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Sunday's schoolyard - 14kt bracelet - pic of school added! on 11-6

Hello!!

It is a beautiful day today here in Michigan, sunny and the temperature is in the 50's. So I was lucky enough to get out this morning hitting a schoolyard that is very close to me. lol... actually, the second closest one to me and I haven't hunted there yet. I actually had never seen this school as it's off the beaten path and I never drive by it so I researched it on an arial view and hit it today. As I wondered onto the playground I was happy to see plenty of woodchipped play areas and several sets of swings and they are building huge houses all around it so the kids must be fairly well off.

What a day it was, tons of finds in my 4 hour hunt. One of the most productive of the season for number of signals and there wasn't very much trash which was a great bonus as I dig everything and dispose of all my trash. I was lucky enough to get a sweet 14kt gold bracelet as my only keeper find. It's broken which is why it got lost obviously. I found it around the slide right next to a bench that was there. I also dug a ton of clad. $14.45, 176 coins. Lots of nickels and dimes 57 each and only 40 pennies including a 1952S wheat. This clad total puts me over the $300 mark for the season, $309.42 and exactly 3900 coins found this year. I also found a lot of trinket jewelry including 4 rings, one being a large Detroit Red Wing Stanley Cup Winner 1997 ring. A cool silver hockey goalie mask thing. A large chain with three butterflies, and a Medical Alert bracelet which I will try to return. I also got about ten other trinket jewelry pieces. I have a couple photos of all my finds. The gold bracelet is in the bottom left and maybe you will notice this teenie tiny Partrick from Spongebob Squarepants piece. It is like 2.5 mm in size so my trusty Garrett sure sniffs out the jewelry even the tiny pieces. :)

I was really happy to be out there and amazed how productive this school was. I am really smiling!! I hope you all have the best of luck. Thanks for reading and happy hunting.

Smiles!
BDoo

UPDATE Nov. 6, 2006:
I added a photo of the school in a reply down the page a bit...
 

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Re: Sunday's schoolyard - 14kt bracelet - pic of school added! on 11-6

Your doing great Boobydoo,nice little haul you have there.HH. 8)
 
Re: Sunday's schoolyard - 14kt bracelet - pic of school added! on 11-6

Very nice as usual. Thanks for the schoolyard pic. Your school yards look a scale better than ours.

I keep meaning to do a "jewelry" hunt but can't get away from all the good coin sites I have been running into.

Bob
 
Re: Sunday's schoolyard - 14kt bracelet - pic of school added! on 11-6

Nice finds Booby.

That area must see alot of action. Looks like it was a nice day out.

HH Jer
 
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Monty said:
Nice finds. I always hit the school yards ever so often as they tend to replenish themselves. I find or have found more silver rings outside the playground area than in it. Check around where the bus stops or where parents let their kids off by car. Monty

Thanks Monty!! I am spoiled by the easy pickins in the woodchips.
But I did get an hour in the grassy areas but never made it up to the front of the school.
Good thinking though, thanks for the reminder!

Smiles!
BDoo
 
Re: Sunday's schoolyard - 14kt bracelet - pic of school added! on 11-6

Ant said:
Looks like you hit um hard, what a place to hunt. WTG on the 14k figuro chain bracelet.

HH

Yep, been hunting the schoolyards like crazy this year,
I think I hit 80 to 100 different schools this year.
I am on a roll and can't get away from them too long :)
Thanks for the friendly comment!

Smiles!
BDoo
 
Re: Sunday's schoolyard - 14kt bracelet - pic of school added! on 11-6

DJ_Quinn said:
Boobydoo, just out of curiosity, where is that school? I went to elementery school in Michigan, (but not that one, St Mels in Dearborn Heights).

Rgds,

DJ

Hi DJ! This one is in Macomb county
about 50 miles or so northeast of Dearborn.
Thanks for stopping in from accross the pond!
Good luck to you! HH!!

Smiles!
BDoo
 
Re: Sunday's schoolyard - 14kt bracelet - pic of school added! on 11-6

Salvager said:
Awesome haul!!!

Are all yank schools that intense with such huge amounts of equipment?

Congrats mate,

Savager

Hi Savager!! I can't speak for all american schoolyards
but maybe 90% of the public (not private) elementary schoolyards
in my general area of Michigan are similar to this one.
This was maybe to the high end and nicer than most.
This had one giant play area with multiple structures,
some have one structure per area, and multiple areas
almost all of them have several sets of swings.

I'd estimate that about 90% have woodchips down
for a safe soft surface around the play structures and swings,
5% have sand, 4% have pea gravel, and 1% have chopped up rubber tires.

Thanks for the visit and friendly comment my friend,
best of luck to you in all your searches!

Smiles!
BDoo
 
Re: Sunday's schoolyard - 14kt bracelet - pic of school added! on 11-6

Mirage said:
Very nice as usual. Thanks for the schoolyard pic. Your school yards look a scale better than ours.

I keep meaning to do a "jewelry" hunt but can't get away from all the good coin sites I have been running into.

Bob

It is always good to see you Bob!! I guess if I had an area like that Iceberg place,
I would stay there too. That's why I can't get out of the schoolyards I guess,
I have been having constant good success. When you're on a roll, roll with it!!
Best of luck my good friend!!

Hey, I will back in Cleveland tomorrow again, but no time to try and meet,
but next Wednesday, I will also be there. Maybe we can hook up.
I'll be very near the Hopkins airport. PM me, and I will PM you too soon.

Smiles!
BDoo
 
Re: Sunday's schoolyard - 14kt bracelet - pic of school added! on 11-6

Great haul boo ! ;D
 
Re: Sunday's schoolyard - 14kt bracelet - pic of school added! on 11-6

Hello WhitesID, Nana, Old Abe, romeo-1, Mchamby, ring finder, Jeremy, huggie, and Reddie,

Many thanks to you all for the visit and super friendly comments.
Nice people like yourselves help keep me inspired and motivated
to keep gwtting out there and working it hard. THANKS!!

Smiles!
BDoo
 
Re: Sunday's schoolyard - 14kt bracelet - pic of school added! on 11-6

Hey BDoo,

I live in wewtern Michigan. What part of the state are you in??? :)
 

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