Skippy SH13
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Saturday found me out and about... In snow flurries, but with soft ground!
Started off the day REALLY slowly... Went to an elementary school on the other side of town. I think I've been there before, but not for a year or so. Clearly someone else has been. There was only one penny in three tot-lots, and the grass was pretty much empty. I think I pulled out $0.33 in an hour. Fortunately, I had to poop.
So I left and hit a convenience store, and dropped off some weight. Hit the school yard down the way, and found it was pretty much empty, too, but figured I'd give it a full hour anyway. Ended up pulling another $2.50 or so, but nailed a nice sterling ring. This says "HLJ" but is a CTR ring for Spanish (means "Choose The Right"). Should bring in about $20 on eBay when I sell it.
Then I left that school and went to a neighborhood park, nearby. THAT's where things got more fun. Found three rings there, two which had me fooled for gold, until I saw their size out of the dirt (small rings don't ring up in the 60 range on the AT Pro/Max). I did find a nice FG Tungsten Carbide ring (I still have a hard time that they charge $399 for these rings.. They've even got a TC.850 trademark on the inside, which means NOTHING... it's just made to look expensive. LOL)
But, it fits! It's actually a really nice ring, too. Wore it out last night to my wife's birthday dinner. Looked guuud.
The banner find of the day, though, was the sterling bracelet. That sucker hit my detector like a pile of pennies with a nickle mixed in would sound. I seriously thought it was going to a a coin spill. I bent down, and the glint of silver showed through the grass. Hadn't even been buried, fully, yet, with most of it just being under the thatch (been there a while).
Didn't take long to figure out how it was lost. This particular clasp is a SERIOUSLY hard clasp to get undone. Once it's clicked in, you have to use a tiny pin or needle to push the clasp point down to unlock it. I suspect someone was annoyed by this, and put it in upside down (just wedging it into place), or did it by mistake. Either way, it's pretty much brand new, and a great addition. Was just lamenting that I hadn't found any nice silver bracelets yet this year! It weighed in at 15 grams, on the nose.
Time to lament about not finding gold!
One of the rings didn't make it home with me... gave it to a kid at the tot-lot. Mom was overjoyed. LOL
Skippy
Started off the day REALLY slowly... Went to an elementary school on the other side of town. I think I've been there before, but not for a year or so. Clearly someone else has been. There was only one penny in three tot-lots, and the grass was pretty much empty. I think I pulled out $0.33 in an hour. Fortunately, I had to poop.
So I left and hit a convenience store, and dropped off some weight. Hit the school yard down the way, and found it was pretty much empty, too, but figured I'd give it a full hour anyway. Ended up pulling another $2.50 or so, but nailed a nice sterling ring. This says "HLJ" but is a CTR ring for Spanish (means "Choose The Right"). Should bring in about $20 on eBay when I sell it.
Then I left that school and went to a neighborhood park, nearby. THAT's where things got more fun. Found three rings there, two which had me fooled for gold, until I saw their size out of the dirt (small rings don't ring up in the 60 range on the AT Pro/Max). I did find a nice FG Tungsten Carbide ring (I still have a hard time that they charge $399 for these rings.. They've even got a TC.850 trademark on the inside, which means NOTHING... it's just made to look expensive. LOL)
But, it fits! It's actually a really nice ring, too. Wore it out last night to my wife's birthday dinner. Looked guuud.
The banner find of the day, though, was the sterling bracelet. That sucker hit my detector like a pile of pennies with a nickle mixed in would sound. I seriously thought it was going to a a coin spill. I bent down, and the glint of silver showed through the grass. Hadn't even been buried, fully, yet, with most of it just being under the thatch (been there a while).
Didn't take long to figure out how it was lost. This particular clasp is a SERIOUSLY hard clasp to get undone. Once it's clicked in, you have to use a tiny pin or needle to push the clasp point down to unlock it. I suspect someone was annoyed by this, and put it in upside down (just wedging it into place), or did it by mistake. Either way, it's pretty much brand new, and a great addition. Was just lamenting that I hadn't found any nice silver bracelets yet this year! It weighed in at 15 grams, on the nose.
Time to lament about not finding gold!
One of the rings didn't make it home with me... gave it to a kid at the tot-lot. Mom was overjoyed. LOL
Skippy