deepskyal
Bronze Member
- Aug 17, 2007
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- Detector(s) used
- White's Coinmaster 6000 Di Series 3, Minelab Eq 600
- Primary Interest:
- Metal Detecting
With the break in the weather last weekend, absolutely beautiful in the Pittsburgh area, I hit a couple old foundations pretty hard.
One was a house that was burned down by the fire dept. I didn't find much of anything but old building materials, skunked on coins.
Out of the corner of my eye, back behind the fields, I spotted another older foundation. I tried like heck detecting around it but tumbled blocks, rocks and rotting lumber was everywhere. I found an area which appeared to have been an old livestock pen. Posts still embedded in brick and morter circled a large area. i found a couple what-nots I haven't identified yet, but no coins.
Even though I didn't make that million dollar discovery, the peace of mind being out on such a beautiful day was priceless. Down over the hill was a small pond with a goose on her nest, schools of carp swimming around, and just a general serene aptmosphere that made me just sit and contemplate life for a while. I detected along a part of the pond but not a single beep.
I did however find something that I wish I hadn't. Poison Ivy!
I didn't know I found it until a couple days later. My fingers started getting itchy on Monday and Tuesday the blisters were evident.
Guess I didn't think that those roots I was cutting through were anything but weeds but with things just budding out here, identifying PI isn't easy.
What's worse...being a guy...out in the woods where nobody is around, having drank several cups of coffee before my excursion....mother nature put that pressure on my bladder and a few times I had to water some trees.....Guess where else i got poison ivy?
Lesson learned
Always carry something to wash hands in early spring in Pa. when you cut through roots in the woods that don't have the identifying leaves of three....or any identifying leaves for that matter.
Happy hunting.....and be careful
Al
One was a house that was burned down by the fire dept. I didn't find much of anything but old building materials, skunked on coins.
Out of the corner of my eye, back behind the fields, I spotted another older foundation. I tried like heck detecting around it but tumbled blocks, rocks and rotting lumber was everywhere. I found an area which appeared to have been an old livestock pen. Posts still embedded in brick and morter circled a large area. i found a couple what-nots I haven't identified yet, but no coins.
Even though I didn't make that million dollar discovery, the peace of mind being out on such a beautiful day was priceless. Down over the hill was a small pond with a goose on her nest, schools of carp swimming around, and just a general serene aptmosphere that made me just sit and contemplate life for a while. I detected along a part of the pond but not a single beep.
I did however find something that I wish I hadn't. Poison Ivy!
I didn't know I found it until a couple days later. My fingers started getting itchy on Monday and Tuesday the blisters were evident.
Guess I didn't think that those roots I was cutting through were anything but weeds but with things just budding out here, identifying PI isn't easy.
What's worse...being a guy...out in the woods where nobody is around, having drank several cups of coffee before my excursion....mother nature put that pressure on my bladder and a few times I had to water some trees.....Guess where else i got poison ivy?
Lesson learned
Always carry something to wash hands in early spring in Pa. when you cut through roots in the woods that don't have the identifying leaves of three....or any identifying leaves for that matter.Happy hunting.....and be careful
Al
And I was NOT out detecting!
