I wasn't having a good morning at all detecting. After about 2 or 3 hours of detecting and driving around looking for a good place to swing my coil, I spotted a carport sale. I said what the heck, I'm not doing worth a flip detecting, I might as well take a break. I didn't see anything worth buying at any price, but then my eyes locked onto a long handle Beachmaster Sand Scoop. Just like the one that I've been wanting to buy. I tried not to look too excited and put a confused look on my face when I picked it up. She said do you know what it is? She said it's a pooper scooper! I said how much for the pooper scooper? She said $5 dollars. I said I'll take it. She said you must have a really big dog. I don't think she knew what it was and just made something up to sell it. Anyhow, I figured that my luck had changed so I went on down the street to another site. Right off the bat, I dug a 1968 D Kennedy Silver Half Dollar next to some bushes. I was a happy camper! It wasn't long after that I dug a 1941 Mercury Dime. Oh yeah, I'm on a roll! Well the roll stopped, I didn't find anything else but a bunch of clad coins and few wheat pennies. I guy came up to me and wanted to know how much I would him charge to look for his gold signet ring that he had lost at his mom's house around 20 years ago while washing the dog in the backyard. I told him nothing, that I'd find it for him for free. He says his mother doesn't live there anymore but he is really good friends with the girl who bought the old house from his mother. My eyes silvered over. Do you think she mind if I'd search the whole yard for silver coins. He said heck no, she won't mind. He said that he knew of several places that I might want to detect. One is a large piece of land in Germantown where the owner is finding old Civil War buttons and buckles laying on top of the ground around his pond and he has another friend that he is going to hook me up with who buys and renovates old houses. I sure hope that I find that gold ring for this guy, because he sure does know a lot of people who have good places to detect.
It pays to be nice.
tabman
It pays to be nice.
tabman
You are the luckiest son of a gun I know! 
You seem to always have some sort of unusual adventure to share!
You could put that scoop up on the For sale forum and really be ahead for the day! Or take it out for a few water hunts and see if you can make it pay off!