Frodov
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Hosed in the park, I had the key but I couldn't measure up!
Yep sometimes no matter how prepared you think you are, you just going to get hosed!
Today, after working the last two days on honey'do jobs that I've been putting off till the weather was nicer, I got to get out and do a little swinging at a nearby park. It was another absolutely gorgeous day to be outside for any reason, let alone being able to enjoy the hobby of metal detecting. The sun was shining, it was warm (over 80 degrees here in Lexington) and there was a light breeze blowing. The grass at the park had just been mowed yesterday or the day before so it wasn't so tall as to impede my detector. Yessir, it was a fine day to be out and about! And I found a LOT of stuff today. Everything from trash, to treasure and all manner of goodies in between. Why I even found a little doggy's ID tag, imagine that, at the dog-walk park. Go figure.
I found a bunch of change, clad mostly, but one lone wheat penny got dug up as a surprise find for the day. A 1945 vintage.
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I found keys, four to be precise, but not all in the same place, though two of them were together. I found the end of a garden hose.. yeah.. that's how I got hosed. It rang up on my detector as a quarter or fifty cent piece. I was a little disappointed when I finally popped it out of the ground. Then there was the car...
...though it was under the grass in the soil, it doesn't look to be very old so it couldn't have been there very long. The car would be only the first of several toys I found today, there was the gun (tiny accessory for an action figure I presume), a rather ugly bug.. a Rhinoceros Beetle I think, and finally, the Hippo!
Sometimes a Timex takes a licking and just doesn't keep ticking. This little watch was over four inches down in the dirt, and I brought some of it home with me as you can see.
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Then there was the Crusader.
I guess that's the brand name of this measuring tape. Unfortunately it was not exactly complete when I found it. I was left holding only the outer case when I finally unearthed the thing under a gnarly little cedar tree. So you can understand now when I said earlier that I just couldn't "measure up".
Not far from the measuring tape..er.. case, I found this neat little hair clasp. My trusty Prizm Lied To Me! By all indications from my detector the hair clasp was supposed to be a quarter or two.. or a fifty cent piece.. it was Bleepin' for all it was worth... even though the target was a good four to six inches deep. *sigh* I really thought I'd finally found a silver quarter or something. Oh well, it's still pretty neat, after I cleaned the dirt off of it when I got home I could see it better.
...Too bad it's not silver though.
Throughout the day, all four hours of my hunt today that is, I found trash as well as coins. Everything from broken measuring tapes, hose ends, cans, can slaw, pull tabs, bottle caps and other odd bits and pieces of metal to plastic drink bottles and caps. It's going to make me old before my time, I'm sure, all that bending over and picking up garbage to dispose of it, but I can't find it in myself to let it sit there. I guess some people just don't care about their parks. I wonder if their yards and houses are as trashy. *sigh* I saved a great many of the Coke product caps as my wife collects the "Coke Rewards" on line. Of course I generally toss them into a bucket with some water, dishsoap and a little bleach before we handle them to put the codes into the computer.
Oh did I mention that I might have made some new friends today? Well, sort of. I was just swinging away enjoying myself this afternoon when this couple drove up and stopped next to me and asked to talk for a moment. Seems that they were thinking about getting a detector and wanted to know if it was really all that much fun and what was the best detector and so on. I had to tell them that I was still somewhat of a novice myself, but I preferred my detector. They were from Northern Michigan, the U.P. but were in Kentucky visiting friends. I gave them one of my cards that my dear wife made for me last summer, and told them about Treasure Net. They thanked me and we parted ways, they on to wherever they were going and me back to detecting. Cool.
One little annoyance from today, I forgot to put on sunscreen again. *sniff sniff* Do you smell bacon? Well it's not that bad, but I did get a little too much sun I think. I'm not roasting or anything, but I've still got my watch on, even after I've taken it off my arm. Know what I mean? <rolling eyes> Yeah.. got a great Farmer's tan going on here. I'll look GREAT at the beach in a few weeks! NOT!
Well here's the pics of everything.. and then some..
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I hope you all get out and get your "fix" soon. Have fun and as always..
Happy Hunting Everyone !
Frodov
Yep sometimes no matter how prepared you think you are, you just going to get hosed!
Today, after working the last two days on honey'do jobs that I've been putting off till the weather was nicer, I got to get out and do a little swinging at a nearby park. It was another absolutely gorgeous day to be outside for any reason, let alone being able to enjoy the hobby of metal detecting. The sun was shining, it was warm (over 80 degrees here in Lexington) and there was a light breeze blowing. The grass at the park had just been mowed yesterday or the day before so it wasn't so tall as to impede my detector. Yessir, it was a fine day to be out and about! And I found a LOT of stuff today. Everything from trash, to treasure and all manner of goodies in between. Why I even found a little doggy's ID tag, imagine that, at the dog-walk park. Go figure.
I found a bunch of change, clad mostly, but one lone wheat penny got dug up as a surprise find for the day. A 1945 vintage.
:I found keys, four to be precise, but not all in the same place, though two of them were together. I found the end of a garden hose.. yeah.. that's how I got hosed. It rang up on my detector as a quarter or fifty cent piece. I was a little disappointed when I finally popped it out of the ground. Then there was the car...
...though it was under the grass in the soil, it doesn't look to be very old so it couldn't have been there very long. The car would be only the first of several toys I found today, there was the gun (tiny accessory for an action figure I presume), a rather ugly bug.. a Rhinoceros Beetle I think, and finally, the Hippo!
Sometimes a Timex takes a licking and just doesn't keep ticking. This little watch was over four inches down in the dirt, and I brought some of it home with me as you can see.
:Then there was the Crusader.
I guess that's the brand name of this measuring tape. Unfortunately it was not exactly complete when I found it. I was left holding only the outer case when I finally unearthed the thing under a gnarly little cedar tree. So you can understand now when I said earlier that I just couldn't "measure up".
Not far from the measuring tape..er.. case, I found this neat little hair clasp. My trusty Prizm Lied To Me! By all indications from my detector the hair clasp was supposed to be a quarter or two.. or a fifty cent piece.. it was Bleepin' for all it was worth... even though the target was a good four to six inches deep. *sigh* I really thought I'd finally found a silver quarter or something. Oh well, it's still pretty neat, after I cleaned the dirt off of it when I got home I could see it better.
...Too bad it's not silver though.
Throughout the day, all four hours of my hunt today that is, I found trash as well as coins. Everything from broken measuring tapes, hose ends, cans, can slaw, pull tabs, bottle caps and other odd bits and pieces of metal to plastic drink bottles and caps. It's going to make me old before my time, I'm sure, all that bending over and picking up garbage to dispose of it, but I can't find it in myself to let it sit there. I guess some people just don't care about their parks. I wonder if their yards and houses are as trashy. *sigh* I saved a great many of the Coke product caps as my wife collects the "Coke Rewards" on line. Of course I generally toss them into a bucket with some water, dishsoap and a little bleach before we handle them to put the codes into the computer.
Oh did I mention that I might have made some new friends today? Well, sort of. I was just swinging away enjoying myself this afternoon when this couple drove up and stopped next to me and asked to talk for a moment. Seems that they were thinking about getting a detector and wanted to know if it was really all that much fun and what was the best detector and so on. I had to tell them that I was still somewhat of a novice myself, but I preferred my detector. They were from Northern Michigan, the U.P. but were in Kentucky visiting friends. I gave them one of my cards that my dear wife made for me last summer, and told them about Treasure Net. They thanked me and we parted ways, they on to wherever they were going and me back to detecting. Cool.
One little annoyance from today, I forgot to put on sunscreen again. *sniff sniff* Do you smell bacon? Well it's not that bad, but I did get a little too much sun I think. I'm not roasting or anything, but I've still got my watch on, even after I've taken it off my arm. Know what I mean? <rolling eyes> Yeah.. got a great Farmer's tan going on here. I'll look GREAT at the beach in a few weeks! NOT!
Well here's the pics of everything.. and then some..
:I hope you all get out and get your "fix" soon. Have fun and as always..
Happy Hunting Everyone !
Frodov
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here today too, Fro! I think I heard a bit of a sizzle as well. :P 
