Frodov
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- Location
- Lexington, KY
- Detector(s) used
- Whites Prism IV / Bullseye II pinpointer
Still on vacation here... at home now, but still on vacation. No beaches around here to metal detect at unfortunately, but there are lots of parks and playgrounds that I search every so often. This morning I opted for a park here in Lexington that has a rather large tot lot and lots of picnic shelters as well. Knowing that this is Memorial Day Weekend, and since the weather was supposed to be nice here locally today, I figured I'd better hit the park EARLY! Like at the butt crack of dawn early! Unbelievably I was able to talk my darling wife into venturing out with me that early in the morning.. to watch me metal detect. <shaking head in amazement> I'm still a bit awed by that alone. But the day was to be FULL of surprises as I was about to find out.
We stopped by (drive through) a very familiar fast food chain on the way to the park.. at just before 7:00 in the A.M... I'm not totally heartless, I was going to feed my darling wife.. and myself.. even if we were up before roosters today. I ate my breakfast sandwich on the way (just a mile or so down the road) so that I could start detecting right off after we arrived. The tot lot was deserted. GOOD. The woodchips still had dew on them and the ducks nearby were still yawning and waking up.. wondering what this fool with the stick was doing so early in the morning. Finding coin, that's what! I won't say that I got rich, but I had my finds bag jingling musically before too long. Of course there were all the usual suspects being found as well, pull tabs, foil, cans/can slaw, and bottle caps. WIRE! <rolling eyes> a ring! oh.. and the sunshine!.. I'll explain more later in the post. <grin>
I had been detecting the tot lot for maybe 20 minutes when people started showing up at the park. Most were there to get in some fishing before it got too crowded or too warm out today.. some of course had their spouses and/or kiddies in tow as well. Well I don't relish being the pied piper of the woodchips so I retreated to a nearby shelter that sported a sandfilled volley ball court. SAND! Oh my aching legs! I'm still stiff and sore from trodding the sand on the shore of Myrtle Beach earlier in the week. But! I can't resist detecting the volley ball courts, sand or otherwise. Boy was I in for a surprise! .. or several.. First of all, I only found ONE little penny. *sigh*.. for coins that is. I found loads of pull tabs, wire, bottle caps, and something that made me sit back and wonder if someone had an accident crossing over the sand or had deliberately tossed theses into the sand..
HOOKS! Fishing hooks! Now the volley ball court sits on the far side of this shelter, between the shelter and the lake that's just under a hundred yards away. The shelter and the court sit between the lakeshore and the parking lot.. so I suppose someone could have "accidentally" dropped some hooks as they relocated between the parking lot and the shore or vice versa. However.. there are some sick minded people out there and I wouldn't be surprised if someone deliberately tossed these hooks into the sand as a nasty surprise for someone playing volley ball bare footed. <shaking head sadly> I don't know if I got them all, but every one I *DID* find I collected from the sand. *sigh*
One other find in the sand has me wondering what it is.. at first I thought it was an earring, but no pin, back or clip.. then perhaps a pendant of some sort.. <shrug> I'm wondering now if it might be a "dangly" from a graduation tassel The Key in the middle of the coat of arms looks reminiscent of a "Key Club" emblem. Anyone out there got a clue maybe?
After sweeping up the sand in the volley ball court, I returned to the car and my wife and we vacated the park to let the holiday weekend revelers take over. Instead, we headed for another good sized park that is geared towards baseball. I figured, since it was a Sunday morning and all, we'd have a couple of hours yet before church let out and people started showing up for games or practices yet. This is where I found the majority of my coinage today. Again, I didn't exactly get rich, but I was having a ball finding and retrieving coins left and right. Unfortunately the skies were beginning to look ominous. A few sprinkles of rain and a growling in my tummy made the decision for me to call it off for the day.. or at least for "now" anyway. I knew if *I* was hungry, my wife would be getting hungry as well. And, my wife and I had talked about taking in a movie this afternoon anyway. So, we made our way to the movie theater to take in the new Night At The Museum movie during the heat of the late morning, early afternoon. Oh.. and to do some shopping and have lunch. Then it was home, as it was starting to sprinkle a bit and with the hazy overcast building it foreshadowed more rain to come.
Well Surprise number three for the day.. it didn't storm.. or even rain. In fact my wife and I invited my mother in law over to enjoy a barbecue dinner with us. Later this evening, after the heat of the day had passed, I was still itching to detect.. so out
we went again. This time to a park a bit closer to home, but still huge! The big soccer complex that I've posted about many times before.. alas.. it was PACKED WALL TO WALL.. er.. fence to fence.. with soccer games, soccer players, soccer moms.. <grin> 'OW ! (just got elbowed for my grinning by my wife).. and cars, trucks, vans, and even buses parked everywhere! At 7:30 P.M.
I guess it was some sort of mini tournament or something.. every single field was occupied and in use. *sigh* No joy.. Rather than go straight back home, I swung by a nearby elementary school that I haven't detected at in a long while, only to find that the gates were locked. Holiday weekend I suppose. <shrug> Not to be deterred, we drove to another small park.. only to find it's minuscule little parking lot packed and a soccer game in progress.. and dozens of kiddies in the tot lot.. no joy.. One more school yard on the way home.. HEY! Nobody there! So, I parked, got out the detector and fired her up. I had been in the woodchips for no more than five minutes when I looked up and I was practically surrounded by some rather curious children.. they came out of the woodwork! ? ? ? Where did THEY come from? <rolling eyes> At least they weren't badgering me with "Hey Mister! Hey Mister! What're you doing? .." etc. Of course it didn't help that I found three coins in less than a minute, within a foot or so of each other.. right in front of them. *sigh* Pied Piper I was.. again.. But coins I found! Even another foreign coin to add to my growing collection. I had to wait till I got home to clean it up to see where it was from though.. check it out..
... oh.. and I found another BRAND NEW 2009 Lincoln "cabin" Penny too. That's two this year.. from the woodchips. Anyway, the coin was a Filipino coin. Probably not worth much, but it was still a cool find I thought. I found two more rings for the day in the woodchips at this school yard as well... one was BIG MONEY!!!! Woohoo!
The other ring was a tiny little thing.. it had been squished down to fit a very very tiny finger I suspect.. seen here with the other two rings.. the one from earlier today.. SUNSHINE on your finger?
That tiny little ring had a stamp on the back of it, but I'm not sure that it means anything. I seriously doubt that this thing is anything other than another gumball machine special.
I also found yet another of those priceless, highly sought after Mouse coins.. you know the guy..
Some of the other finds for the day.. at one place or another.. was one really ugly earring..
Wire, pull tabs, a grommet, bottle caps, button, button cover? zipper pull.. etc.. and this odd looking bent wire contraption that I have no clue as to what it is.. it's a Whatzit for sure! Anyone out there have a clue?
.. Anyway, after getting home and cleaning up and sorting out the stuff in my finds bag.. I tallied up the finds and had to smile. Like I said, I didn't get rich.. despite the BIG MONEY! and the BLING.. and the GOLD.. ( oh yeah.. gold.. as in gold colored hooks.. <grin>).. but over $5.00 in coins is NEVER a bad day in my book. That and the crowded soccer fields and parks this weekend will definitely mean more finds to come in the near future. <grin> I might have to go back to work this coming week, but it won't be all bad. <grin> I hope you all have a wonderful holiday weekend and do, yourselves, get out and do some detecting as well. As always..
~Happy Hunting~
Frodov
We stopped by (drive through) a very familiar fast food chain on the way to the park.. at just before 7:00 in the A.M... I'm not totally heartless, I was going to feed my darling wife.. and myself.. even if we were up before roosters today. I ate my breakfast sandwich on the way (just a mile or so down the road) so that I could start detecting right off after we arrived. The tot lot was deserted. GOOD. The woodchips still had dew on them and the ducks nearby were still yawning and waking up.. wondering what this fool with the stick was doing so early in the morning. Finding coin, that's what! I won't say that I got rich, but I had my finds bag jingling musically before too long. Of course there were all the usual suspects being found as well, pull tabs, foil, cans/can slaw, and bottle caps. WIRE! <rolling eyes> a ring! oh.. and the sunshine!.. I'll explain more later in the post. <grin>
I had been detecting the tot lot for maybe 20 minutes when people started showing up at the park. Most were there to get in some fishing before it got too crowded or too warm out today.. some of course had their spouses and/or kiddies in tow as well. Well I don't relish being the pied piper of the woodchips so I retreated to a nearby shelter that sported a sandfilled volley ball court. SAND! Oh my aching legs! I'm still stiff and sore from trodding the sand on the shore of Myrtle Beach earlier in the week. But! I can't resist detecting the volley ball courts, sand or otherwise. Boy was I in for a surprise! .. or several.. First of all, I only found ONE little penny. *sigh*.. for coins that is. I found loads of pull tabs, wire, bottle caps, and something that made me sit back and wonder if someone had an accident crossing over the sand or had deliberately tossed theses into the sand..
HOOKS! Fishing hooks! Now the volley ball court sits on the far side of this shelter, between the shelter and the lake that's just under a hundred yards away. The shelter and the court sit between the lakeshore and the parking lot.. so I suppose someone could have "accidentally" dropped some hooks as they relocated between the parking lot and the shore or vice versa. However.. there are some sick minded people out there and I wouldn't be surprised if someone deliberately tossed these hooks into the sand as a nasty surprise for someone playing volley ball bare footed. <shaking head sadly> I don't know if I got them all, but every one I *DID* find I collected from the sand. *sigh*
One other find in the sand has me wondering what it is.. at first I thought it was an earring, but no pin, back or clip.. then perhaps a pendant of some sort.. <shrug> I'm wondering now if it might be a "dangly" from a graduation tassel The Key in the middle of the coat of arms looks reminiscent of a "Key Club" emblem. Anyone out there got a clue maybe?
After sweeping up the sand in the volley ball court, I returned to the car and my wife and we vacated the park to let the holiday weekend revelers take over. Instead, we headed for another good sized park that is geared towards baseball. I figured, since it was a Sunday morning and all, we'd have a couple of hours yet before church let out and people started showing up for games or practices yet. This is where I found the majority of my coinage today. Again, I didn't exactly get rich, but I was having a ball finding and retrieving coins left and right. Unfortunately the skies were beginning to look ominous. A few sprinkles of rain and a growling in my tummy made the decision for me to call it off for the day.. or at least for "now" anyway. I knew if *I* was hungry, my wife would be getting hungry as well. And, my wife and I had talked about taking in a movie this afternoon anyway. So, we made our way to the movie theater to take in the new Night At The Museum movie during the heat of the late morning, early afternoon. Oh.. and to do some shopping and have lunch. Then it was home, as it was starting to sprinkle a bit and with the hazy overcast building it foreshadowed more rain to come.
Well Surprise number three for the day.. it didn't storm.. or even rain. In fact my wife and I invited my mother in law over to enjoy a barbecue dinner with us. Later this evening, after the heat of the day had passed, I was still itching to detect.. so out
we went again. This time to a park a bit closer to home, but still huge! The big soccer complex that I've posted about many times before.. alas.. it was PACKED WALL TO WALL.. er.. fence to fence.. with soccer games, soccer players, soccer moms.. <grin> 'OW ! (just got elbowed for my grinning by my wife).. and cars, trucks, vans, and even buses parked everywhere! At 7:30 P.M.
I guess it was some sort of mini tournament or something.. every single field was occupied and in use. *sigh* No joy.. Rather than go straight back home, I swung by a nearby elementary school that I haven't detected at in a long while, only to find that the gates were locked. Holiday weekend I suppose. <shrug> Not to be deterred, we drove to another small park.. only to find it's minuscule little parking lot packed and a soccer game in progress.. and dozens of kiddies in the tot lot.. no joy.. One more school yard on the way home.. HEY! Nobody there! So, I parked, got out the detector and fired her up. I had been in the woodchips for no more than five minutes when I looked up and I was practically surrounded by some rather curious children.. they came out of the woodwork! ? ? ? Where did THEY come from? <rolling eyes> At least they weren't badgering me with "Hey Mister! Hey Mister! What're you doing? .." etc. Of course it didn't help that I found three coins in less than a minute, within a foot or so of each other.. right in front of them. *sigh* Pied Piper I was.. again.. But coins I found! Even another foreign coin to add to my growing collection. I had to wait till I got home to clean it up to see where it was from though.. check it out.. ... oh.. and I found another BRAND NEW 2009 Lincoln "cabin" Penny too. That's two this year.. from the woodchips. Anyway, the coin was a Filipino coin. Probably not worth much, but it was still a cool find I thought. I found two more rings for the day in the woodchips at this school yard as well... one was BIG MONEY!!!! Woohoo!
The other ring was a tiny little thing.. it had been squished down to fit a very very tiny finger I suspect.. seen here with the other two rings.. the one from earlier today.. SUNSHINE on your finger?
That tiny little ring had a stamp on the back of it, but I'm not sure that it means anything. I seriously doubt that this thing is anything other than another gumball machine special.
I also found yet another of those priceless, highly sought after Mouse coins.. you know the guy..
Some of the other finds for the day.. at one place or another.. was one really ugly earring..
Wire, pull tabs, a grommet, bottle caps, button, button cover? zipper pull.. etc.. and this odd looking bent wire contraption that I have no clue as to what it is.. it's a Whatzit for sure! Anyone out there have a clue?
.. Anyway, after getting home and cleaning up and sorting out the stuff in my finds bag.. I tallied up the finds and had to smile. Like I said, I didn't get rich.. despite the BIG MONEY! and the BLING.. and the GOLD.. ( oh yeah.. gold.. as in gold colored hooks.. <grin>).. but over $5.00 in coins is NEVER a bad day in my book. That and the crowded soccer fields and parks this weekend will definitely mean more finds to come in the near future. <grin> I might have to go back to work this coming week, but it won't be all bad. <grin> I hope you all have a wonderful holiday weekend and do, yourselves, get out and do some detecting as well. As always..
~Happy Hunting~
Frodov
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