Dredging The Broads

[Andrewcook]

An interesting point whenever Broads Authority do Dredging do they ever find any Roman treasure or Saxon 

[Regulo]

They might find my uncle Alf's cigarette lighter - lost overboard in 1958.

[Gracie]

Or my youngest sons wellie boot when he fell in and my mum's mobile phone which she would really like back as it had a pretty pink sparkly case  x

[Chelsea14Ian]

Perhaps my very expensive  sunglasses  that fell in at Neatishead. .

[Cheesey69]

Noticed, down south, a rig that had a mesh in a hopper that filtered the dredged mud before pumping onto land. It’s was around the Beccles junction. 
lined up on the barge where a selection of old bottles and flagon type jars that had been filtered out. 

[andyg]

Absolutely no doubt there's some goodies hidden just below the surface along them river banks. Could you imagine them dredging the rivers in 500 years time. All they'd find would be a load of old asda trollies and them bright coloured scooters that are for hire everywhere.

 

 

[Vaughan]

All along the front of Thorpe Island which faces the river green, is higher ground, as that was where they deposited the dredgings from before they built the railway and so when the reach through Thorpe was still the main river.  All that ground is rich in old artefacts, especially beer bottles and broken china, some of it genuine willow pattern.  A large collection of it used to be displayed in The Buck, in the days when Wally Moore had the pub.

[YnysMon]

On our first trip we returned to our home yard midweek (Hunter's Yard in Ludham) and as we were coming in to the quay heading at the entrance to the yard Harry managed to knock his Dad's glasses into the drink. The yard lent Graham a rake thingy that was backed with mesh. He dredged up copious amounts of mussel shells and someone else's glasses - unfortunately not his. Fortunately, he found his own glasses later.

So, if you are wondering why Graham wears a strap around his head to secure his glasses - that's why!

[Smoggy]

If anyone does a dredging session can I have my tools back please, there must be quite a few screwdrivers and the odd spanner of mine down there.

[FlyingFortress]

If anyone fancies a dredge at Gays Staithe they will find my mobile phone I dropped in the water earlier this year 😐

But better than that there is the best part of £100 in the case 🫣

[CeePee1952]

I'm surprised that no-one has mentioned chucking a magnet in to find stuff, or is it banned on the Broads?

Chris

[Smoggy]

11 minutes ago, CeePee1952 said:

I'm surprised that no-one has mentioned chucking a magnet in to find stuff, or is it banned on the Broads?

Chris

I've seen quite a few magnet fishing on the broads, can't see any reason it would be banned as it takes junk out of the rivers as long as people don't just chuck it back afterwards.

[marshman]

Probably little that old that Andrew suggested!! Don't forget that the Broads themselves were not dug until much later and whilst the rivers may have been there in some form or other, unlikely ,as the course of the rivers will have changed a lot as the years have gone by. It would have looked a bit different I suspect in Roman times!!!!!

[Smoggy]

1 hour ago, marshman said:

It would have looked a bit different I suspect in Roman times!!!!!

I'm sure there's a few on here that can share the memories of those times.

[Vaughan]

You mean on the Yare, when Pontious was a pilot?

[Smoggy]

Bang on queue....

[stumpy]

Re: magnet fishing, I'm sure I read a few years back of someone hauling a sawn-off shotgun out in Norwich- plod were quite interested. 

[Matt]

Just be careful of the metal piling! It can be rather difficult do dislodge a string magnet from it…..so I’m told.

best I have done so far is rhond anchor!

[FlyingFortress]

All I found at Gays when trying to snag my phone was half a dozen rusty tools to open water filler caps.😳