OK, I printed out the haikus, showed them to my daughter the English teacher, and the winner of this year's American Detectorists Haiku Madness is ................

Ronandari ! His winning Haiku was:

Detector screaming.
Excitement, my heart pounding.
Aluminum can.


Tony Two-Cent came in second with:

at the vast old park
a deep gold coin in the soil
someday I will find

Digger Don came in third with:

Wow, very cool finds.
don't find those in Illinois
Well, at least I don't

Mrs. OxShoeDrew gets an honorable mention from me for her brilliant impersonation of my wife with:

Mud on my clean floor
Rusty metal everywhere
Will you please clean up?

My daughter said she was surprised at the quality of the haikus. I am not quite sure what she meant by that, but there were a lot of good ones. Congrats to Ronandari. We can all relate to your haiku. Just send me a PM with your address and I'll get that Husky tool belt in the mail to you. Thanks to everyone that participated.

Jeff