When Colin and Vanessa Steer moved into their dream terrace house in the 1980s they noticed a slight dip in the living room floor. So when Colin was replacing the floor joists in the Plymouth home, he decided to have a little dig down to see what was going on and was amazed to discover a well. The couple had three young children at the time, so decided to cover it up so it was safer for them. But after Colin retired from his job in the civil service, he decided it was time to have another little look.
However, 17 feet into the 33ft-deep medieval well, all he has managed to unearth is a sword and, more worryingly, two German incendiary devices with his shovel, back in 2012. Steer, 67, has eschewed normal retirement hobbies, such as gardening and travel, to devote many hours for his quest to find treasure.
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The couple moved into their Victorian home in Plymouth, Devon about 30 years ago, when they first noticed a slight indentation in the living room floor.He said: “The hole was full of earth, but with the help of a neighbour, we have managed to get about 17ft deep. “I always wanted to dig it out to see if I could find a pot of gold at the bottom, so when I retired that’s what I did. I was quite surprised really, I would have preferred it to be in the garden where I could have got at it a little easier.”
Using a ladder and a bucket on a pulley system, it took them around six months to get to the depth it is at now.
“We have no idea when it was built. There could have been a couple of cottages here or it could have served a farm. I’d like to find something down the bottom, something to give me an age. I wish I had a Tardis to go back in time and see what was here.”
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