piggman1
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- Apr 7, 2007
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Woke up early this morning and headed out to scout out a few places. I decided to check out this small park not far from the house where there is only a volleyball court and very small tot lot. Figured it wouldn't take too long and I could be off to another place. I first started with the volleyball court and found a little clad (around the outside edges), and some sort of leaf trinket along with four 22 shells and a monster junque ring, inside the pit.
I started toward the tot lot and saw a city park ranger parked behind my truck. You see, I live on the county line of Travis Co and Williamson Co. Metal detectors are not allowed in the city of Austin, Travis Co, or LCRA parks. Williamson Co could care less, and I thought that I was in a neighborhood park. Sure enough here he comes. The first thing he says is "I hope you're doing that for the city of Austin", to which I reply that I am not. To which he then tells me that I am not allowed to metal detect in that park because it is a part of Austin. To make a long story short, we spent the next hour or so just talking about metal detecting, laws, and the stupidity of the laws. He turned out to be a pretty good ol' boy and we left on good terms.
So it's now getting really hot and the morning is gone, so I decide to head back home. On the way back I remember a spot that is about 20' square in this other park, in Williamson Co. It allways produces a few wheat pennies, never any silver or nickels. Now this 20' square area is in a back corner of a several acre park, and that is the only place I have found old coins in this whole park. When I was growing up, this park was part of a ranch that had nothing but rocks and rattlesnakes on it. Nothing as to explain these wheat pennies. Sure enough, after a short search I ended up with six more wheat's,
1942, 1944 D, 1946 D,1951 D, 1953 D, and a 1954 D. I searched again until there were no more signals and called it a day.
I started toward the tot lot and saw a city park ranger parked behind my truck. You see, I live on the county line of Travis Co and Williamson Co. Metal detectors are not allowed in the city of Austin, Travis Co, or LCRA parks. Williamson Co could care less, and I thought that I was in a neighborhood park. Sure enough here he comes. The first thing he says is "I hope you're doing that for the city of Austin", to which I reply that I am not. To which he then tells me that I am not allowed to metal detect in that park because it is a part of Austin. To make a long story short, we spent the next hour or so just talking about metal detecting, laws, and the stupidity of the laws. He turned out to be a pretty good ol' boy and we left on good terms.
So it's now getting really hot and the morning is gone, so I decide to head back home. On the way back I remember a spot that is about 20' square in this other park, in Williamson Co. It allways produces a few wheat pennies, never any silver or nickels. Now this 20' square area is in a back corner of a several acre park, and that is the only place I have found old coins in this whole park. When I was growing up, this park was part of a ranch that had nothing but rocks and rattlesnakes on it. Nothing as to explain these wheat pennies. Sure enough, after a short search I ended up with six more wheat's,
1942, 1944 D, 1946 D,1951 D, 1953 D, and a 1954 D. I searched again until there were no more signals and called it a day.
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Piggman at least you made a new friend and it didn't cost you in the way of a ticket. Maybe the Ranger can take a posistive story back to the Powers that Be and get some things changed for once. You did Good Piggman. Nice finds by the way 
