Central Texas Fossil Find

I found this little dude on the surface of the ground outside of work the other day.


A geologist friend and coworker of mine said it of the genus of Gryphaea, a species of ancient mollusks that lived over 65 million years ago. Parts of Texas were once covered by shallow warm-water seas. Fossilized remains of ancient oysters and other sea creatures can be found all over Austin and the surrounding areas.


Not a metal detecting find, but cool stuff nonetheless! I can remember finding tons of these as a kid, but who knows where I put them!

More metal detecting finds coming soon. I have a lot of stuff to post, just not a lot of time for video editing lately. Stay tuned!

Don't Stop Digging!
Krakken

Lee Elementary, Visit #1

So the desire to find silver has driven me to try older schools further away from my own neighborhood. My next visit took me to Robert E. Lee Elementary.


Lee Elementary was built in the 1930s but has had many additions since then. There is a field that has been practically untouched by construction, but my lack of finding anything there leads me to believe the back of the school had been hit by metal detectors in the past. Lucky for me, the front of the school hadn't been detected lately.

Here is episode #3 of my video blog, which covers my time at Lee Elementary:


Unfortunately, I am still skunked on silver coins. Here are my clad totals:



I am very happy with that dollar amount. I was really surprised I pulled 83 pennies; I was picking them out of that gravel so fast they all kind of blurred together.

Thanks for reading and watching!

Don't Stop Digging!
Krakken

Govalle Elementary, Visit #2

I had so much fun metal detecting at Govalle Elementary, I just had to go back.

Click here to see the previous post about my first metal detecting visit to Govalle Elementary.

This is the playground that I would be focusing most of my detecting efforts on for visit #2.


And here is episode #2 of my video blog, Don't Stop Digging! It contains all details of this hunt:


Here are all of coin my finds:








$4.77 total for the day! I'll take it!

And here is a really beautiful sterling silver ring that I found in the playground:


You can see the "925" stamp in this image:



I am very happy with my second visit to Govalle Elementary. I will definately be going back in the near future. I may not be pulling silver coins, but I am perfectly happy digging silver jewelry!

Thank you for continuing to come back and read my blog. I hope you will subscribe to both it and my YouTube Channel. By doing so, you can receive an email update whenever I post a new blogpost or episode.

I am really trying to do something different with my videos. While you may find tons of metal detecting videos on YouTube, you won't find very many that are meant to be "webisodes". I hope you enjoy both the metal detecting aspect and my humor as much as I have enjoyed making the episodes. And they should get better as I go. I think #2 is already much better than #1.

Thanks again!

Happy Hunting!

And don't stop digging!
Krakken

Govalle Elementary, Visit #1

Metal detecting this weekend took me to Govalle Elementary in Austin. Govalle is about three minutes away from my house, and I don't know why it never occurred to me to hunt there previously.


With the exception of an addition to the northeast side of the school and some totlots, most of the grounds from 1964 are the same.

Now for something completely new and different - a video blog!


This is my first attempt video blogging. I would appreciate any feedback and suggestions you may have.

Here is the final count of my metal detecting hunt on Saturday, Feb 25:


Visit #2 at Govalle Elementary took place the next day, on Sunday, and the results were even better. Stay tuned!

Don't stop digging!
Krakken