hikeinmts
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- Location
- South Korea
- Detector(s) used
- Cobra II/Minelab Sovereign
- Primary Interest:
- All Treasure Hunting
In S. Korea last Tuesday it was Children's Day.....so I used the holiday to get away from all my school kids. 
No noise, just the breeze in the trees, and an occasional bird's song.....what a break to listening to 50+ kids.
Hiked up the two mountains that I had done some research on, but, sad to say, no old trails, and no coin sites.
So, on my way back to the old village I began to notice, in the farmer's cart path, lots of pottery shards.....too many
for it to be where some had thrown pottery after eating. So, I went back, looking to see where the shards began.
Found the beginning of the pottery on the bank above the road. And, it looked to be about 20 meters in length, where the
broken pieces of pottery were showing. (I had seen this type of sign one time before, and been able to reclaim 3 smaller bowls
and 5 or 6 saucers, plus one set of 3 blown glass pieces.) So, I began to dig. Well, here nothing except thousands of
pieces, large and small. As I was digging, an elderly lady was making her way from the fields to the village, and she saw me
and stopped and asked what I was doing. I showed her the pottery pieces and explained, in my faltering Korean, that I thought
it was the remains of a kiln. She became excited, and began speaking about something, but she was speaking too fast for me to
follow. But it was evident that she was thinking the same as I was. So, she left, and about 1/2 hour later, a man appeared
from the village, and he watched what I was doing, and handled a few pieces of the broken pottery. And he concurred with
me that it was, indeed, the remains of a long forgotten kiln, plowed down, covered up with years of leaves and debris.....but was
worth uncovering, as this was part of the history of his village. And we noted that there was a great source of water, within a
few feet of the pile of pottery. I did not see anything of the clay, except in the pottery pieces that I was uncovering.
So, didn't find any pieces to take home, but unearthed some history, several hundred years old, and perhaps older. I am sure
that the village elders will do some research on the kiln, and put out a story about it.
Now, I need some of your help.
As you can see, no pictures. I had a number of pictures of the last hunt and the coin finds, and tried to post it to this website.
But I recieved a message stating that I had taken too long to post the pics, and so they were rejected. From the time that I
hit the send button to transmit the pics, to the time that I received the advisory message, was much less than one minute.
Have any of you had a similar experience? What can I do to share some of my pics of the beautiful land of Korea, and some pics
of the finds that I am making?
Thank you for any help you can be.
Have some great hunts, some great finds, and make some great friends in the doing. hikeinmts in S. Korea
No noise, just the breeze in the trees, and an occasional bird's song.....what a break to listening to 50+ kids.
Hiked up the two mountains that I had done some research on, but, sad to say, no old trails, and no coin sites.
So, on my way back to the old village I began to notice, in the farmer's cart path, lots of pottery shards.....too many
for it to be where some had thrown pottery after eating. So, I went back, looking to see where the shards began.
Found the beginning of the pottery on the bank above the road. And, it looked to be about 20 meters in length, where the
broken pieces of pottery were showing. (I had seen this type of sign one time before, and been able to reclaim 3 smaller bowls
and 5 or 6 saucers, plus one set of 3 blown glass pieces.) So, I began to dig. Well, here nothing except thousands of
pieces, large and small. As I was digging, an elderly lady was making her way from the fields to the village, and she saw me
and stopped and asked what I was doing. I showed her the pottery pieces and explained, in my faltering Korean, that I thought
it was the remains of a kiln. She became excited, and began speaking about something, but she was speaking too fast for me to
follow. But it was evident that she was thinking the same as I was. So, she left, and about 1/2 hour later, a man appeared
from the village, and he watched what I was doing, and handled a few pieces of the broken pottery. And he concurred with
me that it was, indeed, the remains of a long forgotten kiln, plowed down, covered up with years of leaves and debris.....but was
worth uncovering, as this was part of the history of his village. And we noted that there was a great source of water, within a
few feet of the pile of pottery. I did not see anything of the clay, except in the pottery pieces that I was uncovering.
So, didn't find any pieces to take home, but unearthed some history, several hundred years old, and perhaps older. I am sure
that the village elders will do some research on the kiln, and put out a story about it.
Now, I need some of your help.
As you can see, no pictures. I had a number of pictures of the last hunt and the coin finds, and tried to post it to this website.
But I recieved a message stating that I had taken too long to post the pics, and so they were rejected. From the time that I
hit the send button to transmit the pics, to the time that I received the advisory message, was much less than one minute.
Have any of you had a similar experience? What can I do to share some of my pics of the beautiful land of Korea, and some pics
of the finds that I am making?
Thank you for any help you can be.Have some great hunts, some great finds, and make some great friends in the doing. hikeinmts in S. Korea
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