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[ARC]

Morning Anti.

 

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[pepperj]

Morning Rook, Dave

 

[ANTIQUARIAN]

Yeah....but how will you feel when the gold coin appears?

I know Whadi, I know… but gold coins are as rare as hen’s teeth here in Canada.
Unless you happen to live near a chicken farm of course!

Tomorrow, 12/06, I will have made it to 72.

...and what a long strange trip its been!

Happy 72[SUP]nd[/SUP] Birthday ECS, hope you have a great day!


Sounds like you had a challenging day yesterday Jim, sorry to hear that your shovel has 'bit the dust' or in this case 'the dirt'.

Just in case anyone is interested, here are my finds from the past few weeks http://www.treasurenet.com/forums/t...-button-ih-penny-bits-pieces.html#post6639270

 

[pepperj]

I know Whadi, I know… but gold coins are as rare as hen’s teeth here in Canada.
Unless you happen to live near a chicken farm of course!



Happy 72[SUP]nd[/SUP] Birthday ECS, hope you have a great day!


Sounds like you had a challenging day yesterday Jim, sorry to hear that your shovel has 'bit the dust' or in this case 'the dirt'.

Just in case anyone is interested, here are my finds from the past few weeks http://www.treasurenet.com/forums/t...-button-ih-penny-bits-pieces.html#post6639270

So true of as rare as chicken teeth they are on sites that we hunt, geez even silver is an anomaly.

Yesterday wasn't a great way of ending up a season that's for sure-it was a brain fart thinking on my part to even venture onto the field.
I should of stuck to the pasture site down the road from where you got the 2 cent piece (The school house site where the cement citrine was located)
I got there and the road was close-10 trucks, large excavator digging in a new culvert across the road along the field. So I would be on stage-so to speak.

Yes the shovel has taken a beating over the last 7yrs, I had the blade shaved down which might of changed the temper of the steel a tad yrs ago.
This last summer the lip got curled from a day of rubble stone digging, so I has it straightened and a buddy at the machine shop ran a bead along the edge with the mig welder.
But it didn't help it seems to be softening up the blade. I might quench it to harden it up again as I truly enjoy the brut as i can stomp on the handle and dislodge what ever is in its way.
Great for digging in the root infested sites that I go to at times.

 

[Blak bart]

hello and good morning to all !!

 

[bill from lachine]

Good morning ARC, Bart, Dave, Jim & Rook and happy birthday to ECS.

 

[ARC]

Morning Bart and Bill.

 

[ANTIQUARIAN]

So true of as rare as chicken teeth they are on sites that we hunt, geez even silver is an anomaly.

Yesterday wasn't a great way of ending up a season that's for sure-it was a brain fart thinking on my part to even venture onto the field.
I should of stuck to the pasture site down the road from where you got the 2 cent piece (The school house site where the cement citrine was located)
I got there and the road was close-10 trucks, large excavator digging in a new culvert across the road along the field. So I would be on stage-so to speak.

Yes the shovel has taken a beating over the last 7yrs, I had the blade shaved down which might of changed the temper of the steel a tad yrs ago.
This last summer the lip got curled from a day of rubble stone digging, so I has it straightened and a buddy at the machine shop ran a bead along the edge with the mig welder.
But it didn't help it seems to be softening up the blade. I might quench it to harden it up again as I truly enjoy the brut as i can stomp on the handle and dislodge what ever is in its way.
Great for digging in the root infested sites that I go to at times.

That was an enjoyable site to hunt Jim, I felt it had so much left to give especially where the corn was still standing to the east.

Hope you're able to get your shovel fixed up, although you may end up saying good-bye to an old friend.

Lots of lighter shovel options out there now, my digger feels like it weights 20lbs after shouldering it around the field for a few hours.

 

[ANTIQUARIAN]

Good morning Bill.

 

[ANTIQUARIAN]

Morning Bart.

I love the look of that old map you posted in the other thread too.
Best of luck when you're able to get back to further investigate that island.

 

[Rookster]

Morning Dave, bart and bill

 

[Rookster]

Morning WD

 

[ANTIQUARIAN]

Good morning WD and Rook.

Time for coffee #2 for me.

 

[ARC]

WD ? ? ?

Did I miss something ? ? ?... I see no WD.

 

[pepperj]

Morning Bart, Bill

 

[pepperj]

Good morning WD and Rook.

Time for coffee #2 for me.

WD ? ? ?

Did I miss something ? ? ?... I see no WD.

Wait till #2 kicks in............

 

[ARC]

Wait till #2 kicks in............

And here I thought she got smart and put me on "ignore".

:P

 

[pepperj]

That was an enjoyable site to hunt Jim, I felt it had so much left to give especially where the corn was still standing to the east.

Hope you're able to get your shovel fixed up, although you may end up saying good-bye to an old friend.

Lots of lighter shovel options out there now, my digger feels like it weights 20lbs after shouldering it around the field for a few hours.

The whole site is now deep disc'd and levelled out-but it looked too wet just the large rock sticking out-they really disc'd to the limit-right down to the swale of the field. ( should of thought of that when I tried the hillside field site)

Surprising on how a little mud on the coil can make it feel like a swinging a Minelab again.
Going back to the truck (down the slope of the field)

I cleaned of the shovel 3X, coil 3X, boots 8X

I even was going on the large tractor tire imprint-a stupid as stupid can get hunt.

 

[bill from lachine]

ARC,

I don't see no WD40 either she must be slip, slidding away....

WD ? ? ?

Did I miss something ? ? ?... I see no WD.

 

[pepperj]

And here I thought she got smart and put me on "ignore".

:P

Oh the complaining of restricting the key to the rum room is warranted at times.
The Pirate-ness running amok with the key?-would be interesting to read.