Gardening finds

GarnetLady

My parents live in an old house and over the years have dug up all sorts of stuff. It was a brewing town and they found lots of (old) beer bottles, some of which went to the local museum. Also lots of marbles, broken pottery. By far the freakiest thing however, was a smooth, round, flat stone. It had a hole in the middle and part of the Lord's Prayer inscribed... We got rid of that quite quickly. Never did find out what it was....

Lotus-eater

GarnetLady wrote: »

By far the freakiest thing however, was a smooth, round, flat stone. It had a hole in the middle and part of the Lord's Prayer inscribed... We got rid of that quite quickly. Never did find out what it was....

Dunno, doesn't sound worrying to me, it does sound very interesting.

dannie

Thanks grahawk, interesting how they got there (?). Also, thanks for the other replies. Maybe the flat stone was Victorian period?

wallbash

Demolished a small garden wall , inside was a number of 'accumulators '
Wrong spelling! you took them down to the shop , swapped them and they were a sort of battery to run radios. Used in 30/40's mainly made of thick glass.

GarnetLady

Lotus-eater wrote: »

Dunno, doesn't sound worrying to me, it does sound very interesting.

It was interesting but there was just an unsettling feeling about it... *shrugs*

dannie wrote: »

Thanks grahawk, interesting how they got there (?). Also, thanks for the other replies. Maybe the flat stone was Victorian period?

Yeah, that's quite possible from the age of the house.

dannie

Thanks for the additional comments. Anyway, the next item is this


I do not know much about golf but this is part of a putter (both sides). Does anybody know anymore than me? The inscription may reveal more to those interested in golfing? Anybody?

Thanks.

dannie

Still unable to date this. Anybody know?

Thanks.

nodwah

GarnetLady wrote: »

My parents live in an old house and over the years have dug up all sorts of stuff. It was a brewing town and they found lots of (old) beer bottles, some of which went to the local museum. Also lots of marbles, broken pottery. By far the freakiest thing however, was a smooth, round, flat stone. It had a hole in the middle and part of the Lord's Prayer inscribed... We got rid of that quite quickly. Never did find out what it was....

I reckon that might have been a homemade weight for a loom.

We visited the Crannog on Loch Tay and they had us making them by pecking away at a large flat stone with a smaller one, surprisingly easy to make a hole actually.

They were used in weaving for keeping tension and in later days they could well have had prayers inscribed on them.

So probably not anything sinister!

bottlehalffull

Have dug up a clay pipe bowl many years ago. Some interesting bits of pottery, but nothing really valuable or historic.

suisidevw

When ripping up some turf a month or so ago I found a 1/2 penny from 1920! Pretty cool. Our house was only built in 1935