Builds My '78 FJ40 "44" (1 Viewer)

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Danny, I will go over to the shop in the morning and get the actual model numbers of the detectors I use. Almost 1 AM now and it's cold outside. I'm not as tough as I used to be ;-)
 
The Garret is the AT Gold, and the White's 6000 DI Pro. I also use the Garret Pin Pointer to locate the smaller targets, works great. A lot of fun and really gets rid of the stress.
 
Another 'find 44' pic. Danny and I are out escorting Chester on a hike.
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65swb45 said:
Another 'find 44' pic. Danny and I are out escorting Chester on a hike.View attachment 1378533
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Hey Mark, so Danny got you out there also. Wouldn't take much either to get me talked into a hike if I was there. I enjoy the descriptions of his hikes, and the pics of that area.

If my guess is even close you left a trail, making it too easy. I'm going to guess that 44 is a bit to the left of what can be seen as the last of the road. There is an object there that is too squared off the be one of the bushes, or even a rock. Only problem I'm having is that it is dark colored, and 44 isn't dark, unless I'm seeing shadows.

Oh, by the way, it has been cold here for the last few days. Down into the mid to upper teens at night, and into the low to mid 30's during the day. Early this morning I heard ice pellets hitting the roof, and now it is snowing. We get maybe one snowfall a year, which is usually very wet and sloppy, lasting only a few hours. Last I looked outside the snowflakes were small and dry, the type that usually stick around for a while.

Don
 
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3.5 hours of hiking and we headed up into the high country
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handcannon said:
Hey Mark, so Danny got you out there also. Wouldn't take much either to get me talked into a hike if I was there. I enjoy the descriptions of his hikes, and the pics of that area.

If my guess is even close you left a trail, making it too easy. I'm going to guess that 44 is a bit to the left of what can be seen as the last of the road. There is an object there that is too squared off the be one of the bushes, or even a rock. Only problem I'm having is that it is dark colored, and 44 isn't dark, unless I'm seeing shadows.

Oh, by the way, it has been cold here for the last few days. Down into the mid to upper teens at night, and into the low to mid 30's during the day. Early this morning I heard ice pellets hitting the roof, and now it is snowing. We get maybe one snowfall a year, which is usually very wet and sloppy, lasting only a few hours. Last I looked outside the snowflakes were small and dry, the type that usually stick around for a while.

Don
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Pretty good Don. The dark spec was where Danny wanted to park; some brace/foolhardy soul was camped there, with a mummy bag on the ground.

We parked down the road to the right, almost straight off from where his hiking pole is aimed.
 
65swb45 said:
Pretty good Don. The dark spec was where Danny wanted to park; some brace/foolhardy soul was camped there, with a mummy bag on the ground.

We parked down the road to the right, almost straight off from where his hiking pole is aimed.
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Maybe this zoom will help... I don't have software on this iPad to point at it... It's almost dead center, on the left side of that bare patch, along the road.

If you can't see it, I'll repost it from my laptop... After I recover :rolleyes:


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White Stripe said:
Man those are some wide open spaces. U got a pull pal or something in case u slide into. Ditch or something? Doesn't look like their are any trees to winch to.
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No Pull Pal... Wouldn't penetrate the rock.

I just attach the cable over the top to the back bumper and somersault it out. ;)

It's generally pretty difficult to get stuck out there... Except in certain places that are susceptible to wash out... Even then, you can work through them.

They're definitely wide open spaces... Especially the higher you climb.
 
pngunme said:
Mark's a hiking fool... He wore me out!! Chester took three naps on the drive back.

Thanks Mark, we had a great time!!
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I had a great time too Danny. I'm really glad my family let me play hookie for the day. They didn't end up hiking at all. We met up with the newlyweds after dinner and are still hanging with them now at some upscale eatery with 18 of their closest friends.

It's past my bedtime. What the heck? Your daughter only gets married once.
 
Yeah, didn't you know? It's the Couch Potato Network :rimshot:
 
Danny, I think I see 44 there. The road comes up over the ridge, turns to the right, then disappears behind foreground shrubbery. Then, I see a rectangular shape, partially darkened (shadow?).

We got 3-4 inches of snow yesterday. Now it is raining on top of the snow, which means ice until the snow finally melts and lets the frozen ground start thawing. This all means lots of soupy mud, soupier than what we usually have. I would readily take your cold and wind over what we are facing. Ah, here's where a nice wood stove, with a roaring fire comes in.

Don
 
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