Stu Pedasso
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- Jun 27, 2007
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Hello,
The family decided to sleep in this morning. I took that opportunity to head to the river. I had been down there last year and the water was high. It has been dry and I knew more of the bank was exposed. Besides, it was too early to find permission at houses and I didn't feel like heading to the picked over parks.
I got down there and found the typical million alcohol container tops strewn amongst the beer cans, empty foam bait containers, and left over clothing articles. I started to cop an attitude.
The trail got a little thinner and the tangle of fallen over trees was getting harder to climb over. I wasn't getting any screw caps, but I was getting a lot of metal junk. I could see up ahead the path flattened out and got gravelier on a lazy outside corner of the river. I kept hoping that this may have afforded the perfect swimming hole back in the day. Even though today's water was a nice, smelly shade of military green.
By now I really had a bad attitude. No booty, the bugs were biting, no breeze, and the sun was reflecting off the water and scorching me. I made it to the worse batch of fallen over trees and gave up. I spun around to make a hasty retreat back to the truck when I got a 50 cent signal on the display. Typically these signals are junk. I about pooped when the first overturned gravel had a disk sitting on top of it. I wiped it abit and could plainly see a swastika on the side of the Rexall Drugstore token. I instantly decided to work my way from the impass back. The first two swings produced a quarter signal. And it was a 1907-s Barber, badly worn but none the less a keeper for me. Next couple swings in the area started a run of G.A.R medals. They just kept coming. A couple were even found laying on the surface!
I think I cleaned the area pretty well. But, there is a ton of brush right there. I think I will go back and hit it in the fall when the leaves are gone. If you have any info on those medals I would appreciate it. I did a quick google, and it looks like a couple I found were missing pieces yet.
Anyway, this was the second most fun I had with my detector. One the way back down the trail, I was sure hoping to find a little more silver to finish up the hunt. Sure enough, I managed to get a '41-D Merc! Also, a blown marble, pistol ball, wheatie, and a couple modern coins. If I did not find the good luck token, I never would have found the rest.
Stu
The family decided to sleep in this morning. I took that opportunity to head to the river. I had been down there last year and the water was high. It has been dry and I knew more of the bank was exposed. Besides, it was too early to find permission at houses and I didn't feel like heading to the picked over parks.
I got down there and found the typical million alcohol container tops strewn amongst the beer cans, empty foam bait containers, and left over clothing articles. I started to cop an attitude.
The trail got a little thinner and the tangle of fallen over trees was getting harder to climb over. I wasn't getting any screw caps, but I was getting a lot of metal junk. I could see up ahead the path flattened out and got gravelier on a lazy outside corner of the river. I kept hoping that this may have afforded the perfect swimming hole back in the day. Even though today's water was a nice, smelly shade of military green.
By now I really had a bad attitude. No booty, the bugs were biting, no breeze, and the sun was reflecting off the water and scorching me. I made it to the worse batch of fallen over trees and gave up. I spun around to make a hasty retreat back to the truck when I got a 50 cent signal on the display. Typically these signals are junk. I about pooped when the first overturned gravel had a disk sitting on top of it. I wiped it abit and could plainly see a swastika on the side of the Rexall Drugstore token. I instantly decided to work my way from the impass back. The first two swings produced a quarter signal. And it was a 1907-s Barber, badly worn but none the less a keeper for me. Next couple swings in the area started a run of G.A.R medals. They just kept coming. A couple were even found laying on the surface!
I think I cleaned the area pretty well. But, there is a ton of brush right there. I think I will go back and hit it in the fall when the leaves are gone. If you have any info on those medals I would appreciate it. I did a quick google, and it looks like a couple I found were missing pieces yet.
Anyway, this was the second most fun I had with my detector. One the way back down the trail, I was sure hoping to find a little more silver to finish up the hunt. Sure enough, I managed to get a '41-D Merc! Also, a blown marble, pistol ball, wheatie, and a couple modern coins. If I did not find the good luck token, I never would have found the rest.
Stu
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