Skippy SH13
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That three months was no fun. Granted, I didn't do a lot of detecting for about 2 months of it.
My 15-year old son (who has grown to over 6' and 225), decided, "Hey Dad, I can punch really hard now, let me show you."
Like and IDIOT, I said, "Sure son... just make sure you hit the meat of my shoulder, ok?"
Well... He missed. And hit hits like a mule kicks.
Hit the top part of my shoulder and completely broke the connecting tendon to my collarbone. This is called "separated shoulder."
You can see in the attached images, that my left shoulder [1st pic] (facing you, that'd be on the right), is good, but my right shoulder... and SWINGING ARM... the collar bone is lifted [2nd pic... be sure to follow the collar bone]
Made it durn near impossible to do much while it healed up. I'm back in action again, and have made it out 5 times in the last 2 weeks. SO glad to be back out. I was going stir-crazy!
Found the gold ring in a tot-lot at a school today. I knew the school is regularly hit by detectorists, because I barely find anything there, anytime I've ever gone. Today was no exception. No coins in the tot-lots, except a lone quarter, and very few in the grass.
One of the lots had a lot of foil in it from gum wrappers. They rang up around 41-45 constantly. This ring rang in at 42 on the nose, right beside a foil wrapper that was 43 on the nose. I always inspect the targets, though, and as I kicked away the bark, the ring showed up. Wasn't expecting much (it IS an elementary school... and lots of junk rings show up in these)... but to my surprise, when I lifted it, it had 10K stamped inside. The light hit it just right that I saw the 10K before I noted the pattern on the outside.
I just stood there, and said, "Well, I'll be darned." Took a pic and decided to post tonight.
Gold #8 for the year... and ring #121 Not to bad for a dirt pirate. 1.78 grams. Nice ring, though!
-Skippy
My 15-year old son (who has grown to over 6' and 225), decided, "Hey Dad, I can punch really hard now, let me show you."
Like and IDIOT, I said, "Sure son... just make sure you hit the meat of my shoulder, ok?"
Well... He missed. And hit hits like a mule kicks.
Hit the top part of my shoulder and completely broke the connecting tendon to my collarbone. This is called "separated shoulder."
You can see in the attached images, that my left shoulder [1st pic] (facing you, that'd be on the right), is good, but my right shoulder... and SWINGING ARM... the collar bone is lifted [2nd pic... be sure to follow the collar bone]
Made it durn near impossible to do much while it healed up. I'm back in action again, and have made it out 5 times in the last 2 weeks. SO glad to be back out. I was going stir-crazy!
Found the gold ring in a tot-lot at a school today. I knew the school is regularly hit by detectorists, because I barely find anything there, anytime I've ever gone. Today was no exception. No coins in the tot-lots, except a lone quarter, and very few in the grass.
One of the lots had a lot of foil in it from gum wrappers. They rang up around 41-45 constantly. This ring rang in at 42 on the nose, right beside a foil wrapper that was 43 on the nose. I always inspect the targets, though, and as I kicked away the bark, the ring showed up. Wasn't expecting much (it IS an elementary school... and lots of junk rings show up in these)... but to my surprise, when I lifted it, it had 10K stamped inside. The light hit it just right that I saw the 10K before I noted the pattern on the outside.
I just stood there, and said, "Well, I'll be darned." Took a pic and decided to post tonight.
Gold #8 for the year... and ring #121 Not to bad for a dirt pirate. 1.78 grams. Nice ring, though!
-Skippy