Yesterday ( Saturda ) and Today

I attempted to upload pics of my trash and treasure finds last night but was unsuccessful as my picture sizes were to big,I'm trying to figure how to reduce the file size so it got rejected by the server if posting here without pics is not allowed please let me knowand of course promptly delete the topic. went to a little used park near Toowoomba Airport yesterday armed with my master hunter and a chainsaw file for probeing and a garden trowel, first signal nearly broke my ear drums and the gauge told me it was a dollar so i began to probe with my chainsaw file, which promptly shattered due to the hardness of the soil so I then attempted to dig with my trowel, I might as well have been tying to mine hard rock with a tooth pick. feeling rather disheartened i considered going home when i spotted the kids play area which to my joy was sand. i had no sooner started swinging in there and BEEEP I had a very tarnished $2 coin, with my enthusiasm re ignited i then spent the next four hours clean sharp pieces of metal out of a kids play area. the trowel was proving very frustrating in the sand and after the first hour it suddenly occurred to me, that what i needed was a cats litter tray scoop as i was finding lots of that as well. so a quick shoot over to the near by el cheapo shop, i returned i Will never detect sand again without out one. the day ended with a princely sum of about 1/2 a kg of broken glass numerous shredded aluminium cans ( what kind of lowlife puts stuff like that where kids play ) it was all so profuse that it was undoubtedly done on purpose. for my trouble i was rewarded with $3.55 in modern currency. not wanting to leave i had a quick scan on the surface around the grass area and under some trees under the tree i found an old 1 cent piece just sitting on the surface. which was my favorite of the day because 1 and 2 cent coin's were taken out of Australian circulation in the early 1980's which tells me that it's worth going back with a small prospectors pick as i don't believe the park has been done before and it's quite old for the most part. Today I tried the play area of the main park in town and to my great joy i found my first ring embedded in a clump of some hard wooden mulch type stuff only a very small love heart with a tiny sapphire in it. but as it was a first for me i am stoked. anyways it's 2.20am in Australia so i better go to bed if this topic isn't allowed with out pics i understand it being deleted thanks for reading.
  And if someone could tell me how, in a private MSG. To reduce the file size of my pics it would be most appreciated.
 yours Gozzo
P.S never in my wildest dreams did I think I would ever become a " Swinger " 


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Dig it, you know you WANT to.

Thank's for your help Arfie, hope your enjoying the Snow. I know it can become a real nuisance.
Gozzo

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Dig it, you know you WANT to.

Greetings and  from the soggy and snowy Pacific NW in Washington state USA.
The story is as important as the pictures, and a good story you provided.  It is a nice feeling to pick
out the trash at a children's play area, and the goodies sure help to make it enjoyable.
Looking forward to the pictures.  HH Robroy59

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Nice picture, Gozzo!  You made some great coin finds!  Thanks for sharing!         

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