It took 23 hunts in 2011 but finally....

[cwilk]

I had my first negative encounter with a spectator. The weather has been so bad recently that when I was finally able to get out I went for it. Parks were all crowded as everybody must have cabin fever to some degree. I had lots of kids "helping" me all day long. It was quite fun until the final 10 minutes or so. The last place I stopped was packed with people and I should have passed it by. I was able to detect in only one small corner of the park but after an hour or so I was the only person left in sight. I branched out a bit and just as I was leaving a guy in a truck drove across the grass right up to me. I'll keep this brief. He kept telling me he "felt" that I should be doing something else with my spare time. He "felt" that I should leave. I told him, very nicely, that I didn't give a rat's behind about how he "felt" about what I did for relaxation. He then told me that I had been turned in to the president of the local soccer league. I answered that unless the president owned the park, I didn't particularly care how he "felt" either. The guy took several photos of me as I walked back to my truck. I will say this about the park. It used to be a nice park. Since the soccer league moved in, they cut down every tree, removed the play equipment, took out the baseball field, almost every square inch is playing surface. I can see how some zealous soccer dad would think the league owns the park. Fact is, it is still a public park, and that metal detecting is allowed there. Enough.

Loot was OK. Loads of quarters for a change. The rope bracelet is silver and weighs half a troy ounce. The ring is 10K gold plated. (I'll never find another gold ring it seems.) British 50P coin is cool. Rung up like a nickel. First ever crochet needle. I assume dropped by a soccer grandma. I guess I should report that to the president of the soccer league, but I'm not that kind of guy.

This is another GTI 2500 hunt. Naturally on the way home it rained again or I would have kept going.

AT-Pro is STILL in the shop. Almost 2 weeks. I'm starting to get antsy about that.

Chris

 

[Bignug]

thinking he was just jealous happy hunting ! nice finds

 

[INCH]

Looks like you robbed an old laundromat with all that change. If all those finds didnt pay for the gas, I would still B happy just finding that amount

 

[Furious T]

Nice haul! There's no substitute for brains - that guy driving his truck across the grass field would do more damage than you. Oh Well! It takes all kinds.

 

[Mick in Dubbo]

Nice finds Chris. Did the chap have non working legs? Did you tell him about the benefits of leaving his car in the car park and pulling out his very own detector to get that wonderful exercise that he seems to have missed out on. I'd better not say too much more. Oh! the things that come to mind.
Mick Evans.

 

[mudpuppy]

n/t

 

[fongu]

Glad you had such a good day except for the last 10 minutes. Great clad day. I wouldn't let something like that take away my enjoyment of getting out and doing a little successful dirt fishing. Instead of him having some type of power trip, he should have walked over to where you were and introduced himself and looked for himself, if he had any concerns about grass damage. Maybe they need to post don't drive on the grass signs and leave the metal detectorists along.
It's hard to educate somebody who thinks they know everything and forget it's a small world, after all. A little respect on his part and you might have walked away friends. Some times people take the high road and some times they take the low road. HH.
If a police officer asks me to leave a public place I will, but I also would go down to the city or county office where we could discuss it. Most times I call and get a name and phone number in case I have any problems. But, this pompous little man wasn't a police officer, so
I think you handled it just right.

 

[metalhead]

Nice hunt!Great clad haul!Nice finds!
Man, I can't believe that FOOL actually Drove his truck onto the field and told YOU that you couldn't metal detect there.
They should put up a sign that says "METAL DETECTING PROHIBITED. FEEL FREE TO DRIVE YOUR VEHICLES ALL OVER THE PARK GROUNDS"

 

[garthbfan]

Nice haul Chris!! BTW Soccer is the Devil!! hehe Not a fan will never be a fan of soccer. They take it way to serious for a game that ends with a 1 to 0 score most of the time!!

 

[cwilk]

I told the story to a patron at the bar where I work and he had an interesting observation. He is a parent and his kids play baseball, hockey, and soccer. He said he has found it impossible to deal with soccer parents. At some point in the conversation he said I can sum it up in one sentence. "It's hard to deal with somebody who has the mindset that the best outcome for a game (match?) is a tie." I thought that was a particularly inciteful statement.

I'm going to remember all the really nice folks I met that day and try to put that last 10 minutes out of mind. Funny how even at my age, I hate to be told that I'm a bad boy. (That's how I took it anyway.)

Chris

 

[Woodchuck]

I'm sorry but game sports does not make the world turn IMHO I can thing of better things to do like metal detecting,reading a good book,fishing even if I don't catch a thing.

 

[widebody]

[size=large]came across the same type of jerk the other day. been ticked off at him since. i'm ready with my next soccor coach. the comment to me and my buddy was about making holes his girls trip on. now in my mind he has lumped me in with irrespossible mders. we do have some out here. now my responce is to lump this coach in with the child molester coaches that make the news. i haven't heard anything about tripping kids but more than enough of child molesting coaches. any field in any publicly owned park is open ground and the sports folks had better get used to it. i will try to reason with those willing to reason. i don't push back until i am pushed. just old and cranky.

HH[/size]

 

[John(Tx)]

Nice loot there also. HH