likely place the household rubbish would have been buried
easier if the local town tip location was known
bottles etc. would always be found - either broken or intact
i'd suspect that any deliberately hidden money would be in or near the house where the dogs could raise the intruder alarm
ex the pot of gold that the china-man might have buried in the bok choy garden
did you hear about the yanks who found the paper money in the lining of the bathroom wall? - ownership battles ended up in court with the new house owner missing out - the family of the original owner got possession - similar story in australia with a find of bars of silver under the laundry floor, and there are laws specific for when treasure is found at certain depth in the soil as well
so i'd advise if you find that pot of gold ..... shussh... mum's the word and just move it quietly through the coin auction house markets (more protection through auctions)
good luck!!
QuoteWhile I don't doubt that there are likely to be a number of items buried in my backyard somewhere, I can't seem to get past all the other rubbish to find anything. Alas, the struggle continues....
If you can figure out where the clothesline might have been way back when, try detecting where it used to be. In the 'old days' men had a habit of leaving coins in their pockets and they would fall out while the trousers were hanging out to dry. Also look out for picnic areas under shady trees.
Keep metal detecting over and over all the area. Dig all that gives a signal. One has to clean up the area before one finds TREASURE.
Perseverance is what it is called.
It pays in the long run to be honest,applies to collectors,Dealers and the metal detector brigade.
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-hereford-worcester-50461860 (https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-hereford-worcester-50461860)
I saw recently that someone in Toowoomba found a few thousand Australia coins 1910-1940 and didn't report them and got in trouble.
I had no idea we had the same rules here, let alone for something that I would have considered a little mundane (hoard of soil-damaged comparatively modern silver coins).
Quote from: 'Mister T' pid='120864' dateline='1575022711'I saw recently that someone in Toowoomba found a few thousand Australia coins 1910-1940 and didn't report them and got in trouble.
I had no idea we had the same rules here, let alone for something that I would have considered a little mundane (hoard of soil-damaged comparatively modern silver coins).
Yeah,but its when your in the Ocean that it really gets complex.
Ha I bet.