Before sunrise one morning I started down the road between two very
tall fields of sugarcane when I was greeted with a now-familiar snap,
crackle pop sound that was rapidly getting louder. I stepped up the pace
for fear of getting trapped only a few meters from a raging cane fire.
As I got to the already cleared Blue Field I could see the fire was in
the field above the Red Field and I was actually safe. "Yes!", I
thought, "New ground to detect". I watched in amazement as I saw the
skill and careful execution that goes into burning a field. Even though I
was a fair distance off the heat generated by the blaze was quite
intense. All this fire and me with no marshmallows.
The morning was slow and I was already on my 2nd or 3rd row when I got
an iron sounding signal with a hint of mid-tone. I decided to dig it.
OK, so if you played Button, Bullet, Coin or Spear
with us you would all be wrong. As I was thinking it was iron I didn't apply
as much finesse to the retrieval as I should have, so unfortunately I
broke it in the process. Lesson learnt.
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| Trenching Whistle |
This is apparently known as a "Trenching Whistle" and was used in the
2nd Boer War and WW1. There are some really cool ones with dates and
writing on but this one is rather plain.
Some examples can be found at WarWhistles.com
As the sun disappeared over the horizon I took a quick sweep over the
newly cleared field. What a strange sensation being able to swing the
detector freely without having to worry about hitting the baby
sugarcane on either side. I have high hopes for this field that is situated higher on the same hill and could possibly hold more clues to the unfolding mystery of this beautiful farm.
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