Bavaria Mike
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- Feb 7, 2005
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- Detector(s) used
- Minelab XT70, Fisher 1280, Garrett Ace 250 and MH5
- Primary Interest:
- All Treasure Hunting
I was glad to get out today, was a little cold, -3.2C/26F and we had our first snowfall of a few inches. My detecting buddy wimped out so I explained to my wife where I was headed in case I was never to be heard from again, LOL, she didn’t think it funny and scolded me for being irresponsible and my only defense is I love the adventure. This medieval or possible Celtic ruin is a tough hunt due to the hillsides and has not given up much in the way of finds. Looking up at the ruins.
Outer ring. I found a heel plate to the right of the ring today. Looks older than most I have found. It was a little colder here on this mountain top and the top 1” was frozen, I had my forest digging tool with, does a great job, a friend made it for me.
Another part of the ring wall, same picture as last week but with snow, LOL. The wall would have been made of timbers with rock and dirt between them to form the wall about 2.5 meters high.
I think this cellar hole is authentic with a flat spot just above it, hard to see in the picture. Several other holes, as suggested from a forum friend, look to be from the archies digs, they look like fox holes from the army but the dirt dug out was piled up down hill so I think the archies did not fill their holes. Wondering around detecting, I got away from the ruins and into the forest thicket, found an old cart road I followed, then another cart road and another. I actually got lost in the forest, was a terrible feeling, took about 30 minutes to find my way back to the jeep.
Here’s the finds, not much but it was adventurous. A small horse shoe, two ox shoes, glob of iron, heel plate, small round whatsit, Four whatsits and four square nails.
Close up of the round piece.
No idea what these pieces are but they came out of the same hole together. Might be my last hunt for a long while as it is supposed to drop down to -16C/3F this week, Brrrr! HH, Mike
Outer ring. I found a heel plate to the right of the ring today. Looks older than most I have found. It was a little colder here on this mountain top and the top 1” was frozen, I had my forest digging tool with, does a great job, a friend made it for me.
Another part of the ring wall, same picture as last week but with snow, LOL. The wall would have been made of timbers with rock and dirt between them to form the wall about 2.5 meters high.
I think this cellar hole is authentic with a flat spot just above it, hard to see in the picture. Several other holes, as suggested from a forum friend, look to be from the archies digs, they look like fox holes from the army but the dirt dug out was piled up down hill so I think the archies did not fill their holes. Wondering around detecting, I got away from the ruins and into the forest thicket, found an old cart road I followed, then another cart road and another. I actually got lost in the forest, was a terrible feeling, took about 30 minutes to find my way back to the jeep.
Here’s the finds, not much but it was adventurous. A small horse shoe, two ox shoes, glob of iron, heel plate, small round whatsit, Four whatsits and four square nails.
Close up of the round piece.
No idea what these pieces are but they came out of the same hole together. Might be my last hunt for a long while as it is supposed to drop down to -16C/3F this week, Brrrr! HH, Mike
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That is a tough seach even without the snow and low temps! Great pictures of the site . I like forests. Very old ruin should produce some great finds. Definately, would not want to get lost up there. 
Take Care ,Bavaria Mike & thanks for posting 
Beautiful pics, Mike! You might wanna ask for a GPS for Christmas? :P 
