Memorial Day (Ring-a-Ding (a-Ding) (a-Ding)))

[cwilk]

I spent 36 hours tumbling a load of clad coins to get ready for the bank. This morning they were all done, rolled, and lined up in a neat row ready for the bank tomorrow. For the first time in a very long time I had no dirty MD clad in my place. Well, I had to resolve that situation. When I got to the site I found it was packed. I moved way off and began my hunt. As the place emptied out, I moved to where I really wanted to be. I really clobbered this site a few years back after I found a US gold coin in Bezel there. There still isn't all that much clad and the only thing that made the clad count any good was that there were four coin spills of 5 or more coins. One was 12 for over two bucks. The most interesting find was a disappearing signal that had me stumped. About two targets later I spotted the Canadian quarter stuck to my Lesche with a powerful little magnet. It's in the photo with the rings. Man that's weird! Three silver rings which is a very good day. I seem to recall finding five in one day a long time ago. Together they weigh less than 5 grams. The worn one is whales and is my favorite of the three. They're still filthy dirty. Some day I'll send all my rings up to Edmonton for professional cleaning. Had many very nice visits with spectators all day. I was waiting but the sky never fell.

Chris

 

[Joel-Winnipeg]

Good stuff
See that you found one of our crappy quarter made of steel.
Those rust real fast.

 

[John-Edmonton]

And that quarter with a caribou on it.....too cool

 

[cwilk]

I usually only find modern Canadian quarters if they are in the ground with a US coin. I'm sure all I was actually detecting was the magnet.

Chris

 

[GrafeR]

Congrats on all the rings! Great day of hunting!

 

[fongu]

Very impressive. WTG. It's been nearly six weeks since I have been able to get out and metal detect except for an hour or two a few weeks ago and just got too close to a rattlesnake, but the heat is so unbearable in my area, I just can't get out unless it's real early. My elderly mom has been very sick the last 23 days and I have had to stay close to her and can't get far from the house. My doctor put me on a new blood pressure medicine and I can't seem to do anything but hurt in my chest and she wants me to try taking the same medicine at night instead of daytime and I hope that resolves the problem. Your posts really make my day and the other members posts do the same. Three nice rings and the clad looks good too. Of course, now you have to get another load ready for the tumbler.

 

[cwilk]

Hey! I hope both you and your Mom are feeling a lot better real soon. Rattlesnakes? My one and only experience is when I was a kid and was tramping through the woods, probably looking for garter snakes. I approached a spot where there were always a lot of snakes sunning themselves and heard a rattle. Timber rattler? I think that's the species we have around here. I never looked for the snake, not that I would have seen it a a full run. The heat is picking up here too. I like a nice 6am hunt anyway.

Chris

 

[cwilk]

Yeah, yeah, yeah. But you're not jealous! Thanks for looking!

Chris

 

[DirtSurgeon]

Nice finds Chris!! The Pro is proving to be quite the clad hound and it's been finding me some nice silver so far too. I also need to tumble and roll some clad so I can get a nice camera. I need to post some of my finds. I'm still a little green from my brothers post (GrafeR).

Keep up the good work. Good Luck


Chris / DS

 

[Roscue2]

Been a while since I've seen one of your posts. As usual you have succeeded in making some great finds!

HH!!!

Kyle