Wolf in the park

[johnj45586]

I went down to San Clemente to a friend's house to take him treasure hunting. He had a lead on a local housing park that had a lot of use for touch football games and the like.
We did a lot of searching and only found several pennies, the ones I dug mostly had bites out of them from lawnmowers. The best find in this little park was a Cub Scout neckerchief slide (the second I have found) that was in really bad condition.
On the way back to my friend's house (to collect the car and go to another park nearby) I swung my coil over a grass strip near the road. I found a few spills of pennies and one quarter. I didn't really expect to get anything from this grass strip because there is no parking on the street by it.
We went to another small regional park. The tot lot had no dirt or sand, it was the soft asphalt like material. I did some random walking and found some pennies, nickels and finally another Cub Scout wolf neckerchief slide. This one was in better condition and a picture is attached to this post. Later I found a Chuck E. Cheese token from 1982. This token is not like any of the other Chuck E. Cheese tokens I have found. Chuck is drawin differently and is wearing a derby hat, not a baseball cap. The saying is "IN PIZZA WE TRUST", it has 25C play value and "PIZZA TIME THEATER".
I found 3 quarters, 1 dime, 5 nickels and 28 pennies in clad. But I found some new places to swing my coil. Those are the grass strips by streets, whether or not they have parking. Although the best yield was from the grass strip near the second park I hunted. There was parking there and a sidewalk. Grass strips are rare in California, as are sidewalks. The combination of a grass strip, parking at the curb and a sidewalk is extremely rare. I will be keeping my eyes open for more of them now.
On the local radio I heard of a jazz concert and local city anniversary of some sort at a park called out as, "Oso, Mission Viejo". It doesn't ring a bell, but I will be searching local information to find it. The concert is only 4 hours long - but it should get lots of people on a little grass and make for a great after concert hunt.
Happy hunting to all!

[EPC Guy]

I would imagine that some of the older scouting paraphanalia is collectible and becoming quite valuable - the same as everything else these days...nice afternoon, John!

[Buster]

Good hunt John..I to have found a couple of cub scout slides..Always good.....Buster....

[ERnurse]

Very cool find!!

[EBCIII]

Good hunting John! It sounds like you have found another site to watch for. I like the old Chuck E Cheese token, and the sldes are cool, Beale.

[sarge1stone]

Nice finds!

[gordiesgirl]

Nice finds, WTG

[NVRick]

I have one of those once. Nice Finds.

Rick

[prizm-pal]

Nicefinds John... seems like boy scouts met there at one time.. have fun later!

[greenwenvy]

Originally Posted by johnj45586

On the local radio I heard of a jazz concert and local city anniversary of some sort at a park called out as, "Oso, Mission Viejo". It doesn't ring a bell, but I will be searching local information to find it. The concert is only 4 hours long - but it should get lots of people on a little grass and make for a great after concert hunt.
Happy hunting to all!

johnj45586 congrats on the finds. Mission Viejo is right in my neighborhood area (Irvine/OC here). I wonder if they were talking about Oso Veijo park? If so here is the info on the park. If you plan on a hunt and would like a huntin' buddy, let me know I'd be glad to go out and check it out with you. Pris is local too, she might even be able to come along.

Oso Viejo Park
24932 Veterans Way
Mission Viejo
Amenities include: 52.14 acres horsehoe pit, 2 lighted softball fields, 2 softball fields, 3 lighted soccer/football fields, 3 soccer/football fields, playground (for ages 2 - 5 years) playground (for ages 5 - 12 years), restrooms, 21 Picnic tables, 4 barbeques, and a walking trail

(edit: just did a bit more searching, this is probably it right here the KSBR (Jazz FM 88.5) Birthday bash. Tickets going on sale the 3rd March for the show on 25th May. KSBR Birthday Bash 2008!)

Cheers