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Hi Chris,

I can see how being a Clinic doctor becoming more than a full time job, My hats off to you for taking on such a responsibility.

Plus, In your line of work, Keeping your hands injury free from metal detecting would be an on going battle.

Looking forward to chatting with you in the future, Thanks Chris and good hunting.
HH, Paul
 
hi paul!
i agree!i have been hunting for 30 plus years,and i am telling you the truth,i have done extensive research and have invested countless hours chasing down leads,only to arrive at much anticipated hunting spots,put the coil to the soil,make the finds,and realize as i hold the coins i dug that i had as much fun doing the reaserch,as opposed to actually finding the goodies!when i finally find the stuff i was looking for,it almost seems anticlimatic!..happens to me all the time,but i still enjoy the hell out of the hunt!..its what does it for me!

regards!
j.t.
 
Paul: I seldom post, how ever, on this subject I totally agree with you, It is about the hunt and recovering history. If you are allowed by a Gentlemans agreement to keep some or all of your finds wonderful!, If not still wonderful. The joy of the hunt is what the Hobby is about, and what you can learn from it, not what you can make from it. HH Steve
 
I know what you mean about people thinking you are going to find something valuable and saying no. Fortunately around here most of the long time residents are very generous in letting me keep what I find. I do however give them finds that are/may be related to their families history. Its the newer people to the area that come in and buy up land that are the toughest. There is an older home a few blocks from where I live that was purchased a couple years ago by a "downstater" Being that it is older and happened to be the residence and office of an old GP it was on my list of places to get permission. However, the new owner would not allow me to hunt it. Well to make a long story short, when the city put in a new sidewalk in front of the house I was there with my detector (owner not around, back downstate) I got a couple seated coins and this caduceus. <br><center>
 
Neat and Sweet finds...if there is a will, there is a way. I would always give the owner any find related to family history since it surely means more to them and rightly so most of the time. I have hunted around historic homes several times for the owners so they could frame the finds as part of the history of the property-definitely fun and rewarding at the same time. I do find it interesting though that many a family want nothing to do with old family properties or belongings-they simply auction or sell of "that old stuff" along with the land...so I do think you need to be careful at times with certain property owners and not get "used". There was an 1850's pioneer homestead right across the street from our office-now it's a "lovely" Toyota dealership. I finally got permission to hunt it, just before it was bulldozed. Unfortunately, a lot of fill and an iron pit, just some wheaties and nothing much older. 5 acres of land were just sold together for a whopping $188,000 PER acre!...now that's a gold mine(and there's still more left to sell!...take care and HH
 
California
California Admission Day, September 9. California entered the union on September 9, 1850, as the thirty-first state.

After the gold rushes, it seems they "rushed" to have California become a state; I would too :)

That puts a real time line on that 1852 $5 coin...interesting stuff for sure...HH
 
I just saw this. What a day! Knowing that gold coin was dropped by a Chinese miner over 150 years ago had to be quite a thrill.

I agree with your philosophy and admire your integrity. A lesser man would have dropped than gold coin in his pocket and said nothing.

Congrats
George
 
Almost have the display completed, I'll be using this shadow box instead of the larger display. Just need to glue the smaller finds and use fishing line & glue for the bigger Keg spigot pieces, Should be completed in a day or so....Then, This baby is going to the property owner :)

Included a brief history information card on this particular China town and a description of each find, Everything is tagged. Going to feel weird gluing the gold coin on unless someone has a better idea to fasten the gold coin to the display?

Thanks again,
Paul (Ca)
 
I would have loved to me there when you present the case to the land owner. He will be just speechless when he sees it.


Great Job
George
 
Thanks George,

The owner is a super nice person, He deserves and will appreciate these finds to share with his family, friends and most likely pass them down to his children and hopefully his children continue and do the same.

Properties like these are so rare to find let alone get permission to detect, With the owner allowing me to detect here all these years that is something I will always remember and cherish.

Thanks again,
Paul
 
Thanks Bill,

The second I seen the gold coin brought me smile from ear to ear knowing this was going to the owner of the property, The thrill of recovering the find is something I will always cherish.

Thanks again Bill,
Paul
 
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