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hat badges, silver and coppers in the rain

leslie(nova scotia)

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From the land of the Bluenose.....French Dave and his bilingual wonder dog Max arrived at 1830 hours yesterday from Cape Breton and in true Maritime tradition we had a big scoff of lobster and a few Bud to help us prepare for the coming days dig not too mention gaining some valuable brownie points with Marie which would come in handy.
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Next morning we departed for the water taxi in a torrential downpour that would have easily rivalled what Noah had to contend with. The trip over to the island was smooth and within a few minutes we were back on land and ready to swing in the rain. First stop of the day proved to be the most productive with each of us potting a few large pennies, coppers and a silver.
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French Dave led the way with an 1885 fish scale and I retorted with a 1914 quarter. The Minelab vs Garrett bout was under way with each of us not operating at full capacity due to the weight of our soaked clothing.....you could say we were sort of under the weather!

Of course Max being the dog he is chased everything he could find on four legs!
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while this bouy had a nasty surprise digging up this which had no legs. Think I interrupted his sleep.
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You can be sure me son that French Dave is going to feel it tomorrow after swinging that beast for seven hours. Why he walked so much today that he wore his legs down and now has to bum around!
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Changing locations we hit a few more targets before it was time for our ship to come in.

French Dave's loot which included the hat badge, 1885 fish scale, 1905 large cent and a few more toasty coppers that I'm sure he'll clean up later.
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As for this bouy a pair of hat badges, button, 1914 quarter,toasty harp token and a crusty 1902 large cent and some modern clad.
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Of course arriving home like this Marie immediately wanted to throw my outfit in the wash.....without me taking it off!
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Leslie, Nice finds and great story as always.

HH

Neal
 
Looks like you had a great day, even if you were "swinging in the rain"
 
Post is absolutely fantastic as always... Can't wait to see the silvers and coppers all cleaned up...

HH Robert
 
I enjoy reading your post & look forward to them. Looks like you all had a great time and some very cool finds, Congrats ;D
 
Thanks for the great post! I feel better now about my filthy state that I came home in today! I was dirty from head to foot!

You Rock!

Lisa
 
Leslie--how did you manage to get so dirty!? Did you fall down in the mud? ;D

That little snake looks like a ring neck? He's a cutie.
 
:D Great story, Leslie! Poor Marie!~ :D

It does sound like you guys had a great time despite the rain and you got some great keepers there too! ;)

Congrats on your finds! Nana :)
 

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