:shrug:Lots Of Talent On This Forum..."WHAT DO/DID YOU DO FOR A LIVING":shrug:

[Geo Unit]

n/t

 

[nova74]

I've was a car salesman for the last couple of years but am now with CN rail as a conductor. I got into MDing cause I like to hunt for stuff. A past job I had was a professional mushroom picker (Morels, Chantrelles, Matsutake, etc..)

 

[seamonster777]

I sell aircraft for a living....I go Metal detecting because it takes my mind off airplanes, deals and stress of doing what I do....Normally I tell people I sell shoes...it is easier to make them comprehend...go figure..

 

[coach c]

I retired after 46 year as a football coach and athletic director in the state of Texas. I am now a sales consultant for Mondo USA, a sports surfacing company.

 

[greenhorn62]

wow if i ever need help with any thing i will ask on this forum

 

[Lone Wolf]

Another RN here. I work on a Telemetry / Neuro unit. 3 12 hours days per week makes for a lot of extra time to play with my 250 which I just bought last year.

LW

 

[Tennrebel]

I owned an Auto Parts Store for 35 years. I also was a Tesoro,Fisher, and Whites detector dealer for 16 years. Gave it all up to be my wife's caregiver who has Ms in 2008. I get a break usually one day a week and I go detecting with the weather permitting. I am an dihard CW Relic Detectorist. I also work in my wood shop making display cases selling on Ebay.

 

[MikeW]

I work security for a power company. Did 6 yrs in USMC military p[olice before that. Been detecting since 1979 and have used a little of everything over the yrs. Also have done some gold mining many yrs ago and interested in geocaching.Seems like I was just 25 yesterday...

 

[Orion42]

Industrial machine repair with main focus on electrical systems. Worked on hydraulic, pneumatic and mechanical systems and plant operations. Machinist and centerless grinder.

John

 

[Mad-Medic]

I am a retired Firefighter/Medic, Tactical Medic, Crime Scene responder and Wilderness Rescue. I also teach bush-craft and wilderness survival ( since I was a teenager and hunting guide). I was in Air-Search and Rescue on Fort Knox. I have a great wife of 14 years and 3 children. Love to geocache with my family as well as prospecting with my kids.

 

[salmonriverhotrock]

Began working at a young age. Mowing lawns, pulling weeds, splitting wood, miscellaneous things.

In High School, I worked on a large farm moving "hand lines" or irrigation sprinkler lines. Worked on a large ranch throwing calves for branding, de-horning, castration and vaccinations. Also flood irrigated hay fields, swathed hay, stacked hay, built or mended fences, plowed fields, and then fed cows in the winter hitching and driving a team of work horses. Was a great job while in high school.

Joined the U.S. Marine Corps, served 4 active years in southern California. Went to sea twice aboard Naval ships. Made two beach landings, never became a Shell Back. Went on many operations involving Winter and Desert warfare training back in the 1970's.

Attended and graduated from the Idaho State Universities two year General Diesel program.

Was accepted by I.S.U. for a 3rd year in Diesel Electric but had already hired on with Westinghouse Electric Corp. and worked at the Naval Reactors Facility for just over 11 years. My work in short was with irradiated and attractive Naval nuclear fuel and then in Quality Assurance.

Made a career change and went into long haul Flat Bed (Skate Board) truck driving. Spent 8 years in it. The most valuable load I hauled was worth $4 million, the second most valuable was $250 K. Hauled many over size and over length loads. Also hauled many Log Home kits to people out in the sticks and I mean sticks on what at times were no better than deer trails. It was amazing the kinds of places people wanted an over the road truck to get into. I got out of trucking, mainly for how people treat truck drivers and the over regulation by California and the Federals. I do miss the road though. All the Old Timers said it will get in your blood and boy did it and pulls at my heart. I saw most of the U.S. and as well on the two lane roads. Also went to many places the average person would not have been allowed to enter or see.

At present, I'm a State snowplow driver and highway maintenance worker. The pay is pretty low, intentionally kept below the comparable job on the outside by the Legislature and before the economy went south, for the responsibilities and risks we take around and in traffic, but I have no children or am I married anymore so what more do I really need other than God.

Looking back to the days when I was a Kid, I'd say I've done about all I had wished to do. Lost my Dad last year but through my life in the ups and downs, he was my Mentor and Idol. I can only hoe I was as much a Son to him as he was a Father to me.

Have been detecting since 1982. First machine used was a friends upper end Garrett and in less than a half hour found a wheat and a mans gold ring up in the mountains of Idaho. The first machine I bought was a Garrett Freedom II Coin Commander from Powers Candies in Pocatello Idaho and still have and use it today. Yes, since I was a kid, I had always wanted to have a machine and to metal detect. Always saw all those Ads in them Old West magazines my Grandmother always had around her home in the 60's and 70's. Always wanted to find a $20 Gold Piece and a Gold Nugget. Still working on achieving both.

 

[Mick in Dubbo]

Flying the balloons would have been an interesting way to make a quid John. My younger brother got married in one and both my younger brothers used to launch their hang gliders from beneath a few hot air balloons from time to time.
Mick Evans.

 

[sandtrout]

after high school: box boy, KMart, US Air Force for 6 years as a Radar Operator, US Post Office for 32 years...retired in 2008. Been fishing forever, just took up fly fishing, play blues harmonica, photography for fun and money, and some cooking. Metal Detecting for less than a year but seems addicting. Using an Ace 250 and Tesoro Vaquero. I enjoy finding clad and anything else and planning great lunch and/or dinners to take with me using wide mouth Thermos bottles. This week I took green chili chicken enchiladas in a thermos at a park where I just finished finding .92 cents in clad and today was at a beach where I found a ton of washers and bobby pins but the thermos of clam chowder made up for the losses!

 

[SpencerHughes]

Radio talk show host. Great and rewarding job. And I have been spreading the word about the hobby and getting a lot of listeners all over the world jacked up about it!!

This is a great forum and I am honored to be here with all of you. As a Newbie, I am learning so, so much just reading all the threads here. So thanks!

Cheers,

Spencer

 

[Dream Catcher]

High school band director. Year 30... our future is in great hands... regardless of what you hear from the negative media about kids. I am a blessed man to be able to work with the quality of students I get in the band program.

 

[rob]

Been in the paint and coatings industry for 20 years. Now I manufacture and apply decorative concrete materials. We replace carpet and other types of flooring with a cement type of overlay for a "mall" floor type look.

 

[bik-il]

Sole practitioner criminal defense attorney.

Detecting takes the edge off.

Bik

 

[NM5K]

I'm a mental toss flycoon.
But actually, I've done A/C and heating work for many years. That's probably my
main bag as far as making money.
But I've doodled with other things. In a past life I used to work for a company that
made printed circuit boards.
I worked in several stages of the process, from the copper lines, photo etching,
board inspection, etc.. But it was a nasty job due to all the chemicals and it made
my skin turn green. "Mainly the copper line caused that". Some of the most nasty
chemicals you will ever see. Several types of pure acid, a heated formaldehyde/copper
solution. The photo stripper was so strong you could flick a tiny spec on your hand
and you would feel it start to burn.
I've also done flight simulator software work over the years, both freeware and
commercial. I started designing scenery, and also did panel design, sound file work,
and even "air file" tweaking, which determines the realism of the flight model.
I don't do near as much as I used to through. The sim has progressed to the point
where it's not as needing of improvement vs the old days.. So I don't feel as
compelled to mess with it as much as I used to. But I have been working on improving
a F-16 Fighting Falcon recently. I had to do lots of work on the virtual cockpit, and
also have been tweaking the flight model a bit. It's a fun plane to fly, and with the
virtual cockpit, which is all I use the past few years, is fairly realistic looking.
Needless to say, compared to the Lear 45 and B737-700/800's I most often fly,
it's faster than a scalded house cat. I go back to the Lear, and it seems so slow, it's
like I'm in a Cessna... :/ With the F-16, I'll often hit near mach 2 at high alt cruise..
I can fly from Texas to Florida in no time at all. Sometimes I'll fly the "astronaut"
route from Ellington, which is near NASA, to the Cape Kennedy Florida launch site.
Ziiiippppp!

 

[phifly04]

Professional Chef trained at Walnut college in Philly,between gigs for now and trying to learn my detector here in Millsboro.De

 

[Lake Hunter]

I have been an Auto,Truck,Ag,Industrial Parts Store Manager for the past 18 years , and before that I was a Tow and Recovery Operator for land and water.