They drained a canal in Amsterdam

[flroger]

This is really cool. This page shows everything they found. The slider on the right represents the date from when the item originated. Drag it down to see the really old stuff:

https://belowthesurface.amsterdam/en/vondsten


Here's the project background:
https://belowthesurface.amsterdam/en/pagina/de-opgravingen-index

 

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[old digger]

My ancestors were from Holland, and were instrumental in the building of the dikes. Ancestors name was Dyk. Back then your name was what you did for a living.

 

[diggingthe1]

I just got back from a vacation there. We spent one day in Amsterdam. The family took a canal ride, they have to pull out all the bikes that go in once or twice a year or the boats wouldn’t be able to float through. I like that website, thanks for sharing it!!

 

[ARC]

Cool post.

They found a lot of marijuana pipes. heh

 

[Carolina Tom]

That's really cool. All sorts of killer finds!

 

[ARC]

That's really cool. All sorts of killer finds!

yeah man... all the way back to the 1300's.

 

[kingskid1611]

Man I could check this out for quite awhile....Thanks for sharing

 

[Javadroid]

Yet another reason I'd love to take a MD trip to Europe! Thanks for the post!

 

[diggummup]

Love it. Thanks for posting.

 

[Terry Soloman]

Oh my G! They found the hash pipe I threw in there in 1975!!!!

 

[Doubter in MD]

That is very cool! Thank you for posting the links. I'll look more this evening.

 

[Ammoman]

Why am i not seeing any gold coins or jewelry? Did they get pocketed?

 

[Professor of Engineering]

Nice post, thank you for sharing!

 

[GB1]

wow the page goes for ever

 

[Plumbata]

Very interesting resource, thank you for sharing!

In my quest for ancient antiquities, I lucked upon a magnificent intact Middle Bronze Age dagger with bone handle, found by a detectorist searching the soil/peat trucked outside the city from a construction project on The Rokin in Amsterdam. He thought it was medieval, but aside from the unbelievably superb condition it is obviously much older than the city. Thankfully his ignorance allowed me to buy a truly museum-quality 3,000+ year old artifact for a tiny fraction of its value. It is interesting to see the bronze spearhead with similar patina and reference to a hazelwood shaft, wouldn't mind getting one of those next heh.

 

[tamrock]

I'm thinking that canal wouldn't be a very good place to hunt for old relics anymore. Pretty interesting though.

 

[A2coins]

crazy great post