I have not been out since my last post, unfortunately, but hope to get out this week. Got a new toy, tho, Gravedigger Tools Nemesis shovel. 36 inches long.
Hand welded by the owner of the company, and seems pretty well built. It looks pretty badass, and I can’t wait to give it a test drive.
I haven’t had a 5 silver day in forever. Literally, the very first swing of the day was a solid silver quarter sound, and there it was. It was an awkward spot: a sliver of grass between a large light pole and the edge of the parking lot. Awkward spots on the fringes often hide silvers.
Seemed like a good omen, but then an hour of nothing, not even much clad or any wheaties. Then I started hitting deep clad, which is always a good sign. Then hit a signal dancing between a wheatie and a silver, and was disappointed that it was only a wheatie.
But rescanned the hole, and the silver was loud and clear, a dateless SLQ. To any newbies, always rescan your holes.
Not 5 minutes later, hit another silver sound, and it was a merc. Rolled the pinpointer around the hole again, and another merc. To any newbies, always rescan your holes.
Then, pretty much the next swing, hit another silver quarter. 4 silvers in under 10 minutes. Counting the first one of the day, it was 5 silvers in about 75 minutes, and this site generally runs 1 silver per 2 hours. Must have hit a little bit of a hot spot there. Maybe a picnic table was there in the past, that not only concentrated people, but locked out the detectorists that came before me.
The rest of the hunt, tho, produced nothing, but 5 silvers in 3 hours isn’t too bad.
Heard a great quote the other day — “I’ve always wanted to live thru the Great Depression, the Spanish Flu, and the Unrest of ’68 all in one week”. Yeah, me too.
Me, I just mind my own business, I don’t bother anyone, and hope no one bothers me. Metal detecting is the perfect hobby for that mindset. Sometimes you even get lucky and stumble upon a silver, which is a positive experience. Always seek out positive experiences, and never, ever, visit negative experiences on anyone else, ever.
