woody50
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Well it rained from morning to night on the 22nd and the whole next day too. Was getting tired of
all the rain, and everything was just wet, wet and wet. Anyway on the 24th we had company, and
wanted to go to the "Museum of the 20th Century" here in Hoorn, where I had never been.
Anyway, because like most cities nowadays in Europe, we had to park quite a way from the center
of town, and walked there, but we had planned to walk around anyway. Along the way we walked
to the harbor along the large lake (Ijsselmeer) which is next to Hoorn. There was still ice on the lake
in several places, and a bit of ice that had been pushed by the wind upon the rocks.
Our family professor trying out the ice...
Then we got to the Museum.... It was pretty neat to see things that your grandmother and mother
used, how they lived, and what they had back then (not much, not even an ipod!). From old cereal
boxes to old gramophones players and such, just neat. Also old TVs playing Dallas and Thunderbirds!
And the clothes they wore back then. Just a lot of stuff.. My wife was also completely surprised
by the wedding dresses to see a wedding photo of her sister in her wedding dress hanging there!
http://www.museumhoorn.nl/createsite/page/createpage.asp?b_id=5548&pg=13
Then we walked further by the harbor back to the car (after a pint at the local bar) and I saw a good site
(we are ALWAYS looking for places, ain't we? AND with our eyes glued to the ground, not looking around
like the other people!) a place where the city had removed the old plants and bushes and were planting new
things. But it was a Saturday, they were not there, and because of the rain they could not finish the project.
So in the morning, pack up the detector and away I was.
Don't have any photo of the site though, didn't have my camera with me when I went back, but here is the
place, right in the old part of town; see the red arrow :
Well didn't really find anything exceptional but the weather was perfect, full sun and the only bothersome
thing was all the people strolling around, got many questions "What have you found?", and that sort of
thing, and kids following me, but all in all it was a nice couple of hours. Of course the small area has
been there for centuries and the most of the finds were recent, pull tabs, parts of shredded cola cans,
pieces of tinfoil, and all that junk. In between I found some stuff, but not really top finds, but it was
nice searching anyway.
1) a birds leg still inside the ring from 1945
2) a silver coin from West Friesland 1671
3) a good small jeton
4) silver button, but holed! darn it.
5) a small ring with stone, but from copper
6) a money clip, but without the cash! darn it again.
The neatest find from all of these is the birds ring with leg. I will report it to that club and
and see what they say.
Well anyway I was off the streets yesterday, really nothing for my display cases, but it was
nice to be outdoors again!
all the rain, and everything was just wet, wet and wet. Anyway on the 24th we had company, and
wanted to go to the "Museum of the 20th Century" here in Hoorn, where I had never been.
Anyway, because like most cities nowadays in Europe, we had to park quite a way from the center
of town, and walked there, but we had planned to walk around anyway. Along the way we walked
to the harbor along the large lake (Ijsselmeer) which is next to Hoorn. There was still ice on the lake
in several places, and a bit of ice that had been pushed by the wind upon the rocks.
Our family professor trying out the ice...
Then we got to the Museum.... It was pretty neat to see things that your grandmother and mother
used, how they lived, and what they had back then (not much, not even an ipod!). From old cereal
boxes to old gramophones players and such, just neat. Also old TVs playing Dallas and Thunderbirds!
And the clothes they wore back then. Just a lot of stuff.. My wife was also completely surprised
by the wedding dresses to see a wedding photo of her sister in her wedding dress hanging there!
http://www.museumhoorn.nl/createsite/page/createpage.asp?b_id=5548&pg=13
Then we walked further by the harbor back to the car (after a pint at the local bar) and I saw a good site
(we are ALWAYS looking for places, ain't we? AND with our eyes glued to the ground, not looking around
like the other people!) a place where the city had removed the old plants and bushes and were planting new
things. But it was a Saturday, they were not there, and because of the rain they could not finish the project.
So in the morning, pack up the detector and away I was.
Don't have any photo of the site though, didn't have my camera with me when I went back, but here is the
place, right in the old part of town; see the red arrow :
Well didn't really find anything exceptional but the weather was perfect, full sun and the only bothersome
thing was all the people strolling around, got many questions "What have you found?", and that sort of
thing, and kids following me, but all in all it was a nice couple of hours. Of course the small area has
been there for centuries and the most of the finds were recent, pull tabs, parts of shredded cola cans,
pieces of tinfoil, and all that junk. In between I found some stuff, but not really top finds, but it was
nice searching anyway.
1) a birds leg still inside the ring from 1945
2) a silver coin from West Friesland 1671
3) a good small jeton
4) silver button, but holed! darn it.
5) a small ring with stone, but from copper
6) a money clip, but without the cash! darn it again.
The neatest find from all of these is the birds ring with leg. I will report it to that club and
and see what they say.
Well anyway I was off the streets yesterday, really nothing for my display cases, but it was
nice to be outdoors again!
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Now how about you track down some of those Airborne pigeons from 44 
