Garrett424
Silver Member
- Jun 20, 2014
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Teknetics Omega 8000
Teknetics Delta 4000,
Deteknix XPointer,
Fiskar's Big Grip Digger & my old Army Trench shovel for the tough jobs
- Primary Interest:
- Metal Detecting
I had a hum drum kind of day today. I've been avoiding parks & schools lately but it looked like rain so I decided to hit a park anyway.
This park isn't very old and I haven't had great luck in the past there. Today was no exception. I dug the usual clad and trash but I did manage to dig up my second genuine imitation "gold" presidential dollar coin. This is the 2010 James Buchanan model. I thought it was either something great or a token at first.
That was the only unusual thing I found today. It was kinda' anticlimactic after the cool old finds I've had recently. But, we gotta' have our ups and downs I guess.
It did rain so after waiting it out I went to a different area in some woods but only found a few zincoln's, a couple of old shell caps and a couple of .22 bullets. I'm getting a pretty big pile of those old shell caps. Too bad no one wants them.
One REALLY interesting thing did happen on the way to the woods though. I was coming down the road in the rain and a tiny baby deer/fawn that I guess to be no more than 1-2 days old was all alone in the road. I stopped to shoo it out of the road and it walked right up to me, licked my hand and tried to hop in my car. I figure it was looking for milk. It was completely tame and looked to be blind in one eye.
I got out and by then a few more cars stopped. A young couple got out and offered to take it to a local animal sanctuary. They had a little three year old girl and I figured it would be a cool experience for the kid. I picked this little deer up like you would a puppy, handed it to the guy in the passenger seat and off they went. I hated to separate it from it's mother but she was nowhere in sight and the thing would probably have been hit by a car sooner or later.
I also know the girl who runs the sanctuary. She's extremely knowledgeable about all animals (including primates) and will know exactly what to do with it. It will be very well taken care of and released back into the wild. Her property is less than 1/2 mile from a state park where it will be just fine.
I've come across quite a few day old , infant deer in my life and gotten right up close to them but this thing acted like it was a regular pet. I have never seen anything like it. They're usually very fearful, shaky and really nervous around humans. I also never touch them but this one touched me first. It was crazy.
This wasn't much of a treasure day but an interesting one nonetheless.
Thanks for lookin' and HH.
This park isn't very old and I haven't had great luck in the past there. Today was no exception. I dug the usual clad and trash but I did manage to dig up my second genuine imitation "gold" presidential dollar coin. This is the 2010 James Buchanan model. I thought it was either something great or a token at first.
That was the only unusual thing I found today. It was kinda' anticlimactic after the cool old finds I've had recently. But, we gotta' have our ups and downs I guess.
It did rain so after waiting it out I went to a different area in some woods but only found a few zincoln's, a couple of old shell caps and a couple of .22 bullets. I'm getting a pretty big pile of those old shell caps. Too bad no one wants them.
One REALLY interesting thing did happen on the way to the woods though. I was coming down the road in the rain and a tiny baby deer/fawn that I guess to be no more than 1-2 days old was all alone in the road. I stopped to shoo it out of the road and it walked right up to me, licked my hand and tried to hop in my car. I figure it was looking for milk. It was completely tame and looked to be blind in one eye.
I got out and by then a few more cars stopped. A young couple got out and offered to take it to a local animal sanctuary. They had a little three year old girl and I figured it would be a cool experience for the kid. I picked this little deer up like you would a puppy, handed it to the guy in the passenger seat and off they went. I hated to separate it from it's mother but she was nowhere in sight and the thing would probably have been hit by a car sooner or later.
I also know the girl who runs the sanctuary. She's extremely knowledgeable about all animals (including primates) and will know exactly what to do with it. It will be very well taken care of and released back into the wild. Her property is less than 1/2 mile from a state park where it will be just fine.
I've come across quite a few day old , infant deer in my life and gotten right up close to them but this thing acted like it was a regular pet. I have never seen anything like it. They're usually very fearful, shaky and really nervous around humans. I also never touch them but this one touched me first. It was crazy.
This wasn't much of a treasure day but an interesting one nonetheless.
Thanks for lookin' and HH.
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