Well....that will teach me to pull pranks

[WHADIFIND]

I'm sure all who peeked at my April the one-th post are going
to feel a little better after this one.

You see, I did get out yesterday for a longer than
usual walk. All seemed to go pretty good.
But, an unusual pattern emerged.

I sort of pride myself in knowing my machine
pretty well and calling my shots is a practice
I always do. Helps me to learn.

Anyway, of course, I miss a few and sometimes it's
a happy mistake, sometimes, not. Well, yesterday
I got so I don't think I could've called my name
correctly if I read it off my ID!

It started with the very first plug. Very loud
90-95, shallow. I was near a tennis court so I called
"Tennis can lid".



" APRIL FOOL! "

Pretty dirty, looking a bit worse for wear.
I said, "Hmmm! Neat little tin key fob"
More on that later.

Then, as I was near to a tot lot, I figured, why not?
I'm going along clearing the sharp metals, getting a few coins
for my troubles. Calling them as I go.

"Nail, tab, zincoln, dime, quarter, dime, nickle, zincoln, zincoln, zincoln.....whaaaaaaa!?!?!"




" APRIL FOOL! "

INDIAN HEAD!!!!!??

In attempt to make this very long story a little bit shorter,
the whole day went like that for me.




The key? "penny" the whistle "quarter"
" APRIL FOOL! "



Obviously, "a can"
" APRIL FOOL! "



Both of these? together, absolutely "quarters"!
" APRIL FOOL! "



Each of the wheaties? "zincolns"
" APRIL FOOL! " X 3



All I can say is wow! And....a fairly scarce date to boot!
Show & tell gone wrong?

So, finishing the day, OTWBTTC, I get this
obvious "dime" hit...




" APRIL FOOL! " LOL

So, again, I move toward the car. And at this
point I'm giving the Lord praise for such a wonderful
day.But, I said, I was actually, a little bit glad it was over.

I got within a foot of the car and got a beep.

" APRIL FOOL! "

I called, "quarter"



" APRIL FOOL! "



Fishy's happy! (the owl is sterling)



Remember my tinny key fob?



" APRIL FOOL! "

That'll teach me!!! LOLOLOL

Hope you enjoyed the long trek! Thanks!

 

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[BigWaveDave]

Good stuff right there.... nice cent, 1909... cool!

 

[4x4x4]

Awesome Fun !
Thanks for sharing.

 

[mooncusser]

That INDIAN is nice , pleasant surprises

 

[Garrett424]

Nice hunt a great pile of finds...

 

[relic nut]

That's what it's all about! Great hunt.[emoji106]

HH, RN

 

[trapperart]

Now that's a nice walk congrats on all the keepers and thanks for another interesting post

 

[Professor of Engineering]

Well, I wouldn't mind being fooled for some of those finds!

As always your posts are great!

 

[Doc Arey]

Great Day!

 

[WHADIFIND]

Well, I wouldn't mind being fooled for some of those finds!

As always your posts are great!

Thanks Prof! Nice to "hear".

I'm usually fooled the other way. Guess HE was showing me what it felt like to be pranked. LOL
Especially the "tinny key fob"! After a bit more cleaning and researching it truly is a NICE piece!
Dolan Bullock company was established in 1917! I thought it was plated due to it's appearance
but it must've been coated with something as the silver & gold both test out.

A really nice surprise!

 

[Old Dude]

That Indian sure didn't stay in the ground very long. Was it just under the grass? Nice finds Gary!

 

[WHADIFIND]

That Indian sure didn't stay in the ground very long. Was it just under the grass? Nice finds Gary!

No, Dave, as I mentioned, this was a surprise find under the wood chips on a tot-lot. I just brushed 'em back and there it was, (either a show & tell gone wrong or maybe a couple sticky fingers in papa's coins. )

Thanks!

 

[achetadomestica]

The only indian head I found so far was in a kids playground at a school and came out with good color also.
It was also at a place I had been 5 times previously under some parallel bars where there is always a bunch of
new change? Hard to believe it had been there longer then a day Did you say it hit as a zincoln? I have heard that
before from someone else. Mine hit as a regular penny and was about 2-3" down in mulch

 

[cjon455]

Wow great indian!, good for you that someone dropped that sucker recently. I like that silver/gold item too, great hunting!

 

[WHADIFIND]

Wow great indian!, good for you that someone dropped that sucker recently. I like that silver/gold item too, great hunting!

Thanks!
Ya know that gold/silver piece keeps getting more and more interesting. It doesn't show up in pictures but it's engraved. The front has a monogram. I think the letters are F. S. J. They're engraved in a one of the old letter fonts. And, on the back? There's a large "100%" engraved in the same manner.
Certainly a personal piece! I think I might could just begin to like this gold/silver piece. The whole thing weighs in at 21.5 grams too!

 

[against the wind]

Great variety,, my kind of hunt.
Lots of surprises. Two pieces of silver and an Indian.
Well done Whadi.

 

[Subterranean]

Gary,


These are the days us "park and lawn" hunters all dream of! Great finds, really like the sterlings (and gold) and the IH penny must have been a recent "Kid drop" for the area? Sub

 

[WHADIFIND]

Am I missing something?

That lil gold & silver, monogrammed item just got a little more interesting.
A friend of a friend just offered me 200 for it?
I know it's quite possible that it's old. But, the 21.5 grams is mostly the silver!
Sure, there's a bit of gold too, but, 200!?!? Hmmmmm....

It's not even in all that great of shape!

The maker is well known but still.....?

 

[deershed]

Sweet hunt with some Sweet finds!! I too like that gold/silver piece and great save on that Indian.
Congrats!!

 

[Stretch Da Truth]

WOW, that was one awesome day out there!
Great story and pics! It was like they were begging you to pluck them out of the dirt.
Good variety of finds. April 1st might be your new fav day to go out swinging!!