Old castle treasure?

[kenonimo]

Last year I was hunting an old castle site which I'm sure has been done over many times. The castle burned down in mid 1970's and has since been turned into a park with what is left of the castle. While hunting last year I noticed that on one of the 4 stone walls remaining one stone was sticking out significantly more then all the others. Having once read that this was done to mark something buried I decided to detect. About 3 feet directly out of the stone I got a high pitch tone on an object tvat appears to be 12" to 16" square. I dug it last year to about 16" down and still couldn't see it to recover so I figured I would return with a bigger shovel another day. Well stopped by the other day and had detector in car but no shovel. Went over with detector and it is still there. Any thoughts?

 

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[Frankn]

Come on now! How deep will your detector go? Probably max out at 24". You dug 16". Why did you stop?

 

[kenonimo]

Come on now! How deep will your detector go? Probably max out at 24". You dug 16". Why did you stop?

Was my 1st week with the detector I had no idea how deep it will go. I'm heading there right now. Don't know if I will dig or not, it depends on how many people are there. I have permission but don't want people to complain about it. I will post pics today of Atleast what I'm talking about, hopefully more.

 

[kenonimo]

I'm going in

 

[kenonimo]

Trash lol!

 

[kenonimo]

Atleast the curiosity is over!

 

[celtic fox]

you have a long way to go yet , hopefully it will pay off

 

[kingskid1611]

Don't forget to recheck that hole after removal of the trash...It looks fun.

 

[H-2 CHARLIE]

Looks like it could be a good place to hunt I'm sure that every little spot hasn't been checked over thoroughly

 

[mrwilburino]

That's quite a hole for a public park. Good thing you had permission.

 

[kenonimo]

The few things I have found there I donated to the historic committee and they put them on display in the gatehouse that leads up to the park. They know I'll take care of it. Next spring I think they are giving me access to some spots on private land!