hoser
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Today was the first day I have been able to hunt in a very long time. Its Dec. 16th, and I have NEVER been out hunting this time of the year. I'm usually in the process of repositioning large amounts of snow. With the temps in the 40's I got quite the chance to do some hunting. And I must admit I had a pretty good day. Hit the local tot lot and got about a buck seventyfive in clad. As I was hunting, I noticed the old walking trail that is behind the chain link fence by the elem. school. I decided to give it a try, and was glad I did. For a long time I got NO signals. As I walked along a very narrow trail that went right through a cedar swamp, I got an ear shattering squeal in the phones right next to a large cedar tree and it read 5". For those of you that have never had the PLEASURE of digging in swamp cedar roots, you ain't missing nuttin. I almost gave up on this target as it was terrible to get to. As I got some of the black muck to break free under a large root, I caught the glint of something shiny. Say's to myself, "if this turns out to be a stupid pop can, I'm gonna find some way of cookin this thing for all the grief it has given me But as luck would have it, it was a 1963D Franklin half (yup, I did the dance). I then decided to go to one of the old national guard camp sites. Good targets were few. Mostly pull tabs, and spent casings. As I was working my way back to the car, I got a good solid signal at about 4". Turns out it was more like 6", and was a sterling silver military ring. Some would say, "no big deal". But keep in mind this is the middle of December, and I have never had this oppertunity before.