Skunked at Silver Site, But Still Goodies

Around lunch time today I headed back over to the lots off of Witchduck Rd. Thankfully, the old houses that stood here not too long ago are still visible in Google Maps, so you can get the orientations of where driveways and yards were to get a good feel for the hunt. Not only that, but I used a great website (www.zillow.com) to aid in my research. Zillow allows you to pull up an address and get lots of info on it, including square feet, lot size, bed/baths, how much it last sold for, what it's estimated market price is currently, and most importantly, the date in which the house was built! I noticed a few early '50s lots at the corner of Amberly, so that's where I decided to spend the next couple hours.

Wouldn't you know, I found nothing. Not even a single modern clad coin! I found some big trashy items scattered about, but nothing worth my time there that day. I don't think I've had a completely skunked day like this in a long time. It was sort of depressing.

On the way out, I drove past my local gun shop, The Armory. I usually buy ammo from the spot, but had never actually purchased any of my weapons here. Today that would change. About a year ago I stopped in and they had M4/A3 style AR-15's for between $550-$700, a sweet price range. Sadly, deals like that did not exist on this trip. But I did manage to pick up what I wanted, a Rock River Arms (RRA) LAR-15 with a 2-stage match trigger and Tactical Rail/Handle. I got it in a .223, mostly because it's the same as my M16 from the Army days, and it's relatively cheap to shoot compared to a .308, actually 5x cheaper. While in there I saw something else that had caught my eye, and felt I just had to have. It looked like a miniature mash-up between a AR lower and an AK upper... and in reality, that's what it was. They had one bored in .223, but this thing was a "pistol", and that seemed a little much so I picked it up for $200 cheaper in a .22LR. It's a Kel-Tec PLR-22. It used a modified AR clip and holds 27 rounds, which is pretty sweet. And being a .22LR, the rounds are like a penny a piece, so it's going to be really fun to shoot.

Hopeful Site Too Trashy, Skunked

Today was just supposed to be a nice day of doing nothing, staying home, relaxing, etc. But it was not to be. After lunch I was talked into taking the lil one over to her grandpa's auto shop to ride her bike and hang out. Knowing the area the shop is in, I figured it might be a good spot to hit with the XLT.

Well long story short, it wasn't. I knew it would be trashy, but sheesh. I couldn't land a solid signal that wasn't trash. I kicked myself for forgetting the Blue Max DD at home, 'cuz it might have made the area a little more tolerable... but the 950 just couldn't cope. I gave up after maybe 15 minutes.

The site is a grassy area between a couple brick buildings that operate as a church, and an auto repair complex. The land is owned by my g/f's uncle, so I had free reign. The larger building used to be a construction/roofing business years and years ago. Now my g/f's dad fixes up and restores cars out of it.

Being that I was skunked, I figured I'd take you on a brief visual strole around. Enjoy.

After all that I just HAD to stop by double-D for 32oz of liquid heaven, French Vanilla Iced Coffee Extra-Light and Extra-Sweet.