Frodov
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Dear Diary:
Who are all these people? Oh Yeah.. never mind, it's the gang from TreasureNet.
Hello again everyone. Day four of my "staycation" and it rained today. *sigh* ".. the best laid plans of mice and men.." Oh well, I got to sleep in a bit longer, and lounge around the house and watch a movie with my better half. I had originally planned on going back to the soccer complex in the nearby town of Versailles Kentucky to do some more metal detecting. That park has really produced for me in the past couple of months. Yesterday was a good example. Today, however, dawned dark cloudy and very humid (raining). So, I rolled back over and went back to sleep, for a while. After making breakfast for my wife and I, I read the paper and we watched a movie. Lunchtime rolled around and it was still cloudy and overcast, but it wasn't raining anymore.. still very very wet though. I'm not complaining, much, because we really needed the rain around here. By 4:00 this evening while still not sun shiny or bright out, the roads had dried off and the grass was no more damp than after a heavy morning dew. So.. I jumped in my truck and headed to the soccer park! YEEEHAAAA!!!
My wife had a dinner to attend with her volunteer organization, so it wasn't like I was leaving her sitting at home with nothing to do while I went out and played. I guess I could have gone to the dinner as well, but when it was planned, I was still supposed to be working this week and wasn't going to be able to attend anyway. Besides.. it's a semi formal event, and I HATE dressing up.. for ANYTHING! <grin>
When I got to the park, it was after 4:30 and with the overcast I knew it would be getting dark earlier than usual tonight.. I'd be lucky if there was any daylight left by 6:00 PM. What I hadn't counted on was soccer practice. I guess a little drizzle and rain soaked grass doesn't deter most teams from practicing. I was well into hunting one field at the far end of the park when cars started showing up and dropping off kids for practice. Before too long I realized that I was going to have to move to the sidelines and/or go to another field. So, I did. And so did the rain. Well, a light drizzle really. That *DID* send a lot of kids back to their cars and at least one team called off practice, but others were still showing up. *sigh* So, with the light fading quickly and my detector beginning to drip water.. not to mention my clothes beginning to get sodden, I headed for my truck and called it a day.
It was a very short hunt, but a good hunt all the same. I found a little over $4.00 in clad, a watch!, some lost cleats from someones shoes, and a challenge coin! WOOOHOOO!!!! This bugger is BIG! I cleaned it up when I got home and even went on line and found a site that sells them. They go for $10.00 each. The site on line shows one face with a place to engrave a name or unit on it, this coin that I found doesn't have anything engraved in its "box" though. Still though, it's a cool find I thought.
No silver today, no bling, just that one big honkin' coin and a pocket full of clad.. oh and the dead watch. Still though, for a hunt that lasted a little over an hour, that ain't bad.. not bad at all!
Here's the pics.. Check out that Challenge Coin!
I'm not sure what the coin is made from, but it's heavy. The website that I found it under doesn't detail the make up of the coin either. I'll have to do some more digging. Heh heh.. no pun intended. I hope this persistant precipitation moves on over the night.. I'd like to get out and do some more hunting tomorrow if possible. Tonight's hunt was just a teaser!
As always..
Happy Hunting!
Frodov
Who are all these people? Oh Yeah.. never mind, it's the gang from TreasureNet.
Hello again everyone. Day four of my "staycation" and it rained today. *sigh* ".. the best laid plans of mice and men.." Oh well, I got to sleep in a bit longer, and lounge around the house and watch a movie with my better half. I had originally planned on going back to the soccer complex in the nearby town of Versailles Kentucky to do some more metal detecting. That park has really produced for me in the past couple of months. Yesterday was a good example. Today, however, dawned dark cloudy and very humid (raining). So, I rolled back over and went back to sleep, for a while. After making breakfast for my wife and I, I read the paper and we watched a movie. Lunchtime rolled around and it was still cloudy and overcast, but it wasn't raining anymore.. still very very wet though. I'm not complaining, much, because we really needed the rain around here. By 4:00 this evening while still not sun shiny or bright out, the roads had dried off and the grass was no more damp than after a heavy morning dew. So.. I jumped in my truck and headed to the soccer park! YEEEHAAAA!!!
My wife had a dinner to attend with her volunteer organization, so it wasn't like I was leaving her sitting at home with nothing to do while I went out and played. I guess I could have gone to the dinner as well, but when it was planned, I was still supposed to be working this week and wasn't going to be able to attend anyway. Besides.. it's a semi formal event, and I HATE dressing up.. for ANYTHING! <grin>
When I got to the park, it was after 4:30 and with the overcast I knew it would be getting dark earlier than usual tonight.. I'd be lucky if there was any daylight left by 6:00 PM. What I hadn't counted on was soccer practice. I guess a little drizzle and rain soaked grass doesn't deter most teams from practicing. I was well into hunting one field at the far end of the park when cars started showing up and dropping off kids for practice. Before too long I realized that I was going to have to move to the sidelines and/or go to another field. So, I did. And so did the rain. Well, a light drizzle really. That *DID* send a lot of kids back to their cars and at least one team called off practice, but others were still showing up. *sigh* So, with the light fading quickly and my detector beginning to drip water.. not to mention my clothes beginning to get sodden, I headed for my truck and called it a day.
It was a very short hunt, but a good hunt all the same. I found a little over $4.00 in clad, a watch!, some lost cleats from someones shoes, and a challenge coin! WOOOHOOO!!!! This bugger is BIG! I cleaned it up when I got home and even went on line and found a site that sells them. They go for $10.00 each. The site on line shows one face with a place to engrave a name or unit on it, this coin that I found doesn't have anything engraved in its "box" though. Still though, it's a cool find I thought.
No silver today, no bling, just that one big honkin' coin and a pocket full of clad.. oh and the dead watch. Still though, for a hunt that lasted a little over an hour, that ain't bad.. not bad at all!
Here's the pics.. Check out that Challenge Coin!
I'm not sure what the coin is made from, but it's heavy. The website that I found it under doesn't detail the make up of the coin either. I'll have to do some more digging. Heh heh.. no pun intended. I hope this persistant precipitation moves on over the night.. I'd like to get out and do some more hunting tomorrow if possible. Tonight's hunt was just a teaser!
As always..
Happy Hunting!
Frodov
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I found an NRA Springfield rifle token that was heavy like that. Sweet digs as always you rule the soccer fields 
