Frodov
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- Joined
- May 24, 2007
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- Location
- Lexington, KY
- Detector(s) used
- Whites Prism IV / Bullseye II pinpointer
Lost Hope ... Found ~ And SILVER!
Hello again TNet Compadres. I hope this reading finds you all warm dry and relaxed if not happy as well. I must say that I’m feeling pretty happy myself at the moment. I got to get out and detect a little this week, three hunts actually. Oh sure, two hunts were all of fifteen minutes long, and the third was only about an hour or so, but I got out! There was rain predicted this week on my days off, so I really wasn’t anticipating getting to indulge in this hobby any at all to be honest. So, Monday after work I had a few minutes of daylight and I wasn’t too far from one of my favorite parks (where I found the gold ring recently) so I stopped by on my way home. Fifteen minutes or so then it was on to the house. Tuesday I had Chauffer duty with my wife’s doctor’s appointment in the next state over (Ohio). As I often do, out of wishful thinking mostly, I had put my detector and gear in the trunk in case we found ourselves with a little time to spare on the trip. This time we did, on the way home traffic was lighter than usual so we actually had about a half an hour to spare. Of course I utilized that time! We stopped at a county park (Grant County Kentucky) to check it out. I only got in about, well, fifteen or twenty minutes of swing time but I got to detect. This time I stayed in the gravel of the parking lot near one of the baseball fields. If any of you have never thought about it before, or have and just haven’t tried.. detect the gravel! You’ll be amazed at how much coin that the gravel soaks up. You’ve heard of “pocket spills” well in gravel I call them “Door Spills”. You know how most vehicles have the little cubby holes or pockets or trays in the armrests or door panels.. well when the doors are opened or closed those coins in these places tend to “jump out”. Jump out of the door and into the gravel. I found over $3.00 or 68 coins in that fifteen or twenty minutes in the gravel parking lot.
Well it was back on the road and back to home after the brief hunt in the gravel. Once home the rain that was threatening all day seemed to have blown right on passed my town, so I loaded my gear into my little truck and after my wife left for her board meeting I went back to the soccer park that I snuck in a hunt the night before. I had about an hour or so to detect before the park closed (at dark). I began in the grassy parking strips along the side of the playing fields, with lots of coins and the usual trash to keep me busy. A LOT of pennies dug up, a couple of keys, a token..
Can slaw everywhere, I was beginning to get frustrated with all the trash... there were pull tabs too of course..
There were other “stuff” too.. I found something that I can only describe as a lead grommet. I found a piece of a disposable lighter that got my heart racing for a moment by its color.. GOLD.. *sigh*
No such luck though.. no gold. But not all hope was lost.. in fact I FOUND HOPE.. Literally... in the form of a bracelet.
I guess someone truly *DID* lose “hope”... But I found it again. I also found someone’s lost pin. I don’t understand the need for soccer players to wear so much flair and bling on their uniforms but I do enjoy finding it from time to time. Bling like this Soccer Tournament Pin
Yeah.. I found coin, I found trash, I found HOPE.. and I found bling. I found two pieces of bling actually. I found another RING! Oh it wasn’t gold this time but it WAS silver!
And you wonder why I like to detect on the soccer fields! Boy! The things you can find. Well it was getting dark and I was walking on air. What I thought was just going to be a quick gimme my metal detecting fix kind of hunt turned out to be quite rewarding. I didn’t find out just how rewarding until today however. Upon waking this morning to the sound of thunder and rain, there would be no metal detecting today... I rolled back over and slept a little longer. Later in the day however, I finally got around to emptying out my finds bag and sorting and counting and stuff. The clad total was pretty good, even for three short hunts combined.
Just a bit more change into the vacation fund... and a lot more memories into the “good times” bank. So as began this post, I hope you are all happy and well and have been able to get out and play a little yourselves. If not, I hope you do soon. As always..
~HAPPY HUNTING~
Frodov
Hello again TNet Compadres. I hope this reading finds you all warm dry and relaxed if not happy as well. I must say that I’m feeling pretty happy myself at the moment. I got to get out and detect a little this week, three hunts actually. Oh sure, two hunts were all of fifteen minutes long, and the third was only about an hour or so, but I got out! There was rain predicted this week on my days off, so I really wasn’t anticipating getting to indulge in this hobby any at all to be honest. So, Monday after work I had a few minutes of daylight and I wasn’t too far from one of my favorite parks (where I found the gold ring recently) so I stopped by on my way home. Fifteen minutes or so then it was on to the house. Tuesday I had Chauffer duty with my wife’s doctor’s appointment in the next state over (Ohio). As I often do, out of wishful thinking mostly, I had put my detector and gear in the trunk in case we found ourselves with a little time to spare on the trip. This time we did, on the way home traffic was lighter than usual so we actually had about a half an hour to spare. Of course I utilized that time! We stopped at a county park (Grant County Kentucky) to check it out. I only got in about, well, fifteen or twenty minutes of swing time but I got to detect. This time I stayed in the gravel of the parking lot near one of the baseball fields. If any of you have never thought about it before, or have and just haven’t tried.. detect the gravel! You’ll be amazed at how much coin that the gravel soaks up. You’ve heard of “pocket spills” well in gravel I call them “Door Spills”. You know how most vehicles have the little cubby holes or pockets or trays in the armrests or door panels.. well when the doors are opened or closed those coins in these places tend to “jump out”. Jump out of the door and into the gravel. I found over $3.00 or 68 coins in that fifteen or twenty minutes in the gravel parking lot.
Well it was back on the road and back to home after the brief hunt in the gravel. Once home the rain that was threatening all day seemed to have blown right on passed my town, so I loaded my gear into my little truck and after my wife left for her board meeting I went back to the soccer park that I snuck in a hunt the night before. I had about an hour or so to detect before the park closed (at dark). I began in the grassy parking strips along the side of the playing fields, with lots of coins and the usual trash to keep me busy. A LOT of pennies dug up, a couple of keys, a token..
Can slaw everywhere, I was beginning to get frustrated with all the trash... there were pull tabs too of course..
There were other “stuff” too.. I found something that I can only describe as a lead grommet. I found a piece of a disposable lighter that got my heart racing for a moment by its color.. GOLD.. *sigh*
No such luck though.. no gold. But not all hope was lost.. in fact I FOUND HOPE.. Literally... in the form of a bracelet.
I guess someone truly *DID* lose “hope”... But I found it again. I also found someone’s lost pin. I don’t understand the need for soccer players to wear so much flair and bling on their uniforms but I do enjoy finding it from time to time. Bling like this Soccer Tournament Pin
Yeah.. I found coin, I found trash, I found HOPE.. and I found bling. I found two pieces of bling actually. I found another RING! Oh it wasn’t gold this time but it WAS silver!
And you wonder why I like to detect on the soccer fields! Boy! The things you can find. Well it was getting dark and I was walking on air. What I thought was just going to be a quick gimme my metal detecting fix kind of hunt turned out to be quite rewarding. I didn’t find out just how rewarding until today however. Upon waking this morning to the sound of thunder and rain, there would be no metal detecting today... I rolled back over and slept a little longer. Later in the day however, I finally got around to emptying out my finds bag and sorting and counting and stuff. The clad total was pretty good, even for three short hunts combined.
Just a bit more change into the vacation fund... and a lot more memories into the “good times” bank. So as began this post, I hope you are all happy and well and have been able to get out and play a little yourselves. If not, I hope you do soon. As always..
~HAPPY HUNTING~
Frodov
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