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That's it. Just keep ... and, when you find something, give us a shout. / My friend / National t f s. / he g t w all o t country, i places l / c a old h / a natural l l mountains, and even peat bogs. / S, t w b o t t. Anything o t t w g b m r / rubbish / Recently, Derek / i c o a dig / school p in __. / At break time, t pupils / loads o q f him / holes / W a a f f digging s h. / T t I like t best / my job is working outside / beautiful l a t c, f t south o S r u t t north. / What sort of things have __ found? / things t b t every period o Scottish h all the way back to / w hunting a g f food, right t t i o farming / vikings, and, t t castles a big mansions __ __ countryside / a bit o everything w f / What are the oldest items that have been found? / The oldest items d b t t / 8 t B.C. so, ten t y a, which i w hunter-g / chasing red d t / catching sermons / moved a, v quickly a t c. / What's the most amazing thing you've found? / T m a t I'v found is / e / cemetery s w w w digging up 16 graves, a one o t w completely i / a lady w h b buried p a / s a 500 A.D., so, 1500 years ago / l / p w buried her there / q a m experience. / a? / S i a great p / some fantastic a remains, because survival / north a t w, a, s t / ploughed away by later farming, s / Is it true a d square holes? / Y. A do dig s h. A t r we dig s h i / can / w c record, w h t m w w / found / So, we draw a l o p, a i's much e t do i y __ t t / use s s a s plans f y excavation __ ... also alows you to dig a vertical s t t ground. / That's D A. N t thing i, h i a professional a. B a c help a in their work. / a volunteer / i t e. S r e finds h b / members o t public.
Eleven y o L f B i already a pretty e a. He's found many different o o, even in h o g. / h i / quite a f things. It's ... / Often i's / c o a piece o t, but n always. / I'v got / lot of d things, like some of them are plain white, some of t a blue or red / some o t / blue o r. A few o t got patterns / a few / glass / favorite pieces, I'd say, a l Victorian d. / T d i white, and it's got / s / fingers / i y had a fat f. L lots o a discoveries, it's just a fragment. Even its head a a are missing / full of c a stories. / piece of pottery / quite h. And t I thought __ / but then, uh, I phoned / like a body, and / brought / kitchen a I washed o t m, and i ended up / quite small, b / quite heavy for / small / it might have had, like, / detail / on the clothe, but y c see / washed it off / weather / p m what it's like. / To find o more about it, L took it to an e. / cleaned / I c g into, a, then h / little / and then he said, "I must have been like a little / a then h said i c h b n, but most likely __ porcelein 'cause it's got a mold mark / sort of, make t mixture then poured / probably Victorian, or it could b a l / years earlier.
Holding an object / s strange f o c d w p i t past. I's like being / traveling b t t. t V d / j like t f L. / I don't know how to describe it / y know / just lost o j g rid of it, a t y hold i y l, a y're j wondering w i belonged t / So, / sensation that y a touching something that / 120 y ago, or even more. / As y've heard, a is something t anyone c g involved w. Here are m top / s y can talk like a professional. ... 1: Archeology. ... The w itself / ancient / w i ancient. P.S.; A is the study o t h p. A do n d u dinosours. T p. / 2: Excavate ... That's the proper word for c d / look / things / 3: Artifacts / Archeologists use f o t find / made b p. S, a broach o a p o b plate / But something like a h skelton isn't. ... 4: __ / This is a tool e a owns. It's like a small s, a w use i f excavating. 5: Something you find is called 'a find'. And y put t i y f tray / investigated further. / Now, you might b w t yourself, w h i a member o t p f / really valuable? Can t keep i? Let's g b t t N M o S and Natasha F. / In Scotland, / finders are keepers / t i a legal r / report i / T i called t-t law. A, s explains t's a good reason f i. / simple / which m t something that was owned in t past, if i's lost o / dropped in t p / actually b the p o t c. And this i a old medival l / a t time / i / lost their l / crown c gain t __, b, actually m recently, i recent years, / i t past can b p f t n a museums across Scotland. / But, w i y f something that's obviously v, l a d r? If i's m, / property, t y s t police about i. B i y t i's older / local m / best place t t i, b t w k w t do. / It depends on how old t diamond ring i. / if it's a ring t may b / quite / maybe y granny might have owned it / worry t m a t b / not very m, i terms o a, / doesn't really say much about p i t past. B i y __ something / older t t / m / something / years old / going back / thousand y o / the r value, t i for us / tells us a / p i t past / w d i say a / the person w a wore it. S, / i a s, if y / i y report t, / get f o about t. We / on it until / a / how old the ring is / what it's made from / w it means t t p who w i, But / report / __ awards. And t j a reward f t c t s thank you v m / made a real contribution t o k __ o t past. S, t's a wee b o m if you do report something / treasure t / I think t real e t / a lot of people / artifact t t h r, and when they see i b displayed i t museum / e / o people c share t with t. / T m r, a t Roman b w h a earlier were b h i by / members o t p. / As y'v heard, / f o useful i t a a historians want t k a. / Our job is really t t p t a big jigsaw p / a S's past. / a t artifacts / bits / pieces of that puzzle. W a t t p t t create a p l / o h, o t o years, what k o c did t w? / what k o / use / w d t make? / eat / all / really interesting p o t past. ... T thing i, y d't h t b a a t find s. And this i t g t a treasure t / that / find / m normal p / member o t p / w a dog, gardening / coming across / a. And, so, y k, / somebody i t p m h / dropped or lost / comes / t y later, a, for whatever r / v / pick u, a a, f s p, y m b t first p t s t / i a thousand y / rabbit / dug a h / soil, a, y k, y h all t / comes out / artifacts that w / dug u b t rabbits / dog / dug something up / even gardening as well / t a lots o t i t g / people / d a lost t f hundred and t y / out there / people c h t, t connection to the past i y find s. / Next w w l more a how t b a a, a w will join a gigantic d f a / o o S's m famous b; B B. / If we f something t did start t prove where the battle happened, it w b increidible. / only ever standing a c o finding one percent of one percent / actually i u i those d in June s h years a / T chances / q small, b, unless you look, you'll never find. / Got your t__ at the ready? You may need your __s too. Bye for now.