I'd go with that option too - one fireplace, the narrower slate being the mantelpiece and the wider being the hearth.
Lucky find
KT53 - We lived in an old farmhouse and found all sorts buried in that garden, including an ancient cast iron cooking pot, a bicycle (squashed flat) and the graves of 3 farm dogs. So far all we've found here are old gates, baler twine and a stash of empty meat paste pots.
Gardening on the edge of Exmoor, in Devon
“It's still magic even if you know how it's done.”
Beats the million pieces of glass and asbestos roofing that I'm digging up!
In the '50s it was common for people to bury waste in the garden (waste like old 1930s fireplaces or even cars!) so if I find a bit of reebar (that iron reinforcing stuff) I stop digging thinking it's going to be a fireplace and a job for a digger!
I would love to find what you found SandT, says something about the developer and their worth value system if they were responsible for burying that!
I've found an old heeled horseshoe, quite a bit of 1960s style pottery pieces, more modern bits of a trampoline, what look like old '50s style car headlights and part of an old registration plate that coincidentally has the start letter and the end letter of our surname on it so I've pinned these finds to my shed as trophies
The only interesting thing I've found have been bones. Quite large ones in lots of locations. I assumed that no one had buried lots of large dogs round the garden. Mystery solved when we had the foundations dug out for the garage conversion and found a few ribs. I dug out a text book and confirmed them as porcine. Our builder lives round the corner and it turns out that decades ago the whole area was a pig farm so I assume we live over the old slaughter area!
Loads of rubbish here, huge lumps of concrete for us to make steps and a sort of rockery. Old hand made bricks to build a summerhouse. Plus glass, plastic bag, asbestos, brick rubble, carpets.........
My neighbour says there's a Reliant Robin in there. He put it there, in one of the ex-ponds I suspect. If we ever find it OH will want to restore it to its former ?glory
The only thing I found was a three inch stuffed squirrel toy. He got thrown in my washer and I have him to this day. Finding the bones would have made me shudder - just in case.
Cacoethes: An irresistible urge to do something inadvisable
Did I mention the microwave in a couple of black binliners that I found hidden beneath the (thankfully now destroyed) leylandii down the bottom of the garden? Himself was optimistic it would be some sort of pirate hoard...
I've got a metal detector Muddle-up and it is great fun using it in the garden. Apparently we need a license to use it in public places like beaches or common land. So far I have found an old penny, 100's of rusty nails, bolts and screws and old pipe from pre mains water days all in our garden.
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I'd go with that option too - one fireplace, the narrower slate being the mantelpiece and the wider being the hearth.
Lucky find
KT53 - We lived in an old farmhouse and found all sorts buried in that garden, including an ancient cast iron cooking pot, a bicycle (squashed flat) and the graves of 3 farm dogs. So far all we've found here are old gates, baler twine and a stash of empty meat paste pots.
“It's still magic even if you know how it's done.”
Beats the million pieces of glass and asbestos roofing that I'm digging up!
In the '50s it was common for people to bury waste in the garden (waste like old 1930s fireplaces or even cars!) so if I find a bit of reebar (that iron reinforcing stuff) I stop digging thinking it's going to be a fireplace and a job for a digger!
I would love to find what you found SandT, says something about the developer and their worth value system if they were responsible for burying that!
I've found an old heeled horseshoe, quite a bit of 1960s style pottery pieces, more modern bits of a trampoline, what look like old '50s style car headlights and part of an old registration plate that coincidentally has the start letter and the end letter of our surname on it so I've pinned these finds to my shed as trophies
Don't want to find the rest of the car! He he.
The only interesting thing I've found have been bones. Quite large ones in lots of locations. I assumed that no one had buried lots of large dogs round the garden. Mystery solved when we had the foundations dug out for the garage conversion and found a few ribs. I dug out a text book and confirmed them as porcine. Our builder lives round the corner and it turns out that decades ago the whole area was a pig farm so I assume we live over the old slaughter area!
However, I love the hearths/mantles. Rather jealous!
Loads of rubbish here, huge lumps of concrete for us to make steps and a sort of rockery. Old hand made bricks to build a summerhouse. Plus glass, plastic bag, asbestos, brick rubble, carpets.........
My neighbour says there's a Reliant Robin in there. He put it there, in one of the ex-ponds I suspect. If we ever find it OH will want to restore it to its former ?glory
In the sticks near Peterborough
The only thing I found was a three inch stuffed squirrel toy. He got thrown in my washer and I have him to this day. Finding the bones would have made me shudder - just in case.
In the early days I hoped we might find some human bones, then the police would come and do the digging.
I forgot to mention the bottles, hundreds of them, the previous owner had a bit of a problem
In the sticks near Peterborough
Did I mention the microwave in a couple of black binliners that I found hidden beneath the (thankfully now destroyed) leylandii down the bottom of the garden? Himself was optimistic it would be some sort of pirate hoard...
I've got a metal detector Muddle-up and it is great fun using it in the garden. Apparently we need a license to use it in public places like beaches or common land. So far I have found an old penny, 100's of rusty nails, bolts and screws and old pipe from pre mains water days all in our garden.
I'm feeling disappointed now
. I only ever find bits of 1970's plastic and old pennies.