WELL, I WAS DIGGING TODAY... AND I FOUND A WWII AMERICAN BUTTON. I DON'T KNOW WETHER THE ALLOTMENTS WERE ALLOTMENTS BACK THEN OR FIELDS, BUT EITHER WAY WHAT WAS HE DOING LOSING A BUTTON THERE??? :o STILL HAVE GIVEN IT TO THE LOCAL HISTORY SOICITY FOR PROSTERITY. BY THE THE WAY ALONGSIDE I FOUND A VERY PRETTY WHITE BUTTON WHAT I'D DESCRIBE AS A CARDI BUTTON... SO LONG AS I DON'T FIND THE REST OF THEM :-X
aye aye ;) bet more than buttons were lost in that field that night :P ;D
yuk, either way!! my poor plants having to grow there! still on the up side i could get cid to dig over the plot for me ;D
I'm afraid i'm an old romantic and my imagination s running away with me.
Quote from: shirlton on September 17, 2006, 09:18:38
I'm afraid i'm an old romantic and my imagination s running away with me.
SNAP! Scene of unbridled, bodice-wripping, button-popping passion? Ah, those were the days....women wore cardis in them times ;D
My only WWII finds have been a couple of bits of shrapnel; given the diameter of the curvature, I think they're bomb fragments. The other thing was some pieces of extremely thick and heavy corrugated which apparently came from an Anderson shelter. A slightly different side of it!
Someone tried to put the shelter on the plot, and it filled with water. Does anyone else know of one being put on an allotment?
Look at my avatar!
I inherited one on my plot! It doesn't have a door, but is very useful for storing bits and pieces....
Incredible..........
I was digging today..............
and found a WW2 GERMAN STORMTROOPER!!!!
mind you.............................
he was made of plastic
(http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y21/meatpaste/DSCF1329.jpg)
hahahah @ you Pete! I found a dinosaur.....but he was similar dimensions to your soldier Pete. :P
hahaha
I dug up an articulated lorry - it took ages !
BUT
There was an old motorbike under our concrete patio when it was dug up for the extension (was down there at least 20 years that I know of ).
We dug up a William III halfpenny on our plot a few years back. I think it has to be connected to Bury Lodge, which would have been the only house in the area at that time. It was found a good way from the only contemporaneous road.
I asked the local history society if they had maps from that time, but drew a blank.
My Anderson shelter bits are horizontal and serving as a huge compost bin., there are lots on our site Deb if you keep your eyes open. We also found a plastic dinosaur... I put him near the pond and called him tiny, but the fox chewed two of his feet off...
;D
Quote from: Trevor Holloway on September 18, 2006, 13:21:25
I dug up an articulated lorry - it took ages !
BUT
There was an old motorbike under our concrete patio when it was dug up for the extension (was down there at least 20 years that I know of ).
WHAT SORT WAS IT?... YOU KNOW THERE'S ONLY TWO REASONS WHY A BIKE IS BURIED ;) :o
ahhhhhhhhhhh i'm not the only one!
My 8yo son is always finding stuff - lots of cows teeth... but last weekend a Aden Protectorate Levies Badge. Couldnt identify it so i scanned it and set the pic off to a militaria company and they said it was very rare! Darling son now thinks its worth £100 LMAO!
It was a 1963 Honda complete with numberplate !
Rang the police who did not seem bothered (I wonder why) and told me to put it in the skip !
Quote from: LILACSPLASH on September 20, 2006, 22:55:00
Quote from: Trevor Holloway on September 18, 2006, 13:21:25
I dug up an articulated lorry - it took ages !
BUT
There was an old motorbike under our concrete patio when it was dug up for the extension (was down there at least 20 years that I know of ).
WHAT SORT WAS IT?... YOU KNOW THERE'S ONLY TWO REASONS WHY A BIKE IS BURIED ;) :o
Quote from: LILACSPLASH on September 20, 2006, 22:55:00
Quote from: Trevor Holloway on September 18, 2006, 13:21:25
I dug up an articulated lorry - it took ages !
BUT
There was an old motorbike under our concrete patio when it was dug up for the extension (was down there at least 20 years that I know of ).
WHAT SORT WAS IT?... YOU KNOW THERE'S ONLY TWO REASONS WHY A BIKE IS BURIED ;) :o
What reasons are those then?
Ummm... to grow lots of little bikes?
(Desperately wishes for seeds of Motorcyclus triumphus, var. Daytona)
ok, been bullied into replying...#1 been "stolen" #2 been an insurance claim. it's not down there as hardcore...as my dad told me. an a10 and some bsa's...
must be hard work to bury it...rhubarb is bad enough ::)
and there was me thinking you buried bikes because the OH kept on dismantling the engines on the dining room table. Either that or the shotgun blast meant for for the OH got the bike instead and the gristly evidence had to be hidden somehow. :o ;D
been bought up with it... it's the same now, every room inc bathroom has m/cycle parts in, the only sanctuary is the lottie where I only dig up fridge or oven shelves and the odd berco boiler! oh and buttons :o
now to pour even more petrol (pardon the pun) on the bodice ripping, yesterday I found a metal suspender belt clip in around the same spot :-*
Quote from: LILACSPLASH on September 26, 2006, 09:41:07
now to pour even more petrol (pardon the pun) on the bodice ripping, yesterday I found a metal suspender belt clip in around the same spot :-*
Waahay - I can feel a Mills & Boon coming on.
well you'll have to beat me to the publishing :D
*** Snigger ;) ***
I LOVE finding old things/digging 'em up. My dream is to own a metal detector ;D
However, after 3 yrs on my (3) allotments I haven't found ONE THING OF INTEREST ... zip, zilch, nada! Unless you count bent nails and guttering brackets ::)
The guys who used to have my lotties certainly NEVER dropped any money, that's for sure!
I've got an Anderson Shelter though! Father-In-Law and his side-kick Mad Frank painted it lime green for some unknown reason. Very handy for keeping tools in but I wouldn't fancy my chances during an air raid!
An acquaintance of mine once buried a motorbike in his back garden for fraudulent insurance purposes. He battled with heavy clay soil, a very small spade and torrential rain for several days. And then discovered he hadn't renewed his insurance. Dozy g*t.
That's what's called 'Motorbikarma'.
The only things I find on my lottie are stones and weeds.....ho hum!!
We have lots of little pieces of clay pipe - they are creamy colour and about 2 inches long and only as wide as a piece of electric cable but with a hole right through. No idea what was there before the allotments - will have to investigate!
I get loads of those, along with the occasional pipe bowl. How old is your site? Mine goes back to 1840, and there was nothing but a field there before it. Apparently clay pipes were given away free in pubs, and they must have been really popular among Victorian gardeners.