Usual clad, a sort-of nice bracelet and a scare at a local park

[Golden Silver]

Unlike the old days when any excuse was good enough to go metal detecting in Central Park, just a half-block from my apartment building, since I got back into the hobby in January I don't have the ol' get up and go so certain factors have to come together for me to activate my Land Star. Yesterday (Friday) was such a day.

Even though the rain ended earlier in the week it was still too cool for me to enjoy detecting without bundling up. Yesterday the temperature was "scheduled" to reach 70, ideal weather to be finding money! I went out to a local park from 1895 in a short-sleeve shirt and while waiting for the bus the 23-mile-per-hour wind made me wonder if I should go home and get a jacket or long sleeve shirt but I didn't bother and I was glad I didn't as it was a beautiful day in the park and a long sleeve shirt or jacket would have been a hindrance. The park has a nice history convincing detectorists that it would be ideal to hunt in but years ago I walked its whole length and it didn't produce what one would think should be found. No silver, no old coins.

I detected almost 3 hours besieged by curious kids, adorable but sometimes in the way putting their hands in the hole while I probed with my modified but still "pointed" (rounded tip) instrument! I didn't mind 'cause they were so cute. I found only clad coins and a horsehair (I'm guessing) bracelet with what looks like silver rings but I'm not sure 'cause there's no markings (photo). 8 quarters, 11 dimes, and 5 copper cents and a 1934 worn wheatie. One of the dimes made me think I had found a silver Rosie 'cause it came out of the hole looking like one! At home I could see it was 1998. Bummer for needing glasses which I didn't have with me.

I did have one bad moment that made my heart race. A couple of teenage girls were chasing each other a little distance from me so I wasn't concerned with them. But while concentrating on retrieving a coin I heard an awful cracking sound and expected to see my detector in pieces. The larger of the 2 girls, big for her age, had gotten too close to me and tripped on my upright coil and I thought she had stepped on it by the sound it made. Fortunately all she did was flip the not-too-tight coil towards the control housing. Whew!

 

[JJ]

Nice finds Silver Fox.

 

[BH-LandStar]

I know what ya mean about the kids...I cannot hunt Wood's Field anymore around the time school lets out...I have one boy who wants nothing more than to use my detector, or my pin pointer...He bugs the heck out of me, but how can I refuse someone so interested in the hobby...I just wish I had the cash to have a spare detector I could let him use...He is quite intelligent for his age...he is only 9...He has pin pointing with my Land Star down almost as good as I do...lol...

Nice finds Golden Silver....Looks like silver on that bracelet...If not, it is some highly polished nickel...


HH,

BH-LandStar

 

[dobbie]

i have had kids step on my detector and grab it and all kinds of things.

 

[BH-LandStar]

They get the 3rd degree if they touch without my permission...Usually, they slink away with hurt feelings, but I hope a new respect for other's property...never had my stuff stepped on. I think I would absolutely freak!!!....Hope it never happens....


HH,

BH-LandStar

 

[Golden Silver]

[quote BH-LandStar]They get the 3rd degree if they touch without my permission...Usually, they slink away with hurt feelings, but I hope a new respect for other's property...never had my stuff stepped on. I think I would absolutely freak!!!....Hope it never happens....


HH,

BH-LandStar[/quote]
If they're small, I just allow them to talk to me and ask questions. When they ask if they can use my detector I gently tell them not that it's not easy to use. If they're a little older I immediately ask them where their parents are and that sort of makes them stop pursuing. If like the kid that put his hands in the hole to help move the dirt out while I was probing I explain that the probe is sharp and could hurt their hands. I haven't encountered a kid that became a pain in the you know what. But if I did I would just ask him/her to bring their parents over to me. That usually shuts them up and move away. You can see them looking at you from a distance 'cause their curiosity is going as long as you are there.

The adorable little girl that was standing by me asking questions in the incoherent way little kids speak rushed up to me as I was leaving and taking my detector apart and asked me: "Do you live here (in the park)?" She was so cute I just wanted to pick her up and giver her a hug and a kiss on the cheek. Of course that would have been a big mistake with the mother looking on, or not. But I caressed her cheek with my finger and she gave me a big smile.

 

[dobbie]

i had a kid ask what i was doing. when i told them i was looking for metal in the ground she replied...why are you poor? i try to keep the kids at a distance sometimes they just annoy me. sorry to say that but its true. i cant believe how the parents just sit there and watch the kids and dont say anything when they get in the way. i had one kid follow me everywhere taking some of my finds out of the hole before i had a chance to and go rebury them in the sand pit then tell me to look for them again. the mom just simply said..thanks for keeping my son entertained. i was like ya thats why i came out here. thats what i was thinking anyways.

 

[Golden Silver]

[quote dobbie]i had a kid ask what i was doing. when i told them i was looking for metal in the ground she replied...why are you poor? i try to keep the kids at a distance sometimes they just annoy me. sorry to say that but its true. i cant believe how the parents just sit there and watch the kids and dont say anything when they get in the way. i had one kid follow me everywhere taking some of my finds out of the hole before i had a chance to and go rebury them in the sand pit then tell me to look for them again. the mom just simply said..thanks for keeping my son entertained. i was like ya thats why i came out here. thats what i was thinking anyways.[/quote]
Next time kids bother you and their parents are visible, wave to them to come to you so that you can ask them to keep their kids away telling them that their kids could get hurt and you don't want that to happen or that if they break your detector they're going to have pay hundreds of dollars to fix it!. I'm sure any parent will immediately ask their kids to stay away or may grab them and tow 'em away.

Little boys are cute but the little girls always remind me of the cutest girl ever, Shirley Temple.

 

[brett2259]

yeah. Kids can be curious. I try to stay away or just make small talk when needed.