In Between Rain Drops

[tabdog]

Hi Folks,

Today, it was raining,

so I decided to go back down to lake De Gray and
get my metal detectin permit renewed at tha Corp
of Engineers. I tried on April 1st, but it was April
fools on me because they weren't there

They were there today and I got my permit.

I stopped to take a couple of pics on tha dam.

Here is down stream,

And here's up-stream,

Arkadelphia is not far from there, so I decided to
check tha park. It quit raining, but all that was dry
enough to hunt was tha tot lot.

It was lousy. They put that playground in a year ago.
Tha shredded tires have mostly washed away. It was
muddy and there were no good finds. I don't think any
body is using it.

I TomTomed a nice little park that I didn't know about.
I only saw one dinkie tot lot there.

I hunted it and found some clad. But that's about it.

Then,,,,,,,,,,

I noticed a fence that didn't have anything inside it.
It had a curious dark area below it also. I stopped
to investigate.

It turns out, there used to be a tot lot there that was
removed.

That's where I found some stuff.

Trash out tha Yen Yang,

Some clad,

And a 1987 two penning,

I found a real curious hat pin, or lapel pin,

A copper plate, with a woman's name and the date.
1962.

I also found a 925 silver ear ring, and another ear ring,
ear ring back and a couple other do-dads.

It started to rain again, but it was time ta go anyway.

I had a fun day even if I did have to do it between tha
rain drops.

Thanks fer lOOkin,
Tabdog

 

[SkyPirate]

You gotta have a permit? Whats it cost?

 

[Likely Guy]

Thanks for the pics and story, it was almost like I was there. The lapel thing is Jewish, I'm not, so I can't help you there. Keep it up!

 

[Michigan Fats]

good group of picture and some pretty good finds
MF

 

[Detectingfreak]

Nice job on the silver earing!

 

[allen]

looks like you had a good day with clad...

 

[bigrig40]

congrats on the finds. the plate reminds me of a commemorative or dedication plaque i see here. when someone passes on,sometimes they dedicate a tree or something in their honor and have a plaque placed at the base of the tree. peace,bigrig

 

[tabdog]

Hay Big Rig,

I'm with you,

the plate reminds me of a commemorative or dedication plaque i see here.
when someone passes on,sometimes they dedicate a tree or something in
their honor and have a plaque placed at the base of the tree.

Thats what I thought when I found it. I did a short search, but did not fond the obit.

Hay Pirate,

The Corp of Engineer's permit is free. It last one year. It has lots of limitations.

You can only hunt day use areas. Those are beaches, camp sites, if no one is there. You
can hunt swim beaches and places where people gather. If you find anything worth over
about $25, you're supposed ta turn it in to tha rangers..... If it is not claimed after a set
period of time, you can have it. You can not hunt artifacts or relics.

That just leaves tha beaches for thya most part.

Happy Huntin,

Tabdog

 

[dfxmatt]

good story and pics as usual

 

[MUD(S.W.A.T)]

Hey,

These laws stink and we need to do everything we can to get them reversed. We clean up trash, we preserve historical artifacts, we put money back into the economy. We are good for these parks and they should pay us for our work. I never thought that I would have to worry about permits or breaking the law when I started. We are good for these parks and what they hold we should have the right to search any parks as if it was a public park.

Silver is always good to find. You sure did dig a lot good hunting.

Keep @ It and HH!!