buried family fortune

rubberdiver13

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in 1600s ,during the civil war, cromwells army was marching back from evesham,where i now work for dawn foods (usa),and were approaching a local stately home,the owner ,loyal to the king, heard of the approaching army and told his butler to get the family siver and plate and hid it, so he did, taking the garden wheel barrow full of the family silver and set off into the night, dug a hole next to an old elm, and buried it, setting back, a small band of scounts in advance of the column saw him and fired a fatal shot, making it back to his master, only to inform him that it was buried next to an elm tree nr by, then died...the house was attacked and the owners tortured as to its silvers wereabouts..., but to no avail..it still is buried to this day....

i recentley metal detected the surrounding elms, but to no avail, but one tree a horse chestnut, threw up a dated silver spoon, whose ladle is no bigger than 5mm, and handle length 3", was it drpped from the bumpy ride to the tree.....i will see....soon hopefully
 

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It's fun just detecting in an area with that kind of history.
Good Luck!
Mike
 

Sounds like a great adventure! I am sure you'll enjoy every minute of it! And good luck!
:wink:
Mike
 

Wow!
Great chance to maybe even find their buried gold somewhere on the property as well!
 

Interesting story.....good luck with the search
 

I would start with the old trees but the tree could be long gone

GOOD LUCK
 

The 1600's ? I don't think I would be looking around existing trees then. Elm's live around 150-300 years and that's if it didn't get diseased with dutch elm.
 

You will be looking for a very big tree or a very big dead tree. Keep in mind it won't ring in as a small item, if your machine can even get to the depth it could be at. I hope you find it and you better post pictures if you do. I love sterling.... :o ;D

Keep @ it and HH!! :D
 

Nice story welcome to the T Net :) do you have any pictures of the spoon?
 

Good luck on finding that lost silver, sounds like quite an adventure
 

congrats on the dated silver spoon.
 

HOPE YOU FIND IT. :thumbsup:
 

sounds like a mission! good luck to you and have fun!
 

Great Story, I wish you luck in the coming year, hope you find your pot of gold, or in this case Silver!

HH, Ringfinder
 

Well, when you locate it there won't be a question about the reading......... that much silver will give one he11 of a signal!!!!!!!
Good fortune, mate!
Watch out for ghosts of those Roundheads!!!! ;D
 

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