Frodov
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HAPPY MEMORIAL DAY ONE AND ALL First of all let me take a moment to pay homage to all of our past and present service men and women that stand, and in too many cases have fallen and died to preserve our heritage, rights and freedom. May God Bless and Protect them all, and welcome with open arms those that have died. At least in my mind and heart it was, is, and will NOT be in vain, nor will it be forgotten. Thank You One and ALL. Amen.
That said... I hope you all have had a wonderful Holiday Weekend. Perhaps you spent it with friends and family. Perhaps you made a pilgrimage to a cemetery or a memorial honor those who have given the ultimate sacrifice for our freedom.. perhaps you just took it easy and maybe barbecued or cooked out on the grill. Whatever you did, I hope you had a great time. I did!
My wife and I stayed home this year, no road trips, no parties, just the two of us.. well.. three.. there *IS* the cat after all. <grin> Aside from some time detecting some local parks and tot lots Sunday, and a couple today, we didn't do much of anything. Oh sure. I'm flying my flag, but I do that every day of the year... though I must say that seeing Old Glory flying at nearly every house on the street for a change, certainly put a lump in my throat this morning. Rain or no rain.
I awoke this morning to the sound of thunder rolling across the neighborhood.. and the pattering of rain on the window. *sigh* so much for detecting this morning.. I rolled over and went back to sleep for another hour or so. Eventually I did get up though, and made breakfast for my baby and me. Bacon, eggs, biscuts, jam.. all the good stuff.. or "bad stuff" depending on how you look at it I guess.. <grin> After reading the local paper and cleaning up the dishes, we both got on line for a while. Some TV for a bit and low and behold the sun was coming out! We had a quick lunch then took off to that very same soccer complex park I tried to detect at yesterday.. *sigh* They were STILL playing soccer! Rain or not.. boy it was getting muddy out there! Oh well, turn around and go to plan B. That second local park with the ONE soccer field that I also tried to detect at yesterday.. Today, however, it was empty! Cool! I found a couple of dollars in coin.. including one 1953 Wheat Penny.
Time to start thinking about dinner.. had to make a pit stop at the grocery, but on the way there was a School yard that I'd been meaning to search. More Coin! I found my third NEW Lincoln Cabin Cent here.. I put it with the 1953 Wheat Cent..
That was cool.. but so was the tool.. <grin> I found a screwdriver at that little park.. along with a toy car and some coke caps (my wife collects the coke rewards points.. means points for me when I bring her caps.. <grin>) and there was, of course, at both places, pull tabs. I found one lone button at the school yard.
Well.. all the coins collected, pull tabs, and button... and my stomach was starting to growl. I still had a barbecue to fire up and food to grill, not to mention a trip to the grocery for some fresh veggies for said meal. So my wife and I headed out of the wood chips and back to the car. On the hill side between the wood chips and the school building I got a big hit. I almost didn't bother since I've had experiences with this particular school yard before, they remodeled and put on a new roof and flashing in the past couple of years.. lots of trash and scrap along the side of the building. But, I did look. WOOOHOOO!!! A Butterfly! On a string! a SILVER BUTTERFLY on a STRING CHAIN. A SILVER STRING CHAIN!
At first I thought it was more gumball machine bling, but no.. right there on the chain clasp was stamped that wonderful number 925 !
... and on the chain loop for the butterfly..
... and on the back of the Butterfly itself!
COOL! Italian Silver ! I wonder what the stones are? CZ I'm sure.. but wow! Made my day that's for sure! My wife got a kick out of seeing me do the "Happy Dance" there in the school yard. <blushing> She laughed at me, for sure, but she couldn't fault me for my reason. I hardly remember going to the grocery store after that. I remember getting home and firing up the grill.. have to be VERY aware of what's going on when playing with fire after all. I tallied up my finds and sorted and cleaned everything. Took my pics of course, and was dying to put them on the computer and make this post.. but dinner came first. We had a wonderfully roasted pork tenderloin that I grilled for tonight. Steamed broccoli, baked potatoes and some very very garlic "roasted garlic cibatta bread". WOW! Excellent if I DO say so myself! <mouth is still watering thinking about it>
Well here is the meager amount of clad found today, but I'm happy with it.. paid for gas if nothing else, and I had a great time finding it.. along with the other treasures for the day.
Again.. I hope you all had a wonderful weekend and holiday. Remember to remember! And as always..
~Happy Hunting~
Frodov
That said... I hope you all have had a wonderful Holiday Weekend. Perhaps you spent it with friends and family. Perhaps you made a pilgrimage to a cemetery or a memorial honor those who have given the ultimate sacrifice for our freedom.. perhaps you just took it easy and maybe barbecued or cooked out on the grill. Whatever you did, I hope you had a great time. I did!
My wife and I stayed home this year, no road trips, no parties, just the two of us.. well.. three.. there *IS* the cat after all. <grin> Aside from some time detecting some local parks and tot lots Sunday, and a couple today, we didn't do much of anything. Oh sure. I'm flying my flag, but I do that every day of the year... though I must say that seeing Old Glory flying at nearly every house on the street for a change, certainly put a lump in my throat this morning. Rain or no rain.
I awoke this morning to the sound of thunder rolling across the neighborhood.. and the pattering of rain on the window. *sigh* so much for detecting this morning.. I rolled over and went back to sleep for another hour or so. Eventually I did get up though, and made breakfast for my baby and me. Bacon, eggs, biscuts, jam.. all the good stuff.. or "bad stuff" depending on how you look at it I guess.. <grin> After reading the local paper and cleaning up the dishes, we both got on line for a while. Some TV for a bit and low and behold the sun was coming out! We had a quick lunch then took off to that very same soccer complex park I tried to detect at yesterday.. *sigh* They were STILL playing soccer! Rain or not.. boy it was getting muddy out there! Oh well, turn around and go to plan B. That second local park with the ONE soccer field that I also tried to detect at yesterday.. Today, however, it was empty! Cool! I found a couple of dollars in coin.. including one 1953 Wheat Penny.
Time to start thinking about dinner.. had to make a pit stop at the grocery, but on the way there was a School yard that I'd been meaning to search. More Coin! I found my third NEW Lincoln Cabin Cent here.. I put it with the 1953 Wheat Cent..
That was cool.. but so was the tool.. <grin> I found a screwdriver at that little park.. along with a toy car and some coke caps (my wife collects the coke rewards points.. means points for me when I bring her caps.. <grin>) and there was, of course, at both places, pull tabs. I found one lone button at the school yard.
Well.. all the coins collected, pull tabs, and button... and my stomach was starting to growl. I still had a barbecue to fire up and food to grill, not to mention a trip to the grocery for some fresh veggies for said meal. So my wife and I headed out of the wood chips and back to the car. On the hill side between the wood chips and the school building I got a big hit. I almost didn't bother since I've had experiences with this particular school yard before, they remodeled and put on a new roof and flashing in the past couple of years.. lots of trash and scrap along the side of the building. But, I did look. WOOOHOOO!!! A Butterfly! On a string! a SILVER BUTTERFLY on a STRING CHAIN. A SILVER STRING CHAIN!
At first I thought it was more gumball machine bling, but no.. right there on the chain clasp was stamped that wonderful number 925 !
... and on the chain loop for the butterfly..
... and on the back of the Butterfly itself!
COOL! Italian Silver ! I wonder what the stones are? CZ I'm sure.. but wow! Made my day that's for sure! My wife got a kick out of seeing me do the "Happy Dance" there in the school yard. <blushing> She laughed at me, for sure, but she couldn't fault me for my reason. I hardly remember going to the grocery store after that. I remember getting home and firing up the grill.. have to be VERY aware of what's going on when playing with fire after all. I tallied up my finds and sorted and cleaned everything. Took my pics of course, and was dying to put them on the computer and make this post.. but dinner came first. We had a wonderfully roasted pork tenderloin that I grilled for tonight. Steamed broccoli, baked potatoes and some very very garlic "roasted garlic cibatta bread". WOW! Excellent if I DO say so myself! <mouth is still watering thinking about it>
Well here is the meager amount of clad found today, but I'm happy with it.. paid for gas if nothing else, and I had a great time finding it.. along with the other treasures for the day.
Again.. I hope you all had a wonderful weekend and holiday. Remember to remember! And as always..
~Happy Hunting~
Frodov
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That is amazing... I have gotten ONE back in change and that is it! I did swap one out of one of those "take a penny leave a penny" cups at the local gas station though. 
