Catch Up

Been so busy I can hardly catch a breath!  But, have been doing many short hunts.

Found one more fork in the garbage as well as one of my wife's picture magnets one of the kids managed to drop in the trash and not bother to retrieve.  I swear I have the laziest children on the face of the planet!

Between bouts of problems brought on by September's shell fish poisoning (curse you Canada!) I have had some interest times.

Found a numbered nail - it carries the number 56.  I have stopped picking up nails, except for the trash bag, but since it was how old I am at this point, I thought it was kind of cool.  Now this nail was on the side of telephone or telegraph pole, it had rotted and fallen over.  Was it to hold a grounding wire?  No idea.

On the internet there seems to be two idea on these numbered nails.  First is that the number corresponds to the height off of the ground the nail is placed at - nope in this case.  The other idea is that the number is the last two years of the date the nail was used.  Well, 1856 would not be reasonable for this area, so 1956 might work.  So perhaps that pole was set in 1956 and a grounding wire installed using a 1956 nail.  Its an idea anyways.

I have found almost no change - only two modern pennies, since I last wrote.  Either there are a whole lot more detectorists running around - which I have not seen, or people are being more careful to pick up their change.  That one I can believe in this economy (or lack of!).

Well, have a ton to do today, but wanted to check in and let you know I am still alive, somehow.....