Granted living in snow country is no picnic. Many of you TH'ers are gnawing the bit because you want to get out metal detecting. I've read in the past that some TH'ers use a square tip shovel and a sifting screen and the day dawns and there is no wind, just the dry cold. How many shopping center parking lots are there in your area? Go metal detect them, notch out iron that may lie beneath the asphalt and start hunting. Anything lying on top will ring out loud and clear. People drop keys, cell phones, coins and jewelry when rushing to their cars after shopping and snow will cover just as fast as the sugar sand at the beach. So all isn't lost when fighting cabin fever.