A Sterling Day

Lit out Sat. morning before day to drive up to my brother's and hit a couple of out of town tot lots along the way..got to the first one just as the sun was coming up and saw there was a police car parked right beside it..nothing like getting the dope on a place straight from the horse's mouth, so I walked over with my detector and asked if there was any problem with my having a go at the sand...he said there was no law against it as far as he knew, so I switched on the Ace..found a few coins, some pull tabs, and a nice 925 cross..after I'd been there a few minutes, I saw why the cop was around..interesting assortment of characters patronizing that park at daybreak on a Sat. morning...got to my second lot around 9 o'clock, searched the areas right around the swings and equipment, and came up with several quarters and the usual pennies...a group had reserved the picnic shelter for a cookout and I could tell some of the folks setting up things were ready for me to depart their reseved area...but figuring they couldn't have reserved the tot lot itself, I decided to be my usual obstinate self and do a systematic search of the woodchip area since I was already there...out away rom the equipment I found a few more quarters, a 925 earring, a 925 "ar"( maybe someone's initials), and a cross stamped 10k GF..before today I had one sterling find for the season, and this morning turned up three...that's the way this hobby goes sometimes...nothing worth a second look for 6 months and then you hit two real keepers in the same hole....anyway, it was nice to find something other than clad and what a beautiful day to hunt . Roadrunner_426