MEMBERS FINDS
If any member emails me a photo of their finds & perhaps a short story
I can put it up on this page for all to see.
Abe Lincoln Watch fob
This was a weird Boobie day
Unknown thingy
B.F. Park Thingy
Mark V's 1st Washington
Mark V's 1845 large cent
Monday the 10th I received a call from a lady by the name of Christine asking to rent a detector. I told her it was better if I came out and found it for her. We scheduled to meet at her house on Tuesday the 11th. That day I called Red Craft and asked him if he would like to come along. Red met me at 4:00pm and off we went to Crafton, Pa to recover a lost ring.
Upon arrival we went to the wrong apartment and scared a lady when Red picked up a piece of trash and placed it into her trash container. I called Christine on my cell phone and she Talked us over to her place.
She described the ring to us and how she had lost it. She was playing ball in her back yard. She took off her rings and put them into her pocket. During the games she realized they were not there. She found one large gold and diamond engagement ring but they could not find the emerald ring. I told Red that it will come in about a 10 on the XLT.
Red and I started working a pattern through her yard which was full of aluminum bits & pieces.
With my XLT I was constantly getting 80, 88, 91 etc readings this sure was a messy yard.
Red was not having much luck either with his Spectrum V3.
It seemed that we were into a field of quarters & silver but after digging a few metal pieces we just ignored the high numbers.
After about an hour of searching I decided to walk back to the truck and change to a five inch coil. Upon returning and coming near my detector I seen Red scratching the soil with his fingernail. He had the ring; it was in the wet surface, bent a little out of shape from the lawn mower.
The girl screamed I thought she was going to jump on top of Red, and her boy friend said now she can stop crying. Of course we received several large hugs and a promise to email me a photo of the ring for our newsletter.
This was Reds first large expensive find. We both went home feeling very good to have found it for Christine.
