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September 7, 2022 - Monty, Randy, Winnipeg Beach, and Me
September 7, 2022
Monty, Randy, Winnipeg Beach, and Me.
What are the odds Eh !!! This was one rare day.
Monty
had
reached
out
to
me
via
email
quite
some
time
ago
and
again
very
recently.
The
idea
was
to
meet
up
somewhere
and
metal
detect
together.
One
can
learn
a
lot
this
way
and
make
good
friends
in
the
process.
We’d
agreed
to
meet
at
Winnipeg
Beach.
It’s
an
easy
place
to
find,
the
detecting
and
digging
is
easy
on
a
sandy
beach.
And,
this
being
after
a
super-hot
long
weekend,
I
figured
that
we
would hopefully find lots of items lost by the weekend beach goers’.
I
told
Monty
that
I
drive
a
Red
Grand
Caravan.
That
I’d
park
at
a
specific
location
and
that
we’d
meet
at
8:30
AM.
Monty
got
there
a
little
early.
Sees
a
Red
Grand
Caravan
near
the
agreed
to
location
and
sees
a
metal
detectorist
already
busy
at
the
beach.
(No,
I
would
never
do
that
to
someone
that
I
agree
to
meet)
but
what
are
the
odds…
and
this
individual’s
first
name
also
starts
with
the
letter
“R”.
That
early
riser
was
Randy.
You
most
definitely
want
to
follow
the
links
at
the
end
of
this
story.
Randy
has
been
at
the
detecting
game
for
a
great
many
years
and
has
actually
made
international
news
with
one of his finds.
I
arrived
at
8:30,
met
Monty
and
we
both
had
quite
a
laugh
about
the
odds
of
this
other
guy
“Randy”
and
of
his
choice
of
vehicle
and
vehicle
color.
We
got
geared
up,
got
onto
the
beach,
met
up
with
Randy
and
the
3
of
us
had
a
great
conversation
about
detecting
and
about
locations
and
about
permissions
and
more.
We
met
up
again
later
in
the
day
and
shared
yet
more
detecting
tips
and
swapped
stories.
These
are
highlight
moments
as
metal
detecting
tends
to
be
a
solitary
hobby
but
the
sharing
of
knowledge
between
friends
is
priceless.
Half
of
the
day
was
beach
detecting,
the
other
half
I
focused
on
the
water
itself.
I
split
the
accompanying
pictures
with
the
underwater
finds
first,
then
the
beach
finds.
Yes,
that
angry
curly
piece
of
metal
was
indeed
underwater…
ouch!
I
did
recover
one
Loony
(1993)
and
Monty
found
two
.22
short
bullet
casings
and
I’d
found
a
third
one
as
well.
Guns
on
a
public
beach?
What’s
up
with
that?
Is
that
for
pest
control or crowd control?
The
brown
transparent
bean
looking
thing
is
weathered
glass.
I
assume
it
is
very
old.
The
rocks
are
just
cool
looking
and
I
will
put
them through a rock tumbler.
I
was
blessed
by
lady
luck
today.
I
came
across
two
rings.
The
better
of
the
two
was
just
at
the
water’s
edge.
It
looks
to
me
like
a
small
emerald
in
the
centre
with
diamond
chips
all
around.
We
have
a
good
friend
who
is
a
jeweller.
I’ll
know
more
about
the
ring
and
stones
later.
The
second
ring
was
a
better
quality
piece
of
costume
jewellery.
Key
word:
Was.
Time
and
the
elements
have
not
been
kind
to
this
ring.
For
some
strange
reason,
my
darling
wife
thought
these
rings
would
look good in her shoe shaped ring holder. Will I get them back ?
The
coins
found
are
old
but
the
conditions
are
not
great.
The
oldest
is
a
Canadian
Penny
(1932)
featuring
King
George
the
V.
It’s
a
common
coin
with
high
mintage
with
21.3
million
coins
issued.
The
other
pennies
are
1937
and
1954.
The
loony
is
dated
1988.
A
small
cell
type
battery
was
found
as
well
as
an
older
copper
snap
button
with
a
stylized emblem.
All
and
all
a
great
day
with
gorgeous
weather.
Met
with
and
made
some
new
friends.
Gained
a
great
number
of
good
pointers
about
metal detecting and found some nice treasure in the process.
It simply doesn’t get better than this.
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