Friday 13th today but neither me or Girlfriend is very superstitious so after breakfast we went back out to yesterdays dumping pit. I had hopes of getting the large steel plate out of the way to complete the dumping pit today. I spent half hour removing all the soil and already dug rust to clear the plate and find the edges of it. When that was done I began digging along the pipe laying atop the plate to find its end to make it possible to get it out of the pit. I hit a patch of rusted items, barrell bands, barbed wires and boot heel irons when I suddenly saw a familiar shape I didn`t think I`d ever see in the ground again. I cleared more of the sand away and was overjoyed to be looking at the brim of a German helmet. I dug away some more of the sand around it and could then easily get it loose. It looked a bit rusted but I am sure it will clean up good.
I think my heart skipped a beat when I saw this.
After this amazing start I continued removing sand and rust from around the plate and the pipe, but the pipe kept stretching further and further. Lots of rust was around it so it looks like the pit is actually a long ditch. I dug out several rotted Petromax lanterns, tons of broken bottles, more boot heel irons and shovel blades. I was very curious what could be under the plate so I started tunnelling under it from one of its corners and after a while I could peek under it and see that it is not just a plate but the top of a kitchen stove. From under it I pulled out some tools, porcelain jars and some more melted bottles. I spotted a small round aluminium part and cleaned the sand away from it and it was a nice little field made ring! A fantastic little find..Not something one would expect on a Friday the 13th!
The hours had passed quickly and seeing that completing this ditch would take many hours if not days we decided to call it quits for the day. Girlfriend grabbed the shovel filling back the sand while I stacked all the dug rust in one of the empty corners so it ll be easier to continue digging this hole another time.
The rest of the weekend wil be spent cleaning rust and relaxing, but hopefully there will be more treasure hunting next week.
Keep Smiling my Friends:)
The hours had passed quickly and seeing that completing this ditch would take many hours if not days we decided to call it quits for the day. Girlfriend grabbed the shovel filling back the sand while I stacked all the dug rust in one of the empty corners so it ll be easier to continue digging this hole another time.
The rest of the weekend wil be spent cleaning rust and relaxing, but hopefully there will be more treasure hunting next week.
Keep Smiling my Friends:)
Corner of the steel plate and the pipe.
Finds.
Rotted Petromax lamps.
Some tools.
Shovel.
A field made ring.
Taking pics of the finds.
Porcelain.
Some kind of fuse for a radio?
Cutlery.
A lovely twisted melted bottle.
Two small inkpots and the glass from a Petromax.
Again a melted bottle.
Beer bottles.
Filling back the sand.
Some of todays relics.
To wear it or not to wear it...
Leave no marks behind, or as little as possible at least:)
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