LOCAL INTELLIGENCE

I just picked up an MD at a yard sale Saturday and I stopped at a park to play around with it. (I'm almost, but not quite a complete neophyte, having used one a few years ago for a couple of hours.)  A parks employee passed by to kibbitz. I asked him if anyone ever reported to the park employees that they had lost jewelry or what-not.  He answered that as a matter of fact a fellow had mentioned losing a large gold coin! He was vague about exactly where the man had been, but finally he narrowed it down to a particular area about the size of a large traffic circle. I went to work, and after about a half hour, I found this 38mm wide Chinese coin. I was proud of myself, particularly since I had garnered local intelligence to find it. I also found an Exxon Travel Club brass key ring token (to mail the keys to the Club and have them returned to the owner), and a brass horse shoe (I think) about the same size as the coin, and about $1.25 in clad coins.

I found that the same Chinese coin, in similar condition, had sold recently on ebay for a total of $5.49. I think it may be a Feng Shui lucky coin - but that's just a guess. I emailed the seller (in China) of the coin on ebay to find out what he knew about it (his listing description did not say much). He replied, but all he wrote was "Origin." So, I think he could not read or write English well enough to anwer my questions. Someone else must have written his listing.

Well, since you found it maybe its your lucky coin. Always carry
it with you while you hunt. Let us know how it goes. HH

maybe it's silver?........

Good story, except if it was really that lucky the person who lost it would not have lost it in the first place.

HH,

Dave

Well, since you found it maybe its your lucky coin. Always carry
it with you while you hunt. Let us know how it goes. HH

That's what my brother suggested.

It's funny, when I was six years old at summer camp, I got strep throat and was in the infirmary for 2 weeks, which seemed like an eternity. The camp superintendent visited and gave me a lucky rabbit's foot. I was both skeptical and fascinated by it. When I got home and showed it to my dad, he told me not to become dependent on tokens for luck. He advised me to put it in a drawer and forget about it. Which is what I did.

Good story, except if it was really that lucky the person who lost it would not have lost it in the first place.

HH,

Dave

Dave,

That depends:

A very old Chinese Taoist story describes a farmer in a poor country village. His neighbors considered him very well-to-do. He owned a horse which he used for plowing and for transportation. One day his horse ran away. All his neighbors exclaimed how terrible this way, but the farmer simply said "Maybe."

A few days later the horse returned and brought two wild horses with it. The neighbors all rejoiced at his good fortune, but the farmer just said "Maybe."

The next day the farmer's son tried to ride one of the wild horses. The horse threw him and the son broke his leg. The neighbors all offered their sympathy for his misfortune, but the farmer again said "Maybe."

The next week conscription officers came to the village to take young men for the army. They rejected the farmer's son because of his broken leg. When the neighbors told him how lucky he was, the farmer replied "Maybe."

Congrats and good luck!!!!!

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 The camp superintendent visited and gave me a lucky rabbit's foot.
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Didn't bring the rabbit much luck...

Good story, except if it was really that lucky the person who lost it would not have lost it in the first place.

HH,

Dave

exactly
MF

The camp superintendent visited and gave me a lucky rabbit's foot.
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Didn't bring the rabbit much luck...
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True, not a lucky rabbit.

Nice find!!
HH

John

Congrats on your finds! 

that is a pretty cool find...

The camp superintendent visited and gave me a lucky rabbit's foot.
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Didn't bring the rabbit much luck...
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