I found this little pendant from a charm bracelet with my metal detector. Snoopy is only 3/4″ long. I like his growl as he closes in on the Red Baron.
Snoopy after the Red Baron
Submitted by Bob Ramsdell
November 6th, 2011
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Allee Willis
I don’t know why I was never a big Snoopy fan. God knows how immensely popular he was and still is. I think I was so into black music at the time he overtook pop culture I just observed the Snoopy phenominon but never really dove in. But I do think he’s adorable and I absolutely understand his popularity. But what I love even more is that you found this with your metal detector!!
Bob Ramsdell
With the four or five metal detectors, I have owned, I have filled many jars with coins and cashed them in for various purposes. One summer, between April and October, I found 4,800 pennies, rolled them up, and put them in a savings account
For my four year old son. When he was 15, I had enough to help him get his first motorcycle. I have found unusual things i.e. a gold bladed teakwood pocket knife with gold bolsters at each end. Another thing was a political item. When Eisenhower ran for president in the mid 60’s, I found an “I Like Ike” pin that had in smaller print at the bottom of the pin, “Hell, I Even Like Harry”. I lived near an air base in California and found a lot of coins from foreign countries. One was Iranian coin about the size of our dolla with the Shah‘s likeness on it. I will check through my findings and see if some might be considered “Kitschy”
Nessa
Metal detecting is something I’ve kinda wanted to get into.. where all do you search with one of those thing?
Bob Ramsdell
Hi, Nessa, I have been using a metal detector for many years and have found a wide variety of things on beaches, school grounds, etc. I may look through some more of my stuff and see if I can find other items to post on Allee’s blog. I am on my third or fourth metal detector. The last was a Fisher. Check with your local magazine store for a treasure magazine which will have a lot of ads. I remember getting my latest from an outfit in Florida called Kellyco. I don’t know where you are from but larger towns have stotes that sell detectors. I am from Oregon and one of the major manufacturers, White’s, is made about 20 miles away, near Albany.. Once you get a detector, try burying things (like, a dime or quarter) to see what depth seems to be right. The most expensive detectors will give you a picture indication of what is in the ground.
Good luck, Ness, and be sure to post anothing unusual for the blog, Most of what I find are coins.
Bob Ramsdell
Albany, OR