Skippy SH13
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Tonights football field hunt went pretty well. 3 hours long, brought home $5.23, 3 rings, and a neat copper bracelet.
More than I thought there would be! This particular field isn't that old, and is rarely used (they have a bunch of "User other fields!" signs and prevent all the after school practices from happening on it. It doesn't seem to stop the adult leagues in the evenings, but they're pretty spotty. I think they try to keep one field nice for games at this middle school.
got about 3/4 of the field done, gridding from goalpost line to goalpost line. Lots and lots of "blank space" between finds... sometimes I'd walk the whole field from end to end without digging anything. Was definitely a workout. I forget how much stopping and digging lets the arm rest!
The rings all showed up toward mid-field and at the goal posts. I probably could have him them and left in 10 minutes, but you never know whats IN a field till you check. Turns out... mostly just quarters...
OH! And a tiffany & co heart pendent. I almost forgot about that one. It was in the middle of the field. I nicked it with the digger when it flipped out of teh whole. It rang up EXACTLY like a clad quarter. (same rough size, too). Was careless. It happens. S-allright though, as I'm building a scrap pile to cast my own silver ring.
The Octopus ring (actually took a while to figure out what it was) rang up at a 55, and was barely under the surface, with the top sticking out. I saw it before digging it up, and thought it was a bracelet or something. I just BUSTED up laughing at the gaudiness of the ring. ITS HUGE! But... it only fits my pinky. So... massive ring, small size. Weird. At first I had hopes it was gold, but at 55, there's no way at that size. Has to be stainless. once I got it cleaned up, it was obvious it wasn't heavy enough (Dense enough) to be gold, either. Just a stainless ring with a very intriguing design.
The silver ring rang up 82-83 and was a fun find. No marking on it, but totally tested positive for silver. Right density for the size, rang up right, tested right... it's silver!
The final (actually first) ring of the night was just a junker stacker ring that was about 4" down. Nothing special just a copper junker.
So.. another hunt, and rings #166, #167, and #168 get added. Looks like I'll be close to the 200 mark again this year...
Cheers!
Skippy
More than I thought there would be! This particular field isn't that old, and is rarely used (they have a bunch of "User other fields!" signs and prevent all the after school practices from happening on it. It doesn't seem to stop the adult leagues in the evenings, but they're pretty spotty. I think they try to keep one field nice for games at this middle school.
got about 3/4 of the field done, gridding from goalpost line to goalpost line. Lots and lots of "blank space" between finds... sometimes I'd walk the whole field from end to end without digging anything. Was definitely a workout. I forget how much stopping and digging lets the arm rest!
The rings all showed up toward mid-field and at the goal posts. I probably could have him them and left in 10 minutes, but you never know whats IN a field till you check. Turns out... mostly just quarters...
OH! And a tiffany & co heart pendent. I almost forgot about that one. It was in the middle of the field. I nicked it with the digger when it flipped out of teh whole. It rang up EXACTLY like a clad quarter. (same rough size, too). Was careless. It happens. S-allright though, as I'm building a scrap pile to cast my own silver ring.
The Octopus ring (actually took a while to figure out what it was) rang up at a 55, and was barely under the surface, with the top sticking out. I saw it before digging it up, and thought it was a bracelet or something. I just BUSTED up laughing at the gaudiness of the ring. ITS HUGE! But... it only fits my pinky. So... massive ring, small size. Weird. At first I had hopes it was gold, but at 55, there's no way at that size. Has to be stainless. once I got it cleaned up, it was obvious it wasn't heavy enough (Dense enough) to be gold, either. Just a stainless ring with a very intriguing design.
The silver ring rang up 82-83 and was a fun find. No marking on it, but totally tested positive for silver. Right density for the size, rang up right, tested right... it's silver!
The final (actually first) ring of the night was just a junker stacker ring that was about 4" down. Nothing special just a copper junker.
So.. another hunt, and rings #166, #167, and #168 get added. Looks like I'll be close to the 200 mark again this year...
Cheers!
Skippy
