Squirrels, detector problems, and annoying passersby, OH MY!!

[Clad the Impaler]

Hi everyone. I'm FINALLY back @ home after a loooong day....started in the "trash pit", and got exactly that for my efforts... . Moved on to a park in the city. Found the usual clad, and a small locket that fell apart when I tried to clean it (it has some ladys picture inside). About 2 hrs into my hunt, my detector starts falsing like crazy. I'm like wtf Battery indicator still shows 2 bars left....couldn't get the falsing to stop, then got a solid quarter hit. Dug the signal, and POOF!! It disappeared!! D'OH!!! Finally said f**k it, went to the car to change batteries. Detector worked fine w/ new batteries...(dang nicad rechargeables have probably already developed memory ). Returned to the spot where I got the quarter signal, and noticed I was being followed by NO LESS than 7 squirrels!! I kept yelling SHOO!! GO AWAY!! I DON'T HAVE ANY FOOD!! Of course, the 'lil b@$tards didn't listen...finally reach the quarter spot, AND THERE'S A SQUIRREL DIGGING AWAY RIGHT THERE!!! God I hate these animals....Anyway, the quarter signal returned, so I'm like COOL!! The joke was on me however, as it turned out to be junk metal. And people kept stopping me to make annoying comments or ask stupid questions...yeah, I might not be too keen on detecting parks like this if I keep getting interrupted....My clad total for the day was a whopping $2.08 (6 clad quarters (one of which was a '65 dammit ) , 5 clad dimes, one clad Jefferson nickel, and 3 memorial pennies (all zinc)). Interesting notes from todays hunt : one pocket spill rang up as a solid dime hit, yet it contained no dimes (one quarter, one nickel, and 2 pennies), and I figured out why I wasn't getting any deep signals/coins. I had been hunting with the sensitivity on my detector set to the 2nd or 3rd lowest setting, THIS is why I wasn't getting any signals deeper than 4 inches. I increased the sensitivity to near max, and immediately started getting deeper signals. Found a few more coins that way going over spots I'd previously hit. Need to find the "sweet spot" because with all the trash in the parks, near max sensitivity makes the detector go off almost constantly....kinda drives me crazy....Oh ya, and I forgot to mention the WWI era great seal button I found detecting yesterday. I have to clean it, and it has a mower ding, but it's still pretty cool.

 

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[p2c]

When were you at the trash pit? I was there today from 1-5 ...
Sorry about all the troubles. At least your headphones did not break.

 

[Clad the Impaler]

When were you at the trash pit? I was there today from 1-5 ...
Sorry about all the troubles. At least your headphones did not break.

Jon- I was there from around noon until about 2 pm. As a consolation prize, I found a 2009 Washington DC clad quarter right on the surface, but that was it...(other than mud, trash, and deer poop).

 

[Lowbatts]

Squirrels and squirrely people! Hmmm, my cup of tea.

Makes me mindful of a trip to a local FP some years back.

It was a warm day, light breeze and the sun shone through the trees in golden beams as I wandered about a tree where nickels seemed to come in abundance. I was leaning over the coil hard as I heard a voice through my headphones. Softly yet without hesitation or trepdation she asked if I was looking for coins.

As I turned i saw her nearing, a woman of perhaps 29 or 30. At first glance she was just out of shade and in the full light of day, that sheer sun dress revealing more than just a subtle hint of her true silohouette. The golden light from the sun passing through her attire and highlighting all she was, as it passed from head to toe and she neared.

My headphones came off clumsily but swiftly as I began to straighten up. Directing no less attention to her as I would to a sack of gold coins just found, I attemtped to greet her according to my own internal compass and it's full-on direction.

"DANG! Momma you SWEEET!" I uttered, in a profusely unkind way but with all my wit at it's end. Unaware of my probe and the manner in which I was gripping it, no wait. I didn't have a probe back in those days....

Oh, it's almost daylight, gotta go! Happy hunting out there today!

 

[Clad the Impaler]

Squirrels and squirrely people! Hmmm, my cup of tea.

Makes me mindful of a trip to a local FP some years back.

It was a warm day, light breeze and the sun shone through the trees in golden beams as I wandered about a tree where nickels seemed to come in abundance. I was leaning over the coil hard as I heard a voice through my headphones. Softly yet without hesitation or trepdation she asked if I was looking for coins.

As I turned i saw her nearing, a woman of perhaps 29 or 30. At first glance she was just out of shade and in the full light of day, that sheer sun dress revealing more than just a subtle hint of her true silohouette. The golden light from the sun passing through her attire and highlighting all she was, as it passed from head to toe and she neared.

My headphones came off clumsily but swiftly as I began to straighten up. Directing no less attention to her as I would to a sack of gold coins just found, I attemtped to greet her according to my own internal compass and it's full-on direction.

"DANG! Momma you SWEEET!" I uttered, in a profusely unkind way but with all my wit at it's end. Unaware of my probe and the manner in which I was gripping it, no wait. I didn't have a probe back in those days....

Oh, it's almost daylight, gotta go! Happy hunting out there today!

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAAAH!!! Thanks for cheering me up 'batts!! I needed that. Last day of hunting today (I go back to work tomorrow), so I really needed that!!

 

[watercolor]

Squirrels? It's the raccoons you have to worry about (just ask Neil & Bob )