May 24th 2014 - Amateur Archeology - SEVEN RING DAY!!!
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| My Seven Ring Day! |
I love Urban Treasure Hunting! Ever since I was a kid, I was always looking for that lost "something" in my neighborhood that would bring me Fortune and Glory!
Not to brag, but I am a good "FINDER!"
I have been very lucky so far in that I can say I have never had a day where I have not found something. I have never been "skunked." Usually that's means a handful of change, but sometimes it is something cool. Even better, sometimes it is something valuable. I never cease to be amazed at what comes out of the ground.
To this day, Kristine is wearing my "best" find. I love that!
And then sometimes all of the planets align and everything comes together and I have one of the "best" days. Yesterday was one of those days.
I have been working a secret location that is somewhere west of Redwood Road in Salt Lake City Utah. I have found a lot of items at this location and it just keeps giving. Yesterday was the most exceptional day so far.
To start off the day, I had company. As I was digging my first ring of the day I felt someone touch my back. That's usually not a good sign. Some people consider what I do "sketchy." I have yet to have a run in with an angry person, or even worse one of Salt Lake's finest, but it could happen. (One time I was working a park and I am pretty sure someone must have called me in. A police car pulled up to a curb and watched me for a half hour or so. I am sure that when they realized I wasn't the public nuisance that they were informed of, they laughed and drove away.) Anyway, I turned around to face who was interested in what I was doing and found a black and white cattle dog with her paw on my back!
Anyone who knows me knows that I love dogs, and today there were two of them! A male and a female cattle dog brought to the area by a group of kids who were playing baseball. For whatever reason, these two dogs picked me to be their best friend for the day. I would walk and detect and they would both walk behind me one on each side just behind the swing of my coil. When I stopped to dig they would lay down and wait to be petted, or they would lovingly jump on me and lick my face. It may not sound like fun to some of you, but to me it was bliss! Any day I have company is great. Any day where I have two dogs for company is fantastic! As I would dig they would help me dig (Dogs love to dig!). If they thought I wasn't paying enough attention to them they would lay over the hole and roll over to get their belly rubbed. As I said, bliss!
The rain we had earlier that day made the ground perfect to dig. One thing that I have noticed is that when the ground is wet I seem to find deeper targets. I also seem to find more. I am not sure if there is a scientific explanation for this, but because of it I will always be out metal detecting after a rain storm.
In the three hours that I detected I found seven rings. None of them are "valuable" but to find seven in that time frame and not be on a beach is unheard of. It is definitely a personal record for me! They may not be valuable but I am in a ring finder's competition. This will definitely bring my ring count up!
One draw back is that I found one of Sauron's Rings of Power. From past experience, I have found that these are nothing but trouble despite the fact that you can turn invisible. Looks like it is another trip to Mordor for me. Sigh.......
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| "One Ring To Rule Them All. I hate those trips to Mordor... |
Side Note: I have had the Fisher F75 Metal Detector for about five months and every time I take it out I like it more and more. Mom and Dad are using the Fisher F2's they got for Christmas to great effect. No doubt about it, Fisher makes a great machine!
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| My Trusty Sidearm |
Daily Count:
Zinc Pennies - 23
Copper Pennies - 13 (Old copper pennies are worth 3 cents in copper!)
Nickels - 8
Dimes - 9
Quarters - 11
1 Lagoon Token
7 Rings (!!!)
1 Horse Pin
1 Palm Tree Pendant
1 2002 Salt Lake Olympic Pin (Apple Design)
1 Wolf Den Neckerchief Slide (Love finding old Scout stuff)
Countless amounts of pull tabs, junk and can slaw (With every cloud comes a little rain....)
Thanks for reading! Ever want to give Urban Treasure Hunting a try? Let me know. We'll make a day of it!
Best of luck to all of you!...
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