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I hit this local permission who had their lawn turned over . Twice , once for 1 hr. and the final time for 1 + 1/2 hrs .This was a corner house built in the late 50's early 60's .I don't really like door knocking but I was reeling from the shock of one of my old spots now being locked up. Not because of detectorists but because of irresponsible Dog owners who can't pick up after their Dogs !
I got this info straight from the guy who will be locking it up from now on . The last night I hunted there I saw the lock and chain on the cyclone fence but it wasn't yet securing the gate .I figured I'd better hunt where I could keep an eye on the gate as I don't figure I could climb a 6' cyclone anymore without severe repercussions .Well , it wasn't more than 5 minutes and 1 nickel later I heard the new gatekeeper calling " Oh Sir , I'm going to be locking this gate now . So much for one of my nearby spots that has given me some great finds over the years .
What was amazing was the home right next to it , that very evening became my new permission .
I had visions of some common silver , maybe some quarters maybe even a walking Liberty . Nope didn't happen . Both trips got me 1 shiny clad dime ( probably dropped and covered by one of the gardeners ) , 6 Memorial pennies , 2 zincolns , 3 toy cars , an old window closing thinghamajig , A few pulltabs ,an empty Budweiser can with the pop top still closed on it , a round , top piece from a cyclone gate ( it rang as 50 cents ) . I eyeballed an old Coca Cola bottle stamped Modesto Calif , a plastic propeller and a nice Baseball in incredibly good shape ( the Dad and son both coached so they took the Ball ) . It was fun and they were a great family so that made me not feel so bad about not finding even one silver .
My other hunt was in one of my last 2 nearby , remaining wood chip playground areas .I found $2.85 worth of clad and the small little junk jewelry items pictured .This 2 hr. hunt had a few crappy moments though as there were three little brat kids there doing everything they could to get in my way even though I was doing everything I could to keep out of their way . Meanwhile the mama or whatever the heck she was , just sat nearby jaw jacking on her cell phone the whole time and letting those little lunatics run amuck ! ( I guess most of us have seen this scenario) .
I don't know why I keep detecting , there must be something wrong with me .
I got this info straight from the guy who will be locking it up from now on . The last night I hunted there I saw the lock and chain on the cyclone fence but it wasn't yet securing the gate .I figured I'd better hunt where I could keep an eye on the gate as I don't figure I could climb a 6' cyclone anymore without severe repercussions .Well , it wasn't more than 5 minutes and 1 nickel later I heard the new gatekeeper calling " Oh Sir , I'm going to be locking this gate now . So much for one of my nearby spots that has given me some great finds over the years .
What was amazing was the home right next to it , that very evening became my new permission .
I had visions of some common silver , maybe some quarters maybe even a walking Liberty . Nope didn't happen . Both trips got me 1 shiny clad dime ( probably dropped and covered by one of the gardeners ) , 6 Memorial pennies , 2 zincolns , 3 toy cars , an old window closing thinghamajig , A few pulltabs ,an empty Budweiser can with the pop top still closed on it , a round , top piece from a cyclone gate ( it rang as 50 cents ) . I eyeballed an old Coca Cola bottle stamped Modesto Calif , a plastic propeller and a nice Baseball in incredibly good shape ( the Dad and son both coached so they took the Ball ) . It was fun and they were a great family so that made me not feel so bad about not finding even one silver .
My other hunt was in one of my last 2 nearby , remaining wood chip playground areas .I found $2.85 worth of clad and the small little junk jewelry items pictured .This 2 hr. hunt had a few crappy moments though as there were three little brat kids there doing everything they could to get in my way even though I was doing everything I could to keep out of their way . Meanwhile the mama or whatever the heck she was , just sat nearby jaw jacking on her cell phone the whole time and letting those little lunatics run amuck ! ( I guess most of us have seen this scenario) .
I don't know why I keep detecting , there must be something wrong with me .
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