Pete in MI
New member
Started out by leaving the house around 8 AM - finally called it quits for the say around 1:30 PM. I'm not even close to half way done with cleaning up the area.
The picture I posted yesterday of the water area behind the hotel does not show the water area I am detecting in. It is to the right of the dock and just about as big as the area you saw in the picture.
Here is the trash I found:
This is what I left in the floating sieve because it wouldn't fit in the bag I wore on my hip (to the right of the floating seive) which was full.
[attachment 59789 P6130002.JPG]
What you see in the next picture is what was in the black bag I had on my hip...keep in mind the screws, nails, pull tabs, bottle caps and all you see...are all in the bottom of a 5 gallon bucket!
[attachment 59790 P6130004.JPG]
Then the stuff I had in the floating seive I added to the top of the bucket of screws, etc.
[attachment 59791 P6130005.JPG]
There was one of those driveway marker light outfits, part of a fishing rod, a long rod (and something I couldn't include in any of the photos was the 10 length of 2 inch PVC pipe lying on the bottom...left it on the dock.
I gave the bucket to the desk clerk so the management could see what was removed from the swimming area. (They had just gone to lunch so I didn't get to talk to them when I left.)
OK so now ya saw all the nasty stuff. I bet you are bitting at the bit to see what way cool goodies I got out of that area. Well, remember a couple things...first I ran the detector wide open with no discrimination...I didn't want to miss anything...and second, as I mentioned I am not quite close to the 1/2 way mark...oh yeah I did find 3 of the stakes they wanted me to find but they never gave me anything to mark them with so only I know where they are.
OK so here is the picture of my 'goodies'...I hope your heart can stand to look on all this...please hold the applause and good job comments....
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
[attachment 59792 P6130007.JPG]
Yeah, one quarter, 2 nickels, 2 Mem pennies and the oldest coin is a 65 dime. The ring..isn't a ring but some loop thingy. The rest is really more trash.
OK now ya can give me the applause and pats on the back. Just kidding.
Hey the only satisfaction I got out of this was 2 things, one being the knowledge someone will not get hurt on this stuff while trying to enjoy their vacation and the other was the comment made by a lady on staff there asking another staff member what I was doing out there..and I hear her reply Oh I thought he was out playing with the ducks. (There was a nice family of ducks sharing the water with me).
Tomorrow I go back and see if I can finish up the job.
The picture I posted yesterday of the water area behind the hotel does not show the water area I am detecting in. It is to the right of the dock and just about as big as the area you saw in the picture.
Here is the trash I found:
This is what I left in the floating sieve because it wouldn't fit in the bag I wore on my hip (to the right of the floating seive) which was full.
[attachment 59789 P6130002.JPG]
What you see in the next picture is what was in the black bag I had on my hip...keep in mind the screws, nails, pull tabs, bottle caps and all you see...are all in the bottom of a 5 gallon bucket!
[attachment 59790 P6130004.JPG]
Then the stuff I had in the floating seive I added to the top of the bucket of screws, etc.
[attachment 59791 P6130005.JPG]
There was one of those driveway marker light outfits, part of a fishing rod, a long rod (and something I couldn't include in any of the photos was the 10 length of 2 inch PVC pipe lying on the bottom...left it on the dock.
I gave the bucket to the desk clerk so the management could see what was removed from the swimming area. (They had just gone to lunch so I didn't get to talk to them when I left.)
OK so now ya saw all the nasty stuff. I bet you are bitting at the bit to see what way cool goodies I got out of that area. Well, remember a couple things...first I ran the detector wide open with no discrimination...I didn't want to miss anything...and second, as I mentioned I am not quite close to the 1/2 way mark...oh yeah I did find 3 of the stakes they wanted me to find but they never gave me anything to mark them with so only I know where they are.
OK so here is the picture of my 'goodies'...I hope your heart can stand to look on all this...please hold the applause and good job comments....
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
[attachment 59792 P6130007.JPG]
Yeah, one quarter, 2 nickels, 2 Mem pennies and the oldest coin is a 65 dime. The ring..isn't a ring but some loop thingy. The rest is really more trash.
OK now ya can give me the applause and pats on the back. Just kidding.
Hey the only satisfaction I got out of this was 2 things, one being the knowledge someone will not get hurt on this stuff while trying to enjoy their vacation and the other was the comment made by a lady on staff there asking another staff member what I was doing out there..and I hear her reply Oh I thought he was out playing with the ducks. (There was a nice family of ducks sharing the water with me).
Tomorrow I go back and see if I can finish up the job.
