Painful 3 hour Hunt today

jeff of pa

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wanting to hunt somewhere new for once
I headed to a Church Grove I was told by the preacher No because he didn't think
his congregation would want anyone to find their lost stuff.
since this happened about 5 years ago, I figured it was time to try again :laughing7:
when I got there I pulled into the parking Lot & saw a woman getting ready to walk in the church,
so I Quickly pulled up beside her & Asked.
She told me to ask at the Office so I Parked quickly & Followed her in

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Practically Hyperventilating & Very uncomfortably fearing bursting into flames,
I approached the Office woman and asked. She looked friendly & said nobody ever asked.
Yea Go ahead, so I thanked her and said If I find anything that looks
identifiable I would bring it over & High tailed it to safety outside, where I could cool down in the Morning Sun.

Once outside I was able to breath again, so I parked my car as close to the park as possible
and suited up. While I was sound balancing my detector a car pulled in & the guy, I'm guessing preacher walked over & asked are you Detecting ? I said Yes Gonna give it a try.
He said just bring what you find over to the church.
I said I already told the Office lady if I find anything I Can Identify I would. he thanked me & Walked away.

1875 Map Grove belongs to the church to the south

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August 21, 1938 Areal

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Near Present Areal

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Birds Eye View

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From the Ground
Freaky Place Camera wouldn't Focus when pointing at the grove

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for some reason My legs didn't like me today,
the whole time I was detecting I was in Pain walking.
felt like my legs weighed 100 pounds.

and signals were Far & Few between.


Ground was as dry as could be, Very hard at some spots, lots of roots at others
& Near the trees it just collapsed into dust when I would stick my digger in.

My gas rebate only 69 cents


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my Gar-baje


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possible 1942 ? wheat

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and 1913 wheat

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Were my only finds.

Nothing at all to take over to the church.

was in too much pain to hunt it & Nobody there,
but crossed the street before heading home
to check out their grove


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Maybe I'll check it out in the future

Also caught this one out the corner of my Eye
about mile fruther east

New Church in foreground.
Grove to the right of Cemetery
Old Church appears to be abandoned
but grass needs mowed

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Whew, close one, glad to hear you escaped another church, you had me worried after the last one :laughing7:
Nice job on the early wheat!
 

were your nerves shot after you walked out of the church that you did not feel good.
 

were your nerves shot after you walked out of the church that you did not feel good.


Don't know, maybe just stiff from yesterday.
 

Sounds like old age setting in ...i get that after afew days hunting and im 35
 

Excellent post, Jeff. I was just thinking, maybe you should just go to confession before you try that church again . ;)

Maybe, just maybe you won't hurt so much and your gas rebate might go up beyond enough to cover the opening of your door. :)

Thanks for sharing!

HH!
 

Excellent post, Jeff. I was just thinking, maybe you should just go to confession before you try that church again . ;)

Maybe, just maybe you won't hurt so much and your gas rebate might go up beyond enough to cover the opening of your door. :)

Thanks for sharing!

HH!

If I went to confession the preachers ears would burst into flames :occasion18:
 

I will go first then maybe yours won't seem so bad. On the other hand yours could be the icing on the cake that makes him have a breakdown. :tongue3:
 

If I went to confession the preachers ears would burst into flames :occasion18:

Better his ears than your knees! Just saying. ;)

Sides, he'll probably tell you that you're not confessing, you're boasting! LOL

HH!
 

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I will go first then maybe yours won't seem so bad. On the other hand yours could be the icing on the cake that makes him have a breakdown.
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Better his ears than your knees! Just saying. ;)

Sides, he'll probably tell you that you're not confessing, you're boasting! LOL

HH!

HaHa There ya Go :laughing7:

Thanks all 8-)
 

LOL! Nice story Jeff. I think we both know your legs hurt because your knees were knocking as you stepped through the door...........waiting for the flames!!

Dave
 

That old church that needs mowed looks interesting. Churches are quirky on getting permission. Sometimes they need to ask the congregation. You know somebody in the crowd is going to say no. But you saw an opportunity and made it work. Nice Job.
 

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