Could it be to see the bright planets in the sky?
And did I hear you say
there’s a meteor storm today?
and to take you to a dark spot with some sky…
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September 17th: Cars car
I was elated to see the footpath leading into the fields had been mowed since my last visit. I have no idea how you did it because it is pretty narrow and there’s a kissing gate at one end. Just a few feet onto the path I had a strong signal and it turned out to be this toy car from the movie Cars. Not sure if the text on the side is Japanese or a sound effect maybe?
Here’s what it looked like before it was lost on the footpath. Apparently it’s a special colour changing model released in September of 2017:
I checked several different spots on the way down the path but there wasn’t much of note. A lot of iron signals that discouraged me from doing more digging and several dog walkers that kept me moving along. đ
Once in the field I found a musket ball, which wasn’t a surprise as this is one field over from where the ammo cache was found and if I remember the old map data correctly, these three fields were all one field back in the day.
I also found an unknown coin and a very shiny naval button probably Victorian or more recent:
It’s gold-plated on the front, the reverse says ‘Made in England’ but does not include a maker’s name.
The prize of the day though was this text book quality spectacle buckle from late 15th-early 16th century. It is in really good shape for being 8 inches down in very rocky soil:
Cheers, and thank you again for a good day’s detecting!
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livery button
This was found very near where I live south of Salisbury. There was once a Royal Kennel associated with the area and Longford Castle is just down the road. I imagine that was the origin of this piece.
Fascinating info on the resident of that castle:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Pleydell-Bouverie,_3rd_Earl_of_Radnor

I found a STL for using an AirTag to track your pet but it was in two pieces with tiny screws in it. I played around with it in Tinkercad and made about 6 test prints but ended up with a one piece print that I was able to work with.
I used the flexi TPA filament so I could squeeze the AirTag into the mount. I could have printed it at a hight density or with a smaller tip to get a smoother print but I was happy with my first successful mod. It worked well until our cat slipped out of the collar and it got hung up under some fallen timbers. To it’s credit, the air tag is still checking in months after it was lost.
Cheers,
FlashJ
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