So...How Cold Was It? Cold Enough To Freeze The Nuts Off A Brass Monkey @ -40

[John-Edmonton]

That's what is was this morning....... with a freaking cold north wind!

This piece of alleged history explains that in the olden days of sailing ships, cannon balls were stacked on the decks on brass plates called "monkeys." The plates had indentions in them that held the balls on the bottoms of the stacks. Brass, however, expands and contracts with the temperature and if it got cold enough, the cannon balls could fall...giving real foundation to the phrase "cold enough to freeze the balls off a brass monkey!"

 

[WaterWalker]

You know it all!

Yesterday it got just above freezing...it now above 50F, the winds are down, the tide is lower than the past week.
SO it is off the ocean with the ATX. Going for the last chance at gold of the month.

 

[John-Edmonton]

If there was open water and a bit milder (OK, a lot milder) I would still go out digging. I hope you got that gold!

 

[DrJoeprime]

And I complain when it gets down to he low 60's ... here in Southern California.

Joe

 

[WaterWalker]

Three hour for 27 cents, one fishing weight and one fishing down rigger still in its plastic bag.
Not worth the waste of digital space to take a picture of the finds.

BUT the coffee at a summer haunt and reminiscing of the other summer detectorists that have fled to Florida and California...Now that was worth the time spent. I did not even worry about the leaking waders I wore or the spot it left on my pants.

Now the cold wet weather is headed our way...time to give all the detectors a good cleaning, sort rechargeable batteries, fix one down detector, clean the sand from the car, and all the other things that don't get done while the detecting conditions are more comfortable for the aging body. No longer am I 65!

 

[Ron Lord]

Here in Naples Fl. there is a place out side in the Sun light that stay - 240* year round.