Metalman9
M
E
T
A
L
M
A
N
9
M
E
T
A
L
M
A
N
9
Ph: 204-223-7809
METALMAN9
Ph: 204-223-7809
METALMAN9
Click the date link, then a photo to start larger photo gallery & see descriptions
June 6, 2020 - Chez Antoine’s Farm
June 7, 2020 - Two Points Farm
June 17, 2020 - St. Malo Beach
June 22, 2020 - Gimli
Thought
I'd
share
the
"Highlights"
from
last
Friday's
outing.
I
finally
had
the time to clean them up some.
I
have
Titles
for
two
of
the
pictures.
Humour
again.
And
in
no
particular
order...
You turn my crank...
Don't have a cow, I'm just horsing around.
If
anyone
can
tell
me
what
the
aluminum
piece
with
what
looks
like
sharp
teeth is???
Yes, that is indeed a piece of a "Toy" gun.
I
tend
to
just
pick
up
stuff
that
is
laying
on
the
ground.
Sometimes
the
item
only
reveals
itself
once
cleaned
up.
Example
the
tube
looking
plastic
piece....
turns
out
it's
a
smoking
pipe
stem.
Great
grand
dad
Dupuis
used
to
grow
his
own
tobacco
way
back
when.
The
pipe
could
have
well
been
his as it came from the land he lived on.
The
glass
is
fun.
Love
the
colors.
Two
pieces
turn
out
to
be
chards
from
glass insulators found on telephone poles.
And a sparkly gold colored fishing lure.
The
teeth
of
course
I'm
not
sure
to
which
animal
they
belong
to.
My
guess
is cow.
There's
a
strange
piece
of
slag...
looks
like
material
copper
but
it's
not,
and it's not magnetic either? Might make an nice piece of jewelry.
Personally
I
love
the
ceramic
with
the
blue
pattern
designs.
They
must
have been beautiful plates.
Here are some of my finds to date from the fields of the family farm.
Sealer jars make for an easy way to see and save these bits of history.
Old glass abounds on the field as does ceramic, coal and interesting
rocks and of course the artifacts.
St. Malo Beach
Hello
St.
Malo
Beach…
My
first
outing
ever
to
a
beach.
Got
here
bright
and
early.
In
fact,
mine
was
the
only
car
in
sight
and
I
had
the
entire
breach to myself. It just doesn’t get better than that.
Oh
wait
!
Yes
it
does.
I
had
just
stepped
onto
beach
sand
from
where
the
lawn
ends
and
BINGO!
A
metal
neck
chain.
I
at
first
thought
it
was
one
of
those
chains
that
you
loop
onto
fish
to
keep
them
in
water
off
your
boat
but no. It is a copper clad piece of cheaper jewelry. Nice.
So
how
what?
Should
I
just
pack
up
and
go
home?
It
seems
to
have
been
my
experience
so
far
with
metal
detecting.
The
best
finds
of
the
day
come
within
the
first
few
minutes.
Just
like
with
the
Sterling
Silver
Brooch
found on May 9th. Funny how that is eh!
But
the
day
did
not
disappoint.
It’s
right
at
the
water’s
edge
that
I
found
my
first
Twoonie.
Judging
by
the
discoloration,
I
suspect
that
it
probably
spent
the
winter
in
the
water.
And
yes,
my
metal
detector
is
waterproof.
At least the coil end is.
Another
interesting
find
was
the
nice
rusty
piece
of
barb
wire.
Yup,
just
the
barb
portion.
I
can’t
imagine
sitting
or
stepping
on
that.
Can
you
spell
Tetanus
Shot.
Lots
of
nails
and
screws
soon
followed.
Then
I
had
an
Ah
Ha
Moment!
St
Malo
is
an
artificial
beach.
Sand
is
trucked
in
from
local
sand
pits
around
the
area.
Those
sand
pits
are
on
farm
land
where
cattle
roam
and
farmers
work;
hence
the
barb
wire
and
assortment
of
non-
beach like artifacts.
All
and
all
a
great
day!
The
temperature
got
really
hot
by
noon,
the
beach
started
filling
up
with
people
and
it
was
time
to
go.
Good
bye
St.
Malo,
I
shall return.
Tuesday
the
22nd.
A
beautiful
sunny
day.
Almost
5
hours
of
metal
detecting
yielded,
as
always,
some
interesting
and
unexpected
finds.
Oh
Yes,
the
fun
of
the
hunt.
Time
just
flies
when
you’re
out
metal
detecting.
I
could
have
stayed
for
another
2
or
3
hours
easy.
I
even
had
a
small
following
of
kids
at
one
point.
The
Pied
Piper
or
what
eh.
Alex,
a
12
-
14
year
old
Filipino
kid
stayed
with
me
for
almost
an
hour.
Another
younger
boy
wanted
me
to
go
to
his
house
and
look
for
the
Lonnie
that
he
lost
in
his backyard. Yikes!
Found
at
a
bit
over
a
foot
deep
was
a
hoard
of
tin
foil.
Looks
like
someone
used
it
to
cook
with
but...
immediately
noticeable
was
just
how
thick
the
foil
was.
It
probably
dates
back
to
the
50's
or
60's
when
aluminum
foil
was
foil. Not the thin stuff of today.
Mentos
???
This
wrapper
really
set
off
the
detector.
Again,
thick
aluminum.
Coin
wise....
two
of
the
dimes
are
super
attracted
to
a
magnet.
The
other,
not at all... Har de Dar
Mattie’s!!!
Silver.
Dated
1950
and
in
nice
condition.
The
quarter
is
2012.
And
the
corroded
round
thing
?
It
has
the
same
size
and
shape
as
a
nickel
complete
with
what
looks
like
angled
edges
like
quarters
of
old
but
why so corroded?
The
small
rock
next
to
the
coins
is
just
that,
a
rock
but
the
hole
in
it
makes
it look neat.
Also
found;
but
it
took
forever
to
pinpoint
in
the
sand
was
the
round
metal
ball
next
to
the
22
shell
casings.
I'm
guessing
it's
#
2
shot
from
a
shotgun
shell.... bird shot.
And
last
but
not
least...
apparently
is
the
array
of
nails
and
wire
and
screws
that
are
mandatory
on
a
public
beach.
The
two
tent
pegs
might
however come in handy.
Oh...
a
Banquet
bottle
cap.
A
beer
made
by
Coors.
An
American
beer
cap
on
the
beach
in
Gimli???
Must
be
a
relic,
a
true
Pre-Covid-19
artifact.
Remember those days?
June 30, 2020 - St. Malo Beach
Well
St.
Malo
it
was.
Notice
the
tracks
on
the
beach?
I
didn't
know
whether to call this Nickel Days or Bottle Cap Days.
I
found
3
nickels
one
right
after
the
other.
I
figured
this
would
be
one
of
those days.
It's
when
I
switched
over
to
the
far
side
of
the
beach
that
the
bottle
caps
started
rolling
in.
Total
loot
for
today....
57c.
Nothing
older
than
1979
(Penny) through to 2012 (Quarter) and 2018 (Nickel).
Also
lots
of
Bobby
Pins
and
Ginette,
are
you
ready
for
this...
an
intact
clothes pin for that special bathing suit.
Oh,
and
one
big
corroded
metal
plate
???
It
was
square
at
one
time.
About
3
lbs.
It
was
buried
12"
in
at
the
edge
of
where
the
beach
sand
ends and the grass starts. Now that was a hole in the ground.
And
as
always
so
I've
come
to
learn,
no
beach
is
complete
without
an
array
of
nails,
screws
and
even
a
long
furniture
staple.
Only
one
piece
of
glass found.
I think I'll start selling tent pegs on the black market.
So
there
you
have
it...
you
arm
chair
metal
detectors.
Another
great
day
detecting
what
lies
below.
Who
knows
what
next
week
will
bring.
Any
ideas anyone for a new or possible place to go sleuthing?