FoundInNC
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There is nothing like the feeling you get when you return something of someone's that they thought was gone forever. Last week in casual conversation with a gentleman in my hometown, I came to know that he had lost his wedding band some years ago in his pasture. I mentioned that I could probably locate it for him, but he was adamant that I would not find it, and that he had a man come out four different occasions and was unsuccessful. He also said a group of four men came out one Saturday and stayed most of the afternoon and they were unsuccessful. He claimed that he thought that they might have stolen the ring if they did happen to find it. I told him that I would love to go try and he agreed, but with no enthusiasm. Today, I had a few hours to spare, so I drove on over to his house and knocked on his door, as I was instructed, and he told me to go ahead, just to make sure to lock the gates. He went back in the house. I could tell that he was thinking that I was wasting my time. The pasture was approximately one to two acres with an electric fence surrounding, and about 15 pigeon cages. I was digging every mid 50-70 VDI on the AT GOLD and turned nothing but pigeon leg bands and pulltabs. An hour or so passed by and a pie tin of trash, and I finally got that signal I was hoping for. It was a solid, four way repeatable tone. I dug it, and immediately caught sight of the gold ring! I walked over to his house and got him to walk over with me, and he kept saying, I know you didn't find that ring.....When I showed him my hole, he knelt down and picked it up with shaky hands and smiled the biggest smile I have ever seen. He thanked me and told me how he had given up hope on that ring, and told me that it was his father's wedding band, as well as his own. He said hey Dixon, come on over to the house, so I followed him over and he handed me a fat ol' bag of fresh tomatoes as a reward.
Sometimes the reward isn't monetary, sometimes it is a good friend, and some fresh produce. Enjoy the pictures! (the last picture is of my FIRST Shield Nickel, which I dug yesterday with Evan9r in Hillsborough NC)
If the AT-Gold can't sniff out the gold, it might stay in the ground
Freshly dug ring
The gentleman, happy, with his freshly dug ring
My reward!
Sometimes the reward isn't monetary, sometimes it is a good friend, and some fresh produce. Enjoy the pictures! (the last picture is of my FIRST Shield Nickel, which I dug yesterday with Evan9r in Hillsborough NC)
If the AT-Gold can't sniff out the gold, it might stay in the ground
Freshly dug ring
The gentleman, happy, with his freshly dug ring
My reward!
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