Warwick Pond has been the site of several unexpected discoveries recently, thanks to the creation of a new circular walking trail.

Both drugs and discarded jewellery - "buried treasure" - have been discovered at the Pond.

The first unprecedented find came when three Warwick Pond Environmental Ambassadors stumbled across some jewellery along a recently cleared footpath close to Olive Bank Drive.

Jamie Sapsford and his son Harley, seven, and daughter Fae, four, were exploring the new path when they made their find. "It consisted mostly of women's costume jewellery and its condition suggested that it had been there for some time - months or even years," said Mr. Sapsford.

"My guess is that it may have been discarded after being stolen; the valuable items were kept and the cheap stuff dumped in the (then) trees."

Mr. Sapsford and his family alerted the Police, but due to the low value and condition of the jewellery the Police did not deem the matter worthwhile. Instead Mr. Sapsford and his family posted some notices at the Olive Bank Condominiums alerting the residents of the find.

"Some of the pieces are quite unique," said Mr. Sapsford, describing for instance a silver heart, and a gold ship's wheel pendant. "They may be sentimental to someone. One person called who was robbed about 18 months ago, but it wasn't theirs."

But another, more sinister find was recently made at the site.

"About a month ago National Trust staff found seven or eight three gram pots with marijuana in a fairly poor condition," said Peter Drew, Environmental Conservation Officer at the National Trust.

"They obviously had been recently moved to the pond and had not survived - they were heavily moulded and mildewed," he said. "We threw them out - we didn't bother turning them in because they were in such bad shape."

Work is continuing on the footpaths at Warwick Pond.

Mr. Drew said that the National Trust is waiting for the completion of 15 "awareness raising and information signs" which are to be placed at various points along the footpath. The signs are to educate locals and tourists on the pond and the birds, fish and plants which inhabit it.

"They can be used as a tool for the Trust or any school as an educational resource," said Mr. Drew.

The signs are expected to be in place by the end of November.