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Comments: After much gnashing of teeth and many phone calls to AT&T about my DSL line, the pictures Lonnie Harmon took at the August luncheon and the Class of '64 birthday party are now on the Images page of www.soc63.com. Just click the button and take a look at those partying folks! Thank you, Lonnie, for sending these.
Comments: Hi, Linda!
Comments: Mike: The only valid reasons to get up that early is to either go fishing or driving to Colorado and you want to get there before dark.
Comments: Hello, Linda. So glad to see you posting on this site.
Comments: Hi to all of my " old " Young at Heart Friends from 1963.
Comments: Yes, Mr. Gibbs. Been an EARLY BIRD all my life. Usually at my desk at work by 0500 but, don't call me after 2000 hrs. Grrrr.  Have a great Weekend.
Comments: Mike: You get up way too early or maybe stay up way too late.
Comments: Forgot to say, Have A Wonderful Friday to all!
Comments: Well, I got my 'morning chuckles' and enlightenments from the Guestbook. I must get me one of those metal detectors! I've begun attending weekly auctions to keep me busy, usually consisting of 'old stuff' from estates (that may not be the right word for some of this junk). Bought boxes of old books and stuff that folks 'hoard' or decide to keep for later. One wonderful find (in one of the boxes) was an 1876 copy of Robert's Rules of Order in pristine condition. Sold it on Ebay for $525; another was a 1902 Sears catalogue that netted $45. Still have a zillion other books that I need to take to an Antique Book Store. Found 1930 and 1935 High School yearbooks from a nearby school. Sold the 1930 for a pittance and the other is listed on Ebay now. School is Kittanning High. All that without a detector! Now.... time for the metal detector before the snow begins up here. Everything turns WHITE for about three months beginning in mid December.
Comments: Sharon, most detectorists who are members of a metal detecting club will make the effort to track down the owner of a class ring. But with gold prices at record highs more and more rings get sold for the gold scrap value. Charlotte, I haven't yet taken the detector down to Galveston. My low-end detector is not waterproof so I could only search the sand or the wet edge of the surf. Lots of rings are found in surf about 3 or 4 feet deep where the combination of cold water, slippery suntan lotion, and the "shrinkage" factor cause them to just slip off. Janelle, you DO have to break a sweat, get dirty, and bend and stoop a LOT. Its about the only exercise I get. I go home sore after about two hours of digging holes. There is a superduper dectorists named John Jordan who lives between Galveston and Houston. He has helped quite a few folks find their lost rings. I think he charges a fee if he locates it. Here is a video of a search he did in muddy conditions on Sept. 9th: http://www.youtube.com/user/LostRingFinders#p/u/0/ioG1HzpYkKE
Comments: JS, what do people do with all the jewelry they find? Is it sold, pawned, or what? I am intrigued but wonder if I could do this without breaking a sweat or getting my hands dirty. After all, I am, and always will be, a city-girl.
Comments: haaaaaaaaaa! I just love the ring that is inscribed FOREVER YOURS........I can only guess why it might have been "lost." John have you been to Galveston?
Comments: Only if there is a reward offered.
Comments: JS: I noticed several class rings and wondered if anyone ever tries to locate the owners.
Comments: I guess it is only fair that I post something about the economic realities of taking up metal detecting as a hobby. On the entry level equipment, expect to spend $350 or so to get started. So far this year I've found 1,068 coins that have a face value of $76 total. From this you can see that chasing coins will take you a few years to reach break-even. The real excitement is finding rings or jewelry ... especially gold rings. Just in the past month one guy in my metal detecting club found a ring in Texas City that appraised at $1,800. It was located under a 1958 sidewalk that had recently been dug up for repaving. Another guy in the club found a men's ring with 10 diamonds around it that appraised at $3,400. His best find in eight years of searching Houston area playgrounds. The top ring finders in the country seem to be hunting near water ... like Florida beaches and such. Here is a link to a site in which folks post gold or platinum rings they've found. Many of the rings are really beautiful and that's what keeps the rest of us out there lookin': http://www.thetreasuredepot.com/daddy/rings/ringdaddy.html
Comments: Oh Har-Har, young Hawkins. HAR-D-HAR-HAR!
Comments: Mike it would have been easier to just ask John what metal detector he has. Pretty sure it would be the one that meets your specifications.
Comments: If I had one of those metal detecting thingies, I'd go right across the street where houses stood for 70 years. The've been torn down recently, so I betcha there's all manner of junque to be found. I'd step lightly around the septic tanks.
Comments: Geo Johnny! I consider myself WARNED. Thanks and I'm looking forward to it.
Comments: M. Peters, I should caution you that it is one of those hobbies that will turn you into someone like those craggy gold prospectors of 1849. After only a few months in the field you will begin to exchange subtle, knowing nods with strangers you meet who also have detectors. Its like a Skull & Bones club for cheap losers. Don't say I didn't warn you. Save yourself while you can.
Comments: Special thanks to John Southworth for the information.
Comments: Memo to Mike P.: I sent you the requested info on metal detectors. As a follow-up to my recent report about looking for a lost men's gold wedding band - our team of five did NOT find it. However, I received an email on Saturday evening from the ring's owner. He said a parent found the ring between two adjacent soccer fields and turned it in to the park's Lost & Found dept. He is now in possession of it and greatly relieved. All the searching effort was not wasted. In the center of the field I did find my first Dollar Coin for this year. It is a 2000 Sacagawea coin sometimes called the "golden dollar" because it has a goldish color to it. One of my buddies speculated that maybe it was used for the coin toss to see which team gets the ball first? 
Comments: Mr. Southworth sir. Can you respond by email (don't clutter up our Guest Book) with some recommendations for a metal detector, you know one that is fairly inexpensive and rather easy to use. Thanks a lot. Mike
Comments: Raining and hailing in Lake Highlands!!! Yea!!!
Comments: It actually rained last evening and a nice 15 minute rain this morning!
Comments: Thank you for sharing the link on the boat rescues of 9/11 Charlotte. I am like one of the other viewers - surprised there has never been any mention of this in the sequence of so much coverage of 9/11. What a wonderful tribute to the human spirit of giving all they could. Thank you God for the rains so badly needed. Bill, I hope you were able to enjoy the rain all night long.
Comments: Sweetness! It's been raining in Arlington for about three hours.
Comments: After seeing Sharon Reeves' note about "moving from East Dallas to O.C.", I realized that Oak Cliff and Orange County, CA are both "O.C."!! Isn't that a laugh?? We all grew up and went to high school in "O.C."!!!
Comments: Ken IS trouble!  This is a part of 9/11 I was not aware of. It is the Boat Lift action to rescue people. Interesting. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MDOrzF7B2Kg&feature=youtu.be
Comments: Ken, you're gonna be in big trouble! |
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