"He found a penny"

This is one of my favorite stories, and it only includes two pennies.



I live two blocks from a pretty good sized lake in Colorado. Across the lake is a very large park and a beach. The beach was very crowded this particular day, so I decided to detect in the grass that borders the beach. As I was progressing along by a bench, a little boy about 4-5 years old came up to me and asked: "What cha doin mister?" I explained what metal detecting was and continued on. I am acquainted enough with my machine that I know immediately when I come across a zinc penny. I went a few more steps and heard that familiar zinc penny sound. I stooped and located it and he asked, "What cha find mister?" I told him what it was and at the top of his lungs, he hollered to no one in particular, "He found a penny!" About half the beach population turned around to look and see what was going on. It was rather embarrassing. I went a few more steps and located another zinc cent. As I picked it up, I heard: "What cha find this time mister?" I said "It's just another penny." He screamed even louder: "He found another penny!" Course, most of the beach folks turned around again. His parents were at a picnic table not too far away and told him to get over there and leave that man alone. "Ok, I'll be right there." As he turned around to leave he stated: "Boy mister, that detecting thing must really have good eyes to see those pennies through the grass." I still chuckle when I think of him. Kids, don't "cha" just love them?