banditicey
New member
Just came back from a MD meeting
I told a story that I want to share with you all too
I was detecting at a local park and on my way out a man stopped me to talk about detecting because was nearing retirement from the NYS Correctional Department and was considering detecting as a hobby
He told me this story
He was visiting Attica and he was approached by a Correctional Officer who was assigned to metal detect the yard after the inmates had used it for exercise
This was done routinely so hidden "home made" weapons would be discovered and taken away prior to being used to injure other inmates
While detecting the Officer found a spot that needed investigation and what was found was a bag with 25 badges and 25 sets of keys from the 25 guards who had been murdered during the Attica Uprising
The badges that were discovered were then reburied at the Memorial site for the murdered guards
This story gives me goose bumps
The keys were not buried because they were still good to be used!?
This other story was told to me before the meeting and then repeated at the meeting
Jim was taking his friend Kieth, detecting for the tenth time ever who had a low level minelab ($400) and was new to detecting as well as being physically impaired ( something with joints but the man is only in his 30's and is not working currently)
They were at a local park that had been detected to death, you know the ones, and Kieth found a 1943 Walking Liberty Half! His first silver!!
Then 45 minutes later and 200 yards away Kieth found his second silver, another 1943 Walking Liberty Half!!!!
Kieth was shaking and who blames him except that Jim said if he found another silver half he would need to walk home impaired or not!
My question is, How can Kieth ever match this event for his remaining detecting existence since his expectations are now off the chart?
Regards and HH
I told a story that I want to share with you all too
I was detecting at a local park and on my way out a man stopped me to talk about detecting because was nearing retirement from the NYS Correctional Department and was considering detecting as a hobby
He told me this story
He was visiting Attica and he was approached by a Correctional Officer who was assigned to metal detect the yard after the inmates had used it for exercise
This was done routinely so hidden "home made" weapons would be discovered and taken away prior to being used to injure other inmates
While detecting the Officer found a spot that needed investigation and what was found was a bag with 25 badges and 25 sets of keys from the 25 guards who had been murdered during the Attica Uprising
The badges that were discovered were then reburied at the Memorial site for the murdered guards
This story gives me goose bumps
The keys were not buried because they were still good to be used!?
This other story was told to me before the meeting and then repeated at the meeting
Jim was taking his friend Kieth, detecting for the tenth time ever who had a low level minelab ($400) and was new to detecting as well as being physically impaired ( something with joints but the man is only in his 30's and is not working currently)
They were at a local park that had been detected to death, you know the ones, and Kieth found a 1943 Walking Liberty Half! His first silver!!
Then 45 minutes later and 200 yards away Kieth found his second silver, another 1943 Walking Liberty Half!!!!
Kieth was shaking and who blames him except that Jim said if he found another silver half he would need to walk home impaired or not!
My question is, How can Kieth ever match this event for his remaining detecting existence since his expectations are now off the chart?
Regards and HH
