Author Topic: What's the strangest thing you have ever dug up on your allotment? (Read 5309 times)

mc55 · « **Reply #20 on:** April 14, 2007, 18:19:24 »

oh, I missed one: condoms ... unused (still wrapped and sealed) ... several packets in total which just pop out of the ground occasionally ... v bizzare.

TheGrowingFamily · « **Reply #21 on:** April 16, 2007, 09:54:29 »

Quote from: gingerninja38 on April 13, 2007, 22:36:06

enough glass for a greenhouse,

I know that feeling :)

TGF :D

emmy1978 · « **Reply #22 on:** April 16, 2007, 09:58:03 »

Pah. I am very miffed now. Not dug up a single interesting thing. Apart from worms which are of huge scientific interest to the kids.

louise stella · « **Reply #23 on:** April 16, 2007, 10:00:43 »

A fork!, tons of bricks (well it feels like it), loads of glass - I can see on Google-earth that I used to have a greenhouse on site - but it got swiped when the previous owner was chucked off - and someone kindly smashed all the glass and left it for me to find!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Scaffolding joints - metal poles - half a million plant labels - Grrrrrrr I hate them!

And just about enough couch grass to make me want to have it listed as public enemy number one!

Louise
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louise stella · « **Reply #24 on:** April 16, 2007, 10:02:00 »

Quote from: mc55 on April 14, 2007, 18:19:24

oh, I missed one: condoms ... unused (still wrapped and sealed) ... several packets in total which just pop out of the ground occasionally ... v bizzare.

What on earth was someone trying to grow????????

LOL

Louise

emmy1978 · « **Reply #25 on:** April 16, 2007, 10:21:45 »

Quote from: mc55 on April 14, 2007, 18:19:24

oh, I missed one: condoms ... unused (still wrapped and sealed) ... several packets in total which just pop out of the ground occasionally ... v bizzare.

Your shed was den of iniquity (sp?) in it's former life.

Froglegs · « **Reply #26 on:** April 16, 2007, 10:38:08 »

What on earth was someone trying to grow????????

LOL

Louise

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A rubber tree. ;D
yes i know.....get ya coat. ;)

emmy1978 · « **Reply #27 on:** April 16, 2007, 10:38:44 »

;D ;D ;D

Robert_Brenchley · « **Reply #28 on:** April 16, 2007, 12:47:05 »

They could have fallen off the back of a lorry. It's not unknown for stolen property to by hidden in allotment sheds.

legendaryone · « **Reply #29 on:** April 22, 2007, 21:06:22 »

Me and my lad found yesterday the shell casing from a .303 bullet, my lad was well pleased and we are now attempting to get it sparkling :)

mc55 · « **Reply #30 on:** April 22, 2007, 21:12:31 »

today I dug up two steel toe caps ... no boots though. Oh, and a carpet - rather garish red design, not surprised it was buried.

Bionic Wellies · « **Reply #31 on:** April 23, 2007, 15:13:35 »

Our site sits near to a old brickworks (all gone years ago - turn of last century) so I keep turning up bits of roof tile.

My neighbour has found a flint arrow head. I have found parts of pots - the ones that have the top & bottom halves joined with a wavy thumb pressing join (I have part of the join). And finally a couple of rounds of musket shot (from during the siege of Basing house I guess - Roundheads & Cavaliers).

And then there's the bind weed ... but thats another story :(

laikadog · « **Reply #32 on:** April 23, 2007, 18:19:25 »

didn't dig em up but unearthed them under the benching in the greenhouse, a nice stack of porn mags from the late 70's early 80's, had a good laugh at the clothes, why did they always wear a big floppy hat ? ;D

Deb P · « **Reply #33 on:** April 24, 2007, 09:11:26 »

Quote from: laikadog on April 23, 2007, 18:19:25

didn't dig em up but unearthed them under the benching in the greenhouse, a nice stack of porn mags from the late 70's early 80's, had a good laugh at the clothes, why did they always wear a big floppy hat ? ;D

;D :o ;D :o ;D :o

robkb · « **Reply #34 on:** April 24, 2007, 14:04:53 »

Quote from: laikadog on April 23, 2007, 18:19:25

didn't dig em up but unearthed them under the benching in the greenhouse, a nice stack of porn mags from the late 70's early 80's, had a good laugh at the clothes, why did they always wear a big floppy hat ? ;D

Clothes???? ??? :o

Cheers,
Rob ;)

Jeannine · « **Reply #35 on:** April 25, 2007, 20:08:19 »

!970's porn, they would probably still wear clothes :o ;D ;) :D

DadnDom · « **Reply #36 on:** April 25, 2007, 21:19:26 »

I'll put some pics up tomorrow....I have stopped digging now, I think I may be digging up history :(
We live in a barn conversion on the edge of a very old estate/walled gardens. As we are digging over a patch we cut out of the adjoining field we go down about 12" then come across cut stone flags and some cut/dressed sandstone conical shapes.
Going to have someone take a look before I ruin something important :)

Also I keep pulling up some strange stones that when cracked in half reveal some very shiny crystals inside?? Not quartz but as bright as diamond, all the stone seems very strange and not from the same area or era. Hard jet black sharp stones, smooth round stones, flint, coal, sandy shale. Very strange also lots of bits of pottery and glass bottles.

legendaryone · « **Reply #37 on:** April 25, 2007, 21:31:39 »

I don't know what those stones are called but i have bought them for my children to crack open (and one for me ;) )

Robert_Brenchley · « **Reply #38 on:** April 25, 2007, 23:04:55 »

Can you post a pic of the stones? Where are you?

newbies · « **Reply #39 on:** April 26, 2007, 11:10:47 »

I dug up a whole roof truss, and 3 b and q trolleys, which prove useful for visiting the shop on site. :D

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