The lonely walk of the metal detector guy..
- 15 December 2011 09:53142435This must be a sign of the austere times as I havent seen a metal detector guy for a long time. But this morning early, one isolated solitary figure made his way along the lonely cold beach...swinging his thingy this way and that...waiting for that pulsating bleep that tells him he has struck the jackpot.
The weather has been turbulent, the sea has been rough and angry, so maybe something..just maybe..just maybe something of worth has fetched up on Dover Beach.
On he goes in search of his valuable metal prey..even a bit of oul lead piping is valuable these days, unwittingly disturbing as he goes, the sleep of the homeless underneath the Seasports Centre. Well, it offers a bit of shelter. You can just see the vagabonds to the right in picture below. Its long range though.
email: dover7@msn.com - 15 December 2011 09:59142436Rough and angry maybe, but oh-so cleansing. Nothing much seems to have been yielded-up from the briny deep. Not much in the way of trial digging either. No 'beeping' luck today, I fancy I can hear him say from here.Ignorance is bliss, bliss is happiness, I am happy...to draw your attention to the possible connectivity in the foregoing.
- 15 December 2011 11:08142443i hadn't realised people slept there, doesn't look like much fun in winter.
- 15 December 2011 11:18142446Handy for the Boxing Day dip though
- 15 December 2011 11:19142447Handy for Boxing Day though
- 15 December 2011 12:19142451The guy was joined on the beach later by another metal detector..they werent together. So there you have it...nothing for ages then two come along at once.
The first guy suddenly started digging and then legged it out of there. Maybe he found his holy grail.
Bit cold to venture into the sea on Boxing day if you have nowhere to warm up later Tony..it would be a real brrrrrrr!! Howard Ive never noticed anyone sleeping there before until this morning..but people may have been sleeping there for some time, not very nice this time of year.
Any hardy member going into the sea this year on Boxing Day...??
email: dover7@msn.com - 15 December 2011 23:33142556It is after stormy weather that you can sometimes find interesting things on the beach, when the sand is shifted a lot. Experienced dectorists know the signs and where to look, but it's usually best after a busy bank holiday when a lot of people have been on the beach!---------------------------------------------------
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