beephead
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I went back over a site that I've detected earlier this year. I found some clad coins and a couple of wheat pennies (1942, 1945). After a thorough going over, I decided it was time move on to another site.
On my way to another site I saw the owner of the 'no trespassing' vacant house there mowing the yard, so I pulled over to chat with him for awhile. I found a bunch of silver coins on that lot earlier this year. Long story short I remembered him saying that he lived in a really old house near downtown that was built in 1910. I asked him if it would be OK for me to detect it. He gave me the OK and the street address.
When I got there my heart was racing at how nice the site looked. I got out my Deus and started swinging and digging away. About 20 minutes into the hunt, a lady comes out the front door and walks past me on the front service walk giving me a strange look. I said you must be Jeff's wife. She said who's Jeff? It hit me like a ton of bricks, I was at the wrong house. It was the house next door that I was suppose to be detecting.
Not to be deterred, I said since I'm already here, will it be OK for me to detect your yard. She said that her husband would come out and speak with me about that. After speaking with the husband, he realized that it was a honest mistake and told me that it would be OK for me to detect his yard.
Anyhow, I didn't get to detect long, but I did manage to find some clad coins, 3 wheat pennies (1910, 1920, 1927), and some wings. Before leaving I saw Jeff drive up in his truck and I walked over to talk with him some more. He told me about being home and being broke into and about the time that two teens robbed him at gunpoint at the end of his driveway.
I got a grand tour of his home. It was an exciting experience, because he had some really old neat stuff. I wished that had taken pictures of everything, but I didn't think about it until I was getting ready to head out the front door.
I have an open invitation to detect his yard anytime I want. I expect to pick up some new permissions up and down the street as well. My foot is in the door.
beephead
On my way to another site I saw the owner of the 'no trespassing' vacant house there mowing the yard, so I pulled over to chat with him for awhile. I found a bunch of silver coins on that lot earlier this year. Long story short I remembered him saying that he lived in a really old house near downtown that was built in 1910. I asked him if it would be OK for me to detect it. He gave me the OK and the street address.
When I got there my heart was racing at how nice the site looked. I got out my Deus and started swinging and digging away. About 20 minutes into the hunt, a lady comes out the front door and walks past me on the front service walk giving me a strange look. I said you must be Jeff's wife. She said who's Jeff? It hit me like a ton of bricks, I was at the wrong house. It was the house next door that I was suppose to be detecting.
Not to be deterred, I said since I'm already here, will it be OK for me to detect your yard. She said that her husband would come out and speak with me about that. After speaking with the husband, he realized that it was a honest mistake and told me that it would be OK for me to detect his yard.
Anyhow, I didn't get to detect long, but I did manage to find some clad coins, 3 wheat pennies (1910, 1920, 1927), and some wings. Before leaving I saw Jeff drive up in his truck and I walked over to talk with him some more. He told me about being home and being broke into and about the time that two teens robbed him at gunpoint at the end of his driveway.
I got a grand tour of his home. It was an exciting experience, because he had some really old neat stuff. I wished that had taken pictures of everything, but I didn't think about it until I was getting ready to head out the front door.
I have an open invitation to detect his yard anytime I want. I expect to pick up some new permissions up and down the street as well. My foot is in the door.
beephead
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