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Title: modern hoard ? Post by: Dryland on July 21, 2013, 09:41:38 PM I didn't go out until 7'o clock this evening, so I decided to detect a local woodland,
which I have permission on, walking along a footpath I detected a part normaly boggy but because of the weather it's dried out. I had a cracking signal, dug down about a foot and pulled out a rusty old tin, I went through the spoil and among plastic cotten reels, rusty badges etc I pulled out 27 coins. most of them are badly corroded but there are some pre decimal, modern coppers, and even some foreign coins , A silver 3d, a canadian 10 cents and one coin from republique Gabonaise ? three brooches, and an old toy car not bad for an hours detecting, Title: Re: modern hoard ? Post by: monkeymad on July 21, 2013, 10:06:21 PM Ah yes, gabonaise. From Gabon in Africa. Went to a village to see my mate marry his wife from a small village there many years ago. Funny place as they speak a lot of French there, some VERY rough areas.
Nice little haul from a quick hour. Title: Re: modern hoard ? Post by: Dryland on July 21, 2013, 10:09:18 PM Thanks M M first Gabonaise coin I've seen
Title: Re: modern hoard ? Post by: Christoph1945 on July 22, 2013, 06:52:29 AM Interesting finds. Me thinks that there must be a good story in there, somewhere.
Title: Re: modern hoard ? Post by: carling on July 22, 2013, 09:44:40 AM like it, reminds me of when i was about 7 {many many years ago :(} when i had some coins in a tin and the old man was laying some turf in the garden,before he put the turf down i dug a hole and stuck the box under where he was turfing,its probably still there now.
Title: Re: modern hoard ? Post by: Val Beechey on July 22, 2013, 02:48:26 PM You did have an interesting outing, well done.
Can you see a makers name on the Butterfly brooch. It reminds me of something I saw with similar enamelling. Val Title: Re: modern hoard ? Post by: Dryland on July 22, 2013, 04:20:21 PM Thanks Val, no nothing on the back of this one,the enameling seems to be plastic lol
I think you're right there Chris there's a story behind this ,it's probably as you say Carling some kind of time box buried some years back, as it had a couple of diaries buried with it, unfortunately well rotted and unreadable. Going back for a second look later to see if I missed anything Title: Re: modern hoard ? Post by: cardiffian on July 22, 2013, 04:59:39 PM unusual find. It's a great shame that the diaries didn't survive. I wonder what stories they would have revealed. One can only wonder!
Title: Re: modern hoard ? Post by: Moncó on July 22, 2013, 05:49:01 PM Great............
Thats quite a few finds, congratulations, good varitey, kept you busy digging...lol, lol lol ;D Title: Re: modern hoard ? Post by: congerman on July 23, 2013, 01:11:13 PM looks like you were busy well searched like the car ;)
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