Eisenhower shows up with Mexican friend

[dahut]

Took the F70 and bothered the dirt and sand at a local tot lot this morning.
This one was an elementary school near the house.
My knees aren't what they once were, so I gravitate towards the easy digging found in the sand and wood chips of these places.
Casual detecting suits my style, anyway.

I was early, and a yearling deer had to share the play ground with me.
He wasn't really happy about it, but it couldn't be helped. He kept wandering over to look at me, and each time I moved or turned in his direction he would scamper off.
This happened two or three times, that I knew, and I finally found the broken section of fence he had been using to enter and exit the schoolyard. My guess is that he has set up camp in this wooded, secluded place, now that school is out for the summer. At least half of the 10-12 acre play yard behind the school is wooded - and fenced. This deer probably feels secure there.

There weren't a lot of finds, and the going was tedious at times. But I managed to exceed quota, in a few unique ways...

The Pouch Dump.
I normally just shove everything in the pouch as I'm searching. All trash, doohickeys, coins... Everything just goes in. Then I dump it at the end and filter it out. It's like a second treasure hunt. (and if anyone ever asks what I've found, I just show them the overflowing trash. They go away, then)

The Gleanings
All the usual suspects are present.
Lots of foil, as I'm not afraid to recover it in a sand lot.
Some cheap jewelry, earrings, a skull ring and an ferrous cross.
30 coins, even, two of which were special:
1 - Eisenhower Dollar
1 - $100 Mexican Pesos coin, 1987.
The Ike is worth a dollar, the 100 pesos is valued right at 'nunca,' aka, 'nada' as in a big fat nuttin.

But both were unexpected, so that makes them COOL.

Thanks for looking.
HH
David

 

[jim tn]

Yeah, old Ike does pop up from time to time. 100 pennies in 1 shot. That will save on the knees. Wildlife and coins, tough to beat. HH jim tn

 

[dahut]

Yeah, old Ike does pop up from time to time. 100 pennies in 1 shot. That will save on the knees. Wildlife and coins, tough to beat. HH jim tn

Ike dollars are cool. I've only found three or four over the years.

 

[bigdawg47]

nice finds not many people hunting where you live now

 

[dahut]

nice finds not many people hunting where you live now

You know Hal, I've seen one guy since we've been here. He was at one of the old antebellum houses we have around here.
If anyone knows how much I like a tot lot, it's you. I'm laying up a map of the local spots and will make up a route, and quadrants

 

[mudpuppy]

I likey that totter money! So easy and relaxing, and a guy just never knows!...gold in those totters sometimes...Some of my totters are not active at all this summer...and others are, so the travel patterns of the hominids I hunt have changed a bit...Good work there Dahut!
Mud

 

[dahut]

I likey that totter money! So easy and relaxing, and a guy just never knows!...gold in those totters sometimes...Some of my totters are not active at all this summer...and others are, so the travel patterns of the hominids I hunt have changed a bit...Good work there Dahut!
Mud

Ill search a wooded site, or open farm field, of course. I like relic hunting as much as anyone.
But tot lots and parks offer so much more opportunity.
Add lake beaches, parks and schools and, well...

 

[bik-il]

I like Ike!