Treasurebone
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Not extremely funny, but rather an exercise in poor judgment.
I was being followed around by a gaggle of kids, 6-7 to be more precise. Every time I'd stop to dig, the kids would say "Can I have it? Can I have it?" to witch I would reply "No." It was actually kind of cute. 30 minutes later they're still with me, and now the cuteness is wearing thin, so I get a hit, that I'm certain is a pop top. I tell them "Right there" and point to the area I have pinpointed "It's right near the surface, no more then 2". They ask to use my digging tool and I tell them no, and explain that I don't want them to get hurt using my knife. I go on MD'ing and they return after about 20 minutes they still hadn't found the "target?. I get a solid quarter signal, and in a last ditch effort to free myself of the endless begging, I say "Ok, who ever guesses what this is, can have it. Then You guys will have to leave." One lucky little boy about 8 years old jumps with joy when he receives his shiny, well dull and dirty quarter. The others leave and I'm happily by myself detecting again.
I return the next day to finish off the soccer field and I notice a large hole, check that, a freaking crater dug right into the field line of the soccer field. The digging tools fashioned from tree limbs that were yanked down and stripped of leaves lay strewed about in and around the crater.
I guess I'll never point out an area to band of over zealous little coal miners again. Next time I'll take the time out to help them dig the target up correctly.
Well I ended up digging some dirt from a newly planted tree and trying to fill in the crater left by my bad decision to let the kids occupy their time locating a pop-top.
I was being followed around by a gaggle of kids, 6-7 to be more precise. Every time I'd stop to dig, the kids would say "Can I have it? Can I have it?" to witch I would reply "No." It was actually kind of cute. 30 minutes later they're still with me, and now the cuteness is wearing thin, so I get a hit, that I'm certain is a pop top. I tell them "Right there" and point to the area I have pinpointed "It's right near the surface, no more then 2". They ask to use my digging tool and I tell them no, and explain that I don't want them to get hurt using my knife. I go on MD'ing and they return after about 20 minutes they still hadn't found the "target?. I get a solid quarter signal, and in a last ditch effort to free myself of the endless begging, I say "Ok, who ever guesses what this is, can have it. Then You guys will have to leave." One lucky little boy about 8 years old jumps with joy when he receives his shiny, well dull and dirty quarter. The others leave and I'm happily by myself detecting again.
I return the next day to finish off the soccer field and I notice a large hole, check that, a freaking crater dug right into the field line of the soccer field. The digging tools fashioned from tree limbs that were yanked down and stripped of leaves lay strewed about in and around the crater.
I guess I'll never point out an area to band of over zealous little coal miners again. Next time I'll take the time out to help them dig the target up correctly.
Well I ended up digging some dirt from a newly planted tree and trying to fill in the crater left by my bad decision to let the kids occupy their time locating a pop-top.