What a wonderful place and quite sad in a way. Quite obviously the home of an old soldier.
Little Treasure in the woods...
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What an amazing find! Makes me want to get out and find more.
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Hmmm, looks like Royal Coat of Arms belt buckle crest, from a Household Cavalry belt
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Hmmm, looks like Royal Coat of Arms belt buckle crest, from a Household Cavalry belt
yes it is well done you! great info thankyou.
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Could you honestly leave that antique watch there, it appears to be very intricate and well made. It needs to be rescued, for safe keeping.
So we are looking at an old guardsman who made his money in property. By some unfortunate accident his wife and son died. Did he then go mad and leave all this mess? Tell us more!
So we are looking at an old guardsman who made his money in property. By some unfortunate accident his wife and son died. Did he then go mad and leave all this mess? Tell us more!
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No it doesn't. It needs to be left alone in it's original place.
'Rescuing' an item is also known as stealing. If however you are able to contact the owner, or the family of the owner, who may have left the building as a shrine to the previous tenants and ask for permission to remove it and place in a local museum then that is certainly preserving it for others to see and not stealing it for your own bedroom/ebay.
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Good find, why dont i find things like this in the woods by me... I usually just fine chavs and cider bottles!!!! 
While I agree things must be left alone, it's very hard to do sometimes knowing that it'll probably be dumped 'unappreciated' in landfill somewhere, or nicked by chavs
Bit like removing artifacts from the Titanic I guess. Do you save them or leave them...
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always leave them.
Just think of it this way, if this was your Grandparents house that they had lived in for all their life and had died in. Everything in there is a memory to your family, whether it be a simple cushion to a rare watch that your granddad never put down.
You leave the house to visit occasionally, you think it's safe as it is in the middle of nowhere.
The the next time you visit half the contents have disappeared and the memories you once had have been ripped out from you in an instant, just because some nobody thought it would be worth saving.
Some 'explorers' don't think twice before swiping an object, but all the above is a reason to refrain from what your instinct may say and what is right (and lawful).
taking an item, is nicking it, so you are lowering yourself to the same level as what you said previously, 'or nicked by chavs' just replace chavs with 'explorer'
Just think of it this way, if this was your Grandparents house that they had lived in for all their life and had died in. Everything in there is a memory to your family, whether it be a simple cushion to a rare watch that your granddad never put down.
You leave the house to visit occasionally, you think it's safe as it is in the middle of nowhere.
The the next time you visit half the contents have disappeared and the memories you once had have been ripped out from you in an instant, just because some nobody thought it would be worth saving.
Some 'explorers' don't think twice before swiping an object, but all the above is a reason to refrain from what your instinct may say and what is right (and lawful).
taking an item, is nicking it, so you are lowering yourself to the same level as what you said previously, 'or nicked by chavs' just replace chavs with 'explorer'
awesome pics, what a great little place!
YW, I noticed that there's one in the wooden box with the 4 pocket watches too.
You've just got to hope that the next person that stumbles across it and takes a look inside has the same respect.
Nice place, lots of valuable items. Just hope it stays that way.
Wow! What a fab place.
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