I found little this weekend but a couple dozen pennies, a few quarters, and a LOT of trash.
I was carefully prying a coin out of the ground when it became stuck behind a small root. I applied a lot more pressure than I should have and the root broke. Would you believe that penny flew up and hit me in the forehead. Good thing I have a thick skull.
Also along side a small pond the digging got very easy. I was after a quarter signal about 10 inches down. When I removed a four inch plug there was a large hole below my hole. I could not see the bottom. My pinpointer beeped as if something was there but nothing was below the hole I could see. My detector still rang quarter but there is an old Indian proverb "never stick your hand in a badger hole". So thinking about this proverb, my hand, and this hole I decided to forgo picking up the squashed beer can that was likely down there and put the plug back in the hole.
I hope no one ever steps on it or they will break thru. This reminds me of another indian proverb, "never stick you foot in a badger hole".
And there was another first last week. I was digging a hole to find yet another penny and a young man came up to me and asked what I was looking for. I said coins but I was not finding very many. He said here and gave me a 1944 mercury dime. I thanked him and since he seemed sane I quickly put the coin in my pocket. He smiled and left. He may have felt sorry for me digging up all those pennies.
So if you see a middle aged, overweight, white guy out in a field on hands and knees digging a hole and you feel sorry for him please give him a silver coin. But next time make it a barber half. I have lots of mercury dimes already.
Thanks, Joe.
I was carefully prying a coin out of the ground when it became stuck behind a small root. I applied a lot more pressure than I should have and the root broke. Would you believe that penny flew up and hit me in the forehead. Good thing I have a thick skull.
Also along side a small pond the digging got very easy. I was after a quarter signal about 10 inches down. When I removed a four inch plug there was a large hole below my hole. I could not see the bottom. My pinpointer beeped as if something was there but nothing was below the hole I could see. My detector still rang quarter but there is an old Indian proverb "never stick your hand in a badger hole". So thinking about this proverb, my hand, and this hole I decided to forgo picking up the squashed beer can that was likely down there and put the plug back in the hole.
I hope no one ever steps on it or they will break thru. This reminds me of another indian proverb, "never stick you foot in a badger hole".
And there was another first last week. I was digging a hole to find yet another penny and a young man came up to me and asked what I was looking for. I said coins but I was not finding very many. He said here and gave me a 1944 mercury dime. I thanked him and since he seemed sane I quickly put the coin in my pocket. He smiled and left. He may have felt sorry for me digging up all those pennies.
So if you see a middle aged, overweight, white guy out in a field on hands and knees digging a hole and you feel sorry for him please give him a silver coin. But next time make it a barber half. I have lots of mercury dimes already.
Thanks, Joe.