Thorndog
Newbie
Hello everyone!
Well, I guess I'll begin with a little story about how I even came to this point of writing this post, and as far as I can tell from all of the wonderful things I've read all throughout the forums, lots of you, (including me), love stories!
So here goes:
When I was a young teenager I received a metal detector for Christmas. The only thing I remember about it was that is was from Radio Shack and it was orange! It didn't matter to me, I was enthralled with it and swung my little heart out. I just loved the thrill of the hunt. Well, as I grew older and time became scarce (school, jobs, girls :P) I pretty much forgot all about my love of metal detecting. I joined the Marine Corps in 1986 and have lived quite a grand adventure for just over 20 years now, and will be retiring very soon. Anyway, for the past year and a half I had become addicted to a computer game called World of Warcraft. I loved the adventure of it all but found that I was truly missing out on "real life". Namely my wife, 3 daughters and the lovely Yuma, Arizona sun. Well, on my very own, I finally slapped some sense back into my thick skull and quit playing that life sucker of a game forever, and boy am I HAPPY I did that! I was missing out on so much. BUT, that hobby void needing some filling. I was very careful this time to choose a hobby that I, AND my family could enjoy. Then metal detecting came back to me like a crashing ocean wave. I became re-excited immediately! So the internet research began. I also called my Father in Gold Canyon, Arizona and told him about it, and he got just as excited as I did! I didn't have a very big budget but I am quite happy with what I settled on purchasing: A Tesoro Silver umax. I've had it about a week now and I love it! I've only been able to hunt in my own backyard so far, (work stuff) but I've found lots of nails, tubing scraps, and basic home construction items, but it doesn't matter, it's treasure to me! But most of all my wife and daughters are as excited as I am! It's so great to have this fire rekindled in me, and to have my family so deeply (no pun intended :P) involved as well. We are now researching Yuma's history, local laws, as well as collecting lists of all the city parks, schools, recreational facilities, etc... and of course since I'm in the Marines, I have the base to explore as well! We are very excited, and I'm personally grateful that there's such a great community of people here to share these experiences with, and I haven't even found a penny yet! lol Well, I just want to give a hearty HELLO out there to all of you and I look forward to becoming a closer part of this fine community! Thanks all!
Semper Fi,
Thorndog
Well, I guess I'll begin with a little story about how I even came to this point of writing this post, and as far as I can tell from all of the wonderful things I've read all throughout the forums, lots of you, (including me), love stories!
So here goes:When I was a young teenager I received a metal detector for Christmas. The only thing I remember about it was that is was from Radio Shack and it was orange! It didn't matter to me, I was enthralled with it and swung my little heart out. I just loved the thrill of the hunt. Well, as I grew older and time became scarce (school, jobs, girls :P) I pretty much forgot all about my love of metal detecting. I joined the Marine Corps in 1986 and have lived quite a grand adventure for just over 20 years now, and will be retiring very soon. Anyway, for the past year and a half I had become addicted to a computer game called World of Warcraft. I loved the adventure of it all but found that I was truly missing out on "real life". Namely my wife, 3 daughters and the lovely Yuma, Arizona sun. Well, on my very own, I finally slapped some sense back into my thick skull and quit playing that life sucker of a game forever, and boy am I HAPPY I did that! I was missing out on so much. BUT, that hobby void needing some filling. I was very careful this time to choose a hobby that I, AND my family could enjoy. Then metal detecting came back to me like a crashing ocean wave. I became re-excited immediately! So the internet research began. I also called my Father in Gold Canyon, Arizona and told him about it, and he got just as excited as I did! I didn't have a very big budget but I am quite happy with what I settled on purchasing: A Tesoro Silver umax. I've had it about a week now and I love it! I've only been able to hunt in my own backyard so far, (work stuff) but I've found lots of nails, tubing scraps, and basic home construction items, but it doesn't matter, it's treasure to me! But most of all my wife and daughters are as excited as I am! It's so great to have this fire rekindled in me, and to have my family so deeply (no pun intended :P) involved as well. We are now researching Yuma's history, local laws, as well as collecting lists of all the city parks, schools, recreational facilities, etc... and of course since I'm in the Marines, I have the base to explore as well! We are very excited, and I'm personally grateful that there's such a great community of people here to share these experiences with, and I haven't even found a penny yet! lol Well, I just want to give a hearty HELLO out there to all of you and I look forward to becoming a closer part of this fine community! Thanks all!
Semper Fi,
Thorndog
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