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April 20, 2023 - A Tale of Two Hobbies
April 20, 2023
A
Tale
of
Two
Hobbies
-
Stamp
Collecting
and
Metal
Detecting Similarities.
The
two
PDF
files
below
are
the
photos
and
the
actual
presentation
given
on
April
20,
2023
to
the
members
of
the
Winnipeg Philatelic Society (WPS).
The
“Presentation”
file
consists
of
7
pages
of
text
in
two
parts
and the “Slides” file consists of of 45 accompanying photos.
Presentation PDF
Slides PDF
Enjoy!!!
Roger
April 30, 2023 - Marion School
April 30, 2023
Marion School.
My
first
day
of
metal
detecting
in
2023.
Just
squeezed
it
into
April.
I
was
looking
back
at
the
previous
3
years
as
to
what
had
been
my
“First Days” of detecting of the year and they do vary a lot.
My
first
time
out
ever,
in
2020
was
May
7,
in
my
backyard
and
May
9,
out
in
a
farm
field.
The
following
year,
2021
was
super,
March
27
with
my
granddaughter
in
the
yard
of
what
is
now
called
Prairie
Sunrise
School.
I
was
out
a
lot
in
April
of
2021.
Last
year
however
was
what
I’d
call
a
“Rain
Out”.
Remember
those
endless
Colorado
lows.
My
first
outing
didn’t
happen
until
June
26.
Way
too
late
to
access farm fields.
So
for
this
year,
April
30th
is
not
bad.
It
was
a
Sunday;
the
weather
was
warm
and
sunny
with
a
bit
of
a
cooling
wind.
The
urge
to
get
out
and
go
metal
detecting
was
too
much
to
resist.
I
went
to
Marion
School
as
I’d
been
pointed
in
that
direction
with
the
lead
that
a
real
piece
of
treasure
had
been
lost
there
many
years
ago:
around
1975
to
be
exact.
Thank
you
Richard
for
the
tip!
The
school
yard
itself
is
actually
very
much
out
of
the
way
and
certainly
out
of
sight
from
any
main
roadway.
In
fact
I’ve
driven
by
this
school
hundreds
of
times
and
I’d
never
see
the
yard
nor
knew
that
it
existed.
So
with
that
in
mind,
I
like
to
think
that
it
may
well
have
been
missed
altogether
by
other
detectorists
over
the
years.
If
this
is
the
case,
then
the
treasure
that
I
seek
may
still
be
out
there.
I’m
not
going
to
say
exactly
what
this
item
is
other
than
it
would
make
for
an
awesome
find.
It
may
well
have
been
detected,
found
and
recovered
years
ago;
that
I’ll
never
know.
But
the
thrill
of
it
and
the
fun
of
the
hunt
and
especially
knowing
exactly
what
I’m
looking
for,
well
now
this
is
bliss.
But…It’s
a heck of a big yard for being well hidden from view.
I
did
3
hours
of
detecting.
This
gave
me
a
feel
as
to
what
I
was
up
against.
As
is
typical
with
many
open
and
level
areas
in
Winnipeg,
there
is
an
under
layer
of
crappy
fill
mixed
with
some
quarter
down
gravel
in
places
and
topped
with
nice
topsoil
and
then
grass.
I
quickly
learned
to
ignore
the
deeper
low
tone
signals
as
this
only
yielded
old
items
that
have
nothing
to
do
with
the
school
or
its
people.
I’m
looking
for
close
to
surface
items.
A
good
example
of
this
is
coins.
I
picked
up
$2.43
worth
of
coins.
Yaw
just
has
to
love
Loonies.
I
look
at
it
this
way…
digging
up
1
Loonie
equals
100
digs
for
an
equal
amount
of
pennies.
Don’t
get
me
wrong,
I
love
finding
pennies,
especially
seeing
the
date
of
issue.
You
never
know
how
old
a
coin
you’ll
dig
up.
1961
was
the
oldest
found
today
along
with
2
US
Memorial
pennies.
A
lot
of
the
easy
and
shallow
finds
were
pennies
from
the
1970’s
and
80’s
so
this
tells
me
that
not
much
metal
detecting
has
occurred
here.
A
hopeful
sign
indeed.
The
.22
long
shell
casing
is
an
odd
thing
to
find
in
a
school
yard.
And
I
did
find
what
looks
like
a
costume
jewelry
ring.
Paper
clips,
staples,
coat
snaps
and
a
safety
pin
are
typical
school
yard
finds.
The
extra
thick
3 ½”copper wire (10 grams) has more dollar value than a penny.
All and all: a good start for my first day of detecting in 2023.
Roger
