Ridiculous day! 3 Barbers, 1 Merc, & a girl OD's in the park!

[ronfin]

What a ridiculous day. I had the day off, so I started my morning by surprising my girlfriend at work with some new chocolate carmel latte from Wawa. Spent a few hours there until her appointments started arriving for their eye exams, then drove home to change, evacuate the coffee I had consumed, then get to the park nearest me for a few hours of hunting. I decided to tweak my settings which I'll discuss in a separate thread.

So I jerry-rigged an iPhone car holder and mounted it to my CTX. I wanted to be able to show my hunts and not have to dig with one hand. I tried it in the beginning, but later in the day decided I was gonna scrap the concept. Just doesn't allow you to show the coin in the hole when it's mounted on the MD. OK, so my very first target was a bottle cap. I didn't include it in my video because I was going over the 10 minutes I'm allowed to have to upload. Anyway, first target, twist cap, sucks, but I wasn't discouraged. My very next target? My third Barber dime of the week! I was stoked. Love the Barber dimes. Have found over 20 now this year, and the year isn't over! After filing in the plug I swung in a few different directions occasionally finding some trash, and a few deep nails. I'll discuss that in my other "settings" thread coming as soon as I finish this one. Anyway, as I'm swinging the CTX, I hear a guy yelling. Now understand that where I was today I hear a lot of people yell. I see a LOT of stupid stuff go down. There's a lot of crime in the area. If it's not a quad racing through this park tearing the grass apart, there's a drug addict on every other park bench getting high. I'm well accustomed to this now, so when I hear someone yelling it barely phases me anymore. However, this was a little different. It wasn't an angry yell. It was a distressful one. I could hear panic in this guys voice. I turned around to face the street in the distance, and between a few trees I saw a guy attempting to do CPR on a girl. He was obviously very desperate, and from what I saw, he had NO idea what he was doing. I was trained in CPR and Combat Lifesaving while in the Army, so I yelled to him: "Yo guy, you need help?! What's wrong?!" He said "She's not breathing! I don't know how to do CPR! HELP!!!!" I took off running towards him as fast as I could. Got on scene, dropped the MD, and immediately assessed her condition. Her lips were blue, she was pale, eyes were rolled back into her head, and her jaw was tightly clenched. The guy was trying to do chest compressions so I told him to stop. I needed to check her pulse, and he wasn't doing it right anyway. I got a faint pulse in two locations, and could hear her trying to breath, but it was obviously obstructed. It was morte like air sputtering out of a busted tire in a puddle. I asked him if he called 911. He hadn't. I was like "Are you f'ing serious?! How long has she been down?" So I called 911 and gave them a description of what was going on, our location to the nearest intersection, and then ran to the street to flag down the first responders. I told the guy to stay with her, and continue to talk to her, but NOT to try CPR anymore. If her continued what he was doing he would've killed her. The first ones on location were Fireman from a nearby Engine House. They took over, and started giving her oxygen. The ambulance soon followed, and I knew them. First thing Derek says to me is "So, find anything good today Ron?" I said 'Yeah, a meth head OD'ing in the grass. Isn't this CTX awesome? It can find drugs!" You're probably thinking this was crass of us to joke, but in all honesty I have very little apathy or compassion for drug addicts. My daughters mom went down that road, and I've been happily raising her on my own for years now, so before you comment on this, and pass judgement, look in a mirror. No one puts a gun to someones head and forces them to do drugs, so I think ANYONE that dies from it is a fool. The Fireman also cracked jokes as they resuscitated this moron. I grabbed a brief video away from her location while I was waiting for the medics, and then a picture to record what had happened. I'm convinced that had I not intervened and stopped her friend from trying to do horrible CPR, and not calling 911, that stupid girl would be getting buried this week. Who knows though. I just didn't stand around and do nothing.

So that was a mouthful huh? Found another Barber dime, and then that happens. Wow. So back to swinging I went and then found my second Barber dime of the day! Awesome! Deep, repeatable, and just perfect. Moving along I found yet another Barber dime, the third on the day, and again it was deep but very audible. I'm now convinced that Auto is superior to Manual in the sensitivity department on the CTX. It was starting to get dark, so I started towards the Jeep, swinging as I go, and came across another deep silver target. This time it was a Merc, and my fourth silver dime of the day. Wow. A four silver day, and a meth addict. Who could ask for anything more right? lol Well that's it. That was my day hunting the dirt for coins.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MX0zg7M5zmc

 

[Confused]

Wow, amazing day.

 

[wheresthegoodstuff]

n/t

 

[sube]

WTG Ron i also found 21 barbers this year your on a roll keep posting enjoy readng your post .sube

 

[Cutaplug]

Awesome finds! My wife and I were driving home from Christmas vacation last year and drove through a tiny Missouri town about midnight. As I was driving I saw something out of the corner of my eye off the side of the road that I thought looked like a body. Cut a U-Turn, went back and found a girl laying face down in the snow. Immediately called 911 and went over to her. She looked dead and I thought for sure we were dealing with a body. Tapped on her shoulder and asked here if she was OK really loud several times and all of the sudden she flung her head up, took a huge gasp of air and started screaming. Her nose was bleading and she was kicking all over the place so I just backed up and let her do her thing. Ambulance came and took her away. I called a few days later to the police station and they said they thought she lived and that it was likely an overdose. She would have definately died that night if we hadn't went back so hopefully she learned her lesson.

 

[mudpuppy]

Ya just never know what adventure awaits a guy once he gets out of the house! I really enjoyed your day! Nice, no GREAT finds, and really cool to save a life, no matter who it belongs to, I was waiting for the big finish where you turned around after helping the girl, only to see the other meth freak running off with your CTX!
Mud

 

[Don in South Jersey]

Very Nice finds, Sweet Barbers!!!

 

[Big Boys Hobbies]

Awesome story about the coins! The CTX 3030 is a awesome machine for sure!

Drug story..... turns my stomach.

 

[Crusty]

Congrats on the great silver day.....those deep silvers are very rewarding to recover.

dave

 

[dadzjunk]

Ronfin,
Those are great finds in my book, because any silver is hard to come by in my area. Are you not using headphones because you are filming your digs? If you were using headphones, aren't you afraid that some of those druggies might slip up behind you and knock you in the head and take MD and anything else that you might have on you? Especially since you are hunting by yourself and a drug infested park! I commend you on your efforts to help save the girls life and thanks for sharing you adventures.

 

[Digger]

Nice finds! A three Barber day is an excellent day! Not to mention the Merc. Unfortunately, your coins were probably the only "recoveries" that took place in the park on that day. Thanks for sharing your adventure. HH Randy

 

[iskirkra]

another great video and great finds to match. congrats

Randy

 

[ronfin]

Ronfin,
Those are great finds in my book, because any silver is hard to come by in my area. Are you not using headphones because you are filming your digs? If you were using headphones, aren't you afraid that some of those druggies might slip up behind you and knock you in the head and take MD and anything else that you might have on you? Especially since you are hunting by yourself and a drug infested park! I commend you on your efforts to help save the girls life and thanks for sharing you adventures.

I wear them until I get a signal, then for the purposes of filming I uncheck the Wireless link. I am as careful as can be at that location, and have a permit to carry, so I'm armed most of the time I hunt as a precaution. When it starts to get dark I only hunt with one ear covered. I had a guy in a black hoodie approach me late one night when I was hunting, and was forgetting about being "safe", and I noticed him about 50m away. He was looking around, side to side, and behind him as he was walking towards me, and to me that was a clear indication he was looking for an opportunity to rob me, so to make him rethink what might be on his mind, I lifted my shirt a bit and tucked it in behind the handle of my 40 caliber, and then turned and bent down so he could see it. Stopped him in his tracks, and he said something under his breath, turned almost completely around, and left. I live in an Open Carry State, so if I want I could walk around with my weapon completely exposed like John Wayne, however, just because I'm legally entitled to go Open carry, I choose not too in most cases. One reason is that the public is uninformed, and most people in this neighborhood would either think I was a police officer, or a thug. It also draws attention to me, and kids already bother me because of the metal detector. I don't want kids asking me about my sidearm too. It is a tactical advantage having it in the Open Carry position, and a deterrent to the wanna-be thugs in this area, but I usually wear one of my old Military Police duty shirts that we wore for details that have my badge on the front, and "POLICE" on the back, so that's usually enough to scare the dirtbags away.

 

[NealNoIN]

n/t

 

[khouse]

Nice finds. Even better target recoveries. Two years ago I switched from my Predator knife to the Predator Raptor #31 and never looked back. http://www.predatortools.com/item_details.asp?ID=2

 

[ronfin]

I like the way that digger is shaped. Better to scoop the dirt out. I probably wouldn't have sliced my thumb last night if I was using a blade like that to remove the excess dirt rather than my hand. I think I'll be ordering one.

 

[Porschephile]

Super hunt Ron!!

Congrats!!!

 

[khouse]

I put a call out here for sponsors to contact me with their best price. It saved me some money when one dealer had one left. I removed the paint on the digging end and polished it up because the dirt stuck to the paint. Then you'll have to sharpen it which I'm sure you'll do.anyway. You can have those deep targets out in half the time. Keep digging the silver......

 

[Cutaplug]

Ronfin,
Those are great finds in my book, because any silver is hard to come by in my area. Are you not using headphones because you are filming your digs? If you were using headphones, aren't you afraid that some of those druggies might slip up behind you and knock you in the head and take MD and anything else that you might have on you? Especially since you are hunting by yourself and a drug infested park! I commend you on your efforts to help save the girls life and thanks for sharing you adventures.

I wear them until I get a signal, then for the purposes of filming I uncheck the Wireless link. I am as careful as can be at that location, and have a permit to carry, so I'm armed most of the time I hunt as a precaution. When it starts to get dark I only hunt with one ear covered. I had a guy in a black hoodie approach me late one night when I was hunting, and was forgetting about being "safe", and I noticed him about 50m away. He was looking around, side to side, and behind him as he was walking towards me, and to me that was a clear indication he was looking for an opportunity to rob me, so to make him rethink what might be on his mind, I lifted my shirt a bit and tucked it in behind the handle of my 40 caliber, and then turned and bent down so he could see it. Stopped him in his tracks, and he said something under his breath, turned almost completely around, and left. I live in an Open Carry State, so if I want I could walk around with my weapon completely exposed like John Wayne, however, just because I'm legally entitled to go Open carry, I choose not too in most cases. One reason is that the public is uninformed, and most people in this neighborhood would either think I was a police officer, or a thug. It also draws attention to me, and kids already bother me because of the metal detector. I don't want kids asking me about my sidearm too. It is a tactical advantage having it in the Open Carry position, and a deterrent to the wanna-be thugs in this area, but I usually wear one of my old Military Police duty shirts that we wore for details that have my badge on the front, and "POLICE" on the back, so that's usually enough to scare the dirtbags away.

Nice idea about the Police shirt! I'm gonna start doing that.

 

[Confused]

That is a good idea with the shirt. I am a contractor and so I wear my construction safety orange shirt with my Federal ID hanging from my neck. That way not too many people tell me not to dig in the park.