One of the founding members of my detecting group once told me that is I want to find the good stuff, I need to stay off the grass. And for the most part that has been a good rule of thumb. Today however proved to be the exception to the rule. The lake was no where near as low as I had imagined it would be, so I headed for the 40 yard strip of sand they call the beach. Nothing exciting there so I started working into and along the trees, as there are several heavily wooded spots, in this huge park. Meanwhile my worthy opponents were working the open grassy picnic areas under the shade of several old large walnut, oak and maple trees. When I left, the etrac had a silver and the 3030 had 2. He had gotten a second wind and was headed back for more. My four hour hunt provided me with 4 wheats from 44 to 53. Those were found in a narrow grass strip between two parking lots, as I made my way, to a water fountain to refill. So the woods was not the place to be today.
Elton, the digging here is tough going too. And even 83 degrees felt hot. It is quite a bit better than all those 90+ degree days we strung together in July. I don't know how much rain it will take to soften the ground again, I would guess it will be spring, provided we get ample amounts of snowfall this winter.