Frodov
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It was eerily silent that morning, a misty fog enveloping, like a wraith trying to hide everything in plain sight. The morning sun had risen, only just, and was trying mightily to burn away this vaporous shroud of the passing night. There was hardly a breeze to so much as stir this murk, yet it curled and rolled and wafted as if it were truly a living thing. The mist wetted everything it touched, a kiss of moisture somewhat heavier than the morning dew. Oh for some it was a thing of beauty, for some a minor nuisance. For some it was just another day. There were a few sounds that filtered through this gauzy haze.. the clicks and sizzle of fishing lines being cast out into the still waters of the lake... the low warbles of the contented if still somewhat sleepy ducks and geese slumbering in the grass along the shore.
Yeah BOY! I was EARRRRRRLY! <grin> Hi everyone! Did you miss me? Sorry I've been away so long, just too much work and not enough time to play, or barely anything else. *sigh* I can't imagine I'm alone in this situation though now am I? Oh well I'm here now, and I've got some pictures and a few words to share about my most recent metal detecting outing. Work, Weather and Whatever else may cut down on my "tector" time, but I still get in a little huntin' when I can manage it. Last Saturday a case in point. I knew I had a full schedule for later in the day and the only way I was going to get to do any detecting in was to get up early and get to it as the sun was coming up.
And that's just what I did. I went to a local park that is a favorite in the summer time. On Friday nights the park hosts "Free Friday Flicks" an outdoor showing of recently first run family friendly movies. The movies are free, and there are lots of vendors that show up to offer their wares to the masses. Large crowds of people laying around on the ground watching movies, eating snacks etc etc.. always a good combination for an enterprising coin shooter huh? <grin> But that's not all, this park also sports one the last Imagineering playgrounds in the city of Lexington. a HUGE playground that's almost always full of kiddies and their parents. Ahhh.. the smell of woodchips in the morning! The best time to hunt these gold mines..er.. I mean tot lots. And I was GOOD and EARLY this Saturday. Here's a few pics from that morning..
... of course kiddies aren't the only creatures that play in the tot lots.. overnight there are little enterprising creatures that come out and try to catch a meal or two.. SPIDERS!!! How many times have you walked face first into a spider web while your head was down and you were detecting? I didn't this day, but I have in the past.. <shuddering> The mist and fog did a number on the webs this morning though.. poor spiders will have to try again at nightfall.
Spiders aren't the only critters to be found in the woodchips and playground equipment of course.. there are mice too... I dug these two little guys up not far from each other... funny, they look familiar for some reason..
Chucky Cheese Tokens.. Oh Fun! That other splat of metal is a zinc penny that's been pounded flat.. <shrug> Oh well. Of course there were identifiable coins found as well, not a lot, but hey, I'm not out to get rich, just have fun, mostly <smile>
Well as the sun started winning it's battle to burn off the morning fog, people began arriving at the park, other people than those already out for fishing and metal detecting that is. I'd pretty much finished hunting the playground at that point so I moved on to the far side of the lake to the "Movie Hill". I met an older gentleman coming out of the area carrying his detector and his hunting knife that he uses to dig up his targets. I asked him how he did and he showed me a few things he'd found that morning, an earring, a pair of glasses, and a few coins. He said that he was not really hunting very hard, just out getting some exercise for his heart, a recent heart attack survivor. He wished me luck and I surveyed thehillside. Here are a few composit pictures of the movie hill from this Saturday morning. I walked about halfway up the hill in the "viewing" area and took the pictures.
I noticed that there were several "butchered"recently dug holes and I could only guess where they'd come from. I filled them back in of course.. *sigh*. Anyway, I began swinging at the bottom of the hill and worked my way back and forth one detector swing width lane at a time across the viewing area. I found a few coins here and there, very few on the surface though, and that still amazes me. I've detected this hill many many times, and I KNOW I'm not the only one hunting here, but still, every time I come here to search I find coins that I have to dig up. Cool! Of course where you find coins, you find trash. Oh MY GOD! I must have had a banner day for pull tabs that Saturday! and not just the newer "modern" pull tabs, but old ones! EVERYWHERE! I only had this handfull of them in my finds bag when I finally got home, but if I found one then I must have found over a hundred of the things this time out! SHEESH! but there were other things too.. a set of vampire clips (ace bandage "stays") some buttons, hair barrettes, a key, wire..
Some surface finds, not necessarily all metal detector finds, included the usual assortment of lighters, pens, pencils (promotional items) give aways and other stuff..
I found more critters.. well one anyway.. a poor little baby seal.. all alone out in the grass. <grin> Another animal to my growing menagerie here on my computer desk.
And there were cars and trucks and a motorcycle. The motorcycle was on the surface, but the vehicles were all dug up.. so they've been there at least a year or more.
I had to clean up the cars though, so that they could be added to "FRO'S USED CARS" car lot.. <grin>
Some other more high tech finds include a CD ROM disk (game).. a freebie from Sports Illustrated and Wendy's and a pair of I-pod earbuds (found on opposite sides of the hill)..
And then there was the bling... Nothing big this weekend, not even a great deal of it.. just a little charm, a "peace" symbol bracelet, a macrame ring (hemp yarn tied in knots around a cut aluminum ring).. and one little itty bitty tinny heart ring.. a SILVER RING!!!! This thing is MINUTE! It had to have belonged to a child.. very very very tiny fingers. check it out.. it's not too small to see the stamped (925) though.. <grin> Yeah.. made my day!..
Sweet! I love finding silver.. coins or otherwise.. and believe it or not, that little ring was DUG UP! it was down at least 3 inches in the dirt under the grass roots. Cool Huh! Oh well, that was the topper for this past Saturday's metal detector hunt. it was getting rather warm by that point and as I mentioned earlier, I had a full schedule for that afternoon and evening. To be honest I didn't even get a chance to empty my finds bag and sort out my discoveries till about Monday afternoon.. of course it was raining here locally at the time, so instead of getting out to do some detecting, I took pictures and sorted out my finds. Here's the Clad from that day.. not a lot, but I thought it was plenty. Plenty enough to cover my gas, and then some. Got to love a hobby that pays for itself huh?
Well here it is Wednesday evening, and the KooKoo clock on the wall is chirping out that it's Ten PM and time to call this day over .. and head off to bed to prepare for another work day tomorrow. But I finally got my discoveries shared with you all, from Today's Finds.. even it it wasn't technically from "Today". I'll try to be more prompt in the future.. <laughing> I hope you all get out and get to enjoy the summer weather and this most enjoyable hobby that we share. And as always..
~Happy Hunting~
Frodov
Yeah BOY! I was EARRRRRRLY! <grin> Hi everyone! Did you miss me? Sorry I've been away so long, just too much work and not enough time to play, or barely anything else. *sigh* I can't imagine I'm alone in this situation though now am I? Oh well I'm here now, and I've got some pictures and a few words to share about my most recent metal detecting outing. Work, Weather and Whatever else may cut down on my "tector" time, but I still get in a little huntin' when I can manage it. Last Saturday a case in point. I knew I had a full schedule for later in the day and the only way I was going to get to do any detecting in was to get up early and get to it as the sun was coming up.
And that's just what I did. I went to a local park that is a favorite in the summer time. On Friday nights the park hosts "Free Friday Flicks" an outdoor showing of recently first run family friendly movies. The movies are free, and there are lots of vendors that show up to offer their wares to the masses. Large crowds of people laying around on the ground watching movies, eating snacks etc etc.. always a good combination for an enterprising coin shooter huh? <grin> But that's not all, this park also sports one the last Imagineering playgrounds in the city of Lexington. a HUGE playground that's almost always full of kiddies and their parents. Ahhh.. the smell of woodchips in the morning! The best time to hunt these gold mines..er.. I mean tot lots. And I was GOOD and EARLY this Saturday. Here's a few pics from that morning..
... of course kiddies aren't the only creatures that play in the tot lots.. overnight there are little enterprising creatures that come out and try to catch a meal or two.. SPIDERS!!! How many times have you walked face first into a spider web while your head was down and you were detecting? I didn't this day, but I have in the past.. <shuddering> The mist and fog did a number on the webs this morning though.. poor spiders will have to try again at nightfall.
Spiders aren't the only critters to be found in the woodchips and playground equipment of course.. there are mice too... I dug these two little guys up not far from each other... funny, they look familiar for some reason..
Chucky Cheese Tokens.. Oh Fun! That other splat of metal is a zinc penny that's been pounded flat.. <shrug> Oh well. Of course there were identifiable coins found as well, not a lot, but hey, I'm not out to get rich, just have fun, mostly <smile>
Well as the sun started winning it's battle to burn off the morning fog, people began arriving at the park, other people than those already out for fishing and metal detecting that is. I'd pretty much finished hunting the playground at that point so I moved on to the far side of the lake to the "Movie Hill". I met an older gentleman coming out of the area carrying his detector and his hunting knife that he uses to dig up his targets. I asked him how he did and he showed me a few things he'd found that morning, an earring, a pair of glasses, and a few coins. He said that he was not really hunting very hard, just out getting some exercise for his heart, a recent heart attack survivor. He wished me luck and I surveyed thehillside. Here are a few composit pictures of the movie hill from this Saturday morning. I walked about halfway up the hill in the "viewing" area and took the pictures.
I noticed that there were several "butchered"recently dug holes and I could only guess where they'd come from. I filled them back in of course.. *sigh*. Anyway, I began swinging at the bottom of the hill and worked my way back and forth one detector swing width lane at a time across the viewing area. I found a few coins here and there, very few on the surface though, and that still amazes me. I've detected this hill many many times, and I KNOW I'm not the only one hunting here, but still, every time I come here to search I find coins that I have to dig up. Cool! Of course where you find coins, you find trash. Oh MY GOD! I must have had a banner day for pull tabs that Saturday! and not just the newer "modern" pull tabs, but old ones! EVERYWHERE! I only had this handfull of them in my finds bag when I finally got home, but if I found one then I must have found over a hundred of the things this time out! SHEESH! but there were other things too.. a set of vampire clips (ace bandage "stays") some buttons, hair barrettes, a key, wire..
Some surface finds, not necessarily all metal detector finds, included the usual assortment of lighters, pens, pencils (promotional items) give aways and other stuff..
I found more critters.. well one anyway.. a poor little baby seal.. all alone out in the grass. <grin> Another animal to my growing menagerie here on my computer desk.
And there were cars and trucks and a motorcycle. The motorcycle was on the surface, but the vehicles were all dug up.. so they've been there at least a year or more.
I had to clean up the cars though, so that they could be added to "FRO'S USED CARS" car lot.. <grin>
Some other more high tech finds include a CD ROM disk (game).. a freebie from Sports Illustrated and Wendy's and a pair of I-pod earbuds (found on opposite sides of the hill)..
And then there was the bling... Nothing big this weekend, not even a great deal of it.. just a little charm, a "peace" symbol bracelet, a macrame ring (hemp yarn tied in knots around a cut aluminum ring).. and one little itty bitty tinny heart ring.. a SILVER RING!!!! This thing is MINUTE! It had to have belonged to a child.. very very very tiny fingers. check it out.. it's not too small to see the stamped (925) though.. <grin> Yeah.. made my day!..
Sweet! I love finding silver.. coins or otherwise.. and believe it or not, that little ring was DUG UP! it was down at least 3 inches in the dirt under the grass roots. Cool Huh! Oh well, that was the topper for this past Saturday's metal detector hunt. it was getting rather warm by that point and as I mentioned earlier, I had a full schedule for that afternoon and evening. To be honest I didn't even get a chance to empty my finds bag and sort out my discoveries till about Monday afternoon.. of course it was raining here locally at the time, so instead of getting out to do some detecting, I took pictures and sorted out my finds. Here's the Clad from that day.. not a lot, but I thought it was plenty. Plenty enough to cover my gas, and then some. Got to love a hobby that pays for itself huh?
Well here it is Wednesday evening, and the KooKoo clock on the wall is chirping out that it's Ten PM and time to call this day over .. and head off to bed to prepare for another work day tomorrow. But I finally got my discoveries shared with you all, from Today's Finds.. even it it wasn't technically from "Today". I'll try to be more prompt in the future.. <laughing> I hope you all get out and get to enjoy the summer weather and this most enjoyable hobby that we share. And as always..
~Happy Hunting~
Frodov
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