Frodov
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What a day! One hundred and fifty six coins today! Got an early start at the soccer complex this morning when the grass was still wet with dew and the sun was just a red rubber ball on the morning horizon. It was a bit cool out but very quiet save for a neighborhood dog yapping about a block away. I started off near the parking lot next to the concession stand/restroom building.. finding pennies and dimes right off the bat. And pull tabs.. always with the pull tabs! Oh well, I dig'em, I keep'em.
I found a few quarters and a few nickles as well, LOTS AND LOTS Of pennies. No old coins today though. A lot of dissolving pennies though.. I've not tried to cash in any of these "cancer pennies" yet so I wonder if the bank will still take them. It's amazing, you can almost tell the date of the pennies when up pluck them out of the ground.. if they're not dissolving they're either brand new (on the surface) or they're pre '80s 1980's that is.
Too bad can slaw and pull tabs don't dissolve like that, why in a few years we could see an end to them.. slaw and pull tabs that is.. But NOOOOOO.. they're indestructible!
I found a blast from the past while digging up all those cancerous pennies.. a Suicide Key! I'm sure some of you "old timers" are familiar with them.. they used to come attached to cans.. like Spam, sardines, potted meat, deviled ham etc etc. you pulled the little slotted key from the tin and inserted a small tab on the can into the slot and turned the key to open the can. Too many times people would get in a hurry or not pay attention and end up cutting themselves on the razor sharp metal ribbon that the key was winding up. OUCH!.. hence the name.. Suicide Key!. I for one am not sorry to see them gone .. <smile>
I found pens, pencils, pins and wires. Man I HATE those wire bread ties!.. once they've been in the grass a while they look like the grass.. but the metal detector cries out "PENNY! PENNY! PENNY!" .. the Bullseye says "IT'S THERE! IT'S THERE!" but all you see is an empty hole and grass. <rolling eyes> ARRRRGH! <laughing>
I found another bit of wire too.. silver wire. I'm thinking it was formerly an earring with some little bangle or something on it. <shrug>
In the middle of one of the soccer pitches I found a big ol' token.. thought it was a fifty cent piece at first.. till I brushed the dirt off a bit. It's a commemorative coin/token for a soccer "classic" .. imagine that.. on a soccer field? Go Figure! <laughing> Along with that token I found yet another coin/token.. a little smaller but oh thank goodness.. a MIRACLE at last! I've been saved, at least figuratively speaking. Saved me from the suicide key perhaps. <shrug> In the parking lot (edge) in the grass I found another soccer bling.. a pin from another soccer classic (playoff or something) here are all three ..
Batteries (one this trip) bolt anchors (half of one) electrical outlet covers, buttons, an old style metal cleat (screw in type), a small fuse, some washers and a nut, and some hair flare.. (clasps).. one rabbit and one berries or flowers or something <shrug>.. oh yeah.. and two dog tags..(one a rabies tag and one a ornamental "human" type) and a nail in some sort of manufacturer's name tag, I'm guessing on some sort of shed or siding or something. looked like a quarter target on my detector.
Oh did I mention coins?.. 156 !!!! I got tired of digging so many pennies and pull tabs after about two hours.. I can't imagine how many I would have had if I'd kept digging everything I targeted! Oh well.. just another trip to the soccer complex to get stuff I missed this trip. <Smile> $10.08 in clad for the day, not bad at all! I'll take them numbers anytime.
Get out there and hunt! Happy Hunting all!
Frodov
I found a few quarters and a few nickles as well, LOTS AND LOTS Of pennies. No old coins today though. A lot of dissolving pennies though.. I've not tried to cash in any of these "cancer pennies" yet so I wonder if the bank will still take them. It's amazing, you can almost tell the date of the pennies when up pluck them out of the ground.. if they're not dissolving they're either brand new (on the surface) or they're pre '80s 1980's that is.
Too bad can slaw and pull tabs don't dissolve like that, why in a few years we could see an end to them.. slaw and pull tabs that is.. But NOOOOOO.. they're indestructible!
I found a blast from the past while digging up all those cancerous pennies.. a Suicide Key! I'm sure some of you "old timers" are familiar with them.. they used to come attached to cans.. like Spam, sardines, potted meat, deviled ham etc etc. you pulled the little slotted key from the tin and inserted a small tab on the can into the slot and turned the key to open the can. Too many times people would get in a hurry or not pay attention and end up cutting themselves on the razor sharp metal ribbon that the key was winding up. OUCH!.. hence the name.. Suicide Key!. I for one am not sorry to see them gone .. <smile>
I found pens, pencils, pins and wires. Man I HATE those wire bread ties!.. once they've been in the grass a while they look like the grass.. but the metal detector cries out "PENNY! PENNY! PENNY!" .. the Bullseye says "IT'S THERE! IT'S THERE!" but all you see is an empty hole and grass. <rolling eyes> ARRRRGH! <laughing>
I found another bit of wire too.. silver wire. I'm thinking it was formerly an earring with some little bangle or something on it. <shrug>
In the middle of one of the soccer pitches I found a big ol' token.. thought it was a fifty cent piece at first.. till I brushed the dirt off a bit. It's a commemorative coin/token for a soccer "classic" .. imagine that.. on a soccer field? Go Figure! <laughing> Along with that token I found yet another coin/token.. a little smaller but oh thank goodness.. a MIRACLE at last! I've been saved, at least figuratively speaking. Saved me from the suicide key perhaps. <shrug> In the parking lot (edge) in the grass I found another soccer bling.. a pin from another soccer classic (playoff or something) here are all three ..
Batteries (one this trip) bolt anchors (half of one) electrical outlet covers, buttons, an old style metal cleat (screw in type), a small fuse, some washers and a nut, and some hair flare.. (clasps).. one rabbit and one berries or flowers or something <shrug>.. oh yeah.. and two dog tags..(one a rabies tag and one a ornamental "human" type) and a nail in some sort of manufacturer's name tag, I'm guessing on some sort of shed or siding or something. looked like a quarter target on my detector.
Oh did I mention coins?.. 156 !!!! I got tired of digging so many pennies and pull tabs after about two hours.. I can't imagine how many I would have had if I'd kept digging everything I targeted! Oh well.. just another trip to the soccer complex to get stuff I missed this trip. <Smile> $10.08 in clad for the day, not bad at all! I'll take them numbers anytime.
Get out there and hunt! Happy Hunting all!
Frodov
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I still like it, though now I just pop-a-top 
Got no idea there, but I put the loose dirt on a 12"X12" piece of tarp, and checked around the hole to make sure a coin (or whatever) had flipped or rolled away. Dig hole....lose signal??
