Old Farm

[Voriax]

Last weekend I did some searching around an old farm...it belongs to a friend so no problem getting permission. The farm is a working one and the current buildings are fairly new, 1930's to 1950's I think. However the interesting fact is that this farm has belonged to the same family since mid 17'th century...

They were doing some 'gardening' and had removed the topsoil around an old storage shed so the clear ground made an excellent spot to search.

Now I spent maybe 3 hours detecting around this shed and covered maybe 10x15 metres of ground...and there is much, much more to search.

What was obvious from the start was that the ground was full of iron objects...and I mean full. I dug out a nail or two for good measure and to demonstrate. then I simply notched out the iron and continued. found few bullets, some empty casings..various bits and pieces that somehow gave a good tone (a chrome-plated screw gives a really good tone. Not mentioning a washer.)

Only things I kept wee the 8 coins I managed to find, dated between 1923 and 2000
The very, very corroded one in the pic is also a coin, older than 1923 for sure as it has a Russian imperial double-headed eagle in it but there is no way to see any dates or values.

I also found a neat small padlock, also from imperial Russia era. It's been soaking in solvent and I actually managed to get it open

But I will head towards this farm later this summer, and probably more than once.

Voriax

[JimInPhilly]

Very interesting.V. Im sure theres plenty more where that came from..Euro , U.S. and Russian coins.. What part of the world are you from?

[Voriax]

I'm from Finland. And that cent nect to the lock is just to give it a scale.

Voriax

[jeff@middlesex]

Great, thats a very nice old lock

[Korban]

you should look up that lock. And then tell us if its worth anything :!: It a great find either way though.

[hoser]

Very interesting lock. Looks like a small luggage lock of some kind. Well done.

[~Alan~]

Keep looking at you'll hopefully find some older coinage and artefacts.
Does the area have any history !

[Voriax]

Korban, I found a pic of a similar lock from the webpage of a Russian antique dealer . Different shape but same manufacturer. Their lock was dated just 1850-1900. Guess they kept their models in production for decades. This dealer was asking 110$ for their lock.


Plenty of history for that area, of course those forts are off limits for detectorists.

Voriax

[Korban]

sweet deal. thanks for the info

[~Alan~]

Tried to look at the website Voriax, but my Finish isn't up to much

Is there an English version ?

[Voriax]

Stupid page, requires session cookies thus such direct link doesn't work. You can start from http://www.kotka.fi/index.asp , then select english from the top bar and tourism/history from the navigation bar.

Also this naval battle was fought in the area: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_..._of_Svensksund

Voriax