Defeated by mosquitoes

granthansen

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Just about every Sunday I have dinner at my parents' house (also my childhood home). This is the same property I found my 1891 seated Canadian half dime... it's not a big property but I usually detect for the 20-30 minutes between dinner and dessert. There's a patch of backyard I haven't hit yet, and just about every foot has a tone, from low to high. 15 minutes in the mosquitoes found me. I didn't put on bug spray because I was in between meals, and really, who wants me coming in reeking of Off? So, I continued but the mosquitoes kept multiplying. I kept going for another 10 minutes because I kept getting hits, but finally they overtook me and I had to retreat. I looked down at my leg and literally had 8 of 'em chomping on me. I walked away with 2 pennies, some scrap aluminum, and nails. But there's more out there. I know it.

The 2 pennies will go into my daughter's piggy bank. That's where all my clad finds go. She's only 3 months old, so by the time she's old enough to drive maybe she'll have enough to buy a dashboard hula girl with all my findings :tongue3:

So, anyway, I'm posting them cuz they're my today's finds. Nothing great, but I was happy to get some detecting time in.

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ticm

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I went out today and wore jeans as hot as I was so I would not get bitten amongst other things. I think I lost ten pounds for my efforts. But like you I had to get out there.
 

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granthansen

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Yeah. Usually I'm the toxic avenger... Covered in Off, sunscreen and poison ivy spray. Sometime long pants and long shirt as well. I will go back when there are no meals going on lol.

Find anything good today?
 

ticm

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granthansen said:
Yeah. Usually I'm the toxic avenger... Covered in Off, sunscreen and poison ivy spray. Sometime long pants and long shirt as well. I will go back when there are no meals going on lol.

Find anything good today?

LOL

I post somewhere here maybe down a few lines by now. Look for rusty crap I found.
 

Lookin

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Man, I hate those da#@ bugs!! Figures, it is only the females that bite. I'm just saying... :)
 

Chrystal

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They have somekind of bug spray thats oderless, forgot what its called. I have three kids 8 9 and 11, i wish they were still three months old, they drive me crazy now. Especially my boys who are oly 13 months apart, they fight all the time and its usually over nothing lol!!!
 

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granthansen

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Lol. Your kids may be more annoying than the mosquitoes :-/

I'll have to look for that bug spray.
 

Gunrunner61

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FYI Try Hands so Soft, Keeps the skitters off Down in Georgia, and smells pretty good too.........jmho................................HH
 

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granthansen

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I shall. Thx!!
 

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Theres an avon product called skin so soft that smells good and repells bugs.:icon_thumleft:
 

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