Ever have one of those mornings? I did today. Last night I planned out my morning and laid out everything that I was going to need to get my errands done. I knew of a sweet little park right near where I was going and decided that I could also spare and hour or so to detect. I got up early, early, early which was good because my appointments were at 9:00 and 9:45. It had rained and I knew I would be getting dirty but neither of these appointments were dependant on my appearance so I moved my hunt up to first thing in the morning. I also had to stop at Wal-Mart to return an item which I bought for myself and later received as a gift. The item cost just over 100 bucks and my errands were going to cost me about 105 so I didn't grab any more cash. All neat and tidy right?
I had driven 15 miles and looked over at my front seat and noticed of course I forgot the item to return. No problem, I could stop at an ATM. I detected for 1.5 hours and found a boat load of quarters. 57 coins and 28 were quarters. Nothing else and no picture. I then headed to the bank and found that I had also left my wallet home and now I did not have the time to go home and return. I thought for a second and remembered a friend who is always borrowing money from me who lived a few blocks away. I went and banged on his door and told him I needed 100 bucks. He hemmed and hawed and after I reminded him about the thousands of dollars I have loaned him over the years he coughed it up. I went to appointment one and then headed to the county building. I never thought about the pocketful of filthy coins and the security metal detector I would have to pass through. I emptied my pockets and filled the security guards tray with keys, the dirty coins, my Pro-Pointer, and a tiny little pen knife. He gave me a long look and called for his supervisor. This took a while. I asked what the problem was and he said I had a weapon and some suspicious items. The guy in front of me also had a larger knife which the guard put in a drawer until the guy came back for it so I asked what was suspicious. He wouldn't answer but he was giving my Pro-Pointer a good look. I told him what it was and offered to demonstrate and he told me to please have a seat and wait. When the supervisor got there he said, the guy was just out metal detecting, let him go. The guard then told me he thought the Pro-Pointer might be a stun weapon. The supervisor wanted to talk detecting but I was now late. I told him to wait a few minutes and we could chat. Luckily I had stapled my license to the application the night before so I had it with me. When I returned he asked to see my coins again. I showed him everything, which I almost never do. He stacked and counted it (almost 10 bucks) and asked how long I was at it. I told him and he was incredulous. He said if he found a few dollars in three or four hours he was having a banner day. He told me some of his sites. I have been to them all and they are good producers. He then asked where I was hunting and I told him. I never do that. He asked for a demonstration so off we walked to a different park right near the county building. I showed him my technique and he was impressed with both the 2500 and the Pro-Pointer. People were assembling to watch the uniformed officer standing over grubby old me and two cops came over to watch too. I dug three coins and let him swing it a few times then told him I had to go. He thanked me for the tips and gave me his number. I headed to the grocery store where I had just enough money left to get a few of the items I needed.
FWIW this all happened in the county where I was harassed by an officer a year ago. I was detecting right across the street from the building where that officer works. I had a uniformed deputy and two beat cops watching me and all three said that they could not tell I had disturbed the grass except where it was matted down by my knee. I was really hoping he would walk by.
My pal has always paid me back but sometimes it took him months. I am trying to figure out how long I'll drag out returning his hundred. Maybe I'll pay him in dirty quarters.
Chris
I had driven 15 miles and looked over at my front seat and noticed of course I forgot the item to return. No problem, I could stop at an ATM. I detected for 1.5 hours and found a boat load of quarters. 57 coins and 28 were quarters. Nothing else and no picture. I then headed to the bank and found that I had also left my wallet home and now I did not have the time to go home and return. I thought for a second and remembered a friend who is always borrowing money from me who lived a few blocks away. I went and banged on his door and told him I needed 100 bucks. He hemmed and hawed and after I reminded him about the thousands of dollars I have loaned him over the years he coughed it up. I went to appointment one and then headed to the county building. I never thought about the pocketful of filthy coins and the security metal detector I would have to pass through. I emptied my pockets and filled the security guards tray with keys, the dirty coins, my Pro-Pointer, and a tiny little pen knife. He gave me a long look and called for his supervisor. This took a while. I asked what the problem was and he said I had a weapon and some suspicious items. The guy in front of me also had a larger knife which the guard put in a drawer until the guy came back for it so I asked what was suspicious. He wouldn't answer but he was giving my Pro-Pointer a good look. I told him what it was and offered to demonstrate and he told me to please have a seat and wait. When the supervisor got there he said, the guy was just out metal detecting, let him go. The guard then told me he thought the Pro-Pointer might be a stun weapon. The supervisor wanted to talk detecting but I was now late. I told him to wait a few minutes and we could chat. Luckily I had stapled my license to the application the night before so I had it with me. When I returned he asked to see my coins again. I showed him everything, which I almost never do. He stacked and counted it (almost 10 bucks) and asked how long I was at it. I told him and he was incredulous. He said if he found a few dollars in three or four hours he was having a banner day. He told me some of his sites. I have been to them all and they are good producers. He then asked where I was hunting and I told him. I never do that. He asked for a demonstration so off we walked to a different park right near the county building. I showed him my technique and he was impressed with both the 2500 and the Pro-Pointer. People were assembling to watch the uniformed officer standing over grubby old me and two cops came over to watch too. I dug three coins and let him swing it a few times then told him I had to go. He thanked me for the tips and gave me his number. I headed to the grocery store where I had just enough money left to get a few of the items I needed.
FWIW this all happened in the county where I was harassed by an officer a year ago. I was detecting right across the street from the building where that officer works. I had a uniformed deputy and two beat cops watching me and all three said that they could not tell I had disturbed the grass except where it was matted down by my knee. I was really hoping he would walk by.
My pal has always paid me back but sometimes it took him months. I am trying to figure out how long I'll drag out returning his hundred. Maybe I'll pay him in dirty quarters.
Chris
