From days gone by Traditional Cache

The cache is an easy find hidden outside the museum on a piece of equipment which could have been used in the mining industry, building industry and even for farming.  It is one of the only pieces of equipment without a description of what it actually is.  Please tell us what you think it is when logging the find.  Bring your own pen.  Please replace as found

Lydenburg Museum is situated in the Gustav Klingbiel Nature Reserve on the Sabie road. Some of the most interesting Early Iron Age finds date back to 490AD, which were discovered at Sterkspruit near Lydenburg by Ludwig von Bezing. They consist of seven terracotta heads known as the Lydenburg Heads, six have human faces and the other that of an animal. Two of the heads might have been worn as masks, the rest being much smaller were probably used in rituals. The original heads are displayed in the SA Museum in Cape Town. Imitations of three of the heads are presently on display in the Museum.

The museum is only open from 08h00 to 16h00 during week days and from 08h00 to 17h00 during weekends. 

There are no costs involved in finding the cache but if you want to enter the museum building or the reserve you will need to pay R10.00 per person.  It is actually well worth doing so.