DigToChina
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Flava Flav was right. 911 is a joke in my town [emoji53]
I went out last night to get some detecting in and went to the park that is under construction where I've found older coins. They still aren't done but the fence was open so I figure that's an invitation. Pull my car up, get out and start getting my stuff. As I'm doing that, a guy across the street is watching me but he goes in the house. It's a nice night. No problem.
In I go. As soon as I go in he comes back out of the house and stands there looking into the park. I don't have my headlamp on yet so he can't see me but something strikes me as odd about this. Anyways, I start digging my first signal and now have my red light on when I see a flash of light in the corner of my eye. He's called the cops and it's two cruisers shining their spot lights around. I'm thinking "You have got to be kidding me!"
They weren't very good with the lights because they weren't seeing me but since I can't get to my car and I figure I'm not really doing anything wrong I signal them with my light so they can stop disrupting the neighbourhood.
The cop asks what I'm doing. "Metal Detecting".
After making the amazing leap of logic that metal detector means homeless she asks if I live in my car (my two month old 2018 Equinox [emoji848])? I have to admit, I didn't know how to respond to that stupid a question so all I say in No.
Here is where it gets interesting and where I find myself a little boxed in. She tells me they received a call about someone yelling at a house and threatening to punch someone in the face. I haven't talked to anyone so I tell her that. It's pretty clear this guy has called the cops on me and to get them out has made up a conversation that never happened. After talking with her a bit, it's clear I'm getting run off and that's fine but I suggest to her that they need to do something about someone who is calling in what amounts to a SWATTING call. You just know they won't and that's ok. I will be back to this park and the lesson for me is I'm going to have to wear my Go Pro and when he does it again, I'll make sure charges are pressed. Sad that even has to be planned...
Not wanting to go home empty handed, I head out to another park a good distance from that one. Not a ton to show for it but Karma did come around a little. Dig a 77 signal and the flap had this in it.
I think it's gold (clasps are gone). The funny thing is this was pure dumb luck because the signal I was digging was a 6" iron disc and this thing barely registers on the pinpointer.
So I found a little gold, a few coins and a lot of Crazy.
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