Frodov
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*** WARNING***
This post contains NO history lessons or fictional flights of fantasy.
That said… On with the posting. <grin> Hello everyone! I hope you’ve all been able to get out and do a little detecting over the past week or so. Despite the odd jobs, errands, regular work schedule, unplanned work schedule changes, doctors appointments, traveling and even the inclement weather I myself still managed to get out and swing my detector a little bit. Very little unfortunately, but hey! Any time detecting is a good time to be sure. I put in several hours today as a matter of fact. Today being my “little bit” of time I got to detect in the past week or so.
I awoke this morning, late, and it was cold wet and drizzly miserable. I woke late, partially due to the fact that I stayed up way past my bedtime last night playing on the computer. I love word games and tend to get obsessed at times when I play… uh.. yeah.. me.. obsessed with words. <laughing> Anyway, I was able to stay up unusually late because my better half was out of town attending a conference with her Not For Profit organization. Which is partly why I got up late this morning as well, because my “alarm clock” was out of town. It’s not often that I get to sleep late, even on a day off. I did get up eventually though, to find that it had rained yet more overnight. And, even though there was no frost on the ground this morning, it was still pretty chilly outside. A quick repast of fiber and moo juice then I grabbed my rain jacket to slip over my sweatshirt (for warmth) and headed out to do some detecting. On days like this I tend to gravitate toward the woodchips and tot lots for my detecting efforts. There are several parks around town, and school playgrounds that feature the woodchips and playgrounds enough to keep me happily busy, despite the weather.
While the grass was very wet, and the ground a bit soggy, the chips were reasonably dry.. well.. not saturated anyway. I can’t say the same for the sandlots however. I know of all three because I detected in and dug in all three this morning. And yeah, I ended up with soggy knees and pant legs, and squishy shoes, and soggy wet gloves. *sigh* But at the time I was becoming soggy I didn’t even pay attention to it, I was too busy digging and collecting! Boy! I was flying high! These planes in the first picture weren’t, however, I dug them up in two separate tot lots.
I was not expecting to find aircraft while detecting this morning, unusual to say the least. There were, of course, the usual finds to be made as well. Can slaw, tabs, scrap metal… I had examples of all the above.
Some unusual crap.. er.. scrap metal finds were also found at the parks this morning.. buttons, snaps, zipper pulls, hair clasps, a metal cleat insert.. and even a fish hook?
Then… there were the “whatzits” . Those odd bits of metal that sometimes are hard to identify or why they were found where they were.. well.. found.
… a closer look at that.. uh.. “probe”?
I ran into another one of those Canadian chicks again today as well… what is it with these gals? Not enough people looking for them up in the Great White North? <grin>
And lastly, but not least.. BY FAR.. was the clad collected for the day. Yeah.. it was a fairly good day for the old vacation fund to be sure! Lots and lots of pennies, as usual, but plenty of quarters and dimes as well. Check it out! <smiling>
$10.30 U.S. might not sound like a lot of cash, but it’s a whole pile of coins when you’re finding them one at a time (for the most part). It more than covered my gas money for the day. Not any way to make a living, but it’s certainly a profitable hobby to be sure! I hope you all got out and detected some this weekend, or are going to. Good luck.. and as always..
~HAPPY HUNTING~
Frodov
This post contains NO history lessons or fictional flights of fantasy.
That said… On with the posting. <grin> Hello everyone! I hope you’ve all been able to get out and do a little detecting over the past week or so. Despite the odd jobs, errands, regular work schedule, unplanned work schedule changes, doctors appointments, traveling and even the inclement weather I myself still managed to get out and swing my detector a little bit. Very little unfortunately, but hey! Any time detecting is a good time to be sure. I put in several hours today as a matter of fact. Today being my “little bit” of time I got to detect in the past week or so.
I awoke this morning, late, and it was cold wet and drizzly miserable. I woke late, partially due to the fact that I stayed up way past my bedtime last night playing on the computer. I love word games and tend to get obsessed at times when I play… uh.. yeah.. me.. obsessed with words. <laughing> Anyway, I was able to stay up unusually late because my better half was out of town attending a conference with her Not For Profit organization. Which is partly why I got up late this morning as well, because my “alarm clock” was out of town. It’s not often that I get to sleep late, even on a day off. I did get up eventually though, to find that it had rained yet more overnight. And, even though there was no frost on the ground this morning, it was still pretty chilly outside. A quick repast of fiber and moo juice then I grabbed my rain jacket to slip over my sweatshirt (for warmth) and headed out to do some detecting. On days like this I tend to gravitate toward the woodchips and tot lots for my detecting efforts. There are several parks around town, and school playgrounds that feature the woodchips and playgrounds enough to keep me happily busy, despite the weather.
While the grass was very wet, and the ground a bit soggy, the chips were reasonably dry.. well.. not saturated anyway. I can’t say the same for the sandlots however. I know of all three because I detected in and dug in all three this morning. And yeah, I ended up with soggy knees and pant legs, and squishy shoes, and soggy wet gloves. *sigh* But at the time I was becoming soggy I didn’t even pay attention to it, I was too busy digging and collecting! Boy! I was flying high! These planes in the first picture weren’t, however, I dug them up in two separate tot lots.
I was not expecting to find aircraft while detecting this morning, unusual to say the least. There were, of course, the usual finds to be made as well. Can slaw, tabs, scrap metal… I had examples of all the above.
Some unusual crap.. er.. scrap metal finds were also found at the parks this morning.. buttons, snaps, zipper pulls, hair clasps, a metal cleat insert.. and even a fish hook?
Then… there were the “whatzits” . Those odd bits of metal that sometimes are hard to identify or why they were found where they were.. well.. found.
… a closer look at that.. uh.. “probe”?
I ran into another one of those Canadian chicks again today as well… what is it with these gals? Not enough people looking for them up in the Great White North? <grin>
And lastly, but not least.. BY FAR.. was the clad collected for the day. Yeah.. it was a fairly good day for the old vacation fund to be sure! Lots and lots of pennies, as usual, but plenty of quarters and dimes as well. Check it out! <smiling>
$10.30 U.S. might not sound like a lot of cash, but it’s a whole pile of coins when you’re finding them one at a time (for the most part). It more than covered my gas money for the day. Not any way to make a living, but it’s certainly a profitable hobby to be sure! I hope you all got out and detected some this weekend, or are going to. Good luck.. and as always..
~HAPPY HUNTING~
Frodov
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Rob
. I hate those jeans button, I find so many plus the little pocket snaps as well. They always make me wonder if they're making really cheap jeans these days or if kids are getting that much fatter 
thanks for sharing and hh
