And WOW. Already got a reply. Owner in Poole. That’s about 35-40 miles from where the ring was found.
A few days later I got an official letter thanking me for reporting the find. Providence!
Royal Armoured Corp, 1939-current.
Fits in with the other military items I found on the beach. Here’s what it looks like all shiny and fresh:
Included with a small packet of seeds. I don’t know what kind.
“Seeds need light to germinate.” Importantly, the seeds of a light germinator may not Earth be covered! Bright, sunny location! A Growing Cup is filled with loose soil , and the soil is pressed into place. The seeds on the substance distributed and pressed. Regularly keep moisture. Nucleation time is temperature and varieties dependent! Young plants are transplanted into larger pots.
Cheers,
Richj
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I was way too proud of this tiny buckle when I dug it up. Especially after someone pointed out it probably came from a bra strap. I wonder if the farmers know what’s going on in their fields. They probably do.
This is a manly dart! This dart means to do bodily harm. I remember darts like this as a child. I’m sure I have scars related to these things! Not as big as a Jart but just as dangerous in the hands of an amateur. I found this a dozen yards from the nearest backyard. Whoever threw this needed substantial upper body strength to heft it that far.
Found a pigeon ring. No pigeon though…
Code GB 96 n50448 (96 is the year the bird hatched.)
which I reported on the Royal Pigeon Racing Association’s website:
So it’s December and I’ve had a few of my ciders bottled in July and it’s pretty much like I thought it would be. There’s a mild bit of sparkle and it’s definitely dry or medium dry. I passed a couple onto friends to get extra input. One said it was much like a lambic and I should make more.
I’m hoping the winter isn’t too cold cause I don’t want to return to my shed to find I’ve ‘keeved’ my cider.
I like to say that the farthing is the 5p coin of its day. Which is about what this one’s worth. Still, always a thrill to find coins that I’ve only ever read about.
Here’s a page with more details on it:
https://www.allcoinvalues.com/united-kingdom/1927-uk-farthing-value2c-george-v.html
cheers,
Today I braved the cold for an hour or so and found two Half Pennies within 50 feet of each other. One is a George the Fifth from 1931 and the other his son, George the Sixth, circa 1944. Here’s how they’ve faired over 70-80 years in the soil:
And here’s how they looked newly circulated:
They could have been dropped by the same person, but we’ll never know… Still interesting to find two different ha’pennies on the same visit that are also two different kings, and both a ‘George.’
The reverse of George VI’s coin has the Golden Hind on it:
I was in line for the coffee truck yesterday and the women in front of me were commenting on the nearby cars. The closest car was a grey and silver hybrid with a jutting front end and shark’s fin aerial. I heard one mutter as she walked past: “That car has an attitude..it looks angry grumpy.” She gave me a meaningful sidelong glance as if I was the grumpy man in the angry car. I placed my order consoled by the fact that just one coffee later I wouldn’t look like a grumpy angry man driving a grumpy angry car.