Yeah what a disappointment, Friday I went over there about 4pm, after I woke up. I started out on the west side of the building, and worked my way to the front. I guess I wasn't to surprised that I didn't find any thing on the side of the building just because I don't think there was a lot of activity around the building itself. But I had hoped that as I went down the beside the sidewalk I would at least find some wheaties or maybe a mercury dime. But no I mostly found a lot of metal junk that I don't really know what it was. Maybe broken engine parts. There was also a lot of chopped up pop cans and bottle caps. As I got closer to the 2nd street side walk I found that Dwight had shown up and was working the verm in the back of the building. (which I always thought was the front) I told him if he found any nickles they were mine, some of my milk money that I dropped on my way to school. LOL We did actually find about 5 nickles which was funny cuz we usually don't find many of them. We also found a few pennies all newer and I found a 1965 quarter which I thought would have been silver but Dwight told me that they stoped making the silver ones in 1963.
So since there was still a large area that we had not hit yet, and after doing some much needed cleaning at home, and Dwight taking a run to the lake to get the boat, cut down a few small trees in the back of our house. Around 3:00pm today we decided to go over there again. Still expecting to find some old coins. Dwight worked around the front and I kind of went a little closer to the building and besides the junk that I dug up the only thing I found was one penny but is was so messed up that I couldn't even find the date. Thinking that Dwight would walk over and show me a handful of coins, he just gave me the sign for 0 and ask if I had had enough. What could I say I had nothing. So we headed home about 6:15. Yes it was a disappointment but the more I thought about it there really wasn't a lot activity there. I was just kind of a place for older people to retire, and I never saw many people walking around the place. One of the first things you should look for when picking a place to metal detect is some place where there has been a lot of people gathering. That just wasn't true about the Odd Fellow Home. So old doesn't necessarily mean it's a good place to find old coins or jewelry. Well it's getting kind of late and this old lady needs her beauty sleep. Good night.
Saturday, September 29
Wednesday, September 26
Road trip to Clyde,Calio and Calvin.
Yeah, I know what your thinking, where in ND are these (Ghost) towns. Well they are all north of Devils Lake, a little over 40 miles and only about 15 miles from the Canadian boarder. Clyde is the town that I spent the first year of my life, Where my Grandma and Grandpa Morris lived and my Great grandma Clopper lived alone until she turned 97. Granddad and Grandmother Hammond lived on a farm about 3 miles from Clyde. The same farmstead that and later my Uncle Roy and Aunt Violet lived, with their 7 children. In fact most of my aunts, uncles and cousins lived on farms in that area for at least the first half of their lives. Clyde now has maybe 10 people living there. We saw about 4 or 5 houses that actually have people living in them. The people that live in a trailer behind the bar, which is closed, is a relative on my Dad's side, Shotenbower (spelling?) he came over to where we were, and told us that the man that owned the property was in Minn. and we chatted about all our relatives it was nice, he knew them all. My Mom told me that at one time my uncle Dennis owned most of the town, but doesn't know who owns it now. The Church and the school have been gone for several years. So why would we travel about 50 miles to see this place?? I guess be cause we are looking for good areas to go metal detecting. What did we find in these old towns? Mostly abandoned houses and believe it or not mostly clad coins. (Clad is metal detectors lingo for newer coins.) Most of the older homes are abandon, so the grass was too over grown that it would have been very hard to swing the metal detector there, and the old school and church even though they were no longer standing was also a swamp. We stayed mostly on the property that my Grandma and Grandpa, and my Mom live, mostly because the grass was cut. There I found 2-1981 pennies and one of each 1974, 1976 and two that were unreadable. But I also found a small spoon that looked like one from a child's toy set, and a broken cap gun. Not much I know but it was fun for me to go back in time so to speak to people, and see what's left of the town I once called home. Sad too, most of the places that I remembered have been moved or just no longer there. Any way I forgot my camera and there really wasn't much to take pictures of in Clyde. I did get some pictures with my camera phone of a couple of old schools in the other two towns, sorry they aren't that good because hey it's only a camera phone. School in Calio is being renovated by some hunters from Minn. So it looks to be in fairly good shape, but they still have a long ways to go.
And this very poor conditioned school in Calvin. Dated 1914.
And this very poor conditioned school in Calvin. Dated 1914.
Guess what Dad told me last night that we now have permission to detect around the Odd fellows home. That big brick place that is across the street from Priare Veiw school. Wow this is an old post card. I'm guessing it was when it was first built.
Friday, September 21
Alicia fresh off the press/ or should I say scaner
I think I'm improving a little at least I can tell who it is now, but I still need to find a way to make it a little cleaner looking. 
Wednesday, September 19
Tuesday, September 18
We had a great weekend with Aiden.
What a cute picture.
Our little treasure hunter!
Just hanging with Grandma.
Hey Mommy I think you have a quarter in your ear! Hold still.
Our little treasure hunter!
Just hanging with Grandma.
My daddy can sure make some funny noises and faces!
I'm outa here a guy can only sit so long.
That's all for now folks!
Wednesday, September 12
Well since I didn't get any coments on my art the last time...
I thought I would give it another shot, I have been working on several pictures of Aiden and I'm still waiting for one to catch his essences. This one I did last night, I never get tired of tring to get that look which is the cutest baby EVER with a little mustiest look to him.
Ok on this one I didn't get the shape quite right.
Ok on this one I didn't get the shape quite right.
Sunday, September 2
I hope this works I deleted some of the old movies...
I thought about what drop box was saying, that I had exceeded my video space do I deleted some of the old video and now I'm down loading the long video that I wanted and I think it's going to work!? Yaaa!! As you can see Aiden has found a way to get around with out walking or crawling. Look out Mom and Dad here I come!
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I have the cutest video of Aiden which I am attempting to download through blogger and it has been going on for what feels like, it's been running forever! I think it's been at least an hour. I tried to do it the way I always do and they say it's too long, and I have to order their program and start paying for it. $99.00 for a life time membership. I don't have that, I also tried to download it through Picasa and that didn't work either. I wish drop box would have left their program alone in stead of "improving" it. I don't know how they figure that cause there are so many things you could do before and now you can't. Where is the improvement in that?? They say it's easier but if it's so much easier why can't I do it any more when it was not a problem before?? If something is working why can't people just leave it alone? Well that's my rant for the today. Hope you had a good day.
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