Things found in the field

[Robert_in_NY]

Robert, most modernish cell phones have the ability to dump contact and schedule data to a computer. Depending on the phone and carrier, it will cost you anywhere between $0 and $35 for the cable and software, but based on the tone of your post, this would be cheap at double the cost.

Another benefit of connecting the phone to the computer is that you can enter new contact info and appointments in the computer instead of with the microscopic phone keypad.

I am going to look into this when I get my new phone. I have a cable to sync my current phone to my computer for uploading music but it doesn't allow me to do anything else but transfer music (at least I never learned how to make it do anything else).

And your right, it would be well worth it at double the cost since I know I will lose a piece of paper or appointment book if I tried to keep appointments on it.

 

[Wombat125]

Is there any chance the magnet would mess up the cell phone any?

Not a chance. In fact, some phone holsters come with a strategically placed magnet so the phone knows when it is in-holster vs out-of-holster.

I have mine set to ring out-of-holster and stun when in-holster.

 

[Robert_in_NY]

Not a chance. In fact, some phone holsters come with a strategically placed magnet so the phone knows when it is in-holster vs out-of-holster.

I have mine set to ring out-of-holster and stun when in-holster.

These must be the holsters that are made for specific phones then? Either way it is good to know magnets won't hurt the phone. Thanks

 

[texbaylea]

For some tough wearing holsters check Innovative tools, work clothing & gadgets - Duluth Trading Company
I have 2 different and they really protect the phone.

Vernon

 

[RobS]

while clearing some trees with the brown tree cutter back in the woods i came across some old pieces of metal. nothing special i thought. i keep cutting. a few minutes later i come across a tree and notice some chain hanging down. i look up and about 18 feet up in the limbs is an old horse drawn hay rake. i was amazed. it mustve been 8 feet wide. two trees had grown through it and carried it up there. i had to have it so i borrowed my buddys cherry picker and crane and cut the son of a gun out and it now resides in the open part of my yard across the driveway from the house.

Interesting 334, though I question your theory on how it got up there. My understanding is trees don't really grow "up". New growth is up, but existing growth stays at the same height (arborists, feel free to confirm/deny this theory). In any event, I wonder if your tree-bound rake was tossed up there by a tornado/hurricane some-time back and never got rescued?

Cool find, no matter how it got there.

 

[334 lawn co.]

In any event, I wonder if your tree-bound rake was tossed up there by a tornado/hurricane some-time back and never got rescued?

Cool find, no matter how it got there.

thats possible. didnt think of that. ill get pics of it when i can. come to think about it, the wheels were pretty bent, but amazingly everything still functioned pretty well.

 

[Renovator]

I buy folding phones that I keep in my pocket. I plowed aphone into snow bank. I had got out to take my coat off and it fell out of vest inside pocket. Didnt find it untill spring 500 feet up the drive. That was a big cunky Nextel.
Renovator

 

[MicroPilot]

My neighbor wanted some fille dirt to backfill the new stone wall he had built in front of his house. We headed down to the bottoms and found a good place to borrow some dirt from. This was probably a tobacco or corn field back in hte day. Well I start ripping up this little knoll with the box blade, and on the second trip my neighbor signals me to hold up. He walks over and picks up a rather large horseshoe that was buried there.

I've also found misc. car parts along the abandoned right of way, and even some sections of I-beam where there used to be barn, way before I owned the property.

There's an abandoned oil well shaft on my place. I borrowed a metal detector to search that area. I thought for sure I'd find some chain, or old tools, etc.. The only thing I found was a couple of Pepsi bottle caps. I had to stop using the metal detector because of all the little piles of shell casings (mine).

 

[AMR]

I worked on a local tobacco from when I was about 12 to 22 or so, when I was cultivating a field, one of the cultivator thingies came loose and I had to tighten it down, I got off of the tractor and directly under the cultivator was a coin from 1895, it is in pretty rough shape but you can still see the date and make out the details

 

[AlanB]

Man, you guys are far better then me.

All we seem to find are Nails, screws, pitch forks etc.

Luckily all our equipment seems to have 4ea, rubber sharp object finding devices convieniently mounted on each corner...................