April 9, 2012

You see some strange things in the English countryside some mornings.  We were on our way this morning when we came a corner on the narrow two lane country road to find a car stopped in the lane ahead of us.  Running down the road toward us was a lady, obviously on her way to work.  She stopped and picked up a shoe, then ran toward us a bit and picked up another shoe. She waved at us and ran back to her car saying she had driven off with her shoes and specs on top of the car. People just stop in the road for whatever reason and no one seems to mind. Detecting today was a challenge. We are limited on the number of fields available as crops are going in and many fields have started tilling in this burned recycled waste from London. You can't go ten feet without digging handfuls of bits of cans and foil. Wait until someone cuts into their baked potato and finds a bit of aluminum foil inside.  Clarence and I basically didn't find much of interest today. I think I found enough modern English coins to make a stop at McDonalds.  Mike found the nicest fibular brooch I have ever seen.  Ron and Jim found some milled and hammered silvers today.  Sarah found a milled silver.  Clarence and I and two others came in at 6pm tonight, cleaned our finds and had hot showers. The three hard core guys stayed out until 8pm tonight.  We just had a knock on the door to say supper is ready so I will wrap this up. Tomorrow will be "the day" we hope!
Pedometer reading: 15,454 steps = 6.82 miles.  No wonder my feet hurt!