Detecting Medieval Sites (Story 3) - No "Easy Street" in Treasure Hunting
Two days before my Kievan treasure hunting buddy Dima took a two-weeks vacation in May, I arrived to Kiev and immediately contacted my American buddy Bob who works and resides there. Happily Bob had the next day off and gladly agreed to explore the location of a Kievan Rus settlement, circa 13th century.
Dima provided us with directions to the area where he failed to pinpoint the exact location of the settlement before. No matter what, I was excited to open my new metal detecting season. Too bad, that day wasn't perfect for that.
Just About To Rain
Bob and I had to drive 30 kilometers outside Kiev and find a field on the plateau near some village. It was great to team up with Bob again a year later and do some exploring.
Before we finished "chewing the fat" about what we had done since the last summer, we arrived to the area. It seemed that we were following the directions right as we got onto the old cobbled road.
As soon as the cobbled road split in two dirt roads, the good directions given by Dima weren't good any more. After driving around for a while, we got lost and returned to the village for help.
Two babushkas were hanging out with their cows on the pasture but they couldn't speak Russian language, and I couldn't understand their Ukrainian.
Luckily, we found a local woman who didn't mind walking on the street through the rain and wind.
When I asked her to point out our exact location on my topographic map, I realized that it was the first time she saw such a map. It wouldn't be very easy to teach someone the basics of the topo map reading in five minutes, so I decided to use my last resort - to call Dima on his cell phone.
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