The Real Fun Begins When the Snow Starts to Melt: Chris Turner of The Ring Finders Discusses ‘Heat-Holes’ at Cypress Bowl

December 2009 & January 2009 was a particularly bad snow year in the Greater Vancouver Area of British Columbia, Canada. As the snow was melting, I found quite a bit of loose change as I went about my business around town. If I recall correctly, I found between $12.00 – $18.00. I mentioned this to a friend and she forwarded me an article about a family that has kept track of how many ‘lucky pennies’ they’ve found over the course of a few years.¹ I was intrigued and started (on January 19, 2009) recording my ‘lucky penny’ finds to see if I could reproduce their success. Each time I make a new $5.00 landmark, I make a quick tweet about it (I’m @MarcusBarnes on Twitter). Finding lucky pennies as I’m walking around has turned into a bit of a hobby and I’ve become interested in taking up metal detecting as a result. While researching metal detecting, I came across Chris Turner of The Ring Finders – “an online directory of metal detector specialists that will help people find their lost jewelry at beaches, parks, lakes and yards around the world.”²

In the following YouTube video, Chris describes the ‘heat-hole’ phenomenon that helps explain why I was finding so much loose change as the snow began to melt at the beginning of January 2009:

As I claimed in the title to this post, for treasure hunters, change hunters, and other like-minded folks, the real fun begins when the snow starts to melt

I’ve made a previous post about Chris Turner and his Vancouver-based metal detecting service here on marcusebarnes.com — you may also want to check out Chris’ YouTube Channel: TurnersTreasureTeam for other cool videos related to his metal detecting services.

QUESTION: What’s the most interesting coin you’ve ever picked up while going about your daily errands, etc.?

References

1. “Picking up loose change makes sense” interview by Sally Herships http://marketplace.publicradio.org/display/web/2009/01/02/change_hunters/ Accessed December 26, 2009
2. About Ring Finders http://theringfinders.com/about/ Accessed December 26, 2009

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