AT Pro takes a Bite Out of Crime

[GoGoGopher]

I went out with the intention of hunting a school yard lot, but 15 minutes into my hunt I was approached by an older gentleman whom I had seen before at another park down the road from where I was...He asked if I might be able to locate brass with the detector and I told him "You Bet...I can find most any metal". Well, He goes on to explain that a drug deal went bad in the other park by where he lives and that one young guy pulled a pistol and started shooting at the guy in the car who was buying...The specifics were none of my concern though...At first I was all in on this, because I am all for locking up ignorant Morons who would fire a weapon in city limits while standing in a kiddie park selling dope...But then my common sense kicked in, and I decided to call 911 to have a squad car on hand while I searched for the spent brass...A car arrived, and I explained what I was up to and told the Officer that The shooting happened in late May, and by now this brass might be 2-4 inches deep with all the rain and foot traffic in the area...I got to detecting and got a shallow 2" 52 VDI...I dug up a spent .22 cal round...I scanned it a few more times to get a feel for the VDI range, then concentrated on just that range...I got conflicting stories from 8 different witnesses to the shooting...5 out of 8 claimed only 4 shots were fired. I found all 4 rounds and turned them over to the Police Officer...He thanked me and the guy who originally approached me, and I told him that if he ever needed an experienced hunter in the future to find any lost metal item, to not hesitate to give me a call...Hopefully they can catch this scumbag and put him away for at least the mandatory 7 years...I was reading where they passed a law that if you commit a shooting crime around a school, playground, or any other area children gather, or if your caught dealing drugs to minors, that it is at least 7 years WITHOUT parole or early release....'BOUT TIME!!!

Oh!!! My measly finds for 15 minutes of hunting...Took 2 hours to find all 4 shells though.

HH,

 

[Sailorman]

Good for you! Always helps to leave people with a positive impression of detectorists and you certainly did.

 

[Big Boys Hobbies]

Cool story! Way to help out!

 

[Forrest Mc]

Offering up your skills and equipment to the public good is commendable and reflects well on all of us. I am surprised that the casings got down 2 inches in the 5 months since May.

 

[GoGoGopher]

Ground has been wet here lately, and tons of kids play in this park daily...I used to hunt the park at night between about midnight and 2am, but not any more...The freaks come out at night...
Our soil up here is not too highly mineralized...The AT Pro usually shows about 86-89 when balanced...It has a lot of gray clay, sand, dark rich soils, limestone and gravel...