Win a very nice Husky finds pouch/tool belt.

[Lodge Scent]

I had picked up a nice Husky tool belt combo at the big orange box store last year. It actually came with two great detecting pouches and two belts. This thing is rugged and will last for years so there is no sense in me keeping both. It has never been used. You can use the pouch with the Velcro belt it comes with or just use your own belt. It has all kinds of pockets and attachments.

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As they used to say on Monty Python..."And now for something completely different ....", I will mail this belt and pouch to whoever submits the best Haiku :cheesysmile:. If you recall from your high school freshmen English, a haiku is a poem with 3 lines. First line has 5 syllables, second line has 7 syllables and the third line has 5 syllables. Example below from some ancient Japanese poet.

An old silent pond...
A frog jumps into the pond,
splash! Silence again.

Of course, your Haiku has to be about metal detecting :yes:. I will ask my daughter to be the judge (she’s an English major/Special Ed teacher) and she’ll select the winner. I blame this idea on an old samurai movie I watched a couple weeks ago.
Don’t be shy, submit as many haikus as you want. Let's see some Metal Detecting Haiku Madness :lol:

Jeff

[Digger Don]

from my son:

A cold winter day
A frozen solid corn field
Digging cold hard cash

[Lodge Scent]

That's great Don and thanks for getting this started. I'll throw one in too.

Hike to cellar hole,
What great treasure did I find?
Just a bleeping tick !

[Ronandari]

Search and analyze.
What mystery waits below.
History revealed.

Ron

[coinnut]

I'll give it a shot :shocked04: :lol:

over the mountains
lies the prize oh so golden
alas but a dream

[Ronandari]

Hey, This is kind of fun.

Detector screaming.
Excitement, my heart pounding.
Aluminum can.

:detecting:

[Bell-Two]

Mystery unveiled
Treasure now seen once again
Soul now is restful

[Digger Don]

a contest to win
metal detecting story
A blue pouch the prize

[giant056]

A bunch of snow on the ground
I'm going through a trashy pile
In hopes there might be treasure revealed

[Lodge Scent]

These are great ! Even if you don't have the need for a new finds pouch, go ahead a join in and submit a haiku. I'll contact the winner before I announce it on the forum and if you don't need the pouch I will just go to the runner ups. I'm about as left brained as you can get. So if I can come up with a haiku anyone can.

[Epi-hunter]

Great contest!!! :thumbsup02:

I am not entering the contest but here is my haiku:

Pulltabs are nasty
Some pulltabs even have worms! :barf:
Where are all the rings?! :mad:

:cheesysmile:

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[Lodge Scent]

Nice one Epi ! Here's another:

Home by 5, I said
Dang! It's already past 6!
Better move my @$$


One more:

Deep woods. Virgin site!
What this ?? Ox shoes on stone wall :crying02:
My excitement wanes.

[fyrffytr1]

All set for the hunt
Visions of relics galore
Walk out the door, RAIN!

[Digger Don]

Favorite coins found
Barbers,rosies, Mercs and wheats
high tones, low tones BEEP

[Lodge Scent]

More great haikus! C'mon folks. Everybody has at least one haiku in them :thumbsup02:

[Tony Two-Cent]

at the vast old park
a deep gold coin in the soil
someday I will find

[Ronandari]

A funny contest
OMG, ROFL
WTG lodge Scent.

Jeff, great idea for a contest. I have been thinking in Haiku for days now. Ha Ha

[Lodge Scent]

More good ones! Keep them coming!

[QUOTEI have been thinking in Haiku for days now. Ha Ha[/QUOTE]

:lol:
Me as well Ronandari.

Here's another:

Slogged through woods and swamp
Solitude was my reward
Found nothing, dog tired.

[pulltabsteve]

Pulltabs are nasty?
Post eleven I object!
I never had worms.

[Lodge Scent]

Pulltabs are nasty?
Post eleven I object!
I never had worms.

:lolsign:

[Digger Don]

last one:

We went out today
in slushy,muddy forests
found nothing but snow

[fyrffytr1]

Digging in the dirt
I could not believe my eyes
Hibernia, YES!

[tanacat]

Vacant stone cottage
Ivy trails into darkness
Where windows once stood

[Lodge Scent]

Excellent!

I'll throw in one more:

The thrill is the search.
Treasure is not the reward,
The hunt is the prize.

[tanacat]

Nice!

Awake before dawn
the old mansion is calling
unearthed mystery...

[tanacat]

The boys are screaming
I need a well-deserved break
Be back by nightfall...

[Digger Don]

Wow, very cool finds.
don't find those in Illinois
Well, at least I don't

[leslie(nova scotia)]

To the waters edge
Swishing on the outter ledge
Coins, not in the hedge!

[WBL TH]

Detecting the ground.
A faint beeping sound abounds
Digging silver coin

[leslie(nova scotia)]

If life is beach
Go swishing and find a leech
Coins in the breach.

[Lodge Scent]

Last chance to get a haiku in and win the tool belt. My daughter (English teacher) is coming over for a visit tomorrow and she will pick a winner. Lots of great entries so far. If you haven't participated in haiku madness yet, now's your chance.

Here's another for you cellar hole hunters:

Nature rules the night
Cold white blanket on the ground
Cellar ghosts will sleep

[Digger Don]

The ground is frozen
can not dig past the surface
just waiting for spring

[OxShoeDrew]

It is four AM
Going to my honey hole
Don't wait up for me

Searching for treasures
Ox shoes and stinkin' Lincolns
Crying in my car

The dirt covers it
Ding! A hero picks it up
It's coin of the month

...this one is for the poets...it has onomatopoeia, alliteration, parallel construction, and anaphora...
Beep beep in the woods
Hidden treasures, honey hole
Beep beep in the field

....from my wife....
Mud on my clean floor
Rusty metal everywhere
Will you please clean up?

[tanacat]

:lol: Love that last one Drew! My husband can relate... I think all of our spouses can.

[Lodge Scent]

OK, I printed out the haikus, showed them to my daughter the English teacher, and the winner of this year's American Detectorists Haiku Madness is ................

Ronandari ! :congrats:His winning Haiku was:

Detector screaming.
Excitement, my heart pounding.
Aluminum can.


Tony Two-Cent came in second with:

at the vast old park
a deep gold coin in the soil
someday I will find

Digger Don came in third with:

Wow, very cool finds.
don't find those in Illinois
Well, at least I don't

Mrs. OxShoeDrew gets an honorable mention from me for her brilliant impersonation of my wife with:

Mud on my clean floor
Rusty metal everywhere
Will you please clean up?

My daughter said she was surprised at the quality of the haikus. I am not quite sure what she meant by that, but there were a lot of good ones. Congrats to Ronandari. We can all relate to your haiku. Just send me a PM with your address and I'll get that Husky tool belt in the mail to you. Thanks to everyone that participated. :thumbsup01:

Jeff

[Ronandari]

Thanks Jeff to you and your daughter. That was one of the most creative contests ever, I was counting syllables for days and had a great time. I'll put that pouch to good use since my current pouch doesn't hold enough stuff.

P.S. My wife really connected with Mrs Oxshoe on this

Cheers

Ron

[Tony Two-Cent]

Congrats, Ron! Your haiku was great! :clapping:

And thanks for the very fun contest, Jeff! :thumbsup02:

[Digger Don]

Congrats, Ron
Great job
You too, Tony

[coinnut]

:clapping: Congrats to Ron and those that came close to winning too. Great job.

[OxShoeDrew]

Congrats guys! Mrs OSD was tickled to have been included. Good job Jeff :clapping:

[tanacat]

Congrats to the winners and thanks for the creative contest!!! :thumbsup02: It was fun reading them all- I will miss this thread!

[Lodge Scent]

Maybe next year we'll have a limerick contest.

There once was some guys from Connecticut ..........

[coinnut]

Maybe next year we'll have a limerick contest.

There once was some guys from Connecticut ..........


:shocked04:....................................:lo l:

[Digger Don]

ONE FOR THE ROAD

I entered often
I tried to win the blue pouch
Third place isn't bad

[fyrffytr1]

Congratulations
Some fine poetry here
Maybe mine next time

Dang, I cant stop it
Somebody please help me quit
Oh wait, it's over

[Ronandari]

:lol: As mentally disabling as this contest was, I can't wait for the limerick contest.

Ron

[Lodge Scent]

Hehehe......:devilish: You can sign up for my 12 step program to cure your haiku madness.

[Ronandari]

Hey Jeff. Shouldn't that be the
Five step,
Then Seven step,
Then Five step program for Haiku madness.
:girlcry: Ha Ha

[Ronandari]

Well Everyone, the new Husky pouch has arrived and it is great. It has a number of pouches and should hold quite a bit. Thanks Jeff for the pouch and the great contest.

[leslie(nova scotia)]

Swish or a digging,
tv more to your liking
or food a pigging?

[Lodge Scent]

Hey Jeff. Shouldn't that be the
Five step,
Then Seven step,
Then Five step program for Haiku madness.
:girlcry: Ha Ha


:lol: That's funny. I should have thought of that.:rofl:

Now go forth and fill that pouch with old coppers and silver.

[THing4CSA]

I search for metal
I dig up all sorts of stuff
I smile with my finds

[leslie(nova scotia)]

There is no reason for thee to bend on one knee
There is no fee and something to see
So dig that hole and say..................geeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee eeeeeeeeee!

[Iron Patch]

Dreamt I hunted nude
Big crowd at my local park
Ah-oh not a dream!

[Lodge Scent]

A year late IP, but your haiku would have at least cracked the top 3 based just on its damaging impact to the psyche. :lol: