Pfff verry verry old.

[Willems]

Yesterday i was driving home and i saw on my left side a lot of ground in a field.
Yesss the where digging for a new road again:beerbuddy:
After dinner get my gear and went to the site.
Not a lot of signals but on the surface i saw some shard fragments.
The looks verry old.
Start to collect them and in the end i had a lot.
Some research on the internet found out it was iron age.:shocked05:
Whaiting now for a reaction from the local archaeologist.
Greetings again from the other side.

[Tony Two-Cent]

:shocked05:

Great to see a post from you, Willem! It boggles the mind to think of how old those shards might be. We're talking thousands of years old. Incredible!

:wow:

[lee]

looks like pottery from the time of the beaker people

[The Rebel]

Nice recovery! Without your interest in our hobby these would have probably reburied for another 1,000 years.

[Digger_O'Dell]

Nice to hear from you again Willems. Great save, and well done!

[Willems]

Thanks all.

[Cheap Thrills]

Nice going Willems !

[DavidGC]

Isn't it illegal to remove artifacts?
Not an accusation. Just thought the laws on this had got pretty tough.

[Digger_O'Dell]

Laws are a little different in Europe. They aren't a police state like The USA, but rather work with detectorists to bring more history back to the light of day.

[aloldstuff]

If only the USA could adapt laws like the UK has.....Nice finds Willems, could you let us know what the archaeologist says.

[Willems]

Yes we have good rules here in Holland.
No problem when its not a archaeological site.
According the rules i have to report this find.
I was just in time.
The day after i found out that the company completely distroyd the area.
To cover up all the tracks.
To bad.:bummer::bummer:
Think the dont want any archaeological research.
Look at the differents.
The archaeologist is on holiday.
Waiting for his reaction.
Keep you all up to date.

[Digger_O'Dell]

I would make sure you show the achcaeologist the before and after photos. I'm pretty sure purposely destroying a possible historical site is still very illegal in Holland. The construction company responsible may have hell to pay for this.

[wisconsin digger]

Great history and great EYE. WD

[BTV Digger]

Way to go Willems. Great piece of history you found there!

John