Thanks @Sjoerd for such an interesting video. I love history and archeology. When I bought my place, there was a large pile of soil behind the house. It didn't make sense. I could not figure out why it was there. I removed the soil, using it to add bulk to my new raised beds. As I dug away the soil, I wondered, is someone buried there? (I watch way too many crime stories and mysteries). Was it where soil was dumped from digging a septic tank? It doesn't make sense, this is a hill and they could have just spread it to decrease the slope. Buried treasure? Only plastic plant labels, some plastic sheeting. Also, no bones, not even a chicken or cow. Now that area is flat, and fig trees and grass grow there. I used to watch a series about underground tunnels and caves under cities. Portland Oregon has an underground that was used to kidnap unsuspecting men and sell them into slavery as sailors. They were "Shanghaied", literally. There are lots of underground cities elsewhere too. All so interesting! One of these days, I'll get a metal detector. Probably find nails, and screws, and old fencing, but you never know. It was also interesting listening to the spoken language. I know just a little German, and the video had words here and there that I was surprised to understand.
I did and enjoyed every minute of it! This is a good example of "One man's trash is another man's treasure". At least if enough years have passed between those two events.
Daniel— I am chuffed that you liked this posting. A lot of people have found things on their property. It is always so mysterious to find something and try and imagine yourself back in the day. Getting a metal detector would be a great thing to do, I would imagine. You ought to go after that. Droopy— Great that you liked this film as well. Yeah, the trash and treasure thing is so true. Zigs— what an absolutely interesting opportunity you had as a child. I have had a couple of childhood instances like that. In my digging minutes turned into hours and before long, a whole afternoon had passed and there I sat, chipping dirt away with a twig segment. You know, when my Bride and I were doing migratory bird nest protection we found a thing or two in the fields. Ok, to be fair— the Bride found this one: This is a shard of an old type of beer jug that was popular across parts of Europe in the 16th, through the 19th centuries. They were made in Germany and perhaps other places. We call them “ bearded man jugs” translated. Here is what a whole jug looks like: You can see on the moustache that it isn’t exactly the same face, so there are variations. It was odd to find this piece in the field. In one of the little harbours in our town, folks were removing silt from the bottom so that the moored boats would have room and many of these pots were found intact. How nice that must have been. But can you imagine— guys sitting on their boats, drinking their jugs empty and then just tossing them into the drink without giving a second thought. Ssee an old posting: https://www.gardenstew.com/threads/...an-half-buried-in-the-soil.31566/#post-286588
That's so interesting. My dad found a few stone arrow heads and a stone ax head, while hunting or after plowing the farm fields. I don't know what happened to them after he died. When I'm at the ocean, I like looking for sea-glass. I have found a couple of pieces. People used to find glass fishing net floats from Japan, but now they must be using plastic. While digging in my garden, I once found a buried weed-digging tool. It was in good condition, too. I was the one who lost it, years ago! I would love to find a coin or something, not for any value, but for the history.
It is surprising that all manner of artefacts are to be found all over the place. I find pottery its and old pipe bowls in our garden—always interesting. I was able to find some Indian things in the fields in the u.s. When we worked there.
I've found a few mesolithic tools, flint has been the main technology for 98% of human history. Found lots of coins, especially when the river was drained. Only found one Roman penny though..
Just got done watching an 8 episode documentary on Netflix called Ancient Apocalypse very interesting
Sounds really interesting . Will have to catch it during this arctic front arriving over he next few days, Thanks..
@Pacnorwest it is talks about the possibility of advanced human civilization before the date we been told.
