REAL Heartbreaker! 😓

[Hotrodmom]

My girl and I went hiking yesterday. All our places have snow now but this one had a little, mostly melted. I was having zero luck until I came upon this beauty lying in the ground. Took my pic, soooo excited...pulled it out, and it was NOTHING. I might have cried a little. Has this ever happened to any of you? It really looked like something, darn it. My girl found two broken worked on pieces. Not the best hunt, but quite a fun little hike. ❤️

[taxidermist01]

Dang. Sorry about that. Don't feel bad though, I could fill a wall full of frames full of leaves and plastic and such.

[Hotrodmom]

Thanks. I get pretty bummed out when I don't find anything. This one had me soooo excited, then....soooo sad. Oh well, it does happen. Leaves get me all day long! LOL

[CoachG]

What's the other side look like? That's happened to me a gazillion times. Good for making the heart skip a few beats though.

[gregszybala]

Yeah, if we could find as many actual artifacts as junk we flip or pick up it would be nice.

[rixdafix]

Has this ever happened to any of you?

Nooooo, never.

[Havenhunter]

I feel your pain! Usually winter is when we get the big coastal blows that wash lots of good stuff ashore. Nothing now since November! I'm really bummed out.

[chase]

Nooooo, never.

Nope me either, But I once got run over by a person wanting to beat me to a flake.

[BabaORiley]

I once had the opportunity to have an archaeologist look over my collection from the years. He was more interested in several of the broken points I had than many of the whole ones. As he explained to me that "just because you didn't find the whole skeleton is no reason to overlook one single bone"...those are artifacts that you found nonetheless. Since then I have looked at the bits and pieces that I previously disregarded in a much different light. Nice finds.

[clambellies]

If you want frustration, you should hunt around the seacoast. Broken pieces of clam shell covered with every color of algae or weed.....all broken in the perfect shapes....I've picked up a million of them.