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HERE SHE BE YA BUNCHA SCALLYWAGS ! DONE.?‍☠️ 2023 wrap up of fairground diggings... and YES ! I'm gonna dig trash ! (I filled most of a 5 gal bucket) (The Full Monty Finds Posting) JAN-Mid APRIL Posted some above already but the full story here. 800/12x15 , Park1 ,sens 21, recovery 4,,switched to the 6" when it thawed out completely and upped recovery to 6. First target is a pearl earring .Nox ID# 9-10 t'was bling. (This one was actually in '22.) #1 in '23 was a RING !Nox ID# 22-23 AND it's something I've wanted since I was 13 ! A Playboy Bunny Ring ! ,,,,,(of bling.) I shall now be the most interesting man in the world ! NO ? arrrrrgh! OK , I'll just toss it in with the fake pearl then ... The Hall of Bling Next target was finally "something good"ID# 26 ? a pendant of 925 ! The word SISTER on the front and a glorious 925 on the back ....Silver #1 yup . yup . Soon followed by another 925 in the form of an emerald earring with a celtic knot design.ID# 18 That's #2 and in the 925 slot in my tackle tray box ! Yeah , had to get something eventually.. and not much later came #3 ! A tiny 925 RING that ALSO had the celtic knot ID# 17 ! ALL in the thawed out area around my rig that I had kept shoveled off letting the orb do the dirt thawing work. A job absolutely worth doing now ! The class of 925 freshman class pic. That's the Finger Tiara and the rosie from the beach/camp in September for scale. The bracelet. it had grungy Jethro's Grandma (of Pearl) so I dug it out and plan on mixing some crushed turquoise in clear epoxy to fill the depressions....... A generous collection of the usual suspects of the junk variety has begun accumulating since hard ground mode. MAKE NO MISTAKE . Junk Happens. It might take more than one ! Just the bottle caps. A few of the pull tabs and some giant nails Mid APRIL-JUNE Moved to camping area. 800/Park1 , sens 20 , recovery 6 First day I swung over the empty campsites finding a string of led lights under the leaves. I wrapped it around the power post and plugged it in so the owner could see it when they returned (they didn't so I have a new outdoor light . ) AND then a key that fit my rig ! LOL (there's only two unless a locksmith is involved). The football bleachers and sidelines were the first big area I covered.. Got a pocket of clad and some good invisidigging practice, but no luck finding the golden trophy ...will try again later. The main parking field is up next ~2 acres. First target, and a GIANT beep (forgot the ID and it got tossed when I moved back to the storage lot.) turned out to be half of a trailer? leaf spring . (Too narrow to make a pick out of ,,,a good thing too , it was 1/2" thick !) Anything good you may ask ? You bet ! on the second day a garbled beep with bouncy ID#s 19-36 but it was shallow so investigating the source , I pop a bracelet , it was opened and kinda bent explaining the iffy reaction .( ID# still bouncy after I bent it back and clipped it together) A 925 on the inside so #4 on the scoreboard , oooie Plenty of parking field still to go but I found out the carney arrival to their camp/ride staging area behind me was imminent so I moved back there .... Carney camp: Lots of pennies everywhere ! A few clad quarters and dimes . Then I got a jumpy ID again . and LOUD , pinpoint found it quick, (must be close to the surface) , just use the hori.... ~8" down and it still not out ! the hori isn't getting there , hole too small . I pull out the spade and move back a few inches , push and CLICK ! TOO close ! , It was a knife ! Folding Buck clone and totally roached in rust, the click was the shovel hitting the open blade and butterflying the end of the handle popping the rivet ! Oh well ,it was roached anyway.... ,but on the way back to my site I spotted a nice hatchet at the base of a big oak with two chunks of bark laying next to it ! ??? I tossed it in the trunk next to the knife after I put a nice edge on the old tree thrower ! And nobody claimed it all summer . I gave it to a friend who you'll learn more about in September.. The knife and just the edge of the hatchet... JULY Nada, ,,,mom was in hospice and passed so no time and didn't get detecting much at all . Took care of business and realized I needed to get going on the rig restore now or I'd be stuck here. Don't remember much else. But the rig is almost done .On the inside . On autopilot. Still got stuck here though , and I hatesk ta shovelsk snowsk ! (I wrote a song but I'll spare ya ,,,this time.) Oh , I did find a gold coin ! I almost croaked but no biggie LOL it was "nordic gold" a modern 10 cent euro from Greece . ID#20 10 euro cent GOLD ! and my hippie van. AUGUST Got a few more things done in the rig and finally got back to a regular detector schedule . The finds were more clad and a sight found Milwaukee USB C cable over by the football field parking area for the first 2 weeks , but next was...... Fair Week: I was up by the info booth and grabbed a schedule and whaddayaknow ? One of my old bandmates from the late 90s was doing a solo in the second spot on opening day! I found his website and got his contact # and pushed the buttons. 10am ! Good show ! He got better over the years !.. I got up early and decided to just go over and detect handicapped parking while the gate booth was moved across the entrance road. STOTD second target of the day following a clad dime was a very LOUD ID# 34-36 6" down.. A HUGE coin ! Brushing the dirt off I could make out words around what looked like an old home built side by side ?? WATCH OUT FOR WOLFMAN , SCRAM YOU OLD GOAT ! I knew right away where it was ! Clark's Trading Post over on the other end of the Kancamagus Hwy. in New Hampster ! I went there on my free pass book I got as a perk on my pirate gig ! The obverse had a pic of a steam train going into a covered bridge and wording White Mountain Central Railroad , White Mountains New Hampshire A token ! Oh Ayuh yup yup ! After showing it to the crew setting up I went over to the main stage where the first act was setting up, a 3 piece all girl grunge band ! , I just started detecting out in the audience area. , Soon I noticed some frantic musicians and swung my way up to the stairs. "I'm not THE sound guy but I'm A sound guy , what's the issue ?",,," We can't find the power cord for the left sub and we have 5 minutes !!!" ,,,,, "Is it 3 prong or 2?",,,,"3" ,,I have one on my guitar amp , I'll be right back" .... and when I got back the sound contractor was there and it was all running ! So , of course we sat around exchanging all the secret words , he said "whoah , I'm actually a squint (lighting director)would you mind riding along?" ,, And there I was . Employed ! But now I had all access and the 800 was in the back of the golf cart.........OOOOie ! Now it starts getting good..... Later around dusk I was supervising band # ?? maybe 12. and detecting when another cart rolls up "What are you doing?" uhhh , not the sound cart,,a lady was driving. hmmm . "I'm looking for lost history" ,,,, I knew what was coming next so added "I have permission from the camping manager and the fair prez ." .(the King right? well , guess what? ) She says "I wish you wouldn't !" ,,, "OK , who should I say told me ?" Yeaaaah , I was talking to the QUEEN ! arrrrgh. "Why haven't I met you before? I understand all about monkey see , monkey do and I can wait till after closing , I'm gonna be busy with the sound anyway." Permission Rule # 17B Always make sure the queen is on board with hubby letting you dig anywhere ! Back to that token . Two weeks later there was a coin show in the exhibition hall so I go in with my token and find a table covered with tokens. "Can you tell me anything about this one? " ,,,, "I've never seen one of these before." ,,,,, "Really ? so ,it's rare? " (YES!) ,,,NO, "I've seen just about all of them ,,,it means it's probably new" arrrrrrrrrrrrrrgh ! LOL SEPT The BEACH chapter. I decided to go look up an old workamper I hired many years ago at a different campground and give him one of my old amps for his kid ..and that hatchet got thrown in. Before they closed down . I brought 2 detectors , ya know just cuz. He works at a local campground/festival compound . I showed him the token and a few of the other "good" things and asked him to introduce me to the owner . "Not here " so he suggested going to the beach anyway , "the boss will say yes" and to the beach we went ! I go right and he goes left. I'm looking at about 75'x2' of flat sand between the water and the dune going up 45* about 15' to the field above. Beach 2 , take all prisoners ! A pull tab , meh. Then a 25 ID# a foot out in the water . T-rex splashed and swallowed a mouthfull of sand ,jiggle jiggle and there it was,,,,,,,,,my first silver coin , a 1954 rosie ! Oh yeah ! #5. My friend returns from the left end skunked. So I show the dime and say "lets go up by the stage." A couple of clad targets later he wants to quit so back to his site we went. But going back the next day to meet the owner. When I arrived I'm told we should go right away as he knew the boss was in the barn . Introductions . I shook his hand and said "' Great to meet you! I did the sound here a few years back at a bluegrass festival , sorry to hear about your mom passing. So , it's all yours now huh ? cool . Would you mind if we metal detected around the place?" ..."Sure , but the tide is high and there's not much beach." ,,,"Thanks ! I'll leave it the way I found it, you won't be able to tell I was ever there!" So we head back to the stage area. More clad and then I get a solid target ID# 29-30 ,,,another clad quarter? NOPE , A RING ,,, a finger tiara , and it's GOLD ! ? After a quick brush I look for a mark,? "Rats with wings , it's 925 and plated !!!" But silver #6 is in the pouch , and zipped in ! My friend had disappeared and the extra machine was sitting in my trunk. Keep digging dummy , it will be dark soon. And a half hour later a jeep with Mass plates stops beside me and I hear........yup , you guessed it "What are you doing?" arrrrrr , here we go again ! So , I tell her the owner gave me permission and could I help her find him ? She grumbles something about "it's not right in a "performance venue" and she drove off. Geeze sorry lady if I ruined your camping trip ...... 15 minutes later my friend shows up and tells me he was in the barn with the boss and the lady comes in and mega reams him about my detecting ,,,to which he sheepishly said "well , maybe I shouldn't have?" and now , I had to stop. Turns out she was the gate lady and he was used to mommy telling him what to do is the best I could figure ?? The new queen or so it seemed ! It still WAS a good hunt ! OCT 800 , Park 2 sens 18 (EMI) , recovery 5 , 11" coil back on Back out in storage and I'm hitting the carney/vendor areas I scoped out during the fair week. 1st up, a 3 token spill by the info booth Adventure Landing. A bit smaller than a quarter sized tokens from a pair? of parks , one in NY and the main one in Jacksonville IIRC the webpage.... Hotspots of clad here and there .Including an 8 quarter spill near the ticket booth. Got another tackle tray for the coins. Up to about $30 ,not counting the zincolns , ~5# of them.... NOV-DEC More clad and lots of it , and a hook bracelet Freezing up now. The big root slayer just bounced or slid on the ice layer ! I was digging for a #20 and ended up cutting 2 pieces off the edge of a zincoln , I put 'em in with the Canadian coins , It's almost empty. Then came the "Not a hurricane" and thawed it all out again ,,, and tonight it freezes back up ! so here I YAM ! Lead and casings ? of course it's Maine ! And KEYS ! With a very interesting one that I'll be asking for ideas on . The one on the bottom right has no "teeth" ??? Adventure Landing tokens and wheaties Buttons and buckles.. fuses and other odd bits One more trash, there's lots more but seriously , enough pics of it ! I still haven't swung over half of this place ....stay tuned for the exciting conclusion when I leave . (over 200 hours on the NoxClock now) As Kevin said "Merry Christmas , you animals" ! And as mom used to say "And a Crappy New Year."

SOHNox I worked all day yesterday writing my summer finds post and my unfinished draft vaporized overnight . ? So here's the cliff notes. I found a lot of stuff. And I'm going back out now.So it's not finished.

Blowy out I guess ! 60kt gusts ,20+' waves, detecting cancelled but hoo boy erosion !?

I just gotta know Gerry...... Do you ever worry about sneezing with all that gold you put in there ? What's the water temp down there ? Ya look a bit soggy. ?

Bringing this back to add to my Mariah Carey blather with new info. The married to the head of Columbia Records comment needs a bit more filling out . It turns out it was an abusive relationship leading her to re-inventing herself and upping her writing chops. Did you know she had 19 #1 hits ?. That's 1 less than the Beatles ! Well , maybe 2 with the release of Now and Then. But the dog whistle capability was retained.... Now , back to business . Christmas Pirate Jokes ! What is always #1 on a pirate's list for Santa (AKA Captain Whitebeard) ? Arrrrrrrrrgyle ! Sweaters , socks , maybe a nice scarf ........after that the usual. Hooks , peg legs , eye patches , and shiny swords are always welcome. But never forget a Metal Detectaaaaaaaarr !

Oh , just remembered this trick when I didn't have a heat gun ... Use any electric tool enough to heat it up good and hold the sticker at the exhaust port ...it worked ,,,eventually. The drill was getting a little red but the show must go on ! And it wasn't my drill LOL. Actually it wouldn't have stopped the show but the key player left me alone and went away....

Careful application of heat could be the ticket depending on material of the label. If you don't have access to a heat gun , holding over the stove may also work but not too close and check it often. Solvents may be effective but test it's effect on the label first. (I completely erased a prized sticker on one of my road cases just trying to clean it ! test ,test ,test ! ) ? I like JCRs take a pic suggestion too.

The silvers pic was awesome ! The deep hole ? Not so much .? bet you were glad to be a son of the beach after digging that one !! You're still making me look bad BTW ! ? Keeperwise . My 10 month wrap up won't look like much compared to your every hunt ! ? the junk will though ! ? It was the best I could do here , so far. I miss the beaches , only got about 10 minutes on one ( which was just enough time !!!! )... I dug through 4" of frozen dirt a couple of times yesterday .Then I realized why and moved out of the shade but that's not gonna work too much longer , arrrrrrgh !?‍☠️ GL+HH

Aureous I've spent most of my life in an RV or truck camper, (since the 70s) . Just said no to hotel/motels. (2 years was enough for me.) Some call me homeless but they just don't know...I'd recommend it . And I've always been single .The single women on the road were a little too loose for my liking . (But I did volunteer to take the band to the clinic after a week in a place I shall not name....) ? Life out on the road 25 days a month was also tough on the married musicians relationships . (The afore mentioned loose women and just being away for long periods.) Plus I didn't need to waste rent on a place I was only at less than a week max . Sometimes I just stayed out there. (wish I had my detector but I lived in my rig and no room !) Life can still be good, even better than some that have it ALL . Your detecting skills will keep you going pretty well from what I see ! ?Live long and prospect. That was a hell of a good show !

? The beach of dreams ! Don't tell ANYBODY which one ! ? The secret would of course be safe with me ! ?

Sorry about your pet , happy for your find though. Your little one may have sent you to it to let you know it will be OK ?

Good you pulled your chair up closer to the fire Rob. We can hear you now ! Feel free to brag post yer finds .

Don't give up till it's tested ! ?

This pic needs 2 big nuggets ,, squeezing on either side of it ! ?

Wool socks .

Our own nugget between the teeth Gerry taking a couple of guys that bought detectors from him out to learn how to find gold in the jungles of Nevada ! (or so I assume) I know I probably stunned you by posting on your thread , so I'll add an "OH MY!" for the diary entry. ?LL+P ..... Live Long and Prospect

Nice video of Gerry doing training !

Is that the best you can do ? ? Cuz it sure looks good from here !?

Looks like good craftsmanship. I actually made dentures once probably cobalt /chrome if there is metal . You'll need to floss ! But I'm curious.? Do you put them in the good finds pocket or with the pop tops ? What were your settings ? ?

Rut Roh Raggie . My wallet is camo ! ? Thanks GB for helping me decide what to get myself for Christmas.? The lesson here is if you have to lose your wallet , do it in a remote location that a lot of your friends go to look for things ? the karma part. is well established. and Steve knows his crew .

Hey ,,,always metal free ! Might need the snake gaiter option .?

mmmmmmm Shiny ! ?

Instant karma's already got you !? And the finds shine on......like the moon and the stars and the sun.. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F3qvosHHcWc

Well done Gerry ! May your karma pay back arrive before the 25th ! Those beaches gonna be berry berry good to ya mon . ?