.....I never knew him,but the death brings back a scary incident,that happened to me recently.I kind of live for detecting and read many forums.Have made many friends on the net,even met some in person for some detecting,like Rob from Quesnel BC.
well a month ago I decided to give the local quarry a try,it has given me a few keepers.Very few peaple know it exists it is heavily wooded and is surrounded by homes and schools.
On this day I was hunting the top ledges,the cliff edges very steep and ragged.I was wearing my Gray-Ghosts and swinging the Minelab along the older overgrown seldom used trails.A few good coins were popping out of the ground along with some older militery buttons,and old rusty tools.This area was also logged in the pioneer days of our city,there are many huge stumps with the tell tale marks cut on the botton,where the old loggers slipped in a board they stood on.
I was hunting along the edge trail,hit a good signal,put mt detecter down,and started to dig.When I stood up to check my find,I was half a foot off the side of a very steep cliff!
One more careless step and I would have seen my maker,Please be carefull everyone at work or play,have a safe week-end.
Orlando BC
well a month ago I decided to give the local quarry a try,it has given me a few keepers.Very few peaple know it exists it is heavily wooded and is surrounded by homes and schools.
On this day I was hunting the top ledges,the cliff edges very steep and ragged.I was wearing my Gray-Ghosts and swinging the Minelab along the older overgrown seldom used trails.A few good coins were popping out of the ground along with some older militery buttons,and old rusty tools.This area was also logged in the pioneer days of our city,there are many huge stumps with the tell tale marks cut on the botton,where the old loggers slipped in a board they stood on.
I was hunting along the edge trail,hit a good signal,put mt detecter down,and started to dig.When I stood up to check my find,I was half a foot off the side of a very steep cliff!
One more careless step and I would have seen my maker,Please be carefull everyone at work or play,have a safe week-end.
Orlando BC
It did lower the temperature a tad, tho.