There’s actually an interesting back story here, but now’s not the time.
Two days ago, while running the drag harrow over the SHTF “contingency garden” plot, I had a shackle on the pole boom implement behind the tractor come apart and fall off. I found the shackle just sitting on top of the dirt, but the clevis pin was MIA.
Sometimes, little shit like that drives me nuts. While I could have just jumped on Amazon.com and bought a new shackle, I instead decided to dust off the metal detector and find the damn pin.
Well over 10,000 sq.ft. to search! That is challenging enough, but even MORE challenging was the volume of other metal objects I was discovering in the dirt. Numerous old, antique things. Horseshoes, plow blades, bridle hardware, old handmade nails, etc.
THANKFULLY, I just found the clevis pin, about 30% through my search area. Perhaps not surprisingly, it was pretty close to where I found the shackle. However, I assumed the pin could have gotten hung up in the drag harrow and towed just about anywhere in the plot.
This was, essentially, a positive thinking exercise for me. Not going to get into the woo-woo B.S. here, but there’s really something to be said for getting positive and staying positive.