Rotten wooden box with weird readings (1-7 sporadic jumps) found in back yard

[bigdisco00]

the jumps where semi consistent
so I dug, found (hit) a rotten wood box at 14"

worst rotting I have ever seen!! put on gloves and emptied it on the grass, practically came apart in my hands!! (so many bugs ughhhhhh )

wrapped in old news paper and petrified towels (more. bugs.)

found these!!





cleaned the steins for like two hours each. so terrified of breaking them!!!!!
both say Germany on bottom and are numbered
the leather and wood on the bellholder are petrified the bell is clay (ceramic)
the bell that is not in the wood is solid copper the hole and such have marks that make me think it was hand tooled?


whadda ya think. personally love the contents, incinerated whatever remained of the box bugs and all!! these were the larvae looking ones. UGHHHHHHHH
Any one know about steins?

Going to disinfect now.

Thanks,
Jay

strange but nice find

 

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[detroitdigger]

Cool find!!!

 

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[bigdisco00]

What I find to be most interesting about your find is that with the wood being completely rotted and bug eaten that the wraps could be identified as old newspapers. That is strange!

Nice finds!

there was a piece of an old ad (maybe it was junk mail idk) stuck on the copper bell that's about it
in the box black soggy with barely any writing visible like one or two words and really it was like when you burn a page and the ash still can be read and black petrified towel looking things
and like the scene from Indiana jones when the lady puts her hand in the hole (shudder)

 

[myfantasia1]

Those are so cool. sorry I don't know much about them

 

[bigdisco00]

The housewasnt here but there was a large Mennonite German presence in the area.