IPhone Restoring Problem!!! Help needed!!

I found my old iPhone today and I am trying to wipe it or at least get past the passcode. First thing is that I can not remember the passcode and I have tried a lot of combinations, second, once i connected my phone to itunes, i was unable to restore it to a previous back up as i have 'find my iphone' turned on and I have been prompted to turn it off through my phone settings which I can not access as I can't remember my passcode. I have restarted the phone in safe mode, still nothing, i have reinstalled itunes and even attempted several internet 'tricks' which have not worked. I am incredibly frustrated and just want it wiped so i cant get rid of the thing, can anyone help??
also excuse my terrible grammar.
Cheers

Put the phone into recovery mode then it shouldn't have to ask you to turn Find My IPhone off. Here's how to put it in recovery mode. 1: Turn your computer on with itunes up and have the charger plugged into the computer but not your phone 2: Turn the phone complety off 3: Then hold down the home button and connect it to the charger that is plugged into the computer 4: Keep holding the home button until on the phones screen it has a picture of the charger going into a circle with itunes on it 5: Then on the computer it should come up with dectected device in recovery mode please restore. You might have to try it over again a few times. Hope this helped.

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