Beach/sledding hill hunt 7.06.08

[twistidd]

Got out to a beach this morning to try to clean up a little. I met up with TreasureFiend and LowBatts. Keeper finds were scarce, so we headed to the nearby sledding hill. Talk about trashy! Every sweep of the coil produced a kaleidoscope of various tones, most low, indicating VDI's of 0-40 (I can't imagine how nervewracking it'd be had I not discriminated iron). I decided to dig my very first signal at the base of the hill. It indicated the target was a VDI of 20 at 4 inches. Out popped a 1943 P silver war nickel. Talk about luck. Two wheats followed, 1953 and 1955, both at around the 6 inch mark. Then I got a good quarter signal at 3 inches, dug down and there was a 925 pin. UPDATE: I used my jeweler's loupe and discovered the pin is a Tiffany & Co. pin from 1983, from the Peretti line. They cost between 145-195 dollars new! I would have never guessed. I thought it was bent out of shape but actually it's a fancy letter "B". How cool is that. Also ended the day with $4.56 in clad.

I'll let TreasureFiend and LowBatts tell their stories. Their finds weren't too shabby either.

Joe

 

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[Lowbatts]

Speak for yourself! My finds were shabby to the point of despair! But there was some good eye candy around and I lived up to my handle, finally got new batts in when we were leaving. Haven't counted but I know it's well under the 5 buck mark. I was trying to score something from the junk signals in the soccer fields but it just didn't happen. The old ratio of 1000-1 trash to gold in junk digging held true and I must have been under 999 recoveries though the knees think otherwise.

Kermit's wheatie was King! Your pin is awesome! Told you it wasn't bent, it's Tiffany for crying out loud!

Somber ride home, getting held up at that cop's funeral. Oh man was that a crowd.

High point- nice combo at the beef shop by Fiend's neighborhood!

PS - Fiend, your left rear brakelight is not functioning!

 

[treasurefiend]

Ok cool, thanks for the headsup on the brake light.

Man I walked away with $2.85... On the beach I found maybe 30 cents & a ton of trash. Then in the park I found a sweet 1927 Wheatie not very deep either. Then I found an old shotgun shell, 2 toy cars, and a new found appreciation for sunblock. Luckily I wore some on my neck & face, but my legs are like a lobster. When I got home, I emptied my cargo pockets out, they were completely full with can slaw, beer caps, & beaver tails!!! It was seriously like, find 15 pieces of scrap metal, then find one penny.

And yes the eye candy was all over
On the ride home, I saw a ton of cop cars, I thought it was a raid, but then I saw they were at a funeral home, for that cop that was killed the other day.

 

[twistidd]

Did you guys spot Mayor Daley at that wake? I saw him standing there near the corner.

Excuse me, "Mayor Rainman". lol

Joe

 

[treasurefiend]

LOL no I missed him

 

[Lowbatts]

Seemed like every political suit in the city was there. Got a pic somewhere of Mayor Rainman giving my kid a medal during one of his sport festivals. Her team was done but the cops told them to keep doing their tumbling routines so Duh Mayor could get a TV shot with him watching them and applauding. Or else.

And of course it was warm yesterday which always reminds me of his statement during the "killer" heatwave of 1995 about looking after the elderly and your relatives and he said to be sure to "call your aunts and knuckles"

Love that guy.

Anyhow, staying out of that hard ground until fall gets here. Could hit the NAB midweek sometime later for next get together, maybe during the volleyball tournament and Goio, missed ya brother, what happened?

Going back to the easy pickins at the carnie cleanups in another hour or two.

 

[Goio]

hey Guys,

I'm glad you guys had fun yesterday at the beach. sorry I could not make the morning hunt, had to entertain the family but did hit the beach in the afternoon from 6 to 8:30 at Miller's beach in Gary IN. no tickets there either, the beach was pretty clean or sand in I dug five targets in two hours in the water and they where all junk I did find a pair of glasses I hope it's gets better soon!!