Frodov
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- Joined
- May 24, 2007
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- Location
- Lexington, KY
- Detector(s) used
- Whites Prism IV / Bullseye II pinpointer
AHOY There Me Mateys! I hope you all have been well. Between the worldwide worry about the porcine paranoia (Swine Flu Pandemic) and this springs rather turbulent weather it's any wonder why we're not ALL having nervous breakdowns! No Flu here I'm happy to report, so far, and the weather locally hasn't been too severe.. wet! YES! But more soggy than scary thankfully. Yeah.. Great weather if you're a duck, or a frog maybe, but not so much if you want to get out and do some metal detecting. For the past two weeks my opportunities to detect have been few and far between, or decidedly damp. I did some driving around, wishing and hoping and longing for some dirt fishing time, checked out several favorite places and a few new ones that I've not detected yet.. and still haven't. If you like, I can share some of my meanderings that I captured on film..er.. digitally. <grin> So pull on your waders and your raincoats and come along.
I went to one of my favorite venues after work yesterday, a nearby park that is HUGE, and has lots and lots of soccer fields and open spaces. It would appear that they are about to host a soccer tournament or something there this weekend as they've staked and taped off the no parking areas and set up extra porta-potties for the masses.. and tents.. and concession trailers.. promising indeed! Except for the moisture..
Everywhere you look.. water, mud, muddy water.. Do they make life preservers for soccer players?
... I saw ducks at the park this day.. I swear it! I just wasn't fast enough on the shutter to catch them. They and the Canadian Geese were having a ball. All the birds were bathing this afternoon.. everywhere you looked! Just pick a puddle, any puddle will do!
Last Saturday morning I drove to a nearby town, thinking I might drive out from under the rain.. hopefully.. to a large park there. Unfortunately I didn't quite get out of the weather. *sigh* Here is a very inviting tot lot that I'll have to go back and check out another DRIER day. Note the arrows pointing out the treacherous Detector eating (or soaking anyway) Pitfalls under the swings and at the bottom of the slides. These spots are dug out from hundreds or thousands of little feet , but when it rains, they fill up with water but the woodchips float on the surface making it look SOLID. Oh hoh hoh.. Once you've fallen for this deception ONCE however, you know to not take it for granted ever again. Nothing like walking around with soggy socks and shoes for hours because you fell victim to this watery ruse! Detectorists BEWARE!
*sigh* Yeah.. Ducks just LOVE the weather we've been having around my part of the country for the past couple of weeks. That's not to say that I've not seen ANY sunshine however. I even got to get a little.. very little.. detecting in.. on two separate occasions. Both outtings were at the same location, a baseball park not more than three miles from my home. Yeah, it was still damp, on both occasions, but I managed to have a good time and pull a goodly amount of clad from the mushy grass and ground. Oh sure, there were the usual suspects as well, Pull tabs, Can Slaw, and other "stuff" Some of it I didn't bother to put in my finds bag, or take pictures of it. Like the handfull of pop rivets I picked up around one of the dugouts today, and there were numerous bits of fence wire, some coated with rubber or whatever. <shrug> Oh, and a Hot Rock. It looks like a rock anyway, and it's light like a stone (very small stone), but it's metal ! I thought I was going nuts till I finally pinpointed it.
I made a new friend too, today actually. Or, rather, I FOUND a friend.. <laughing> A little red tree frog.. go figure! A FROG!
I found a wheat penny both trips to this park. One on one side of the park, and the other .. well.. on the other side of the park.
Oh.. and LOTS of other coins! <smile> Maybe it was raining pennies as well as water.. and dimes.. and some quarters! It certainly makes it easier to deal with soggy shoes and wet knees when your finds bag makes that melodious musical "Plink" each time you drop another coin in with the rest. I LIKE IT!
Here's the collection from my two outtings that I actually GOT TO DETECT! I probably only detected for about three hours total between both days combined. Not bad at all!
Just a little more change for the vacation fund.. and vacation is very soon indeed! I just hope it doesn't rain at the beach in a couple of weeks! I'll be the guy out there on the beach with an umbrella in one hand and a detector in the other otherwise! <laughing> I hope you all are well (no flu) and safe (no tornadoes, flooding etc). May the sun shine on your outtings and the silver shine in the bottom of your plugs! And.. as always...
~Happy Hunting~
Frodov
I went to one of my favorite venues after work yesterday, a nearby park that is HUGE, and has lots and lots of soccer fields and open spaces. It would appear that they are about to host a soccer tournament or something there this weekend as they've staked and taped off the no parking areas and set up extra porta-potties for the masses.. and tents.. and concession trailers.. promising indeed! Except for the moisture..
Everywhere you look.. water, mud, muddy water.. Do they make life preservers for soccer players?
... I saw ducks at the park this day.. I swear it! I just wasn't fast enough on the shutter to catch them. They and the Canadian Geese were having a ball. All the birds were bathing this afternoon.. everywhere you looked! Just pick a puddle, any puddle will do!
Last Saturday morning I drove to a nearby town, thinking I might drive out from under the rain.. hopefully.. to a large park there. Unfortunately I didn't quite get out of the weather. *sigh* Here is a very inviting tot lot that I'll have to go back and check out another DRIER day. Note the arrows pointing out the treacherous Detector eating (or soaking anyway) Pitfalls under the swings and at the bottom of the slides. These spots are dug out from hundreds or thousands of little feet , but when it rains, they fill up with water but the woodchips float on the surface making it look SOLID. Oh hoh hoh.. Once you've fallen for this deception ONCE however, you know to not take it for granted ever again. Nothing like walking around with soggy socks and shoes for hours because you fell victim to this watery ruse! Detectorists BEWARE!
*sigh* Yeah.. Ducks just LOVE the weather we've been having around my part of the country for the past couple of weeks. That's not to say that I've not seen ANY sunshine however. I even got to get a little.. very little.. detecting in.. on two separate occasions. Both outtings were at the same location, a baseball park not more than three miles from my home. Yeah, it was still damp, on both occasions, but I managed to have a good time and pull a goodly amount of clad from the mushy grass and ground. Oh sure, there were the usual suspects as well, Pull tabs, Can Slaw, and other "stuff" Some of it I didn't bother to put in my finds bag, or take pictures of it. Like the handfull of pop rivets I picked up around one of the dugouts today, and there were numerous bits of fence wire, some coated with rubber or whatever. <shrug> Oh, and a Hot Rock. It looks like a rock anyway, and it's light like a stone (very small stone), but it's metal ! I thought I was going nuts till I finally pinpointed it.
I made a new friend too, today actually. Or, rather, I FOUND a friend.. <laughing> A little red tree frog.. go figure! A FROG!
I found a wheat penny both trips to this park. One on one side of the park, and the other .. well.. on the other side of the park.
Oh.. and LOTS of other coins! <smile> Maybe it was raining pennies as well as water.. and dimes.. and some quarters! It certainly makes it easier to deal with soggy shoes and wet knees when your finds bag makes that melodious musical "Plink" each time you drop another coin in with the rest. I LIKE IT!
Here's the collection from my two outtings that I actually GOT TO DETECT! I probably only detected for about three hours total between both days combined. Not bad at all!
Just a little more change for the vacation fund.. and vacation is very soon indeed! I just hope it doesn't rain at the beach in a couple of weeks! I'll be the guy out there on the beach with an umbrella in one hand and a detector in the other otherwise! <laughing> I hope you all are well (no flu) and safe (no tornadoes, flooding etc). May the sun shine on your outtings and the silver shine in the bottom of your plugs! And.. as always...
~Happy Hunting~
Frodov
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