Thanks for the responses. Much better than my wifes response of "what'd ya bring that piece of junk home for?" lol
Guess she'd better get used to it, I'm hooked now. This is an awesome hobby, don't know why I never stumbled on it before.
Glad to hear others like Jeff are from my area.
As far as the weight, it weighs approx. 1 lb.
I'm trying to do alot of research before I go places. Being new to the hobby, it's hard for me to figure where to go at first.
I'm just taking advice from you good people here which is why I hit a school.
I have a book that's a pictorial history of my city and according to the book this present school site on a few acres was once an estate that was bought out for a school.
My city (the silver city) is pretty rich in history dating back to the 1600's.
The wooded path I found this on is next to one of the roads that dates back to this period.