Frodov
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- May 24, 2007
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- Location
- Lexington, KY
- Detector(s) used
- Whites Prism IV / Bullseye II pinpointer
Well would you look at this! It's only been a couple of days since my last post! That or I've been in a time warp. <laughing> Hello everyone, hope you've had a good couple of days, I know I have. Besides dodging the persistent rain showers here in my small patch of the world, I've not had a lot to do around the house or yard work that I couldn't put off.. ahem.. due to the inclement weather. This morning for instance, no plans or chores to take care of so as my wife was leaving to go to class, I got in my little truck and headed out to a nearby neighborhood park . It rained again overnight and it was still very very humid this morning. Foggy actually, and warm. Warm and Foggy is an unusual combination here in Kentucky, but there it was. Strange weather indeed!
The woodchips at the park were a bit soggy too, from last night’s rain I suspect, but at least there were no standing puddles or the dreaded “Swing Set” water traps. Anyone of you who has detected many wood chipped playground can identify those, and have perhaps survived a watery encounter yourself. For the uninitiated or unknowing among you, however, let me paint you a picture. You’ve all seen the swing sets at the parks and playgrounds. You’ve seen how they tend to develop troughs or ruts beneath the individual swings from where the kiddies have drug their feet and dug out a hole beneath the swing. Well in some parks these holes or troughs fill with water when it rains and in some cases the woodchips float across the surface of this watery pitfall and camouflage the fact that it is indeed a trap waiting for such unsuspecting prospectors or metal detectorists such as ourselves. Even from up close these pitfalls look like level “relatively dry” ground because of the floating woodchips. But, one step and you’ll be anywhere from ankle deep to knee deep in mushy woodchips and murky water. Wearing white socks? Might as well throw them out when you get home.. woodchips stain! <rolling eyes> Just a word of caution to any of you who might brave the elements or wander into a woodchip wonderland after a rainfall. <grin>
Yeah, the woodchips were soggy, but as I said before, no pitfalls, disguised or otherwise awaited me today. What I did find was a bunch of coins. Not so much as to break any records or anything, but enough to make me grin like an idiot all morning.. especially since I’d only been out detecting for maybe an hour at most. Oh sure, there were the usual suspects.. I mean “finds”.. You know, bottle caps, pull tabs, can slaw and that sort of thing. I found a few loose bolts, presumably from the very playground equipment I was detecting around. Some odds and ends that I couldn’t readily identify, but figured I’d best pick them up lest some child step on them and get hurt. One odd Mother of Pearl earring… a child’s I think. A zipper pull, not so unusual. A metal bead was found, I have no idea what it was off of either. There was someone’s house key dug up. And a stray golf ball that was next to a couple of clad pennies I dug up from the chips. Yes, the golf ball was buried, about three inches down in the woodchips.
Then there was an odd token unearthed.. er.. I mean un “chipped”. <grin> A car wash token by the looks of it, but with a neat little star punched through it. I thought it was pretty cool..
Cool token yeah, but the oddest find for the day, for me anyway, was the dollar. Not a dollar coin mind you, but an honest to god dollar bill.. PAPER MONEY! Just sitting there along one edge of the tot lot, it was on the surface of the woodchips. Oh sure, it was a little damp, guess it was out in the rain last night too, but aside from being folded in half it was perfectly intact. ? Guess it fell out of someone’s pocket as they were exiting the tot lot going home or to their car or whatever. Cool! Not often I find some paper money while METAL DETECTING.. at least not a wholly intact bill anyway. Cha-Ching! And you thought I was grinning like an idiot earlier! <laughing>
Well the fog lifted, but the drizzling rain commenced. So, I retreated to my little truck and then on back to home for the day. I said I was able to get out of some chores, not completely forget them all day. *sigh* I did decide to take a couple of photos and make a post before I set out to man up to my domestic obligations however. <shouting over the shoulder> “Yes Dear.. I emptied the litter box… and took the garbage out… “ *sigh* Here’s everything from this morning’s hunt.. well, the clad anyway, and paper.. <grin>
Now.. I’m off to finish the other “doable” things on the Honey-Do list for the day. <smile> Hope you all have a wonderful day.. and as always..
~HAPPY HUNTING~
Frodov
The woodchips at the park were a bit soggy too, from last night’s rain I suspect, but at least there were no standing puddles or the dreaded “Swing Set” water traps. Anyone of you who has detected many wood chipped playground can identify those, and have perhaps survived a watery encounter yourself. For the uninitiated or unknowing among you, however, let me paint you a picture. You’ve all seen the swing sets at the parks and playgrounds. You’ve seen how they tend to develop troughs or ruts beneath the individual swings from where the kiddies have drug their feet and dug out a hole beneath the swing. Well in some parks these holes or troughs fill with water when it rains and in some cases the woodchips float across the surface of this watery pitfall and camouflage the fact that it is indeed a trap waiting for such unsuspecting prospectors or metal detectorists such as ourselves. Even from up close these pitfalls look like level “relatively dry” ground because of the floating woodchips. But, one step and you’ll be anywhere from ankle deep to knee deep in mushy woodchips and murky water. Wearing white socks? Might as well throw them out when you get home.. woodchips stain! <rolling eyes> Just a word of caution to any of you who might brave the elements or wander into a woodchip wonderland after a rainfall. <grin>
Yeah, the woodchips were soggy, but as I said before, no pitfalls, disguised or otherwise awaited me today. What I did find was a bunch of coins. Not so much as to break any records or anything, but enough to make me grin like an idiot all morning.. especially since I’d only been out detecting for maybe an hour at most. Oh sure, there were the usual suspects.. I mean “finds”.. You know, bottle caps, pull tabs, can slaw and that sort of thing. I found a few loose bolts, presumably from the very playground equipment I was detecting around. Some odds and ends that I couldn’t readily identify, but figured I’d best pick them up lest some child step on them and get hurt. One odd Mother of Pearl earring… a child’s I think. A zipper pull, not so unusual. A metal bead was found, I have no idea what it was off of either. There was someone’s house key dug up. And a stray golf ball that was next to a couple of clad pennies I dug up from the chips. Yes, the golf ball was buried, about three inches down in the woodchips.
Then there was an odd token unearthed.. er.. I mean un “chipped”. <grin> A car wash token by the looks of it, but with a neat little star punched through it. I thought it was pretty cool..
Cool token yeah, but the oddest find for the day, for me anyway, was the dollar. Not a dollar coin mind you, but an honest to god dollar bill.. PAPER MONEY! Just sitting there along one edge of the tot lot, it was on the surface of the woodchips. Oh sure, it was a little damp, guess it was out in the rain last night too, but aside from being folded in half it was perfectly intact. ? Guess it fell out of someone’s pocket as they were exiting the tot lot going home or to their car or whatever. Cool! Not often I find some paper money while METAL DETECTING.. at least not a wholly intact bill anyway. Cha-Ching! And you thought I was grinning like an idiot earlier! <laughing>
Well the fog lifted, but the drizzling rain commenced. So, I retreated to my little truck and then on back to home for the day. I said I was able to get out of some chores, not completely forget them all day. *sigh* I did decide to take a couple of photos and make a post before I set out to man up to my domestic obligations however. <shouting over the shoulder> “Yes Dear.. I emptied the litter box… and took the garbage out… “ *sigh* Here’s everything from this morning’s hunt.. well, the clad anyway, and paper.. <grin>
Now.. I’m off to finish the other “doable” things on the Honey-Do list for the day. <smile> Hope you all have a wonderful day.. and as always..
~HAPPY HUNTING~
Frodov
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Nice Scores Paper and Clad. Cool Token
