I'm trying to get away from parks and find new places to detect. I have researched pioneer trails that followed rivers here in Colorado between about 1830 and 1880. I'm not sure what it is called, but I found this. I call it a horse horn. I don't know if the pioneers left it behind but it certainly has been there a long time. I also found a huge piece of iron. I couldn't identify it or dig it completely out with the shovel I had. I have no idea what it might be, but definately weighs more than a hundred pounds.
Here's what makes it an adventure. I went under a bridge. There was gang grafitti and signs people had been staying there. They had a table made out of rocks, lots of empty beer bottles and a matress. I spent a lot of time detecting there before I noticed at the top of the bank a rather elaborate homeless shelter with firepits and lots of debris. Somebody left there bible there. There were what amounted to individual cubicles made out of rocks. A piece of rebar was laying in one of them. I gather it was a weapon for self defense if needed. Somebody could have been in the shadows long before I noticed them. I didn't poke around the living quarters once I discovered they were there. Who knows what I would of found if I had. I felt like I was invading somebody's home and I didn't know who might be hiding in the sticks. I wish I had my camera with me. The shelter was much more interesting than my find.
When I got home, I looked at the front page of the paper. Three homeless people were picked up under that bridge by the police and taken to a homeless shelter. Rather ironic! This isn't a big town. I couldn't believe people were living under bridges.
And that's the story. If someone knows what this horse thing is called, let me know.
Here's what makes it an adventure. I went under a bridge. There was gang grafitti and signs people had been staying there. They had a table made out of rocks, lots of empty beer bottles and a matress. I spent a lot of time detecting there before I noticed at the top of the bank a rather elaborate homeless shelter with firepits and lots of debris. Somebody left there bible there. There were what amounted to individual cubicles made out of rocks. A piece of rebar was laying in one of them. I gather it was a weapon for self defense if needed. Somebody could have been in the shadows long before I noticed them. I didn't poke around the living quarters once I discovered they were there. Who knows what I would of found if I had. I felt like I was invading somebody's home and I didn't know who might be hiding in the sticks. I wish I had my camera with me. The shelter was much more interesting than my find.
When I got home, I looked at the front page of the paper. Three homeless people were picked up under that bridge by the police and taken to a homeless shelter. Rather ironic! This isn't a big town. I couldn't believe people were living under bridges.
And that's the story. If someone knows what this horse thing is called, let me know.
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