the town employee, the pohleese and the negotiators plus a few finds

[port ewen ace]

drove a few minutes to Woodstock, NY this week with FMERG and we hit a local park. Frank is told "you can't dig holes here" and in a few minutes the law shows up. after instructing the 2 parties on the legality of our endeavor the officer gets in the patrol unit and drives off. the complainant, however apologizes and shakes our hands, I think it was 4 times each and invites us to return on Friday to hunt a parcel that he supervises, then offers to secure another parcel from 1799 owned by a relative that has never been hunted by anyone. who needs John Kerry or William Shatner, with Fmerg or me to untangle a ball of yarn and get results!!!. now for the finds: Frank bagged a no date SLQ and a gold (filled, shucks) cufflink with a barber type cameo insert, plus the usual clad. my stuff is in the photos- got the GW this afternoon amid the drizzle. the cross is plated, the ring is made of nickel but nice design, the shoe is a 1900 pocket knife and the steel blades are toast. plus the usual clad

 

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[texjim]

Thats a cool assortment of finds. Love the old shoe knife.

 

[releventchair]

Way to keep level headed. Credit to the complainant too for not only conceding, but for putting you two in the way of other potential sites.
Nice recoveries..

 

[Army of 1]

Nice hunt , some cool variety , congrats .. cheers Mick

 

[McClod]

Nice finds, and even better yet is how cool you and your partner and the complainant handled yourselves and got new ground to hunt! Congrats!

 

[sutphin]

HEY WOULD SOMEONE LET PATRIOT KNOW THAT ACE FOUND HIS MISSING SHOE THE MONOGRAMED ONES....... ACE THATS A BEAUTY OF A CROSS AND I FOUND A LEAF EXACTLY LIKE YOU HAVE ,RING IS AWESOME TO. VANZUTPHEN

 

[Loco-Digger]

Congrats on the way you handled the situation. You made some cool finds. Who doesn't like a silver quarter??

 

[port ewen ace]

if anyone is curious, Woodstock has not changed--dorks with guitar cases, New York City tourists, hippies abound, and lots of eye candy bimbos-- gotta love it. frank says we should hit Big Deep, skinny-dipper haven on the Sawkill creek. I can go m^ff diving with the ATPRO. his Minelab will have to stay above water!!!!

 

[CoinandRelicMan]

Superb variety there and lots to like !!

 

[thrifty76now]

It is certainly great to read of someone being able to reason with the law and get those kinds of leads. Good hunt there . cool shoe knife you found.

 

[cjon455]

great finds!, looks like a productive day out with a good future permission!

 

[pepperj]

That's a really cool knife that would be the find of the day over the silver or bling.

 

[kingskid1611]

Wonderful Victory for our side. I love the shoe. Nice Collection, Congrats!

 

[JeffInMass]

Great finds and great being prepared with your knowledge and permissions- well done!

-- Jeff --

 

[sandchip]

That's a really cool knife that would be the find of the day over the silver or bling.

Heck, yeah!

 

[Msbeepbeep]

Nice finds!

Knowing your rights and sticking up for yourselves and the hobby---PURE GOLD!!!!!
Congrats on both!

 

[Argentium]

Good job all the way around ! I'm kind of surprised that anybody would bother to painstakingly construct that filigree ring
of nickel rather than silver (or high karat gold for that matter )