Sunday 13 November 2011

Back into it . . . Again!

After another slack week or two, I challenged myself to get up at 5am and meet up with some other ChCh detector's this morning in the Christchurch city area.

I ended up staying till about 9am, and once again attracted some attention from a "concerned" resident from across the street. He actually came over and asked if i was from the council and when I said no, asked why i was digging holes in the park. His attitude at first was a little pompous in my opinion, and didn't even take my offer to show him how the process of finding a target / digging it / replanting the plug works. I know i wouldn't approach someone with an attitude like he had, from my own residence, without knowing how the person he was approaching would react, or retaliate to what felt like an unprovoked attack on someone minding his own business. Each to their own i suppose. My patience is wearing thin with people like this tho, the next one i get may just get more than a nice reply offering to show what i am doing.

I didn't find any old coins today, but the few interesting bits and pieces, $13, couple old NZ coins, meeting another detectorist and the interesting chat i had with the local were well worth the early wake up ;) HH!

3 comments:

  1. Well done on the early rising Ash. Noticed you all making plans on the Paydirt forum. I have just come home with $12 from this mornings hunt so you win. :-)
    HH

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  2. $13 on the 13th... Wonder if it is a sign? lol ;)
    Well done too to you ;)

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  3. Ha .. sometimes its good to be a jaffa.. no one seems to care what you do around this place.. I have never had anyone questioning me here in the parks... well apart from the odd security guy, but there pretty cool,I just be polite, its such a nice surprise for them after having to deal with large groups of drunken youth by themselves that they dont see some strange guy with an odd tool quietly going about his business (read {digging up the place}) an issue..ps .. I dont actually tell them I'm "digging up the place"

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