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brother finds a "cache"...thanks brinker52 & minton7
Some of you may have read earlier posts about my detecting trips with my brother Eric. He is handicapped, and loves to detect. More of the story is here: http://forum.treasurenet.com/index.php/topic,181751.msg1327919.html#msg1327919 http://forum.treasurenet.com/index.php/topic,197189.msg1396358.html#msg1396358
Treasurenet members Minton7 and Brinker52 sent some coins for my brother to find on our outings. Along with several US coins and tokens, Brinker52 sent several foreign coins, so I was trying to figure out how to plant them so that Eric wouldn't become suspicious over time when he kept finding foreign coins. I got the idea to make a cache for him to find all of them at once. I rooted around in the shop for a rusty can of some sort. Found an old bandaid can that was rusted enough to believe it was underground awhile. It had some old stamps in it, so I left a few in it for him to go along with the coins. The coins rattled really bad in the can, and I couldn't smuggle it out past him like that so I went in and found an old rag and wrapped the coins in the rag, then crammed it in the box.
Well, he stayed at my house for the weekend, so all sunday afternoon we detected. I took him to a school yard so he could dig some coins for a while and hone his detecting skills. He is getting a lot better at finding a coin without digging a crater. We got tired of clad so we decided to go to an old spot that we've hunted before. I waited for him to wander away far enough that he couldn't see what I was doing, and dug a hole. I put the tin in and covered it back up and pushed dead leaves back over the hole. You couldn't tell anything had been done. I got his attention and called him over, told him that I had my best luck "over in that area"....pointing my finger in a circular motion in the general area of the planted "cache". I didn't have to wait long. I could see him checking that beep over and over...trying to decide if he should dig it or not. I turned my side to him so I could see out of the corner of my eye. "oh my goodness!!!" he said in a loud whisper. I looked, and he had the unrolled cloth rag in his hand with a pile of coins there, rattling from his shaking hand.
Than he got paranoid. I had warned him about whooping and hollering when he made a find, because it might attract the wrong kind of attention (not the best neighborhood). He kinda hunkered over to shield his finds from anyone who might be looking. I had to coax him into letting me take a pic on the spot. Then, without studying the coins, he packed them up and stuck them in his pocket. He kept hunting and fiddling with his can in his pocket, but not taking it out, lol! You could tell it got his mind racing though, because he kept talking about wanting to find a treasure chest and stuff like that. A little while later, I slipped a V nickel that Minton7 sent into his dirt pile from a hole he was digging. He found it...he said "United States....nineteen forty....nineteen O four....that's old!". Now he has found a v nickel which is something I haven't been able to accomplish.
He loves doing this stuff. I imagine there are a lot of handicapped children and adults who would absolutely love to go dig up a treasure. Something as simple as a wheat or worn out indian cent that means nearly nothing to us can be a highpoint of life for a handicapped person to find. Maybe some of you out there with time and patience to spare, you could take someone you know who wouldn't otherwise get the chance and let them experience that thrill. I get more satisfaction watching someone like that dig a good find than for me to dig it myself.
Anyway, thank you again brinker52 and minton7! God bless you!
Some of you may have read earlier posts about my detecting trips with my brother Eric. He is handicapped, and loves to detect. More of the story is here: http://forum.treasurenet.com/index.php/topic,181751.msg1327919.html#msg1327919 http://forum.treasurenet.com/index.php/topic,197189.msg1396358.html#msg1396358
Treasurenet members Minton7 and Brinker52 sent some coins for my brother to find on our outings. Along with several US coins and tokens, Brinker52 sent several foreign coins, so I was trying to figure out how to plant them so that Eric wouldn't become suspicious over time when he kept finding foreign coins. I got the idea to make a cache for him to find all of them at once. I rooted around in the shop for a rusty can of some sort. Found an old bandaid can that was rusted enough to believe it was underground awhile. It had some old stamps in it, so I left a few in it for him to go along with the coins. The coins rattled really bad in the can, and I couldn't smuggle it out past him like that so I went in and found an old rag and wrapped the coins in the rag, then crammed it in the box.
Well, he stayed at my house for the weekend, so all sunday afternoon we detected. I took him to a school yard so he could dig some coins for a while and hone his detecting skills. He is getting a lot better at finding a coin without digging a crater. We got tired of clad so we decided to go to an old spot that we've hunted before. I waited for him to wander away far enough that he couldn't see what I was doing, and dug a hole. I put the tin in and covered it back up and pushed dead leaves back over the hole. You couldn't tell anything had been done. I got his attention and called him over, told him that I had my best luck "over in that area"....pointing my finger in a circular motion in the general area of the planted "cache". I didn't have to wait long. I could see him checking that beep over and over...trying to decide if he should dig it or not. I turned my side to him so I could see out of the corner of my eye. "oh my goodness!!!" he said in a loud whisper. I looked, and he had the unrolled cloth rag in his hand with a pile of coins there, rattling from his shaking hand.
Than he got paranoid. I had warned him about whooping and hollering when he made a find, because it might attract the wrong kind of attention (not the best neighborhood). He kinda hunkered over to shield his finds from anyone who might be looking. I had to coax him into letting me take a pic on the spot. Then, without studying the coins, he packed them up and stuck them in his pocket. He kept hunting and fiddling with his can in his pocket, but not taking it out, lol! You could tell it got his mind racing though, because he kept talking about wanting to find a treasure chest and stuff like that. A little while later, I slipped a V nickel that Minton7 sent into his dirt pile from a hole he was digging. He found it...he said "United States....nineteen forty....nineteen O four....that's old!". Now he has found a v nickel which is something I haven't been able to accomplish.
He loves doing this stuff. I imagine there are a lot of handicapped children and adults who would absolutely love to go dig up a treasure. Something as simple as a wheat or worn out indian cent that means nearly nothing to us can be a highpoint of life for a handicapped person to find. Maybe some of you out there with time and patience to spare, you could take someone you know who wouldn't otherwise get the chance and let them experience that thrill. I get more satisfaction watching someone like that dig a good find than for me to dig it myself.
Anyway, thank you again brinker52 and minton7! God bless you!
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