Frodov
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Holy BeJeeBeez! Batman! It's Colder than a Well diggers... uhh.. well.. suffice it to say that there's a Brass Monkey Alert out and all the brass monkeys are running scared! Arctic temperatures in the midwest, sleet, snow and ice in the south
Three inches of snow or better in ATLANTA GEORGIA What ever happened to "Global Warming" <teeth chattering>
Today, January 20th, 2008 it was 13 degrees Fahrenheit here in central Kentucky, er.. the Louisville area anyway. I drove my wife to that sister city of our home town of Lexington so that she might attend and participate in a training seminar for her non proffit organization. We went up the night before because she had to be there at the butt crack of dawn. Not having anything else to do during the day.. guess what I did? <rolling eyes> Yeah.. I got it bad! Someone would have to be absolutely freaking NUTTS to metal detect in arctic weather conditions. Conditions that would have any sensible half sentient being indoors out of the cold.. so cold that most dogs would rather pee on the rug and take the newpaper swatting rather than run the risk of turning into a fire hydrant popsicle with fur.
Yet there I was... bundled up nice and warm, other than my face anyway. I had my sweatshirt, coat, hat and gloves... trying to keep my face OUT of the wind whenever possible. Of course I did wait till almost noon before venturing out in the cold. I was hoping that the mid day sunshine would warm things up a little.. it didn't. My venue of choice for this frigid day? Well, knowing that the ground would likely be frozen as solid as concrete EVERYWHERE, I pulled up some searches on Google the night before and utilized Google Earth to familiarize myself with this town (metropolitan Louisville). I LOVE Google Earth.. at least the areas where the resolution is good enough to make out landmarks and buildings anyway. I googled public elementary schools, and made myself a list and a route to follow so I could maximize my time detecting... as opposed to wandering around lost and trying to find a likely spot to search. <grin>
I chose elementary schools because most of them have playgrounds with tot lots and woodchips. I figured that I could pick up some clad and other goodies without having to dig too awfully deep if at all. OH BROTHER! Let me tell YOU! WOODCHIPS FREEZE! more like particle board with sawdust on top! <laughing> Still though, I think I did alright.. didn't dig very deep.. very many times. Most of my finds were shallow if not on the surface or just under. Not everything I found was metal though. As you can see from the pictures, I found quite a mix. A little leg? Don't know if it FROZE off some poor unsuspecting Barbi doll or it was ripped off by a cold crazed.. neutered.. brass monkey!
I found quite a bit of clad.. $11.28 (131 coins) in about 3 hours of searching ( between four different schoolyards). There was the usual pencil erasure tips, pull tabs, paper clips, and other little odd bits and pieces of metal. I found this one little star, albeit missing one point.. can anyone identify this piece??
I found some schoolyard "bling"...
a golf ball, checker piece, buttons, a socket, a key, numerous pencils and pens,
and many many bows, ribbons, butterflies, stars, hearts and even teddybears..
hair clasps that is.. many are broken, explaining how they were likely lost, but many are still intact.. hmmm? I wonder if anyone has a collection of these things? Maybe I should make a display case.. like a shadowbox or something. <grin>
Well even a fool like me can take the cold for only so long.. after about 3 hours I had just about had enough. That, and it was time to go back to the hotel and collect my wife and drive back home here to Lexington. I had lost count of the coins I was putting in my finds bag while hunting, so I was quite surprise at the total when I sorted through my finds later. WOW! Brass monkey's might be afraid of the cold, but that cold hard cash is heartwarming to me! Just a few more bucks in the vacation fund for later in the year. <smile> Not to mention all the fun I had discovering all my finds for the day in the first place! Just goes to show you.. if you're willing, the fun is there to be had, no matter what the weather. Here's hoping you all have some fun!
Happy Hunting Everyone!
Frodov
Three inches of snow or better in ATLANTA GEORGIA What ever happened to "Global Warming" <teeth chattering>Today, January 20th, 2008 it was 13 degrees Fahrenheit here in central Kentucky, er.. the Louisville area anyway. I drove my wife to that sister city of our home town of Lexington so that she might attend and participate in a training seminar for her non proffit organization. We went up the night before because she had to be there at the butt crack of dawn. Not having anything else to do during the day.. guess what I did? <rolling eyes> Yeah.. I got it bad! Someone would have to be absolutely freaking NUTTS to metal detect in arctic weather conditions. Conditions that would have any sensible half sentient being indoors out of the cold.. so cold that most dogs would rather pee on the rug and take the newpaper swatting rather than run the risk of turning into a fire hydrant popsicle with fur.
Yet there I was... bundled up nice and warm, other than my face anyway. I had my sweatshirt, coat, hat and gloves... trying to keep my face OUT of the wind whenever possible. Of course I did wait till almost noon before venturing out in the cold. I was hoping that the mid day sunshine would warm things up a little.. it didn't. My venue of choice for this frigid day? Well, knowing that the ground would likely be frozen as solid as concrete EVERYWHERE, I pulled up some searches on Google the night before and utilized Google Earth to familiarize myself with this town (metropolitan Louisville). I LOVE Google Earth.. at least the areas where the resolution is good enough to make out landmarks and buildings anyway. I googled public elementary schools, and made myself a list and a route to follow so I could maximize my time detecting... as opposed to wandering around lost and trying to find a likely spot to search. <grin>
I chose elementary schools because most of them have playgrounds with tot lots and woodchips. I figured that I could pick up some clad and other goodies without having to dig too awfully deep if at all. OH BROTHER! Let me tell YOU! WOODCHIPS FREEZE! more like particle board with sawdust on top! <laughing> Still though, I think I did alright.. didn't dig very deep.. very many times. Most of my finds were shallow if not on the surface or just under. Not everything I found was metal though. As you can see from the pictures, I found quite a mix. A little leg? Don't know if it FROZE off some poor unsuspecting Barbi doll or it was ripped off by a cold crazed.. neutered.. brass monkey!
I found quite a bit of clad.. $11.28 (131 coins) in about 3 hours of searching ( between four different schoolyards). There was the usual pencil erasure tips, pull tabs, paper clips, and other little odd bits and pieces of metal. I found this one little star, albeit missing one point.. can anyone identify this piece??
I found some schoolyard "bling"...
a golf ball, checker piece, buttons, a socket, a key, numerous pencils and pens,
and many many bows, ribbons, butterflies, stars, hearts and even teddybears..
hair clasps that is.. many are broken, explaining how they were likely lost, but many are still intact.. hmmm? I wonder if anyone has a collection of these things? Maybe I should make a display case.. like a shadowbox or something. <grin>
Well even a fool like me can take the cold for only so long.. after about 3 hours I had just about had enough. That, and it was time to go back to the hotel and collect my wife and drive back home here to Lexington. I had lost count of the coins I was putting in my finds bag while hunting, so I was quite surprise at the total when I sorted through my finds later. WOW! Brass monkey's might be afraid of the cold, but that cold hard cash is heartwarming to me! Just a few more bucks in the vacation fund for later in the year. <smile> Not to mention all the fun I had discovering all my finds for the day in the first place! Just goes to show you.. if you're willing, the fun is there to be had, no matter what the weather. Here's hoping you all have some fun!
Happy Hunting Everyone!
Frodov
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Hunting stinks around here and the small towns surrounding me. 
