Went Out Looking For Summer Truffles - Found An Old Instrument Instead!

The picture shows the instrument I found, it is hollow, and has a large hole at the top, one at the back, and two holes further down, it is snapped.

I am getting used to finding weird things in the woods, but this one was quite surprising!

I was out just now looking for truffles.., summer truffles grow in the UK, and I was just curious to see if I could find any of the signs that they are growing near me. Anyway I was in an old piece of wood, which I found marked on an old map as 'A square' it is quite puzzling as to why it's called a square because now it is just trees.

Best Beachcombing And Fieldwalking Finds

Sometimes I fall in love with an item I have found, this can be a plant, flower, or feather, just as much as it could be a unique stone, fossil, or relic. These are my top ten finds so far...

1. Some Sort of Jasper? - This stone was actually originally part of a huge boulder, which I found outside my ex partners parents farmhouse in Granada, Spain. I have a massive interest in minerals and the farmhouse stood in a very beautiful and mountainous area. We went out with pick axes and I developed a great method for finding crystals and minerals. It was as simple as finding the crustiest looking boulder or stone around, (one that was crusty but has a definite shape.) Then smash it open, 9/10 times we found minerals or crystals inside.

This was the first boulder I smashed open, and it was so amazing I wanted to keep the whole thing. I chipped off this part with the pick axe, and it was one of the few pieces I got to bring back from Spain. Of course my luggage was full of stones and at the airport I had to remove most of them before I was allowed to get on the plane, or pay an extra £5 per kg which I did not have, Very annoying.

My Beachcombing, Mudlarking, Field Walking Pinterest Board Is Up!

I have started a few Pinterest boards to document my finds, and nature photography,  it's like my virtual display cabinet and I love the way I can embed my board from pinterest onto a blog. I will be adding them all to this blog, in seperate posts, all under the label; My Virtual Display Cabinet.

This is my first board which is going to contain all my finds from field walking, mudlarking, and beachcombing. I will also have separate boards for certain items, like minerals, sea glass, and nature finds.

  Follow Stylishimo's board My Treasures - Field Walking, Mudlarking, And Beach Combing on Pinterest.

Two Vintage Buttons

I found these vintage buttons in the same area, but different locations. The first is a brass military button and was found on the bottom of a stream, just glinting up from the stones. Below you can see the front and back views.

Stone Age Tool Pictures

Or lithics as we fancy people call em' :) I find these stone age tools all over the place locally, there are literally hundreds lying around the fields to be picked up.

How to Find Stone Age Tools

You need a flinty area, and a keen eye to find stone age tools, a wet day helps as the markings on the flints show up much better in the rain, making the tools easier to spot. Look for flat, shiny, flints. Pick these up and look for signs that the flint had been worked. The best way to identify a stone age tool is to look for the 'bulb of percussion'. (see how it rises up in the pic below, this is the point where the stone age tool was struck)

Here are some of the best tools I've found...

The picture below shows a notch scraper, this was used as the name suggests, to scrape notches in pieces of wood. I have actually used this tool myself to scrape a notch in a stick, and it worked like a dream!