Today I took another road trip with the goal of reaching 5605 total coins in 2009. I needed 261 coins which sounded fairly easy on paper. It took me 5 sites and 7 hours to do it.
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5605 coins is how many coins I found in all of 2007 and I used to think it would be the most I ever found in one year. In 2008 I made it on 7/5. This year I reached that goal around 5 weeks earlier than that. I guess I am officially hooked.
Here are my stats thusfar in 2009. 50 total hunts. 5633 total coins. 111.54 coins per hunt. I am behind on gold from last year but ahead on silver. I am a bit behind on wheats.
The rest of the junk for today. 289 coins (20 short of my best day ever.) Three wheats. A costume ring and bracelet. A cool B-1 bomber toy. Football fob. License plate fob. .222 shell.
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I did not post yesterdays hunt. My silver streak was broken. Last hunt before that I found silver items back to back. Now back to back hunts with no silver. Had an encounter with a teacher who strongly suggested I donate all of my hunts to the student council. I took the 14 cents I had found (I had just started) and offered it to him. He ranted at me for a bit and asked me to empty my pockets. I was taken aghast and refused. I told him that if this is the sort of respect you teach his young pupils to have for their fellow citizens, that it is no wonder our country is where it is. He left and came back in about 15 minutes with a lot more to say. He told me I was stealing from children. I expected the police who never came. I had time to think of a response this time. I told him when I had found coins enough to pay my school taxes in 2009, that I would gladly send the school a check for anything over that amount. I then suggested he donate a large portion of his salary to the student council if he is truly concerned because he is stealing from parents. I then asked him to please leave me alone. Sometimes I think I have a tattoo on my forehead that says " Please Screw With Me." That is bad encounter 2 or 3 for the year. I let them roll off my back as much as possible.
Going to take tomorrow off, I think. Maybe not. If I do go out it will be someplace close and only for an hour or so.
Chris
PS Today is Memorial Day. Remember those who died while fighting for your freedom. (This goes for our allies too. Canada, UK, Australia et al.)
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5605 coins is how many coins I found in all of 2007 and I used to think it would be the most I ever found in one year. In 2008 I made it on 7/5. This year I reached that goal around 5 weeks earlier than that. I guess I am officially hooked.
Here are my stats thusfar in 2009. 50 total hunts. 5633 total coins. 111.54 coins per hunt. I am behind on gold from last year but ahead on silver. I am a bit behind on wheats.
The rest of the junk for today. 289 coins (20 short of my best day ever.) Three wheats. A costume ring and bracelet. A cool B-1 bomber toy. Football fob. License plate fob. .222 shell.
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I did not post yesterdays hunt. My silver streak was broken. Last hunt before that I found silver items back to back. Now back to back hunts with no silver. Had an encounter with a teacher who strongly suggested I donate all of my hunts to the student council. I took the 14 cents I had found (I had just started) and offered it to him. He ranted at me for a bit and asked me to empty my pockets. I was taken aghast and refused. I told him that if this is the sort of respect you teach his young pupils to have for their fellow citizens, that it is no wonder our country is where it is. He left and came back in about 15 minutes with a lot more to say. He told me I was stealing from children. I expected the police who never came. I had time to think of a response this time. I told him when I had found coins enough to pay my school taxes in 2009, that I would gladly send the school a check for anything over that amount. I then suggested he donate a large portion of his salary to the student council if he is truly concerned because he is stealing from parents. I then asked him to please leave me alone. Sometimes I think I have a tattoo on my forehead that says " Please Screw With Me." That is bad encounter 2 or 3 for the year. I let them roll off my back as much as possible.
Going to take tomorrow off, I think. Maybe not. If I do go out it will be someplace close and only for an hour or so.
Chris
PS Today is Memorial Day. Remember those who died while fighting for your freedom. (This goes for our allies too. Canada, UK, Australia et al.)
Isn't it great that your finds go up with experience. i find the same happens on my Sydney hunts. you don't think that it's possible to better the previous years hunt, yet you do. 
And to think that the people watching White's infomercials actually think us experienced detectorists only dig up coins and rings. 
i actually try ed to match your high coin count today i said to my self i"m going to get 200 coins but i failed miserably 
i really don't know how ya do it 
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#2 wear headphones 
#3 have a scowl on your face when detecting 
this will keep most of the fruitcakes away 