Happy 4th of July Weekend Everyone! 
I got back for a short 2 hour hunt this afternoon, I immediately headed for the playground side of the old school yard. I've had some pretty decent finds here this week and was hoping to extend my streak by thinking "outside the box" today. So I ventured into the woods next to the playground after having studied the old photograph of the school. I felt there must've been a road at the back of the property at some point in time.
I've included a couple of photographs of what the area looks like now. I started swinging my coil as best I could in the heavy brush and almost immediately got a solid signal at about 4". I thought, "well it's a start, lets see what we have here", since the signal was so strong. My shovel hit metal and I decided to dig around it to get a better look at it since I knew it was pretty big. As I cleared the soil away, I started to see the sides of a metal drum start to take shape. I took a couple more scoops of dirt from inside the barrel and that's when I saw it! It was a leg bone of some type or so I thought. I stopped what I was doing and took a closer look at the bone as it looked very old, as there was no bone marrow left visible. I also noticed some light powdery substance sticking to the bone fragment and in the surrounding dirt.
This is when my CSI Miami TV show detective skills kicked in!
I knew there was a reason why I had watched that show so much, I always thought it was because Emily Procter was so hot! 
To make a long story shorter, I called the Police and when they finally arrived I showed them what I'd found. They sent the bone off to the local hospital to help tell them if it was human of not. Well it came back that it wasn't human, so they thanked me very much for helping them and left.
Found a cool little Police Commissioners badge and in the same hole was a bakelite mini radio and a metal frame that the radio was set into. I figure this was some kind of kids promotion item that they mailed away for back in the 1940's or 50's. Also found some fake bling earrings, these were about 2' apart buried in the dirt and a part of a car radiator.
Thanks for looking and for taking the time to read all of this!
Dave
I got back for a short 2 hour hunt this afternoon, I immediately headed for the playground side of the old school yard. I've had some pretty decent finds here this week and was hoping to extend my streak by thinking "outside the box" today. So I ventured into the woods next to the playground after having studied the old photograph of the school. I felt there must've been a road at the back of the property at some point in time.
I've included a couple of photographs of what the area looks like now. I started swinging my coil as best I could in the heavy brush and almost immediately got a solid signal at about 4". I thought, "well it's a start, lets see what we have here", since the signal was so strong. My shovel hit metal and I decided to dig around it to get a better look at it since I knew it was pretty big. As I cleared the soil away, I started to see the sides of a metal drum start to take shape. I took a couple more scoops of dirt from inside the barrel and that's when I saw it! It was a leg bone of some type or so I thought. I stopped what I was doing and took a closer look at the bone as it looked very old, as there was no bone marrow left visible. I also noticed some light powdery substance sticking to the bone fragment and in the surrounding dirt.
This is when my CSI Miami TV show detective skills kicked in!
I knew there was a reason why I had watched that show so much, I always thought it was because Emily Procter was so hot! To make a long story shorter, I called the Police and when they finally arrived I showed them what I'd found. They sent the bone off to the local hospital to help tell them if it was human of not. Well it came back that it wasn't human, so they thanked me very much for helping them and left. Found a cool little Police Commissioners badge and in the same hole was a bakelite mini radio and a metal frame that the radio was set into. I figure this was some kind of kids promotion item that they mailed away for back in the 1940's or 50's. Also found some fake bling earrings, these were about 2' apart buried in the dirt and a part of a car radiator.
Thanks for looking and for taking the time to read all of this!
Dave
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Glad it turned out not to be a human bone. 
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The police(me) would be busy all day! Well, overtimes not so bad I guess 
jgas
The cops were taking it pretty seriously too.
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