WHADIFIND
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Didn't really find much in the way of intrinsic value today but I sure was busy digging! 
I concentrated on just one type of hit today, see if you can tell which.
Blingie just loves his bling. Even fake, plasticized ones.
Brass button.
I did have a find today that made me say my name out loud:
No clue.
Also, today I made a return that will stay with me for a very long time!
I was just finishing up on my latest pull tab and looked up before getting up. There, staring me right in the eye was a toddler. About 3-4 years old. He looked as if his whole young world had just caved in on him. Red eyes, sniffling.
I had to quickly run the last curse I thought I'd said under my breath back over in my mind! After playing it back I realized that I had not said it out loud. We REALLY do need to be careful what we say out there, ya know!?
Just as I was about to ask if I'd scared him I heard mom's voice from behind me.
"Can you help us?"
After I'd gotten over the shock of surprise visitors, (I was out in the middle of a large ball field). I said sure, how can I help.
She told me that her son was playing on the playground up on the hill and when they got ready to leave he noticed that he'd lost one of his most prized possessions. A little toy car that his father had given him before he shipped overseas.
She said she didn't want to bother me but he saw the man with a detector down on the field and begged her to ask him to find it for him. (I was more impressed than worried. This boy couldn't be more than 4 and he KNEW what I was doing and that I might be able to find his car with my detector!)
She went on apologizing for bothering me and reached for her son's hand whose eyes were beginning to well up again. I stopped her and told her some things are just more important in life and that I would be most happy to give it a try. When we got up there he told me where he'd last seen the car and how he stuck it in the pocket of his overalls. I promised him I'd look but made sure he knew that there's no guarantee that I'd find it for him. He nodded, halfheartedly, dejectedly.
But, happy endings abounded! I found it in short order and he grabbed it to his little heart with the biggest smile I'd ever seen!
Sorry, there's no pics as I respected the mom's wishes that I wouldn't post her sons pic on the internet.
But, that smile!!!
:-)
Wow! Did I ever feel good after that! Also, as an aside. Most of the quarters? Came AFTER I did that.
Thanks for stopping by!
HH!
I concentrated on just one type of hit today, see if you can tell which.
Blingie just loves his bling. Even fake, plasticized ones.
Brass button.
I did have a find today that made me say my name out loud:
No clue.
Also, today I made a return that will stay with me for a very long time!
I was just finishing up on my latest pull tab and looked up before getting up. There, staring me right in the eye was a toddler. About 3-4 years old. He looked as if his whole young world had just caved in on him. Red eyes, sniffling.
I had to quickly run the last curse I thought I'd said under my breath back over in my mind! After playing it back I realized that I had not said it out loud. We REALLY do need to be careful what we say out there, ya know!?
Just as I was about to ask if I'd scared him I heard mom's voice from behind me.
"Can you help us?"
After I'd gotten over the shock of surprise visitors, (I was out in the middle of a large ball field). I said sure, how can I help.
She told me that her son was playing on the playground up on the hill and when they got ready to leave he noticed that he'd lost one of his most prized possessions. A little toy car that his father had given him before he shipped overseas.
She said she didn't want to bother me but he saw the man with a detector down on the field and begged her to ask him to find it for him. (I was more impressed than worried. This boy couldn't be more than 4 and he KNEW what I was doing and that I might be able to find his car with my detector!)
She went on apologizing for bothering me and reached for her son's hand whose eyes were beginning to well up again. I stopped her and told her some things are just more important in life and that I would be most happy to give it a try. When we got up there he told me where he'd last seen the car and how he stuck it in the pocket of his overalls. I promised him I'd look but made sure he knew that there's no guarantee that I'd find it for him. He nodded, halfheartedly, dejectedly.
But, happy endings abounded! I found it in short order and he grabbed it to his little heart with the biggest smile I'd ever seen!
Sorry, there's no pics as I respected the mom's wishes that I wouldn't post her sons pic on the internet.
But, that smile!!!
:-)
Wow! Did I ever feel good after that! Also, as an aside. Most of the quarters? Came AFTER I did that.
Thanks for stopping by!
HH!
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