Author Topic: what is the wierdest thing you have found on the plot? (Read 10386 times)

simmo116 · « **on:** October 20, 2009, 18:04:45 »

the weekend i was digging over my corn patch when i spotted something coinlike in the dirt after a night in the brown sauce it turned out to be a george the v silver sixpence circa 1910. ;D ;D ;D
i never new our allotments were that old. so come on what have you lot dug up/uncoverd over the years?

Borlotti · « **Reply #1 on:** October 20, 2009, 18:10:42 »

A dead cat.

small · « **Reply #2 on:** October 20, 2009, 18:22:50 »

Not strictly allotment, but I opened a bale of hay for the goats and found an entire dead fox in the middle.......imagine a smiley for feeling sick.....

shirlton · « **Reply #3 on:** October 20, 2009, 18:23:03 »

I have told this one before on here but here goes.We had dug most of our plots except a bit at the top. When Tony started to dig he found. A pair of mens slippers and a pair of socks, a pair of trousers and a jumper. I told him to stop right there before he found the owner of the clothes. There is now a comfrey bed on it .

simmo116 · « **Reply #4 on:** October 20, 2009, 18:27:58 »

ok no more dead things aloud!!!! i've just had me tea....lol

flossy · « **Reply #5 on:** October 20, 2009, 18:30:28 »

   Phew, don't know about wierdest -- but for quantity, here goes ;- bed springs, padlocks, door bolt,

   nails and screws, a stirrup, scaffolding, teaspoons and a mega - moulding collection of photographic

   slides layered under some ancient carpet -- stuck together through time, didn't want to investigate

   further !

Chrispy · « **Reply #6 on:** October 20, 2009, 18:32:46 »

A reel of 8mm film, I think someone wanted to bury the evidence ;)

lewic · « **Reply #7 on:** October 20, 2009, 18:39:54 »

A ceramic shower tray, that I could barely move. It was eventually taken by a friend with an allotment (and compulsive hoarding tendencies) who said it would be good for keeping seedlings watered, so maybe thats why it was there.

I've also dug up several bits of curtain rail, which I can't imagine a use for on an allotment!

lewic · « **Reply #8 on:** October 20, 2009, 18:41:10 »

..oh, and a yellow plastic duck!

steve76 · « **Reply #9 on:** October 20, 2009, 18:47:34 »

Nails, old chair spring, metal dowel, glass and some more nails nothing of any excitement :(

tonybloke · « **Reply #10 on:** October 20, 2009, 18:48:20 »

i found a 'kayes' oil can in some manure i had delivered. it looks like this http://www.oldtools.co.uk/tools/misc/oil.cans/oil.cans.pg1.php, but a bit dirtier!!

Unwashed · « **Reply #11 on:** October 20, 2009, 18:50:16 »

I had leaches on my first plot, very much alive.

betula · « **Reply #12 on:** October 20, 2009, 18:50:53 »

When I was working on my old plot it was very overgrown to start with.

I cut back the hedges and found an old kettle that had been lodged in the hedge.Obviously someone long ago had put it there for the Robins.

I dug up loads of small ceramic peaces.Lots of lovely patterns.

On my latest allotment it was not just the plot that was overgrown it was almost the whole site.When I walked round I found about three of the old fashioned metal watering cans,I use them for decoration as they are a bit heavy for me to use.I have seen them for sale in second hand places but I would not part with them.To me they are a part of the allotment s history.

Found all kinds of tat as well

debster · « **Reply #13 on:** October 20, 2009, 19:00:40 »

a ?lead toy cow i f ound in my garden

cornykev · « **Reply #14 on:** October 20, 2009, 19:01:00 »

A couple of old medicine bottles, nothing much exciting, I keep promising myself I will get my metal detector out of the loft and take it over the lottie. ;D ;D ;D

OllieC · « **Reply #15 on:** October 20, 2009, 19:02:48 »

Just some broken glass which turned out to be a bit of a pane.

Borlotti · « **Reply #16 on:** October 20, 2009, 19:04:55 »

Cornykev, looking for a pumpkin. ;D ;D

grawrc · « **Reply #17 on:** October 20, 2009, 19:06:15 »

An underground air-raid shelter at the bottom of the garden and a Victorian (?) child's china ball.

powerspade · « **Reply #18 on:** October 20, 2009, 19:15:04 »

Dug up a old tin bath

GRACELAND · « **Reply #19 on:** October 20, 2009, 19:32:10 »

I dug up a full chest of gold coins once
:o

Then i woke up :-X

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