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Couple find mysterious object next to RLS Museum

Neil Adam and Judy Turno with their find

Vailima, SAMOA — A musician couple made an interesting discovery recently at Robert Louis Stevenson Museum in Apia.

Judy Turno and Neil Adam travelled to Samoa from Melbourne to play in a concert at the museum, when they discovered two old metal plates in the backyard of the house next to the museum. 

Walking barefoot in the garden at the edge of the lawn next to the forest, Mr. Adam’s toe hit something in the dirt.

“I looked down and it was a piece of metal, iron with some sort of straight edge where I hit my toe and half came out of the ground. I took some grass off and pulled it out. This half had a lighthouse on it and there was another piece of metal so I pulled that out,” he said.

The thick pieces of metal went unnoticed over the years with museum workers probably considering it to be part of the house’s pipe system. The mysterious object has a 400mm by 250mm diameter. 

Museum president James Winegar has confirmed that he is contact with experts to throw more light on the two mysterious objects.

A musician couple made an interesting discovery recently at Robert Louis Stevenson Museum in Apia.

Judy Turno and Neil Adam travelled to Samoa from Melbourne to play in a concert at the museum, when they discovered two old metal plates in the backyard of the house next to the museum. 

Walking barefoot in the garden at the edge of the lawn next to the forest, Mr. Adam’s toe hit something in the dirt.

“I looked down and it was a piece of metal, iron with some sort of straight edge where I hit my toe and half came out of the ground. I took some grass off and pulled it out. This half had a lighthouse on it and there was another piece of metal so I pulled that out,” he said.

The thick pieces of metal went unnoticed over the years with museum workers probably considering it to be part of the house’s pipe system. The mysterious object has a 400mm by 250mm diameter. 

Museum president James Winegar has confirmed that he is contact with experts to throw more light on the two mysterious objects.

“We didn’t have any archeological artifacts like that. We don’t know enough about it by now,” he said.

Mr Adam has sent emails to Scotland, the birthplace of novelist, poet, musician and travel writer Robert Louis Stevenson, in a bid to get more information.

Read more at Samoa Observer