Frodov
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Nature was a Mother" today, but the Force was with me!
Hello Sports fans and welcome to the... uhhh.. wrong forum. Oops. <grin> Hi everybody! Got to get out and detect a little today, well actually a LOT, but it was in two different hunts thanks to that Mother.. Mother nature that is. I got up early (ish) this morning on my last day off to get out and enjoy some detecting before it got too hot. It may not be August yet, but lately it's sure felt like it was the "dog days" of summer already round these parts. Anyway, got up early to beat the heat and was out at the local soccer complex before 9:00 AM. The park had just hosted a big weekend of playoffs for the local leagues and there had been LOTS AND LOTS of people. And there was LOTS AND LOTS of trash left behind too.. *sigh* You would think people would have more consideration and, well, pride than to just trash a place like that. Cans, cups, bottles, candy and snack wrappers everywhere, fast food containers and bags, half eaten fruit, cigarette butts, peanut and sunflower seed hulls everywhere. Kind of makes me feel like that Famous "Green" commercial from back in the '70's.. you know the one.. where the Old Indian fellow is canoeing down the polluted stream and he looks up and a tear rolls down his cheek.. <sob> Well, ok, maybe it didn't hit me that bad, but it's still a shame. Jeez! But, along with all the refuse and junk there were treasures to be found as well, and I was finding coins just about everywhere I swung my detector coil ! WOOHOO!!!! Odd though.. it was getting darker.. and darker
by 10:15 AM it was looking more like dusk heading into nightfall. What Then I started paying more attention to the sky.. WUH OH! Here's what I was Looking at..
YIKES!!!! That would appear to me to be a wall cloud.. or so I thought at the time. Tornadoes are born from wall clouds that roll up on their sides.. in a manner of speaking. But I wasn't going to wait around and see if that happened. It was getting darker and darker.. and the wind was picking up remarkably.. so was I, as I beat feet for the truck and then headed home till the storm passed.. if it passed. I beat the rain, to the truck anyway, only got soaked on my back as I was putting my detector in the back of the truck (I have a cover or "topper"). *sigh* I thought that I might just be done for the day as hard as the rain was falling and wind was blowing. THUNDER and LIGHTNING.. and even some small hail! OH HAIL!!!!
Fortunately the worst of the storm passed by the time I got back to my house, it was still raining cats and dogs, DAMN but the Humane society was going to have to put in some overtime today.. but the lightning had stopped, and the wind had died down to moderate gusts. It was getting close to lunch time anyway so I just settled in with my misses and we had lunch and watched a little tv, as she got ready to go to a function (news conference) for her volunteer organization. NAMI (National Alliance for the Mentally Ill), her group, with the aid of a lot of other people recently got approval for the construction of a new mental health hospital here in Lexington. A new one to replace the antiquated one that has been in continuous use for well over 118 years (Eastern State Mental Health Hospital). Fortunately their news conference was to be held INDOORS. <Grin>
Well, not long after my wife was picked up by her ride, the sun came back out, and went back in the clouds.. then back out.. then in.. then.. well you get the idea. <rolling eyes> It DID quit raining though, so after about an hour of watching the sun play peek-a-boo, and the grass and roadways anyway started to dry off somewhat I headed back out to the park to the soccer complex to resume my detecting. The storm had blown a lot of the loose trash off the parking lots and playing fields.. up against the picturesque plank fences.. and port-a-potties. That and the maintenance guys from the parks and recreation department were out cleaning up some too. I was cleaning up too though, in my own way. <grin> Oh sure, I'd pick up cans and bottles and drop them in the nearest trash cans as I detected along.. and picked up all that stuff that usually gets found along with the "treasure", you know, the can slaw, the pull tabs, the bottle caps, the other odds and ends that are pinged by the detector.
And more and more coins.. I found a LOT of memorial pennies.. some on the surface, most in the gravel dust of the parking lot or in the dirt under the grass. I found a lot of dimes today too.. most of them were dug up too. A lot of nickles.. only a couple of them were dug up though, nine nickles for me is a lot of nickles in one hunt. <shrug> Anything special about a 1941 nickle? and then there were the quarters.. a LOT of quarters.. LOTS AND LOTS! 40 of them! Granted I've found more in one hunt, but only ONCE! <grinning> I was digging them up, and finding them on the surface. YeeHaww! As I bent down to retrieve on such surface find I also found perhaps the reason I was having such a good day.. I found an emissary of the FORCE. A rather babyfaced "Mace" Windu from Star Wars.. some child's action figure no doubt.. but funny thing is, I remember Samuel L. Jackson being somewhat more "mature" in the movie than this little guy. <laughing> You can see him here along with some other non metallic finds I made while hunting today. .. the code caps for my wife, a still working ink pen (one of many, but this one had a neat quote on it), a pair of Dora the Explorer sunglasses and someones lost hotel key card.. guess they had to stop at the service desk to have someone let them in or get a new key card. <grin>
There were still a few other goodies to be found as well.. not so much in the way of bling, one cheap earring.. maybe silver, but it's not marked in any way. I found one (the remains of) gumball machine ring, a lapel pin (or tie tack?) from the "Outdoor Channel".. one game token, of "No Cash Value" <laughing>
and this one really neat HUGE "commemorative" coin. The Com.Coin was buried almost four inches. Odd in that it was apparently awarded in 2003.. only 5 years and it was already that deep? It's neat though, and heavy too. I'm wondering if that's some actual gold in this thing or more than likely just plated along with the enamel and stuff.
That beauty was one of the last things I found before calling it a day (for the second time) and heading for home. Oh sure, I found a few more clad coins and pull tabs on my way back to the truck, and my finds bag was almost starting to drag on the ground from all the stuff. It would have if I had not stopped off at a garbage can and emptied out all the cans and can slaw and most of the crap that isn't really "photogenic" or of value in any way. <grin> I was delighted when I got home and sorted out and counted up all my clad finds for the day..
That's $14.55 in clad today.. albeit two hunts, it's still one day's finds.. and a good day at that! YEEHAAWWWWW!!! More money for the vacation fund. Not exactly doing the happy dance, but I'm still groovin. <grin> Hope I have more days like today.. well.. less the sudden storms and rain perhaps.
Happy Hunting Everyone!
Frodov
Hello Sports fans and welcome to the... uhhh.. wrong forum. Oops. <grin> Hi everybody! Got to get out and detect a little today, well actually a LOT, but it was in two different hunts thanks to that Mother.. Mother nature that is. I got up early (ish) this morning on my last day off to get out and enjoy some detecting before it got too hot. It may not be August yet, but lately it's sure felt like it was the "dog days" of summer already round these parts. Anyway, got up early to beat the heat and was out at the local soccer complex before 9:00 AM. The park had just hosted a big weekend of playoffs for the local leagues and there had been LOTS AND LOTS of people. And there was LOTS AND LOTS of trash left behind too.. *sigh* You would think people would have more consideration and, well, pride than to just trash a place like that. Cans, cups, bottles, candy and snack wrappers everywhere, fast food containers and bags, half eaten fruit, cigarette butts, peanut and sunflower seed hulls everywhere. Kind of makes me feel like that Famous "Green" commercial from back in the '70's.. you know the one.. where the Old Indian fellow is canoeing down the polluted stream and he looks up and a tear rolls down his cheek.. <sob> Well, ok, maybe it didn't hit me that bad, but it's still a shame. Jeez! But, along with all the refuse and junk there were treasures to be found as well, and I was finding coins just about everywhere I swung my detector coil ! WOOHOO!!!! Odd though.. it was getting darker.. and darker
by 10:15 AM it was looking more like dusk heading into nightfall. What Then I started paying more attention to the sky.. WUH OH! Here's what I was Looking at.. YIKES!!!! That would appear to me to be a wall cloud.. or so I thought at the time. Tornadoes are born from wall clouds that roll up on their sides.. in a manner of speaking. But I wasn't going to wait around and see if that happened. It was getting darker and darker.. and the wind was picking up remarkably.. so was I, as I beat feet for the truck and then headed home till the storm passed.. if it passed. I beat the rain, to the truck anyway, only got soaked on my back as I was putting my detector in the back of the truck (I have a cover or "topper"). *sigh* I thought that I might just be done for the day as hard as the rain was falling and wind was blowing. THUNDER and LIGHTNING.. and even some small hail! OH HAIL!!!!
Fortunately the worst of the storm passed by the time I got back to my house, it was still raining cats and dogs, DAMN but the Humane society was going to have to put in some overtime today.. but the lightning had stopped, and the wind had died down to moderate gusts. It was getting close to lunch time anyway so I just settled in with my misses and we had lunch and watched a little tv, as she got ready to go to a function (news conference) for her volunteer organization. NAMI (National Alliance for the Mentally Ill), her group, with the aid of a lot of other people recently got approval for the construction of a new mental health hospital here in Lexington. A new one to replace the antiquated one that has been in continuous use for well over 118 years (Eastern State Mental Health Hospital). Fortunately their news conference was to be held INDOORS. <Grin>
Well, not long after my wife was picked up by her ride, the sun came back out, and went back in the clouds.. then back out.. then in.. then.. well you get the idea. <rolling eyes> It DID quit raining though, so after about an hour of watching the sun play peek-a-boo, and the grass and roadways anyway started to dry off somewhat I headed back out to the park to the soccer complex to resume my detecting. The storm had blown a lot of the loose trash off the parking lots and playing fields.. up against the picturesque plank fences.. and port-a-potties. That and the maintenance guys from the parks and recreation department were out cleaning up some too. I was cleaning up too though, in my own way. <grin> Oh sure, I'd pick up cans and bottles and drop them in the nearest trash cans as I detected along.. and picked up all that stuff that usually gets found along with the "treasure", you know, the can slaw, the pull tabs, the bottle caps, the other odds and ends that are pinged by the detector.
And more and more coins.. I found a LOT of memorial pennies.. some on the surface, most in the gravel dust of the parking lot or in the dirt under the grass. I found a lot of dimes today too.. most of them were dug up too. A lot of nickles.. only a couple of them were dug up though, nine nickles for me is a lot of nickles in one hunt. <shrug> Anything special about a 1941 nickle? and then there were the quarters.. a LOT of quarters.. LOTS AND LOTS! 40 of them! Granted I've found more in one hunt, but only ONCE! <grinning> I was digging them up, and finding them on the surface. YeeHaww! As I bent down to retrieve on such surface find I also found perhaps the reason I was having such a good day.. I found an emissary of the FORCE. A rather babyfaced "Mace" Windu from Star Wars.. some child's action figure no doubt.. but funny thing is, I remember Samuel L. Jackson being somewhat more "mature" in the movie than this little guy. <laughing> You can see him here along with some other non metallic finds I made while hunting today. .. the code caps for my wife, a still working ink pen (one of many, but this one had a neat quote on it), a pair of Dora the Explorer sunglasses and someones lost hotel key card.. guess they had to stop at the service desk to have someone let them in or get a new key card. <grin>
There were still a few other goodies to be found as well.. not so much in the way of bling, one cheap earring.. maybe silver, but it's not marked in any way. I found one (the remains of) gumball machine ring, a lapel pin (or tie tack?) from the "Outdoor Channel".. one game token, of "No Cash Value" <laughing>
and this one really neat HUGE "commemorative" coin. The Com.Coin was buried almost four inches. Odd in that it was apparently awarded in 2003.. only 5 years and it was already that deep? It's neat though, and heavy too. I'm wondering if that's some actual gold in this thing or more than likely just plated along with the enamel and stuff.
That beauty was one of the last things I found before calling it a day (for the second time) and heading for home. Oh sure, I found a few more clad coins and pull tabs on my way back to the truck, and my finds bag was almost starting to drag on the ground from all the stuff. It would have if I had not stopped off at a garbage can and emptied out all the cans and can slaw and most of the crap that isn't really "photogenic" or of value in any way. <grin> I was delighted when I got home and sorted out and counted up all my clad finds for the day..
That's $14.55 in clad today.. albeit two hunts, it's still one day's finds.. and a good day at that! YEEHAAWWWWW!!! More money for the vacation fund. Not exactly doing the happy dance, but I'm still groovin. <grin> Hope I have more days like today.. well.. less the sudden storms and rain perhaps.
Happy Hunting Everyone!
Frodov
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