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June 26, 2022 - A Most Unusual Find.
June 26, 2022
A Most Unusual Find.
Well
it’s
been
quite
some
time
since
I
was
last
out
Metal
Detecting.
Between
too
much
rain
and
sopping
wet
fields
and
bus
stops,
I
really
had
to
bide
my
time.
June
26
was
a
pleasantly
warm
day
with
lots
of
clouds
floating
on
a
delicate
breeze;
a
perfect
day
for
walking
over
to
our
local
school
yard
area.
The
school
is
now
renamed:
Prairie
Sunrise
School.
There’s
an
area
just
west
of
the
school
that’s
called
the
Ryerson
Recreational
Site.
It
hosts
two
baseball
diamonds
and
a
walkway
of
sorts
for
local
residents
as
a
go
between Dalhousie Drive and Rochester Ave. (See the first picture).
I
detected
an
area
about
the
size
of
a
two
car
garage.
Metal
detecting
is
not
about
covering
as
much
ground
and
distance
as
possible
in
a
short
amount
of
time
but
rather
about
finding
an
area
that
has
seen
a
lot
of
use
by
people
and
focusing
on
it.
I
had
detected
these
very
same
trees
before
and
with
some
luck
(see
October
18,
2020
)
but
today
I
repeated
the
exercise
and
extended
my
hunt
to
cover
all
of
the
space
between
the
trees
and
the
fences
too.
The
hunt
was
a
success.
Top
of
the
finds
list
and
most
unusual
was
a
really
small
silver
coin.
At
first,
I
thought
it
might
be
a
dime
but
it
seemed
too
small
for
that.
Then
I
thought
of
a
religious
token
or
pendant.
It
was
quite
caked
in
dirt
but
with
further
cleaning
I
realized
that
it
was
a
.05c
piece.
Then
I
saw
King
George
the
5th
was
the
featured
Sovereign.
Wow…
that
tells
me
it’s
old.
Next
appeared
Straits
Settlements
and
ultimately,
the
date:
1918.
Most
unusual
indeed
and
a
very
unlikely
find
for
being
in
south
Winnipeg.
I
can
only
guess
that
someone
must
have
had
this
coin
as
a
souvenir
or
maybe
it
was
for
show
and
tell
at
school
or
maybe
it
came
out
of
their
Dad’s
coin
collection
and
ended
up
here
along
the
walkway,
lost
in
time
and
far
from
home
until
today.
The
Straits
Settlements
later
became
modern
day
Malaysia
and
Singapore.
Notice
on
the
third
picture,
A
penny
is
unearthed
on
the
top
left
and
it’s
mirror
image can be seen, pressed in the soil and roots, on the right.
Other
finds
of
interest
are
a
couple
of
buckles,
a
thumb
tack,
the
sides
of
white
MatchBox
car…
it
sure
took
a
beating.
I
also
picked
up
22
bottle
caps
and
enough
chain
link
parts
to
build
my
own
fence.
14
pull
tabs
were
also
recovered.
Did
you
know
that
there
are
collectors
and
clubs
dedicated
to
the
humble
pull
tab?
Check
out
this
website:
https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/archaeology-
of-cans
The
other
item
worthy
of
mention
is
the
oblong
metal
thingy
that
looks
like
a
Medic
Alert
Bracelet
or
what
at
first
I
thought
to
be
a
dog
tag.
It
reads:
ABU
Spinnaren
Reflex
Sweden.
Any
fisherperson
worth
their
salt
will
immediately
know
this
to
be
the
spinner
off
of
a
fishing
lure.
Who
knew?
I
certainly
didn’t
but
Dean,
our
jeweler
friend knew that right off the bat.
So
from
the
Straits
Settlements
to
Sweden
to
back
yard
Winnipeg,
it
was
quite
the
adventure
and
it
didn’t
cost
me
a
dime
to
get
there.
Actually, I made $2.16. Ya gotta love those Loonies.
And,
as
an
aside,
you
can
ZOOM
in
on
any
of
my
website
pictures
if
you
like,
just
use
the
Ctrl
key
and
your
mouse.
It
will
give
you
a
nice
close detailed look.
Until the next time: Roger