Well, I can sort of understand that, Pat. But the sad guys you see on Australian beaches, you just wonder. I mean, as Max asked, what do they intend doing with any jewellery they find? Pocketing it? Seeking a cash reward? Handing it in to the Surf Club? I don't know how much to rent them, Max but some guys seem to own them, if you can judge by the ritualised way they unravel their gear, like a pool shark exposing his cue to the light. There's something disturbing about someone who would, the next day, trawl through a scene of joy and play, almost as if searching for the source of such freedom?!
Bill
> On 6 Aug 2014, at 5:52 pm, Patrick McManus <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> In England there are many of these and among the WW2 shrapnel etc have been
> made extraordinary finds -hoards -I suppose we live here on a sort of
> rubbish dump-a friend of mine has an amazing collection -and many items now
> in museums
> Cheers P
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Poetryetc: poetry and poetics [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On
> Behalf Of Max Richards
> Sent: 06 August 2014 00:18
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: Beach detection
>
>> On 5 Aug 2014, at 8:13 pm, Bill Wootton <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>>
>> Beach Detection
>>
>> In pale half-dawn the pot-bellied shorts wearer sweeps, sweeps, seeks
>> what lies beneath,
>>
>> doing the disc wave, knapsack-backed,
>> furlined headphones enclamped,
>>
>> covering territory at a hover, pausing now to scrape unhurriedly
>> before replacing
>>
>> sand divots. Soon, surely, all these
>> healthy mornings must pay off.
>>
>> bw
>
> Yeah, Bill, I too have seen these,
> and not only in Australia.
>
> What do they ever find?
>
> Lost jewellery?
>
> (maybe there's already been a pay off,
> which keeps the guy at it.
>
> Have you priced the rental on the metal detectors?)
>
> Max=
>
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