Well this after just an hour of browsing the ground

[ACANTHUS]

All this lovely stuff (well to me it is) after just an hour in the freezing cold and rain but is was worth it just for the nice brass door handle (even if it is new) or old??

Found a 1923 2 franc coin
A canteen token (how old?)
Silver?? charm type thing
broken gold?? locket
and a really nice brass door handle

Me thinks there is tons more stuff in this place all this came from about 10 sq feet ....3 m sq

 

[Oklahunter]

Heck of a job for a single hour!

That gold looks nice, too.

 

[Krom]

I think that's a faucet grip, ACANTHUS.

 

[ACANTHUS]

KROM In england we would call them a bog handle or toilet handle but in France all the door handles are in that kind of style
But maybe you're right

 

[Krom]

Well, I didn't know that, ACANTHUS.
Over here, a door knob that's looks like that, is probably from a set of fancy French doors. Most common (or normal) door knobs around here are round.

 

[Krom]

These are what ours look like, Epi... through the whole house.
(We liked the old darkened-varnish woodwork look when we bought the house, so we didn't change that (I know... it all needs a good coat of poly-urathane. That's coming soon. ).
There must be 40 of these diamond crystal knobs throughout the house (over 100 years old). Never counted them all.

 

[ToddB64]

All this lovely stuff (well to me it is) after just an hour in the freezing cold and rain but is was worth it just for the nice brass door handle (even if it is new) or old??

Found a 1923 2 franc coin
A canteen token (how old?)
Silver?? charm type thing
broken gold?? locket
and a really nice brass door handle

Me thinks there is tons more stuff in this place all this came from about 10 sq feet ....3 m sq

ACANTHUS .....Good finds and great pics ! I shudder to think
what you could find with a top model 'tector ! Just kidding.......your
doing great with the Viking !!!!!

BTW, have decided on which method for mining the bottoms of those
two old wells ?

ToddB64
Ace250

 

[ACANTHUS]

Well hey now its a door knob/handle competetion huh??
LOL

Well this is the traditional style in the old houses

 

[ACANTHUS]

One of the wells in the garden

Todd thought you'd be interested in a picture of one of those wells
Proberly will never get round to dredging or scooping them but hey its a nice idea
Needs a new roof put on it
Its made of a soft chalk type stone called pierre

 

[simonthesearcher]

lol

I would show you lot my handles but i dont want to win the competition

 

[ToddB64]

Re: One of the wells in the garden

Todd thought you'd be interested in a picture of one of those wells
Proberly will never get round to dredging or scooping them but hey its a nice idea
Needs a new roof put on it
Its made of a soft chalk type stone called pierre

Acanthus....Thanks alot for the excellent photo of one of your wells !

The construction is like nothing I've ever seen over here in the U.S.,
although I must admit I'm not that well traveled. However, it looks
typically Euro...very well designed (pun intended ) and super-strong construction. As you described the material "Pierre" sounds similar to our limestone.

My little well is field stone laid dry (no cement) in horizontal courses,
overlapping each stone onto another. Looks like it was built in the 1930's
or about 75 years ago. Has held up very good (No more puns....Right !)
It was dug on the side of a little hill, about 50 meters from a small stream
that flows through my property. The water table is close to the ground
surface where I live, as I've noticed crayfish mud-towers (air-entry holes) above the ground here and there around the property.

Think I'll try a large magnet on a line sometime and see what I can pull up out of my well........not in a hurry..........will report if I get anything.

Thanks again for all your great pics and replies ! HH

ToddB64
Ace250