KyBob's first hunt

[tanacat]

Met up with Bob & Rosie for a hunt at an old city park est in early 1900's. They are family friends of mine whom I've known many years. Bob just retired and received Whites Coinmaster as retirement gift :clapping:

It was a beautiful sunny day, yet a bit chilly... I took a lot of pics, they tell most of the story :)



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A special moment: Bob's 1st Bottlecap! lol The first of many, I'm sure...


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Looks like an old pro already :cool:

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Rosie gets the credit for this really nice silver ring! :clapping:

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Bob's first quarter thumbsup01

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I was happy with my silver kitty cat charm bracelet! Plus a total of $4.68 in clad :happydance01:

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[Epi-hunter]

Ah yes, I know that park well :happydance01:

Great photos and congratulations on the first hunt! That silver ring is terrific :perfect10:

[Cheap Thrills]

AAAAH YES .....the happy face of retirement !! <: Great pictures Tana . You sure hunt some beautiful spots .Killer ring Rosie found !! |:cheering: Great post !! :perfect10: |:cheering: :yes:

[jkress]

Awesome post Tana. <:

Loved the photos. Looks like a great place to hunt.
Glad to hear you folks had a good time out in the field.

The ring Rosie found is very unique. Plus it's silver. :happydance01:
Is the cat charm bracelet silver too?

[kybob]

Thanks for the pics Tanacat. We had a great time and we learned alot. It's funny that I remembered the day as cloudy, I guess because it started that way in the morning in Winchester. I must have been so engrossed and having such a great time that I missed the sunshine :dontknow:. It certainly did turn out beautiful.
Oh by the way I'm claiming half of the ring because I had to dig it up after Rosie got the signal :rolleyes: :teasing: lol. Of course you know which one of us owns the ring now (it wouldn't have fit me anyway) :grin:. I got the quarter.

[CODY]

Great first hunt. Looks like you all had a great time. Thats what its all about. Enjoying this wonderful world God created for us to play in, and doing it with great friend. A touch of silver aint bad either!

[Ill Digger]

Tawna! :envious: You get to hunt all the dreamy spots! :drool: :smitten: lol
That place looked awesome! :envious:
I really, really like the silver snake ring that Rosie found! Whata find!! :drool: thumbsup01
Your silver chain ain't nothin' to sneeze at either!! \:hammer: Sweet find!
And Bob don't worry. \:hammer:
One of these days(I promise) both of these girls will be looking at you saying Man Bob! >:/ You found ALL the good stuff today! :yes: lol
You folks have a great person as a teacher!!
Congrats to you all! :grin:

[randy]

Looks like a great time was had by all :beerbuddy:

[pulltabsteve]

Great photos Tana |:cheering: Very nice of you to take him under your wing and show him the thrill of detecting :perfect10: :clapping:

[aloldstuff]

Nice post Tanacat, looks like you might have another one addicted to this hobby.

[Fire Fighter 43]

Great job getting someone started in this fantastic hobby. It looks like there were smiles all around. I love the ring it is very unusual.

[tanacat]

Is the cat charm bracelet silver too?


Unforturnately it's not :crying02: I thought maybe the 925 or sterling stamp was missing, but looking under a loupe I can faintly see the copper.

Thanks everyone for the great responses and welcoming my friend to the wonderful world of AD :) Hey Bob -have you been hunting anymore/ this weekend?? :dontknow:

[MinelabIowa]

Great photo's and even better finds! Any hunt is a good one when your are digging keepers!

[kybob]

Hi Tana: Oh ObiWan of the Dirt, |:confused:)
I was out in the yard yesterday practising with various coins trying to learn more about my machine and using the smart notch feature to be able to see nickels among the trash.
We went to Richmond Friday to the coin shop and I bought a trowel like yours. We also ate Indian food at Masala's, Yumm. Rosie was in Lexington yesterday and I had her pick up one of the cheap Harbor Freight pinpointers. In air I was able to tune the sensitivity to almost 1 1/2 inches. I am hoping to use that until I can get a Garrett.
After several calls over a couple of days I was able to secure permission to hunt some parks. One park is the venue for large outside concerts and for fireworks and the other is old and historic. I am still trying to connect with the folks that run the county fair grounds. I'll contact you to see if you want to hunt those sites with me. Then I can watch the coin vacum cleaner work again. :perfect10:
So I feel like I am making some progress. Now it is raining of course, and we have a list of things to do (I never knew retirement would be so busy). We are not available all of next week. I'll check with you when available.

[Diggler]

That looks like a great place for a first hunt! Looks like everyone had fun and made good finds. Sooooo lucky to have a great teacher being new to the hobby. :envious:

[Mudder]

Congrats on the cap, but this is a beautiful site and you all pulled out some great finds. Don't worry about the caps and pull tabs, we all get our share. Congratulations, and keep sending the great pictures. :clapping: :clapping: |:confused:)

[tanacat]

We went to Richmond Friday to the coin shop and I bought a trowel like yours.


So you met Alan the owner of the store :) He is the prez of our local club. Great guy! Hope you can make it to the next club meeting- it will be at a local dive for Christmas dinner w/raffles and hopefully a speaker. Last year we had presentation by staff member from nearby civil war battlefield/museum.



Congrats on the cap, but this is a beautiful site and you all pulled out some great finds. Don't worry about the caps and pull tabs, we all get our share. Congratulations, and keep sending the great pictures. :clapping: :clapping: |:confused:)


:beerbuddy: Cheers to caps and pull tabs. I think that's what the folks were doing a lot of under those trees over the years rofl



That looks like a great place for a first hunt! Looks like everyone had fun and made good finds. Sooooo lucky to have a great teacher being new to the hobby. :envious:


Thanks Diggler! Yes it was a great place for a first hunt. Lots of trash to practice with lol



Great photo's and even better finds! Any hunt is a good one when your are digging keepers!
Thank you! I have to admit that first pic of the castle is pretty cool! It's got some wild colors going on there and esp the ghost in the trees lol

[spywiz]

Tana, I grew up in that park. Played baseball, football, and swam at the original pool for years. I also rolled down the steep hills in empty trash cans. It was fun back then. I used my first metal detector to hunt in that park and around those trees that Bob was hunting. I still have family and friends in the neighborhood. I hope you guys enjoyed that park half as much as I used to. If ya have any questions about the park or the Lexington area, give me a shout.

HH

Bobby

[tanacat]

I used my first metal detector to hunt in that park and around those trees that Bob was hunting.

So that's where all the really OLD coins are- in your collection! 8/ lol

That's neat that you grew up there. I lived a couple blocks away on Highlawn Ave for a year-I think it was 1976 & spent a lot of time at the park. Perhaps we played together as kids :) Were you there around that time? I would have been 8 yrs old...

[396nova]

Great hunt. That ring is a nice find for Rosie and Bob`s first hunt. Looks like you all had fun. Nice post. |:cheering: