Frodov
Bronze Member
Hello everyone! Just getting around to posting a little note about my second fantastic day in a row of metal detecting at the Soccer Complex. Yesterday was a bonanza day. Lots of clad and even some excitement, though misplaced perhaps, over a gold coin.. well gold plated perhaps. <shrug> So many finds in so compact an area, and so little time! Had a storm not rolled in when it did I would have kept right on detecting I'm sure. But rain it did.. and thunder and lightning <shudder> Got to watch out for that lightning!
Anyway, I was off today as well, and since I had no further pressing matters to attend to, I skittered off down to the soccer complex again and picked up where I left off yesterday. I took the camera today though, thought you might like to see this clad haven for yourselves. Here are a couple of views from the edge of field #7, the pitch that I hunted on today. there's the nice big concession stand/restroom building, and one end of #7.
Things were a bit slower starting off today. For one, I got started a little later, it was nearly 11:30 (am) before I started detecting. However, targets started ringing out before too long. Unlike yesterday however, a first for me.. an entire metal detecting experience (hunt) without a single freakin' pull tab! ? ... today I found some of those little old familiar tricksters. Hey.. they ring up in the nickle range on my Prizm IV, so I got to dig them. Dig them or chance missing NICKLES or rings or other little surprises along the way. So I dug them. I found quite a bit of can slaw today too, all of which got pitched into the nearest garbage can as I went along. No horseshoes found today, but I did find what could be the remains of a snap hook from some horse tack. It looks a bit old to be of a more modern athletic equipment hardware. It was in two pieces actually, and not in the same hole, they were spread out about two feet. Not far from the hook bits was a part of a mangled toy car.. matchbox? Hotwheels? not enough left to say for certain. <shrug>
I found quite a bit of clad again, along with the trash, and two interesting "pins" though the actual pin portion of these two were missing. Perhaps that's why they were lost in the grass to start with. One is soccer oriented and the other is decidedly not! Viva Hardrock Cafe! I found another one of those commemorative "tossing" coins too.
Not like the one yesterday, I knew this one wasn't gold right off the bat.. <rolling eyes> So no chicken dance today, but it was still a nice find. And I had a moment of "deja vu" when I dug it up.. I've found one exactly like this coin before, at the other end of this soccer complex. Now I have twins! Or I'm seeing double.. you decide.
Yesterday I was finding quarters left and right.. nearly every other target, it seemed, was a quarter. Today, it was dimes. I found 33 of them in just under three hours. Most often just one at a time, but occasionally in the mix with other coins.. pocket spills no doubt. I had lots of target holes that had multiple coins in them. Thank god for the bullseye.. Or I would more than likely still be bent over one hole or another sifting dirt looking for that coin that my detector swears is in the hole! <laughing> And DEEP! I can't get over how coins only a couple to three years old are sometimes 4 inches or more deep under the grass. I guess it's where the athletic fields are mowed regularly and the clippings and detritus settle and pile layer on top of layer as it turns into soil. Whoa.. that's deep.. <laughing> Here's a couple of pics of one of the "average" depth holes I dug today.. though this one had a multi coin payoff.. 41 cents.. a quarter, dime, nickle and a memorial cent. <grin>
Towards the end of my hunt today, and I mean that literally, I got a faint reading in the nickle range. I almost didn't dig it after dealing with can slaw and pull tabs all day (a couple of hours). But in the end I did dig it.. and I'm glad I did.. this "pull tab" turned out to be a cute little silver ring. Well.. ok, it's not "cute".. rather butt ugly actually, but it's dainty small so it was probably a girl's ring. And better still.. it's SILVER!!! Sterling stamped right on the back... under "Hand Made" if you can't read it in the pic.
It's silver.. but the set is cracked or just plain ugly. I'm not sure it's jade or turquoise... I'm sure it's seen better days though.
Oh well.. it's still a ring.. and it's SILVER!! <grin> I'll take it.. So another good day at the soccer complex. I can't complain, especially when you find stuff like I found today. I found a Kennedy Half.. SIX INCHES DOWN in the dirt.. 1973.. *sigh* not silver.. and there was the Susan B. Anthony dollar coin I found not far from that 50 cent piece. Yeah.. a good day! I dumped my finds bag to pick out more can slaw and trash before I left the parking lot..
When I got home I sorted it all out and counted.. along with the ring and the pins and the commemorative coin.. I had $12.14 in clad. Sweeeet! That Vacation fund is fattening up nicely again already! Got to love a hobby that pays you back!
Of course, curiosities and coins were not of much concern to my darling wife. She'd had a rough day at the office (where she does volunteer work). She was more interested in dinner than dimes. So I set everything aside and whipped up some chow. A couple of nice ham steaks, green beans and brown rice. Hearty fare, quick and easy to fix. <grin> I also set about finishing up my jelly making operations for this year's Grape harvest. I cooked and canned four batches of Concord Grape jelly after dinner.. twenty four pints of preserved sunshine. <smile> Of course I'll be giving a lot of that away to friends and family... reserving some for my wife and I... of course. Anyway, the jelly making was the reason I've taken so long to get this little story on line. I hope I haven't bored you too much. As always..
Happy Hunting Everyone!
Frodov
p.s. You can bet I'll be going back to the soccer complex the next chance I get!
Anyway, I was off today as well, and since I had no further pressing matters to attend to, I skittered off down to the soccer complex again and picked up where I left off yesterday. I took the camera today though, thought you might like to see this clad haven for yourselves. Here are a couple of views from the edge of field #7, the pitch that I hunted on today. there's the nice big concession stand/restroom building, and one end of #7.
Things were a bit slower starting off today. For one, I got started a little later, it was nearly 11:30 (am) before I started detecting. However, targets started ringing out before too long. Unlike yesterday however, a first for me.. an entire metal detecting experience (hunt) without a single freakin' pull tab! ? ... today I found some of those little old familiar tricksters. Hey.. they ring up in the nickle range on my Prizm IV, so I got to dig them. Dig them or chance missing NICKLES or rings or other little surprises along the way. So I dug them. I found quite a bit of can slaw today too, all of which got pitched into the nearest garbage can as I went along. No horseshoes found today, but I did find what could be the remains of a snap hook from some horse tack. It looks a bit old to be of a more modern athletic equipment hardware. It was in two pieces actually, and not in the same hole, they were spread out about two feet. Not far from the hook bits was a part of a mangled toy car.. matchbox? Hotwheels? not enough left to say for certain. <shrug>
I found quite a bit of clad again, along with the trash, and two interesting "pins" though the actual pin portion of these two were missing. Perhaps that's why they were lost in the grass to start with. One is soccer oriented and the other is decidedly not! Viva Hardrock Cafe! I found another one of those commemorative "tossing" coins too.
Not like the one yesterday, I knew this one wasn't gold right off the bat.. <rolling eyes> So no chicken dance today, but it was still a nice find. And I had a moment of "deja vu" when I dug it up.. I've found one exactly like this coin before, at the other end of this soccer complex. Now I have twins! Or I'm seeing double.. you decide.
Yesterday I was finding quarters left and right.. nearly every other target, it seemed, was a quarter. Today, it was dimes. I found 33 of them in just under three hours. Most often just one at a time, but occasionally in the mix with other coins.. pocket spills no doubt. I had lots of target holes that had multiple coins in them. Thank god for the bullseye.. Or I would more than likely still be bent over one hole or another sifting dirt looking for that coin that my detector swears is in the hole! <laughing> And DEEP! I can't get over how coins only a couple to three years old are sometimes 4 inches or more deep under the grass. I guess it's where the athletic fields are mowed regularly and the clippings and detritus settle and pile layer on top of layer as it turns into soil. Whoa.. that's deep.. <laughing> Here's a couple of pics of one of the "average" depth holes I dug today.. though this one had a multi coin payoff.. 41 cents.. a quarter, dime, nickle and a memorial cent. <grin>
Towards the end of my hunt today, and I mean that literally, I got a faint reading in the nickle range. I almost didn't dig it after dealing with can slaw and pull tabs all day (a couple of hours). But in the end I did dig it.. and I'm glad I did.. this "pull tab" turned out to be a cute little silver ring. Well.. ok, it's not "cute".. rather butt ugly actually, but it's dainty small so it was probably a girl's ring. And better still.. it's SILVER!!! Sterling stamped right on the back... under "Hand Made" if you can't read it in the pic.
It's silver.. but the set is cracked or just plain ugly. I'm not sure it's jade or turquoise... I'm sure it's seen better days though.
Oh well.. it's still a ring.. and it's SILVER!! <grin> I'll take it.. So another good day at the soccer complex. I can't complain, especially when you find stuff like I found today. I found a Kennedy Half.. SIX INCHES DOWN in the dirt.. 1973.. *sigh* not silver.. and there was the Susan B. Anthony dollar coin I found not far from that 50 cent piece. Yeah.. a good day! I dumped my finds bag to pick out more can slaw and trash before I left the parking lot..
When I got home I sorted it all out and counted.. along with the ring and the pins and the commemorative coin.. I had $12.14 in clad. Sweeeet! That Vacation fund is fattening up nicely again already! Got to love a hobby that pays you back!
Of course, curiosities and coins were not of much concern to my darling wife. She'd had a rough day at the office (where she does volunteer work). She was more interested in dinner than dimes. So I set everything aside and whipped up some chow. A couple of nice ham steaks, green beans and brown rice. Hearty fare, quick and easy to fix. <grin> I also set about finishing up my jelly making operations for this year's Grape harvest. I cooked and canned four batches of Concord Grape jelly after dinner.. twenty four pints of preserved sunshine. <smile> Of course I'll be giving a lot of that away to friends and family... reserving some for my wife and I... of course. Anyway, the jelly making was the reason I've taken so long to get this little story on line. I hope I haven't bored you too much. As always..
Happy Hunting Everyone!
Frodov
p.s. You can bet I'll be going back to the soccer complex the next chance I get!
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