Palitoy landfill

Bonsai_Tree_Ent · Jul 6, 2016

spoons said:
If the location is definitely known it would be worth talking to the landowner and seeing if they'd be up for letting us dig for a share of the finds.

A JCB is only £300 a day so not a massive risk, for what will most likely be a load of yellowed figures, but it would make a great story. Anyone else in?

Yes, if it is a realistic proposition then I would be in, both financially to contribute towards eqpt and as a team member on the day. I think the assumption would have to be that we wont find anything but... you never know and regardless it would be a good adventure!

80s_collector · Jul 6, 2016

rdpla said:
Word on the street is this is where vectis got most of their stuff for the mega auction coming up

Someones tippled afterall Lol

Joe · Jul 6, 2016

Bonsai_Tree_Ent said:
spoons said:

If the location is definitely known it would be worth talking to the landowner and seeing if they'd be up for letting us dig for a share of the finds.

A JCB is only £300 a day so not a massive risk, for what will most likely be a load of yellowed figures, but it would make a great story. Anyone else in?

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Yes, if it is a realistic proposition then I would be in, both financially to contribute towards eqpt and as a team member on the day. I think the assumption would have to be that we wont find anything but... you never know and regardless it would be a good adventure!

Sign me up, especially if we are all going to the pub afterwards.

scooternick · Jul 6, 2016

:lol:

Snaketibe said:
scooternick said:

Better off digging up a beach. My first figure was a chewie I found buried in the sand in cornwall!

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Are you sure it wasn't a Sand People figure?... Yes, yes, I'll get my coat... :mrgreen:

mumbo · Jul 6, 2016

I've got one of these which might help........

Ross_Barr · Jul 6, 2016

Y'all are ****ing nuts.....

But I'll buy any Han Solo items you find. :shock:

spoons · Jul 6, 2016

Let's do it - but not sure how much use a metal detector would be unless it's a pit full of model trem :lol:

I'll have a word with some colleagues and see if we can't pin point the site. The historic photos on Google Earth don't appear to show any obvious pits - could the housing estate be built on it?

x-pack · Jul 6, 2016

Holy ****! I thought you were all joking. Don't you need planning permission or something to start digging 40ft under ground? If anyone does this then you deserve a medal for serious hardcore services to vintage collecting

spoons · Jul 6, 2016

x-pack said:
Holy ****! I thought you were all joking. Don't you need planning permission or something to start digging 40ft under ground? If anyone does this then you deserve a medal for serious hardcore services to vintage collecting

If it's an agricultural field it's the equivalent of digging a big hole for some dead cows. But, the landowner would have to agree.

Next stop that Hong Kong harbour!

x-pack · Jul 6, 2016

spoons said:
x-pack said:

Holy ****! I thought you were all joking. Don't you need planning permission or something to start digging 40ft under ground? If anyone does this then you deserve a medal for serious hardcore services to vintage collecting

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If it's an agricultural field it's the equivalent of digging a big hole for some dead cows. But, the landowner would have to agree.

Next stop that Hong Kong harbour!

Hong Kong harbour? Have we any divers? :lol:

Joe · Jul 6, 2016

Good thing Spoons is a collector isn't it :lol:

theforceuk · Jul 6, 2016

This is why we all still dream. :lol:

currymonster6290 · Jul 6, 2016

joey said:
hi

they was 2 landfill,s mainone was in lount and the other one was in outskirts of repton/hartshourne all the loose ships and figs were dumped here must of been 1000,s of course they were all the rejects from the factory

I only live a few miles away and I no roughly the area they were dumped,i can remember this as kid, and I have visted the site a few times in my younger years

it has been years since,so things may of changed,not much I think as it is farmland now

joey

can you remember any more from this I sometimes get out that way on my tractor and was only at bretby the
other week! so I also know a few farmers who tend not to move to far so might have info.

currymonster6290 · Jul 6, 2016

mr_palitoy said:
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Anyone got a shovel?

:lol:

Jason

ive been with a shovel and the postcode printed is wrong! :lol:

poncho · Jul 7, 2016

count me in lets finance this project boys.

lets hope it doesnt cost us millions like the burmease spitfire dig :?

Richard_H · Jul 7, 2016

Sorry but I'm not buying most of this. I'm aware of the 2 landfills, possibly a 3rd. But I'm also aware of local children who would come across toys, pull their heads off and use them as catapult ammunition. How could this be possible if they're buried 40ft down? I think at best there'll be a lot of damaged plastic, paint condition?, and soggy cardboard

robpmarsh · Jul 7, 2016

I'd be in.....just to own a peice of 'something vintage' from the endeavor would be enough. Could be a pipedream....but u never know

ScruffyLookingNH · Jul 7, 2016

I love the thought of doing this but, sadly, it's not going to happen. It's an awesome pipe dream over a pint or few.

It's a licenced waste site and even IF the owners (SITA) allowed us (which they wouldn't due to the hazards of digging 40ft down into unstable ground made up of waste and the possible environmental damage from the exposure to the atmosphere of 40 year old plastics, chemicals and god knows what else) then the local authority would block it. And as for plastic not degrading; green limbed Chewie, anyone?

Let's discuss it over a pint next Thursday at CE3 at which point I won't be nearly so sensible and be well up for it.

currymonster6290 · Jul 7, 2016

ScruffyLookingNH said:
I love the thought of doing this but, sadly, it's not going to happen. It's an awesome pipe dream over a pint or few.

It's a licenced waste site and even IF the owners (SITA) allowed us (which they wouldn't due to the hazards of digging 40ft down into unstable ground made up of waste and the possible environmental damage from the exposure to the atmosphere of 40 year old plastics, chemicals and god knows what else) then the local authority would block it. And as for plastic not degrading; green limbed Chewie, anyone?

Let's discuss it over a pint next Thursday at CE3 at which point I won't be nearly so sensible and be well up for it.

the postcode is wrong the site is on private land and you can still see the mounds! the chap that owns it
used to get people rabbiting and they would dig up action man stuff :wink:

x-pack · Jul 7, 2016

ScruffyLookingNH said:
I love the thought of doing this but, sadly, it's not going to happen. It's an awesome pipe dream over a pint or few.

It's a licenced waste site and even IF the owners (SITA) allowed us (which they wouldn't due to the hazards of digging 40ft down into unstable ground made up of waste and the possible environmental damage from the exposure to the atmosphere of 40 year old plastics, chemicals and god knows what else) then the local authority would block it. And as for plastic not degrading; green limbed Chewie, anyone?

Let's discuss it over a pint next Thursday at CE3 at which point I won't be nearly so sensible and be well up for it.

Over a pint!? We'll be off to Ashby shovels and picks in hand! ;-)

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