Of the most idiosyncratic of species that inhabit the parks in the Milwaukee area, the mysterious and foreboding creature that lurches about the picnic areas wielding a cumbersome metal detector artificially attached to its hands has both fascinated and abhorred park patrons for over several decades.

Exactly who or what are these bizarre creatures that rummage about the public domains of our fair city? The more pressing question is what in the name of all things holy do they hope to find among a seemingly unending ocean of half-eaten chicken carcasses, watermelon scraps covered in maggot eggs and empty bottles of low-end malt liquor? The answer is riches beyond the imagination of rational human conception.