I know I wanted to buy a new metal detector and I love my old Minelab Sovereign XS but wanted to upgrade to the newer technology. After reading different forums on this web site and after reading the Minelab e-trac forum I knew I had to buy one. It just came this week and have been out once with it for about one hour. After reading all the tips and suggestions on this site I know it has help me understand my new e-trac and maybe this weekend find some good finds. I have also ordered Andy's book that I know from reading all the post will really help. Again thank you to everybody and I just wanted to add a article that was written in our local news paper about my wife and myself from one of the many people we have helped in enjoying this fun hobby.
News Transcript
Special Marlboro couple helped a stranger
The grand entrance of the day's sunrise regularly casts two slim shadows on the beaches of Sea Bright. The two figures walking along the Jersey coastline every summer weekend may appear to be regular break-of-dawn enthusiasts looking for a workout and some peace and quiet, but with matching metal detectors in tow and a mission to uncover the plentiful treasures beneath the earth's sandy surface, Tony and Jeri have made a habit out of giving back to society ... and returning what was once lost and gone forever.
On a warm evening last month, I found myself in disarray after realizing I had lost my platinum wedding ring earlier that day, most likely during the daily lotion-application ceremony that we all love so much.
The next morning, after riding an old, rusty bicycle up and down the various entrance ways along the dunes for half an hour, I spotted a woman with headphones, head down, swaying her body back and forth over the sand, with a long mechanical object connected to her arm. Her name was Jeri, and I was told her husband was about 150 feet behind her and was ready to form a two-person search party in an effort to locate my lost possession.
To me, this was an impossible task; to Tony and Jeri, it was an inevitable certainty, and there was no doubt in their minds we were going to find the ring with their metal detectors, and their instincts.
After two full hours of scouring the location in which my family and friends had sat the day before, I looked up at Tony and apologized for the wasted time, and tried to offer financial compensation for the effort he and his wife put forth on my behalf - and the opportunity cost of a whole morning's worth of uncovered metallic value lost.
They wouldn't take my offering, and they wouldn't stop their search; the only thing I kept hearing was, "Don't worry, we'll find it."
After another hour of redefining our boundaries and locating the specific area in which my beach chair sat, with my head down and thoughts racing, I heard a noise in the distance
News Transcript
Special Marlboro couple helped a stranger
The grand entrance of the day's sunrise regularly casts two slim shadows on the beaches of Sea Bright. The two figures walking along the Jersey coastline every summer weekend may appear to be regular break-of-dawn enthusiasts looking for a workout and some peace and quiet, but with matching metal detectors in tow and a mission to uncover the plentiful treasures beneath the earth's sandy surface, Tony and Jeri have made a habit out of giving back to society ... and returning what was once lost and gone forever.
On a warm evening last month, I found myself in disarray after realizing I had lost my platinum wedding ring earlier that day, most likely during the daily lotion-application ceremony that we all love so much.
The next morning, after riding an old, rusty bicycle up and down the various entrance ways along the dunes for half an hour, I spotted a woman with headphones, head down, swaying her body back and forth over the sand, with a long mechanical object connected to her arm. Her name was Jeri, and I was told her husband was about 150 feet behind her and was ready to form a two-person search party in an effort to locate my lost possession.
To me, this was an impossible task; to Tony and Jeri, it was an inevitable certainty, and there was no doubt in their minds we were going to find the ring with their metal detectors, and their instincts.
After two full hours of scouring the location in which my family and friends had sat the day before, I looked up at Tony and apologized for the wasted time, and tried to offer financial compensation for the effort he and his wife put forth on my behalf - and the opportunity cost of a whole morning's worth of uncovered metallic value lost.
They wouldn't take my offering, and they wouldn't stop their search; the only thing I kept hearing was, "Don't worry, we'll find it."
After another hour of redefining our boundaries and locating the specific area in which my beach chair sat, with my head down and thoughts racing, I heard a noise in the distance
