Speaking of pictures.......

[TreasureDigger]

Doug's (DK) post about how to post a picture got me to thinking. I've seen pictures of many of you here on the forum in pictures you have posted or your avatars, but I think it'd be great to see pictures of EVERYONE!!! Makes it real nice to be able to put a face with a name and a post. How about everyone posting a picture of themselves? I'm also wondering what the average age is for the members here. If you don't mind telling your age (I know some people don't like to tell how old they are), then include that too. Tell us what you do for a living - or used to do. I'll go first in hopes of getting y'all to participate.

This is me - Lisa (in Alabama) TreasureDigger. 45 years old. High school social studies/history teacher (taking a leave of absence right now) - Instructor for the ATV Safety Institute - and auditor & front desk associate at Holiday Inn Express. Wife to Tim for 25 1/2 years, mother of two grown children, Jason & Julie....... and momma to Sadie the cat, and Millie, Sophie & Kia, our three Siberian Huskies. And of course, a TreasureDigger! Couldn't decide which picture to attach, so I'll send one with the hair up, and one with the hair down. Hair up picture was taken in my den, and the hair down picture was taken at my parents house.

Lisa


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[Randy Cosner]

My name is Randy and I am 45 soon to be 46. I am married to my soul mate Kathy. We started out as friends,then we started dating and then we fell in love. We were married on June 30, 1991. I do not know what I would do without her. She is my life and the reason I keep going. We live in Payette Idaho. Kathy is a EMT Advanced and works for the Payette County Ambulance Service. I am a Detective for the Payette County Sheriffs Office.

We have six wonderful children. Justin is 20 and is living on his own in Boise. Jeffrey is 12 and started his first year in Junior High. He likes baseball, reading, drawing his own cartoons and riding bikes. He is also into riding ATV's and Dirt Bikes. Kortney is 9 (going on 19) and goes to Payette Primary. She loves reading, writing, drawing, playing baseball and basketball. She also likes to dress up and play with her dolls and play with her friends. She likes to ride ATV's. She is going to be the Death of me Jonathan is 6 and loves to play at home with his brother and sister. He likes to watch movies and play games on the computer. He is in 1st grade at Payette Primary. He also loves to go swimming and riding his bike. My daughter Jeannine (from my 1st marriage) is 26 and has given us three wonderful grandsons Kaleb (3), Kyran (2) and Khrystopher(1). We also have an "adopted daughter" in Venezuela named Yoli who is 24. She stayed with us when she was a Exchange Student in 2001. We "adopted" her as our daughter and hope she will be back soon to stay with us. We miss her.

I enjoy my family and doing things with them. We enjoy camping and going ATVing and Metal Detecting. I enjoy watching my children grow up and watching them learn new things. I enjoy spending quality time with my lovely wife Kathy and getting away from the children togeather. I have some great friends and we have a lot of fun together.

 

[dobbie]

( California in the heart of the Mother Load) ok so here I am.... I am a 32 year old professional mom of 3 . also have a 15 year old stepson... ages of the children are....3, 8, soon to be 14 and soon to be 15. Hobbies are metal detecting of course and anything to do with the great outdoors. I believe God gave us such a wonderful planet why not get out and enjoy it every chance we get....God Bless...

 

[Anonymous]

Nice pics of some good looking people on here....and young....oh me, oh my---- a lot of water has passed under the bridges since I arrived in this body that's seen a lot of years on this earth! God Bless! Betty

 

[Mike from MI "Iron Brigade"]

This is my latest pic taken at St. Simmons Island in GA back in Jan 2009. I had just left the frozen north and this was my first time swinging the detector in a while and boy was I happy!
I am 41 and married for 21 yeas to Tami. We have 4 great kids. Michael Jr will be 20 next week. Kody is 16, Shelby is 14, and Grace is 7 I own my own lawn care and landscaping business. We have 3 dogs, Molly the yellow lab, Buddy and Zoe are Dachshunds.
I love almost every type of detecting, old coins, relics, water and beach, competition, etc... I have been the president of the SW MI Seek & Search Club for almost 6 years, it is one of the biggest detecting clubs in the US. I love detecting with friends and making new ones along the way.
I also like gold prospecting, bottle digging, geocaching, camping, fishing, hunting, and many other outdoor activities. And last but not least, I am very active in my church and love the Lord with all my heart!

Mike

 

[DK]

As soon as I figure out this posting of pictures thing, I will put a picture or two and info in for you.

 

[TreasureDigger]

Looking forward to it!

 

[TreasureDigger]

have taken the time to respond with pictures and posts! I have enjoyed seeing the pictures and reading your information! Sure wish everyone else would jump on the wagon and do some sharing with the rest of us! It only takes a few minutes to share...

Lisa (in Alabama)
TreasureDigger

 

[Anonymous]

Hi Lisa, I don't have an updated pic at this time and my pics are always too large to upload on the forum....but will try Mike's post to DK and see if it works for me. I will post the info about me, even if I don't have a pic....if you are interested in an old grandma and great-grandma???

God Bless! Betty

 

[TreasureDigger]

I'm interested in EVERYBODY! I love people in general and enjoy learning all about them and getting to know them! Of course I'm interested! And wisdom comes with age (or at least for most people), so anything you have to say would be of interest to ME, whether it be your personal information, or your wisdom. Feel free to share it all.

Lisa

 

[Mike Chgo area]

Mike in Mi and Steve in AZ have posted my pic before. I'm 64, retired from the ATSF RR. Metal detecting and riding my Harley keeps me young..

 

[morningstar]

n/t

 

[dobbie]

i always do things the hard way but this is how i do it. I right click the pic and click on EDIT. that takes me to paint then i go to STRETCH SKEW click on that and then downsize the pic from there. then save it. i am sure there may be an easier way but like i said. i do everything the hard way. lol

 

[steve in so la]

Here's the Valentine boy himself - Mike in Mich. This was an old one I posted before.

Here's Henry (pennies) driving and me on the back riding around his property.

Here's Joe G on the left, Greg in Mich in the back, and me on the right. I'm 66 years old, retired high school teacher, now a full time digger.

Here's Mike in Chicago on the right with my wife & I at a steak house here in Tucson where we live.

Lastly, here's my wife & I in 1985. We have now been married 42 years and it gets better every day - with the Lord's help. Steve in so az

 

[mohayes1046]

We are by the outer sponson of the "Spruce Goose" built by Howard Hughes in Mc minville, Oregon in 2008. We were married June 28th 2005 and are both retired. Barb was an office manager and I retired from the Olympia-Pabst-Miller Brewing Company, there were a lot of changes of ownership over the 27 years I worked for the company.

Since I retired, I worked as a tour guide in Sedona, Arizona, Machine operator in Stevensville,Montana and a long haul trucker for Covenant Transport. I took me 6 years to learn HOW to retire.

We enjoy RVing with our 5th Wheel and look forward to travelling this summer with our BoyZ, a couple of Schipperkes (they are with me in my avatar). I enjoy metal detecting, fishing to eat one, hunting, photography, warm (not hot) weather, and ALL other aspects of life in general. We will be headed South next year and wandering around to who knows where, so if you are in the southwest and would like to meet some newbie Snowbirds PM me and we'll go from there.

Mark

 

[DK]

[attachment 117904 carriagerideinIndy.jpg]Well hope this works out. This is a picture of Joan and I on her birthday. I took her to Indianapolis for a carriage ride and dinner(and all the ladies said..........). Anyway my name is Doug Keller. I am 51 years old, and will be 52 on Feburary 25. Joan is********and her birthday is September 28. Somehow I couldn't print her age. Must be this new computer. We have been married for 10 years, this past January 8. We met in our former church. We have both been married before. Joan has a son, Charles, who is 39. I have two sons, Andy (29) and Ryan (25). Joan has one grandson, and I have 4 grandchildren. Joan is now a stay at home wife, which I fully support. I am employed by the local school corporation in the maintainence department. I was a welder most of my life, starting out in the Navy. Due to the damage welding was causing my lungs and eyes, I gave up that line of work. Joan and I have 3 pets who rule over us. Midnight the cat, Cindy, who is a Brendle mix collie type dog, who we rescued from the local humane society, and Otis the pug dog. Now Otis is some character!

Hobbies include woodworking, nascar--until near the end of the season, metal detecting(which I am a newbie so to speak) oil painting, coin collecting, anything that gets me outdoors. Joan and I enjoy auctions and yard sales, fishing, collecting this and that. I have a good collection of coins, oil lamps and a growing collection of Christian books, and History books. I love history. Joan loves to collect candles, angels( I ain't one of them either), and cookbooks. Joan and I are soul mates. I thank God every day that he brought us together. We have so much in common. We both serve in our church. Joan is in the choir and we both lead an adult Sunday School class. I also help oversee the Transportantion Ministry, where Joan serves also.

 

[Anonymous]

Thanks Lisa....for your kind words! I will try to give info about me, when I get a pic uploaded and posted! Remember, grandma is slow but she's old! Turned colder here in MO and I am feeling it today, even with the thermostat telling the furnace to warm us up! Cliff, my brother and I can't stand the cold or the hot, humid weather at all....wish it would stay at a comfortable temp of the 60's, 70's or 80's all the time! God Bless! Betty

 

[Randy Cosner]

Looking forward to seeing you this summer on your way down South. Maybe we can get others to join us for a get together.

 

[DK]

Are you still having trouble resizing your photos? Try Mike from MI way as he described in my post about posting pictures. It works quite well, but I haven't tried dobbies suggestion yet, but I will the next time I put a pic on.
Hope you can figure it out. Your posts and prayers are always an inspiration each time I read one.

 

[mohayes1046]

I want to stop over on the weekend of the 13th and 14th of June there in Payette. We are working on finding a good route back up north and not retrace our route. I was thinking of hitting 84 eastbound and turn north through Salmon, Idaho and then over Lost Trail Pass toward home.

Any good ideas that are reasonable that early in the summer? We do fine in the mountains, but I'm very cautious over ice packed passes. I can do without them.

Do you know of any others on our forum up here in the northwest? I would like to meet everyone but I don't know if you have enough beds? Just joking, we have a nice LITTLE 5th wheel just right for the four of us and we have a campground in mind for when we get there.

Mark