April 2, 2012

We left a little earlier this morning and hit two different areas.  There hasn't been any rain for a while and the ground is getting pretty dry which makes signals harder to pick up. That sounds like a perfectly good excuse why we haven't found any gold yet, doesn't it?  It seemed to be my day for trash metal of all kinds, a few buttons and a pretty good sunburned/windburned face. Clarence found a nice big bronze Roman coin, some greenies*, complete crotal bell* and more buttons. Ron continues to  find the good stuff with a silver thimble, huge coin weight, silver buckle, and a button for the 88th Regiment. Mike found a huge silver button. The rest of us just enjoyed a day in the sun the English countryside.  I used a pedometer today and took 17,235 steps which would have been 7.6 miles had they been a normal stride.  Hey, a step is a step and we're getting plenty of exercise out there.  I actually called it a day early at 6pm and came home to a hot shower. Clarence and the rest of the guys came in at 8pm. Tomorrow we are going back to our "old land" for an extended day and some night hunting with headlamps with dinner at a local pub.The good stuff just hasn't found itself under our coils yet, but we are optimistic. See you here tomorrow!
* see Glossary of Terms below.