I have had a string of bad luck with my health this past year and have not been able to treasure hunt at all. I have had to have my hips replaced with artificial sockets and I have an old nagging back injury that makes it almost impossible to get up once I get down on my knees to dig. So, I thought I had a great idea. I wanted to spend more time with my grand kids anyway, so why not teach one or more of them to dig for me. The plan was to teach them how to make a small hole, find the object and replace the dirt all nice and neat. Then I would split the loot with them. But I ran into an unseen problem. No matter how many times I have gone over the proper way to dig, they get so excited they wind up throwing dirt everywhere and if it's a coin, they might even toss it out without realizing it! The ones that are strong enough to use the digging equipment are about six or seven and the little ones get upset because I won't let them dig. So I have to watch them closely to make sure they don't just go off and find some soft dirt and dig a trench! Then, the older grand kids want to borrow one of my spare detectors and go along and do their own treasure hunting. What to do? I am so disgusted from not being able to go "prospecting" (as my wife calls it), I almost need to take a tranquilizer to fight off depression. As an alternative I tried carrying a short shovel type digging tool and one of those tools with the squeeze handle that you can use to pick stuff up . But the darn things are always in the way and will set off the detector if the coil gets near them. Any suggestions?
On a lighter note, I have to tell this on myself. I was out in my front yard practicing with my new detector and pulling myself up by grabbing a low limb and using my retaining wall that is nearby to regain my footing. The sun was hot and I was getting tired so I crawled over to my big oak tree and laid down in the shade on the fresh mown grass to rest and cool off. This lady came driving by and stopped apparently thinking I had had a stroke or something and came running over to tell me she had called an ambulance! As I was struggling to get up and tell her I was ok, I heard a siren coming down the street and , a whole fire engine and crew (first responders) pulled up and wanted to know where the heart attack victim was. As I was explaining why I was laying in the grass, I heard an ambulance coming and a crowd of curious people was gathering, allowing me to sneak off in the crowd and go into my house where I peeked out trough the blinds to watch. Everyone milled around for a bit in mass confusion, and even the lady who called it in had sneaked off by now. There was even a police car there to direct traffic! So after checking a few pulses and listening to a few perfectly healthy chests, the ambulance and fire truck departed. Luckily my equipment was still there when everyone had gone. Lesson learned. Do my practice detecting in the back yard behind my 6' stockade fence! And if I can't get up, just be tough and crawl to something to grab hold of, oh, and always wear knee pads. Onus
I put this in the AT PRO section because that is what my new almosts unused detector is!
On a lighter note, I have to tell this on myself. I was out in my front yard practicing with my new detector and pulling myself up by grabbing a low limb and using my retaining wall that is nearby to regain my footing. The sun was hot and I was getting tired so I crawled over to my big oak tree and laid down in the shade on the fresh mown grass to rest and cool off. This lady came driving by and stopped apparently thinking I had had a stroke or something and came running over to tell me she had called an ambulance! As I was struggling to get up and tell her I was ok, I heard a siren coming down the street and , a whole fire engine and crew (first responders) pulled up and wanted to know where the heart attack victim was. As I was explaining why I was laying in the grass, I heard an ambulance coming and a crowd of curious people was gathering, allowing me to sneak off in the crowd and go into my house where I peeked out trough the blinds to watch. Everyone milled around for a bit in mass confusion, and even the lady who called it in had sneaked off by now. There was even a police car there to direct traffic! So after checking a few pulses and listening to a few perfectly healthy chests, the ambulance and fire truck departed. Luckily my equipment was still there when everyone had gone. Lesson learned. Do my practice detecting in the back yard behind my 6' stockade fence! And if I can't get up, just be tough and crawl to something to grab hold of, oh, and always wear knee pads. Onus
I put this in the AT PRO section because that is what my new almosts unused detector is!
