MorningAngel
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To me a reminds me of an audio plug.Is that an eyelet on the top?
To me a reminds me of an audio plug.Is that an eyelet on the top?
To me a reminds me of an audio plug.
I know what the mystery object is. It's a counterbalance weight from inside a 'sash window' frame.
The eyelet is where the rope is attached and the weight is concealed within a box section of the frame. The rope goes up and over a small wheel at the top of the frame and then down to tie on to the top of the moving part of the window.
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I don' think it's a sash weight , all the ones i've seen are cast iron and about 30mm dia and 10 inches long.
It’s glass of some kind.Looks like mother of pearl, maybe a sea shell.
Unfortunately unless I get that time machine. Which would be helpful to see what we are dealing with. My message to them would be ‘Do you not have dustmen?’ I’m pretty certain dustmen/rubbish men have been about for years.Whatever it is, I think it's past saving!
But to me this style has only been about the last twenty years or so in general production (I know because I love iridescence). If they have broken and buried a Lalique I swear I’ll build a time machine and stop them
I'm not saying that's Roman, but I have seen ancient Roman glass that had an iridescent sheen to it.Me again with another puzzle. We found this in our digging. We have found some things with a slight iridescent sheen but nothing like this. This looks intended to be this way. But to me this style has only been about the last twenty years or so in general production (I know because I love iridescence). If they have broken and buried a Lalique I swear I’ll build a time machine and stop them.
An iridescent sheen is a natural effect of chemical processes affecting buried glass. It's a well-known and common feature of excavated glass dating back centuries. It's also been a deliberate surface treatment (for aesthetic effect) in glass production since at least as early as the 19th century.
We did find some other bits with slight iridescences but nothing like this. The historical iridescent items I’ve seen has a less uniform iridescence from this.I'm not saying that's Roman, but I have seen ancient Roman glass that had an iridescent sheen to it.
Looks like mother of pearl, maybe a sea shell.
Another day another enigma in our garden. This is a completely different area from last time. It’s one foot four inches down in the corner so far. I’m hoping it’s a swimming pool
I swear the previous owners buried all this stuff just to drive us crazy. View attachment 27434View attachment 27435
Wonder... could it be an old earth grounding pin?View attachment 27636
Not much more to report unfortunately but I was wonder if any of you guys know what this is. It appears to be copper on the outside and it’s quite heavy so could have lead inside.
It appears to be the top part of a jar - the rim of which seems to be in view at the top of the piece.Me again with another puzzle. We found this in our digging. We have found some things with a slight iridescent sheen but nothing like this. This looks intended to be this way. But to me this style has only been about the last twenty years or so in general production (I know because I love iridescence). If they have broken and buried a Lalique I swear I’ll build a time machine and stop them.
Exactly what I thought it might be 'RaM!'old cosmetics/face creme jar?
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Not much more to report unfortunately but I was wonder if any of you guys know what this is. It appears to be copper on the outside and it’s quite heavy so could have lead inside.
Maybe the house is 1920s so could have had some pretty early connections.Could this be a short lenghth of a old electric power feed as in main to house?
Wonder if that is what is left over from an old type Greenhouse? If it is, the walled side should be to the North?Well we’ve not got a lot further. It doesn’t appear to be an air raid shelter (boo). But what it is has got us stumped. It seems it had been painted so was intended to be seen but it’s well below ground. It’s at least four feet deep. The left hand edge stops (at the side of the picture), we’ve dug down and can’t find any continuation. We don’t know how far it goes to the right (too much flotsam and jetsam) but it seems to go to at least another fence post. There doesn’t seem to be a forward edge on the right hand side. We found some electrics which may have been something connected to it. It’s really got us stumped. If it was a pond or something they’d need to be another edge. We’ve dug in both directions from the broken edge. Why has everything we’ve found got no explanation?
I buried a time capsule in the 90s and we can’t find that either. It’s bad when you can’t even find something you know is there. View attachment 27842
North is the left hand wall.Wonder if that is what is left over from an old type Greenhouse? If it is, the walled side should be to the North?
The wires might be from a water pump into the Greenhouse?
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Well then 'MorningAngel' sounds like it's a may-well-be, as it's a foundation which is shielded from the North & the East - the directions you would want to put at the back of a greenhouse?North is the left hand wall.
Would you put in four feet below everything else? The back wall does seem to go on for some distance. Probably at least another six foot maybe more we haven’t found the end.Well then 'MorningAngel' sounds like it's a may-well-be, as it's a foundation which is shielded from the North & the East - the directions you would want to put at the back of a greenhouse?
Could be stepped, I've seen long Victorian Greenhouses with stepped down layers from one end to the other, so it might be a smaller version?Would you put in four feet below everything else? The back wall does seem to go on for some distance. Probably at least another six foot maybe more we haven’t found the end.
You want to be very careful there 'Morning Angel,' these Croc's are known predators in swampy areas!This was the most unusual thing we found today. A crocodile in bush. View attachment 27975