Renaissance Festival - Larkspur

The title of this post should say enough. Today was the last day of the 2010 Colorado Renaissance Festival held in Larkspur, CO. It's a big deal to the g/f each year, and we only live 45 mins away, so I couldn't find a reason not to go. All in all, I'm glad I did.

As you can see from the title pic, I scored a rad 3 horned Viking helmet from a vendor called Rena's Leather, owned and operated by Rena Branco. It was definitely the highlight of my day.

It was just a really awesome day. I walked around the huge fairgrounds with my gypsy clad g/f and took in a few shows. The jousting was awesome, the hauntingly beautiful music performed on the carillon perked my eardrums, and the live comedy acts of "Charming & Dashing" and "Puke & Snot" were worth admission by themselves.

But don't think I just walked around. As you, my fellow hobbyists know, we can't just walk around and not peer at the ground. By doing so I landed $1.21 in clad, one being a Sacajawea dollar coin, only my second I've ever found.

And finally I'll leave you with a few more images from the day, hope you like them, and maybe you'll patronize your local Renaissance Festival in the near future.

Houston Hotel Goodness

For the past few days I've spent my time at the Baymont Inn in Houston, TX. The g/f is having a PAM (Passive Acoustic Monitoring) course here for work and I decided to tag along.

First thing, definitely should have brought the metal detector. I was only a short walking distance from a rather large city park, known as Tom Wussow Park in the Greenspoint (aka Gunpoint) section of town. I provided an aerial of the place, and though it's newer, I wouldn't doubt the amount of clad and occasional jewelry that would show up here because the park is very well used.

Anyhow, it was a nice few days away from home. Just walking around I found $0.04 in memorials and even found this cool Lions Club dolphin motif key chain.