Ever have a time you don't want to quit but... (pics inside)

[Pete in MI]

you know you have to? I got out this morning around 6:30 am or maybe near 7 am while it was still cool. By 9 am I was sweating profusely and kept telling myself I need to get out of the heat - but - the playground was still giving up its precious hidden treasures and I didn't want to quit. By 9:30 I figured either I leave or someone had better call 911 and take me in for heat exhaustion.

God was SOOOOO good to me this morning. Thank you Father God. Here's the pics of todays finds:

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When I found this key ring I knew God was with me (I was thanking Him for each find I came across - He was showing me the hidden treasures and deserved to be thanked) - even thanked Him for the occassional breeze that helped cool me down enough to keep detecting.

Front of the key ring <p align=center><img src="http://coinshooter.owly.net/062705/HPIM1868.JPG"></p></center>

Back of the Key ring <p align=center><img src="http://coinshooter.owly.net/062705/HPIM1869.JPG"></p></center>

Almost missed this charm. It is small:
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Found two rings and a small gold colored thin 'rope' maybe from a necklace. The detector didn't pick up this 'rope' but instead the dime under it.
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Though it is missing the large center stone the remaining 6 are still intact. Couldn't read the markings on the ring but they are there and it looks to be a silver color.
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Here's a side view showing the 'holes' under the settings.
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This is a pretty gold color on silver color but no markings were found at all.It was the last item I found just before I left. Couldn't take the heat any more and had to get to the bank anyway.
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I've found a couple of these items before. Some machine takes a penny and flattens it then stamps an image into it. I have one for Binder Park over Kalamazoo area (Yes there is a Kalamazoo ) and on from the local hands on science place downtown. This Potter Park Zoo is a nice addition to my collection (and is about a mile away from where I live)
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Sherry likes this Canadian penny minted in 1957 - the same year she was born and NO I am not going to tell you how old she is
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So here's the tally of the day:

79 Mem pennies
4 Canadaian pennies (one is 1957)
7 Nickels
13 Roosevelt dimes
1 - Rolled penny from Potter Park Zoo
1 - Key ring with a cross on one side and "Love One Another" on the other
1 - flower type charm with 5 pink stones and 2 missing stones
1 - Dog ear for an Ace elastic bandage
1 - Key
1 - Large threaded bolt or screw
1 - Gold and silver colored ring with no markings
1 - Silver color ring with 6 (possible) diamond chips and missing the large center one - unreadable marking
1 - Bobby pin
2 - small unknown stone looing thingamajiggers

Thank you Father for such wide variety of finds today. And can't forget - Thank you Jesus - my Lord and Saviour.

Hope others got out today and God blessed them in their hunts today too.

 

[steve in so la]

Good thing you quit - better to return another day. You sure made a haul there !! Congrats, steve

 

[VT Dave]

Try wearing a sports sweatband and keeping it wet from your water bottle (you do carry a water bottle don't you???) it'll keep you a lot cooler.

Dave

 

[Anonymous]

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[MI$$OURI BETTY]

And yes you were blessed mightily by our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. I do the same thing when I find something and say, "Thank You, Lord!" Hope you find another place as good or better and the weather cools off for both of us!

God Bless!
Betty

 

[Pete in MI]

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[Mike from MI Iron Brigade]

Ya did good Pete.

 

[Joe G]

Nice finds Pete! Hope you had a lot of water with you

 

[Mike Chgo area]

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[Pete in MI]

the van heats up the water and when I want a drink it is easier to get it off my utility belt than to stop and run to the van for a drink of hot water.
Heat exhaustion is one of the big problems detectorists run into besides the snakes, spiders, scorpions, drug needles, live rounds of ammunition, ticks, mosquitoes, broken glass, sharp edges pull tabs and screw caps, deer flies, etc. (Don't have all these things in our area but I'm sure Steve in soAZ has a few scorpions down his way).

With all those hazards - "Why do we go detecting?" Oh yeah the fun outweighs the dangers