Man has always tried to penetrate the most secret stories, to unravel mysteries covering the period of primitive times, ancient eras of the Middle Ages and past centuries. The finds of antiquities allow mankind to learn about the life of their ancestors, study the development of different peoples and cultures, and find traces in the distant past. Archeology is a complex ancient science, which, thanks to the achievements of modern technology, allows you to find artifacts with a thousand-year history and unexplored secrets of the centuries. To find ancient relics, it is not enough to have highly efficient equipment, it is necessary to approach the solution of the issue thoughtfully and responsibly, drawing up a step-by-step plan for the upcoming work.
Instructions
Step 1
The preparatory stage involves the collection of information about the antiquities of interest. Study historical facts, compare data from books and museums, take an interest in folk legends and family traditions.
Step 2
Find the literature you need. In the search for artifacts, coins play a particularly important role, as they are among the most informative finds. Purchase several catalogs with coins from different periods, or use the Internet to compare them. To get started, use the well-known catalogs: Shchelokov (coins of 1917-1991), Orlov and Uyezdnikov (coins of the pre-revolutionary period); find the early works of Melnikova. If the future find concerns a certain period, then the catalog of objects should also be antiquities of that era (there may be accompanying objects that will tell you in which direction to move).
Step 3
Determine where to search. If the search is limited to the territory of a fortress or castle, the ruins of which have survived, then the task is not difficult even for novice archaeologists and search engines. But if you need to find the location of an old tavern or a cemetery that has long been destroyed, look for old maps. Get a modern map of the area and plot old roads, riverbeds, bridges, taverns, mills and villages on it.
Step 4
Pick up your gear. To find artifacts, you will need special equipment and inventory: a shovel with a sharpened tip, a knife, brushes, a probe (a stick with a sharpened steel rod), a pick and a metal detector - an indispensable attribute of a modern artifact search engine. The modern market provides a wide selection of devices for beginners and professionals with a wide range of prices.
Step 5
Mark or define the search area, better mark the boundaries.
Step 6
Set up the detector, walk slowly, moving the detector dish back and forth from side to side, hold the detector in your left hand.
Step 7
If you find an object, put marks, or immediately probe the soil and excavate. To do this, with a probe, which is in the right hand during the search, determine the contours of the object and the depth at which it is located. Start digging in the object without removing the dipstick from the ground. If the recovered item is small, then use the metal detector again ("ring"), perhaps this is only the "upper" find.
Step 8
Having become the owners of ancient relics and antiquities, think about how to properly dispose of them, perhaps the found artifact will help make a new discovery, find out the secret of ancestors, change the idea of descendants about their life.
Search and excavation is quite a gamble. Not everyone who decides to do it succeeds in finding artifacts. Be patient, gain experience and skills and do not become hostages of antiquities, which often have their own unsolved secrets and the most unpredictable stories, often demanding respect for those to whom they belonged.
