I went and bought a metal detector and headed off to the beach on Friday while I was off. I couldn't of picked a better day to do this. It was cold, windy and raining lightly.
The salesman at Radio shack assured me that I would find valuable things since this area is rich with old history... (lol like there is new history) -- but anyhow I bought it ( I didn't buy his story though) just knowing that I would find the next great treasure.... Well ok I knew I wouldn't find anything big, but hey I would be able to get out walking more...and that would help me lose more weight.....
So the beach was cold and me and Susie about froze to death while the waves sprayed water on us so that we could be encased in ice...... We walked and the little gem of a machine went off we found something after only 10 minutes. Of course we dug it up, and found a rusty old sandy nail... Big whoop....
But we were still hopeful... we got another beep down the beach away- we dug it up with the dollar store slotted spoon - and before we got to our treasure the waves came in (which we weren't paying attention to) and got my little itty bitty tooties wet....... then it covered up the hole we scooped out..... So we gave up....
Loot of the day: One Rusty nail...
What do we do after we gave up at the beach? LOL this is good--- you know I got the metal detector so I would walk more and lose weight.... I did walk with it.. I walked to the truck and we drove our happy asses to the pizza palace for lunch....
Even though the box says light weight metal detector, after about 23 feet of walking with it - it started getting heavier.... I don't think Tom would have problems with it, cause he exercises his arms, lifting weights daily.... Sometimes as much as 12 ounces at a time! I don't lift weight, except for what my fork can hold.
I think I would have better luck if I would just follow drunks around here and get the change that they drop.
Actually... we will go back out after the next storm and its warmer outside.... There are alot of Civil war fields around here so we may try that also. If nothing else it will find the screws and bolts that Tom drops and have us searching for.....Tom was gone since Thursday to another carshow. He took the car along so that it would move from it's parking spot and get to see some of the country. I think that car is attached to us. No one wants to buy it - We never had this much problems getting rid of a car before, I will be glad when the economy turns around and someone buys this car.
I was stuck at home with ms. Whiney-Ass dog again. She adopted a "daddy-subsitute" while he was gone. Mitch sits and fishes beside us when he's not working, he made a little spot for her so she could lay beside him. So that is what she did all weekend. Lay there and watched him fish. She was nice and content doing that all weekend. I even got a chance to get a nap in. She laid there for hours just watching and waiting for him to catch a fish. His luck was about as good as ours with the metal detector, so she mostly just saw the bait fish and not much else. But that worked out well for me, she was content, and I was rid of her for a few hours each day.
So tonight is the end of my 4 day weekend. Tomorrow it's back to work and whiney ass people all day. These days went by fast. I kept busy while Tom was gone, I re-organized the boat. That took all of 15 minutes since there isn't much you can do in here. But it was still better than being at work. Hell some days going to the dentist is better than being at work.
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