Digging For History
Mar. 29th, 2017 11:16 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
poliphiloI've invited a couple of metal detectorists onto the farm and they're walking up and down the fields now. They've only been at it a few minutes but already they've found...
A Victorian penny
A gilt button
A harness stud
A piece of shrapnel from the Second World War
and- most intriguingly- two large bore musket balls.
The balls are bigger that you'd expect a farmer to be firing off. They imply the presence of soldiers or at least of military firearms.
More to follow...
A Victorian penny
A gilt button
A harness stud
A piece of shrapnel from the Second World War
and- most intriguingly- two large bore musket balls.
The balls are bigger that you'd expect a farmer to be firing off. They imply the presence of soldiers or at least of military firearms.
More to follow...
