Frodov
Bronze Member
Iron Man, Arrowheads, Silver and MONKEYS!
Greetings fellow T-netters, Metal Detector...ists... and dirt fiends! I See the posts being made here and for weeks have been envying those of you who were able to get out and indulge in this hobby of ours. I’ve followed the tales of intrigue and suspense and reveled in the finds shared by one and all. Alas... vicarious or not, I’d rather be out detecting myself instead of sharing second hand what everyone else is doing. <stamping foot petulantly> “I WANNA HAVE FUN TOO !!!” <grin>
Well it’s the same old story... from me anyway... It’s either the weather not cooperating or too much work (on the job) or other priorities claiming my free time that have kept me away from this wonderful past time we share. Perhaps not entirely... “kept me away” that is. I’ve still managed to get out for some very short hunts here and there, and a couple of hour long hunts over the past several weeks as well. It’s just I’ve not had that free time I spoke of to document these hunts and get them posted to share with others here. Well By Golly I did today! I MADE time to go through my finds bag and sort out the chaff from the treasures, took pictures, rolled coins, even actually wrote (writing now that is) some witty repartee to accompany my somewhat confusing photos. So... away we go!
I know I’m not the only one on here that is VERY familiar with sneaking in a few minutes to hunt here and there throughout a busy week or three. You all get that Jones’ing feeling, that itch that needs to be scratched by picking up your machine and swinging a while looking for lost or hidden treasures. Maybe you just salivate when you hear that sweet tone in your headphones that indicates a nice solid... tantalizing target just under your coil. That giddy feeling you get when you dig a plug and out pops a coin or even better... some gold or silver object. TREASURE! Cha-Ching! Anyway... so when I say that I was needing to scratch that old familiar itch I KNOW you KNOW what I mean. I think. <giggle> I scratched a few times over the past few weeks as I’ve mentioned already, as I tend to get long winded on even the shortest of outings (writing about it) I’ll not recount each and every little jaunt made in this posting. I’ll just kind of lump them all together... like recalling a pleasant dream.
All dreams have ...uh... characters in them. This one has several. Oh sure some are familiar.. some not so much. It’s always a surprise what you run across while out metal detecting. Keeping your eyes open will find you a LOT more items in your finds bag than just the occasional coin of piece of scrap metal. Sometimes it will find you IRON! As in an Iron Horse... or an IRON MAN...Shooting Iron..uh.. shells...Space ship parts... Clothes Hangars... oh and Purple Monkeys! <laughing> No. The sun had not gotten to me, yet. Those were all plastic toys found in the parks I’ve been hunting. I found them before the lawn mowers found them at least.
You see... I was keeping my eyes open... and keeping my glasses wiped clear of sweat and dust. From the looks of these finds, someone else WASN’T taking care of their peepers... or their specs anyway.
Keeping your eyes open is the KEY to finding stuff other than just with your detector. And you WILL find stuff. Everyday kind or usual kinds of finds and every now and then some rather UNusual kinds of finds...
Key cards? It was a first for me anyway. Now regular keys I’ve found a bunch of... and I found a couple over the past few weeks too... and a keychain too.
More usual finds , with or without the detector’s help, would be the crap and scrap that people so heedlessly discard. Sad really, but it’s everywhere you go... or at least everywhere people like that go anyway.
Sometimes I think they discard stuff (pitch it or toss it or whatever) ... sometimes I think they truly lost it by accident... which would explain the great many coins we find... <grin> I highly suspect that most people in their right minds aren’t “pitching or tossing” away their coins by choice. Anyway, some Usual and Unusual finds are found in close proximity... like these two lighters.
Yeah, most of our finds are more likely from accidental loss by their former owners. Perhaps it was a malfunction or breakage that caused the object to be lost.... a chain breaking, a loop snapping, a wrist sweating. Who knows? I have found and continue to find all kinds of “Junque” bling in the parks where I detect. Cheap, broken, worthless, but still a blast to find and dig up... or pick up off the ground.
Occasionally I find something in the bling department that isn’t Junque... cheap or worthless baubles or bangles. Sometimes I find something good! But then, I’m easy to impress anyway.. <laughing> Last week I unearthed a smallish little pendant. Perhaps it was part of an earring but I suspect it was a pendant just by the weight of the thing. Two settings in it, a Pinky Nail sized clear greenish blue stone (or glass) that looks an awful lot like Aquamarine. The second, smaller, not so much cut as polished, not the same material I think. <shrug>
Yup.. SILVER... always nice to find, no matter how small or big it might be. And every once in a while, again, if you are keeping your eyes open, you find something that just makes you wonder and say “Huh”. An Arrowhead. A GREEN arrowhead. ON TOP of the grass. I suspect it was not an ancient loss, at least not where I found it. More likely it was a recent loss from some kid who got it elsewhere. I’m no expert by any stretch of the imagination. I have found points and blades and even true arrowheads when I was a kid growing up and working the farm, or visiting other farms and the like, but I’ve never seen a green one like this. It looks authentic, not much wear on it though, and it’s not broken so perhaps it might be a reproduction. An expert would have to tell me one way or the other, but It’s still a neat find.
Some kid monkeying around with Dad’s old arrowhead collection maybe? Seems to be a LOT of monkeying around in my area the last few weeks. Kids monkeying around, Purple Monkeys... and even some MONKEY coins! Joe’s Monkey... or was it Monkey Joe’s ? <grin> Tokens to be precise. What a kick it is to find them now and then. Some, the two Monkey tokens, were on the surface, the “Kid’s Place” Token was a couple of inches down in the soil. The Referee’s Decision Toss Coin (tosser coin) was found about three inches down under the grass roots. It’s another one of several identical toss coins I’ve found at that park (Soccer complex) Well the others were in better shape I suppose but they are still a “Kick” to find and recover. I’ll not complain about it.
Often the Coins that the Ref’s use for their “Decision Toss” coins aren’t “official” coins... they are large Legal Tender coins... fifty cent pieces, or Dollar coins. I found a couple earlier this week, within twenty feet of one another. One Sacagawea Dollar and one George Washington Presidential Dollar coin. Both had been in the dirt a while. But now they are free, if not clean. <grin>
The Indian maiden and the First president will be in good company to be sure. Over the past few weeks my finds bag has accumulated quite a few coins dug up while detecting. I can’t say that I hit the motherload or anything like that, I had some good outings and some not so productive as far as numbers of coins go, but never did I get skunked. Call it luck or a good detector.. or even, and this is amazing if true.. “Skill”. <grin> I’m humble enough to know I still have things to learn, but I’d like to think , too, that I have learned and earned SOME small amount of skill along the way. Maybe it’s that I’m just stubborn enough to keep looking till I find something. <laughing> Whatever the case may be, the clad and coinage adds up over time.
Another fine pile of mostly dirty, some corroded and dissolving coins to be counted and rolled and put into the vacation fund. It certainly lightened up my finds bag. Now I can detect in a straight line again rather than an arcing curve to the right because I’m leaning to the right due to the weight of coins and treasures in my finds bag! Maybe I should buy a box of gallon or quart sized zip lock bags and empty my finds bag after each outing. I could write the date and/or location on the bags so that I could remember what I found and where.. and when.. That way when I don’t have a chance to document and photograph my finds or post online for a few weeks I still be organized...... NAHHHH... what fun is that? <laughing> Here’s hoping that the rest of you are still having fun, getting out and pursuing happiness via this hobby. It’s SUMMERTIME! Dig while the Digging is GOOD! All too soon it’ll be cold and frozen again (for a great many of us anyway). And, as always...
~HAPPY HUNTING~
Frodov
Greetings fellow T-netters, Metal Detector...ists... and dirt fiends! I See the posts being made here and for weeks have been envying those of you who were able to get out and indulge in this hobby of ours. I’ve followed the tales of intrigue and suspense and reveled in the finds shared by one and all. Alas... vicarious or not, I’d rather be out detecting myself instead of sharing second hand what everyone else is doing. <stamping foot petulantly> “I WANNA HAVE FUN TOO !!!” <grin>
Well it’s the same old story... from me anyway... It’s either the weather not cooperating or too much work (on the job) or other priorities claiming my free time that have kept me away from this wonderful past time we share. Perhaps not entirely... “kept me away” that is. I’ve still managed to get out for some very short hunts here and there, and a couple of hour long hunts over the past several weeks as well. It’s just I’ve not had that free time I spoke of to document these hunts and get them posted to share with others here. Well By Golly I did today! I MADE time to go through my finds bag and sort out the chaff from the treasures, took pictures, rolled coins, even actually wrote (writing now that is) some witty repartee to accompany my somewhat confusing photos. So... away we go!
I know I’m not the only one on here that is VERY familiar with sneaking in a few minutes to hunt here and there throughout a busy week or three. You all get that Jones’ing feeling, that itch that needs to be scratched by picking up your machine and swinging a while looking for lost or hidden treasures. Maybe you just salivate when you hear that sweet tone in your headphones that indicates a nice solid... tantalizing target just under your coil. That giddy feeling you get when you dig a plug and out pops a coin or even better... some gold or silver object. TREASURE! Cha-Ching! Anyway... so when I say that I was needing to scratch that old familiar itch I KNOW you KNOW what I mean. I think. <giggle> I scratched a few times over the past few weeks as I’ve mentioned already, as I tend to get long winded on even the shortest of outings (writing about it) I’ll not recount each and every little jaunt made in this posting. I’ll just kind of lump them all together... like recalling a pleasant dream.
All dreams have ...uh... characters in them. This one has several. Oh sure some are familiar.. some not so much. It’s always a surprise what you run across while out metal detecting. Keeping your eyes open will find you a LOT more items in your finds bag than just the occasional coin of piece of scrap metal. Sometimes it will find you IRON! As in an Iron Horse... or an IRON MAN...Shooting Iron..uh.. shells...Space ship parts... Clothes Hangars... oh and Purple Monkeys! <laughing> No. The sun had not gotten to me, yet. Those were all plastic toys found in the parks I’ve been hunting. I found them before the lawn mowers found them at least.
You see... I was keeping my eyes open... and keeping my glasses wiped clear of sweat and dust. From the looks of these finds, someone else WASN’T taking care of their peepers... or their specs anyway.
Keeping your eyes open is the KEY to finding stuff other than just with your detector. And you WILL find stuff. Everyday kind or usual kinds of finds and every now and then some rather UNusual kinds of finds...
Key cards? It was a first for me anyway. Now regular keys I’ve found a bunch of... and I found a couple over the past few weeks too... and a keychain too.
More usual finds , with or without the detector’s help, would be the crap and scrap that people so heedlessly discard. Sad really, but it’s everywhere you go... or at least everywhere people like that go anyway.
Sometimes I think they discard stuff (pitch it or toss it or whatever) ... sometimes I think they truly lost it by accident... which would explain the great many coins we find... <grin> I highly suspect that most people in their right minds aren’t “pitching or tossing” away their coins by choice. Anyway, some Usual and Unusual finds are found in close proximity... like these two lighters.
Yeah, most of our finds are more likely from accidental loss by their former owners. Perhaps it was a malfunction or breakage that caused the object to be lost.... a chain breaking, a loop snapping, a wrist sweating. Who knows? I have found and continue to find all kinds of “Junque” bling in the parks where I detect. Cheap, broken, worthless, but still a blast to find and dig up... or pick up off the ground.
Occasionally I find something in the bling department that isn’t Junque... cheap or worthless baubles or bangles. Sometimes I find something good! But then, I’m easy to impress anyway.. <laughing> Last week I unearthed a smallish little pendant. Perhaps it was part of an earring but I suspect it was a pendant just by the weight of the thing. Two settings in it, a Pinky Nail sized clear greenish blue stone (or glass) that looks an awful lot like Aquamarine. The second, smaller, not so much cut as polished, not the same material I think. <shrug>
Yup.. SILVER... always nice to find, no matter how small or big it might be. And every once in a while, again, if you are keeping your eyes open, you find something that just makes you wonder and say “Huh”. An Arrowhead. A GREEN arrowhead. ON TOP of the grass. I suspect it was not an ancient loss, at least not where I found it. More likely it was a recent loss from some kid who got it elsewhere. I’m no expert by any stretch of the imagination. I have found points and blades and even true arrowheads when I was a kid growing up and working the farm, or visiting other farms and the like, but I’ve never seen a green one like this. It looks authentic, not much wear on it though, and it’s not broken so perhaps it might be a reproduction. An expert would have to tell me one way or the other, but It’s still a neat find.
Some kid monkeying around with Dad’s old arrowhead collection maybe? Seems to be a LOT of monkeying around in my area the last few weeks. Kids monkeying around, Purple Monkeys... and even some MONKEY coins! Joe’s Monkey... or was it Monkey Joe’s ? <grin> Tokens to be precise. What a kick it is to find them now and then. Some, the two Monkey tokens, were on the surface, the “Kid’s Place” Token was a couple of inches down in the soil. The Referee’s Decision Toss Coin (tosser coin) was found about three inches down under the grass roots. It’s another one of several identical toss coins I’ve found at that park (Soccer complex) Well the others were in better shape I suppose but they are still a “Kick” to find and recover. I’ll not complain about it.
Often the Coins that the Ref’s use for their “Decision Toss” coins aren’t “official” coins... they are large Legal Tender coins... fifty cent pieces, or Dollar coins. I found a couple earlier this week, within twenty feet of one another. One Sacagawea Dollar and one George Washington Presidential Dollar coin. Both had been in the dirt a while. But now they are free, if not clean. <grin>
The Indian maiden and the First president will be in good company to be sure. Over the past few weeks my finds bag has accumulated quite a few coins dug up while detecting. I can’t say that I hit the motherload or anything like that, I had some good outings and some not so productive as far as numbers of coins go, but never did I get skunked. Call it luck or a good detector.. or even, and this is amazing if true.. “Skill”. <grin> I’m humble enough to know I still have things to learn, but I’d like to think , too, that I have learned and earned SOME small amount of skill along the way. Maybe it’s that I’m just stubborn enough to keep looking till I find something. <laughing> Whatever the case may be, the clad and coinage adds up over time.
Another fine pile of mostly dirty, some corroded and dissolving coins to be counted and rolled and put into the vacation fund. It certainly lightened up my finds bag. Now I can detect in a straight line again rather than an arcing curve to the right because I’m leaning to the right due to the weight of coins and treasures in my finds bag! Maybe I should buy a box of gallon or quart sized zip lock bags and empty my finds bag after each outing. I could write the date and/or location on the bags so that I could remember what I found and where.. and when.. That way when I don’t have a chance to document and photograph my finds or post online for a few weeks I still be organized...... NAHHHH... what fun is that? <laughing> Here’s hoping that the rest of you are still having fun, getting out and pursuing happiness via this hobby. It’s SUMMERTIME! Dig while the Digging is GOOD! All too soon it’ll be cold and frozen again (for a great many of us anyway). And, as always...
~HAPPY HUNTING~
Frodov
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