We were planting the peas and capucijners and I just happened to notice this. Do you see it? Do you know what it is? No?? Now then? Still not? Look closer then. Do you see that sort of oval-shaped, whitish thing? It is a pipe bowl from the 1600's or 1700's. We have lots of these in the lottie, because a few hundred years ago where we garden was a marsh and the folks living nearby used to throw their trash into the marshes. I have posted pics of some of my finds on here in the past.
That's cool even if it is a somewhat common find in those parts, it's still cool to dig up something that is from that long ago. I usually only find beer can pop-tops from the 60s-70s. I did find a mans blue sapphire ring several years ago.
What an interesting discovery! Especially one that is that old. The only things I've found is an old rusty broken pocket knife and a few marbles, not old ones. I did find an old cork stoppered (sp) tiny bottle and was told by some local people that it was an opium bottle left from when the railroad was built.
We found quite a few old bottles and one place we lived. I think the people who built the house in the 1800,s used the garden space for burying their trash. We still have a few of them. Lots of them went into an antique shop we once had. dooley
I just find some of my son's playthings from when he was small...little action figures, plastic frogs, snakes, bugs. He was big into creatures when he was small & would play with them endlessly outdoors. Whenever I did one up in the garden it brings back such memories...
Yes Cayuga--I know what you mean...even these old pipe pieces make me fantasize who the owner was, how it was broken and what it was like in those days of yore.
Sjoerd, Finding clay pipe pieces from 300-400 years ago is really amazing. Gives us such a connection with other humans who walked where you walk now.
What? No bodies? In Germany they find 'Bog Bodies' buried in 8000 BCE, preserved by the special conditions found in peat bogs. Clay pipes were quite popular in the 1700's and some were quite ornate, any markings? While I don't find bodies or clay pipes I do find toys and marbles. I did loose a trowel once, perhaps someone, many years from now, will dig it up and say "Oh, a trowel from the last century, made of steel". At the turn of the 19th century my grandfather would dig a hole in the backyard of their summer cottage and bury /burn all the trash for the summer. The hole would be covered in the fall. One of the last tasks ending the season. It might make for an interesting dig a few hundred years from now. Jerry
Interesting S... and here I was looking for a live animal/bug/amphibian... I just couldn't "see it". I grew up in an area called the Chippewa Valley area. named after the Chippewa Indians. There are arrow heads galore to be found. My brother has a fine collection of them. Do you think I could "see" one to save my life? NEVER. They are everywhere especially after the farmers work the fields in the Spring. The most significant thing to be found lately was a young man who had been missing from the 1950's. They speculate he died from a diabetic coma and was never found due to the lack of development in the area... it is a flood plain and swampy... covered in brush and scrub trees now.
CAYUGA--You are so right. It is a special feeling finding artefacts in the soil. Too true, JERRY--It would be the talk of the archaeology club 2000 years from now. Ha, ha, ha...yeah. It would be funny if it wasn't such a loss---loosing a trowel. I've done that. Oh...Indian artefacts--Now THAT is of great interest to me, CAROLYN--When I worked in the states, I would be sent around to various plants to do this and that and in my free time, I would search fields for Indian artefacts. I found it very relaxing, I could relax after a busy week. I would simply drive in the country until I saw a field or fields with a positioning that I thought could have been a camping or village site. I would approach the farmer and ask permission to look. They always said, oké. One farmer lady was so sweet, that I bought her flowers after looking a few times. She was totally shocked speechless. I have found many very interesting things and am now in the process of giving them to someone whom I know can appreciate and respect these very important artefacts from the heritage of North America. I have to dole them out a little at the time, otherwise the family may never come back to visit. hahaha. But what about finding the remains of a diabetic man! Gadzooks that is surprising!
My Father had found Indian arrowheads when he was working, he owned an excavating company when I was growing up. I never got to see them but he donated them to a museum . When we lived in the county, one corner of our lot I used to find glass all of the time, most of it broken. I did find an old spoon (it was kind of square at the bottom) and an small wine bottle, it looked like a Mogan david wine bottle, just smaller. The other neighbor then told us that that area was where all the trash was buried from years ago. You have such beautiful soil Sjoerd...at this house we have clay down a ways and they top dress it with black soil.
Thanks for the soil compliment, Sherry. i enjoyed reading about the things that your dad and you have found in the ground.
