jmastny78
Full Member
I apologize ahead of time, this isn't a post about something found. I actually lost something today. My wife's grandfather, the man who introduced me to and got me hooked on metal detecting, passed away this afternoon after a long battle with COPD. He was an awesome individual with a zest for life. By nature he was an outdoorsman and having been born and raised in Alabama he had an extreme love of the south and of the history behind the civil war. He was an Army veteran and a devoted husband of more than 60 years! His family always came first and he enjoyed every second he got to spend with each and every one of them. Once his body got to the point where he couldn't venture outside any longer he passed his Garrett GTAx 1000 down to me and a new detectorist was born! I enjoyed finding stuff and taking it over to show him and before I ever had a chance to look it up he could tell exactly what it was and roughly what years it was from. I'll miss the conversations we had and the encouragement he gave me every time we discussed the hobby. It's a sad day, but out of his passing he breathed new life and enthusiasm into me which I plan on passing on to my girls and so on and so on! So with that, Guy Smith (Papa to my daughters) I thank you for your service to your country, I thank you for getting me involved in such an awesome hobby, thank you for being such a good friend and I thank you most of all for being such a devoted and loving husband, father, grandfather and especially great grandfather! You will be missed! RIP
