time4me
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- Aug 30, 2005
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This morning's Cape Cod beach finds... and an unexpected turn of bad luck
Ugh, what a morning.
So I get up again at 4:30am (my wife told me just now that it looks like somebody punched me in the eyes, so I'm obviously not getting enough sleep), and head off to try two new spots on Cape Cod this morning.
The first is a small beach on the north side of the Cape that really doesn't get any major wave action, but fills up and empties out with the tides. Saw a bunch of people wading around in the low tide water the other day, so I thought I'd try it out. Found a bunch of pull tabs and a few coins here and there, and a little butterfly that looks like it is off of a ring or necklace. The muck was pretty thick on the bottom, and my feet kept sinking into it, so after about an hour I'd had enough and packed up to head over to an inland "pond" that is actually a good sized lake.
There is a small swimming beach at the pond that we saw when driving around the other day, and I wanted to try it out. Didn't do too bad here, picking up a couple of earrings, a cross, a sandal, and a mood ring.
OK, so here's where the "UGH" comes in... when I was done detecting, I went back to my rental car and it would not start. What I think happened is that the key is built right into the key fob with the automatic door lock / unlock, and I suppose now that there is also some sort of transponder in there that communicates with the car. Well, I've been keeping this key/fob in my finds pouch which is submerged most of the time I've been detecting over the past week and a half. I guess the salt water must have leaked into the inside of the fob and screwed up the battery or computer chip or whatever is in there, so that it no longer started the car. I had to call for a tow truck, which came and towed my rental car away. There I sat, soaking wet, with my metal detectors, scoop, and the rest of the contents of the rental car (beach chairs, etc), and had to wait for someone from the rental car company to come pick me up and drive me back to their office to get a new rental car. What a drag!!!!!
Anyways, here are my finds from this morning... I'm hoping that tomorrow brings better luck both with the rental car and with some killer rings / jewelry!!!!
Ugh, what a morning.
So I get up again at 4:30am (my wife told me just now that it looks like somebody punched me in the eyes, so I'm obviously not getting enough sleep), and head off to try two new spots on Cape Cod this morning.
The first is a small beach on the north side of the Cape that really doesn't get any major wave action, but fills up and empties out with the tides. Saw a bunch of people wading around in the low tide water the other day, so I thought I'd try it out. Found a bunch of pull tabs and a few coins here and there, and a little butterfly that looks like it is off of a ring or necklace. The muck was pretty thick on the bottom, and my feet kept sinking into it, so after about an hour I'd had enough and packed up to head over to an inland "pond" that is actually a good sized lake.
There is a small swimming beach at the pond that we saw when driving around the other day, and I wanted to try it out. Didn't do too bad here, picking up a couple of earrings, a cross, a sandal, and a mood ring.
OK, so here's where the "UGH" comes in... when I was done detecting, I went back to my rental car and it would not start. What I think happened is that the key is built right into the key fob with the automatic door lock / unlock, and I suppose now that there is also some sort of transponder in there that communicates with the car. Well, I've been keeping this key/fob in my finds pouch which is submerged most of the time I've been detecting over the past week and a half. I guess the salt water must have leaked into the inside of the fob and screwed up the battery or computer chip or whatever is in there, so that it no longer started the car. I had to call for a tow truck, which came and towed my rental car away. There I sat, soaking wet, with my metal detectors, scoop, and the rest of the contents of the rental car (beach chairs, etc), and had to wait for someone from the rental car company to come pick me up and drive me back to their office to get a new rental car. What a drag!!!!!
Anyways, here are my finds from this morning... I'm hoping that tomorrow brings better luck both with the rental car and with some killer rings / jewelry!!!!
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You've got to get to bed earlier, if you're gonna hunt at 4:30 AM! :P 
Hope you get it fixed!! 
