I must confess that it boggles my mind how some of you stay sane during the winter.
Today is the third day in the last five days where I have not swung the coil.
And I am one grumpy Gus. On Sunday and Monday it was because my youngest daughter decided to visit her old man.
However when Tuesday rolled around it was time to hit the dirt with a vengeance.
The field I chose was muddy beyond belief with standing water everywhere.
So I do hope you forgive the lack of pictures from the field.
As per my norm it was beep and dig, beep and dig repeat repeat repeat for five hours of blissful detecting.
The transportation costs were finally covered for the day. And lots of scrap was removed from the dirt. I had thought that these were my treasures for the day. The bracelet turned out to be plated.
But the ring and earring are both silver.
As well as the quarter. The real treasure for the day went unnoticed into the tumbler when I got home.
Let me back up here for a moment.
To gain access to this field you have to pass through a narrow opening in the chain link fence.
In order to not blast our ears when entering and exiting the field we normally have the detectors off while going threw the gate.
This time though I was lazy and just held the detector above my head.
When I set it down on the other side there was an immediate hit.
Figuring it was just another large piece of scrap metal, I popped it out and stuck it in the pouch.
Once it came out of the tumbler I knew that it was the best find of the day.
This was folded in half when it was found and yet it came out beautifully in the end.
They were made from aluminum, brass and copper. http://www.bnaps.org/ore/Rubec-CPSMo...V3-Aug2015.pdf
This one is copper.
Yesterday, a return trip to the same field resulted in more gas money. And three more silvers being put into the collection.
The 62 & 64 came out of the same hole. [
Today it seems like someone upstairs forgot to turn the tap off.
And I am stuck here thinking of tomorrow.
Today is the third day in the last five days where I have not swung the coil.
And I am one grumpy Gus. On Sunday and Monday it was because my youngest daughter decided to visit her old man.
However when Tuesday rolled around it was time to hit the dirt with a vengeance.
The field I chose was muddy beyond belief with standing water everywhere.
So I do hope you forgive the lack of pictures from the field.
As per my norm it was beep and dig, beep and dig repeat repeat repeat for five hours of blissful detecting.
The transportation costs were finally covered for the day. And lots of scrap was removed from the dirt. I had thought that these were my treasures for the day. The bracelet turned out to be plated.
But the ring and earring are both silver.
As well as the quarter. The real treasure for the day went unnoticed into the tumbler when I got home.
Let me back up here for a moment.
To gain access to this field you have to pass through a narrow opening in the chain link fence.
In order to not blast our ears when entering and exiting the field we normally have the detectors off while going threw the gate.
This time though I was lazy and just held the detector above my head.
When I set it down on the other side there was an immediate hit.
Figuring it was just another large piece of scrap metal, I popped it out and stuck it in the pouch.
Once it came out of the tumbler I knew that it was the best find of the day.
This was folded in half when it was found and yet it came out beautifully in the end.
They were made from aluminum, brass and copper. http://www.bnaps.org/ore/Rubec-CPSMo...V3-Aug2015.pdf
This one is copper.
Yesterday, a return trip to the same field resulted in more gas money. And three more silvers being put into the collection.
The 62 & 64 came out of the same hole. [
Today it seems like someone upstairs forgot to turn the tap off.
And I am stuck here thinking of tomorrow.
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