I went to a couple vacant lots today (yes I had permission) and did a little detecting. A guy stops his truck and yells "is that a metal detector?" I responded "Yes". He proceeded to tell me his wife threw all his stuff out one of the windows of his house including a couple rings (after 33 years of marriage). He said one was gold with diamonds and the other was gold with an onyx. Well I told him I'd help him out. I went to his house and detected the small patch of yard that was around the window. I was able to find the gold ring with onyx, but not the other. I was thinking to myself " I wish I had a camera to record the return to owner", but truthfully I don't believe this guy would understand why I wanted the picture and he was so irritated at his wife I don't think I would have asked him at this time. Not to mention he was still missing the ring that was the most value. He said he was going to mow the yard and give me a call to try and find the other ring. I'll be sure to bring a camera with me the next time, because If I find the other ring, I don't think he'd mind a little picture in return. Other than that I found 1 indian (1897). It was tough hunting, seems like everyone wanted to stop and chit-chat
today. Ran into a former classmate who stopped and asked questions about detecting (talked for about an hour). He said he had an xlt and was having problems understanding it. I told him I have an xlt also and that it is a very difficult machine to fine tune. I directed him to Findmall for more answers. Anyway, It wasn't a very productive day hunting, but I helped others, so that's a successful day of detecting in my book.
today. Ran into a former classmate who stopped and asked questions about detecting (talked for about an hour). He said he had an xlt and was having problems understanding it. I told him I have an xlt also and that it is a very difficult machine to fine tune. I directed him to Findmall for more answers. Anyway, It wasn't a very productive day hunting, but I helped others, so that's a successful day of detecting in my book.
Nathan