Darn ACE woke me up early this morning.......And the ACE was right, "TECT'N" time!
I did a quick weather check, and it was finally out of the minus 20's and 30's. I got the ACE all dressed up in the CAMO suit with a hot pac on top of the batteries to keep it nice and toasty. I too got dressed up with my long-johns, thick socks, hat, gloves and winter coat. I got all the gear ready, and out the door I went.
There was a small skiff of snow from last night, so no major cleaning needed. I headed to Rotten-Ronnies for some good old "BIG" breakfast, which gave me enough grease to stay warm for the hunt.....
The next stop.......da "HILL"! Quite a popular hill it is too. The only problem is, is that it has been so darned cold for the past 3-4 weeks, that only the die-hards toboggan under these conditions.
Were there any coins to be found? Was this a total waste of my day to search and freeze my butt off for nothing?
No it wasn't. My first coin, a penny was a no brainer. You could make out it's ID with the shadow from the light skiff of snow over night. Moments later, another signal got me coin #2, a recent quarter drop. And for the first time in my metal detecting history, I have a pin pointer that works in the freezing cold. It worked flawlessly, even longer then I did.
After about 3 hours worth of hunting, I quit beeping. I was just too tired, icicles forming on my beard/mustache and my fingers and toes had that nasty burning- cold, a signal to warm up or face possible frost bite. So, I chewed on some nice fresh peperoni's, swished back some COKE and headed back towards home.
Here's the total coins for the day. A nice Loonie (2 dollar coin) brought my loot figure up nicely. I also lucked out on snow coin spill, which was good for 11 coins. So, my overall coin hunt wasn't too bad! I have had worse days in the summer.
It was a great day, but nice to be back home under some nice warm blankies.
