After a bit of persuasion Ben and Ryan from work decide to come hunting.
After a painful start involving Ben, a petrol pump and a new coat we head off.
A quick motorway trip and a handbrake turn and we're there.
Ryan gets the Bounty Hunter, Ben gets the Cscope "Surface scanner" TR and i get the Minelab, promising to swop machines later on.
Suprisingly Ben gets the first find, a washer, which he throws back, only for Ryan to find later on. I get the next find with a musket ball, about a foot from Bens washer hole, then a badge which ill post a picture of when i get the scanner working.
By now we're all covered in mud, a particularly apt time to appreciate Ryans white coat.
Highlights of the day are for me: Bens Lilo to wrap his boots in, Ryans constant moaning, and the legendary "river car jump" (dont ask).
Due to an unforgivable naiveity on my part, my geocities password was guessed and the picture on the right added to the main page along with the description below..
This is me on the right hand side, i really love digging in the sand.
If any one want to come and dig in my hole please fell free to contact me.
loves you all.
Lee
Therefore STEVEN EVISON, be warned, a trowel around the back of the head is a distinct and painful possibility.
Friday lunch, went home to see if the new detector had arrived. Good stuff, its sat waiting for me. The box is a lot smaller than i thought it would be. My Bounty Hunter came in a box big enough for a tramps housing. I get home from work that night and assemble it. I pack a few things and dive in bed. The next morning, its 2 inches of fresh snow out but im not concerned. I make my coffee flask, essential for survival when coastal detecting, throw the Minelab instruction book on my back seat and set off.
Its a 1hr 10 minute drive from Sheffield to Cleethorpes. Unless you foolishly spend more time avoiding the icy patches than watching roadsigns. In which case you will end up just West of Hull, paying �2.50 to come over the Humber Bridge and adding an extra 20 or so miles to the journey. Oops. All adds to the days fun.
I park up, change the shoes to hikies, grab my fake fur hat and hop onto the beach. Ive been warned about the weight of some Minelab metal detectors and this was no exception.
After several coins and a badge i get the 4 little kids crowding around to see the machine.
15 minutes later, each of them has had a go, usually waving it over their head, nowhere near the floor. One of them "found" the eyelets in a friends shoe, another found a signal but didnt have the patience to pinpoint it.
By that time it was snowing quite heavily, but wrapped up as i was i never noticed. That is until my jacket became saturated, and my trousers stuck to my legs. No spare pair in the car either.
Time to leave, total finds for the 3 hours or so i was there: 27p in coppers, 1 dolphin name badge with "Luke" on it, one finger ring and the usual ringpulls and nails.
After much deliberation, i decided to head off to Cleethorpes today. Its been a year since i last went. I parked in the Leisure Centre Car Park facing the beach. The beach had been stripped of its sand, most of which was piled up against the sea wall. I decided the best place to search was on the bare patches which could allow my detector to go deeper without the sand to scan through. Anyway, needless to say, i came away with �1.20, 13 round ring pulls, 7 square ring pulls, a key, 4 lumps of lead, 3 objects rusted beyond recognition and some rocks that gave off a signal so im guessing theyre iron ore.
