Metal Detecting Find

Look like log splitters to me...

They have been using steel/iron spikes to split logs for centuries.. Short of carbon dating I know of no way to check how old the items you have they are in too poor a condition to check for markings. Which probably would not be there anyway as most of these items were home made.

looks like a splitter to me too.

With it being found in the UK, the age is anyones guess. Thats neat though, have you searched the area close to it more carefully? You may find a axe/hammer head as well.

Happy Hunting!

Looking at the area on Goolge maps there are railway lines to the East, South and West. When I lived in the NE we had an old railway line behind our house and as a kid I used to find things like this. It was closed during the 60s after the Beeching report and even though most of it had been removed a lot of the sleeper spikes could still be found.

I agree with MINT_MARQ that its one of those - ether discarded when the near lines were upgraded or perhaps from an older line that used to run through the current park.

It could be something more interesting - hope it is but its difficult to 100% identify as wedges and spikes have so many uses.

The site was used for POWs in WWII but from this article it seems they were kept in the actual house so this would prob not be from an outbuilding but could certainly be from something else built at the time.

There was also something called 'Camelot Moat' on the site in around 1440 and even Roman daggers have been found.




http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trent_Park

I have to confess we did try a metal detect over camelot but the day we picked was the day before halloween. What we didnt realise, until we arrived was that the place is used for white witch craft and we came just before they appeared. We then spent 2 hrs hiding in the bushes from the witches as they are against digging it up because it contains loads of spirits and stuff. We ended up wading through a shallow part of the mote getting completely soaked and had a 10 min car ride home. Later that month another friend of mine asked me do you want to do a bit detecting over camelot? and I was pretty quick to say no :)

As for the man trap it was a little bit bigger than a A4 sheet of paper and reminded me a little bit of a shark, with big iron jaws. I'm sure I have a couple of pics I will try ad dig them out for you.

yup, you got it.