BeachcomberContractor
Greenie
- Joined
- Feb 29, 2012
- Messages
- 12
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- Golden Thread
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- Location
- WESTERN AUSTRALIA
- Detector(s) used
- Garrett AT Pro
- Primary Interest:
- All Treasure Hunting
"One More Step"
Detecting on the banks of Perth’s Metropolitan Canning River in Western Australia, knee deep in water with my Garrett AT Pro, I was reasonably happy with my finds for the day, which included a 1958 florin (a pre decimal coin with 50% silver content). I had dug a lot of junk, I was getting tired and too close for comfort to a family picnic. So I thought to myself “One more” and remembered how, when his crew thought they had everything from a wreck full of Chinese porcelain, Australian Treasure hunter Michael Hatcher insisted on “One more”(dive) and this decision resulted in the find of a spillage of $millions of gold, that otherwise would have been left there. As I took my ‘one more’ step, I heard a solid ‘Blip’. Buried in 10cm of hard mud and broken oyster shells was a beautifully embossed old fashioned Gold wedding ring. I nonchalantly slipped it onto my little finger & made my way back to my van. I reckon the ring had been stuck there for decades waiting for me. It was very dirty & difficult to clean. The moral of the story is “When you are about to quit, take one more step” Rex WOODMORE March 2012
Detecting on the banks of Perth’s Metropolitan Canning River in Western Australia, knee deep in water with my Garrett AT Pro, I was reasonably happy with my finds for the day, which included a 1958 florin (a pre decimal coin with 50% silver content). I had dug a lot of junk, I was getting tired and too close for comfort to a family picnic. So I thought to myself “One more” and remembered how, when his crew thought they had everything from a wreck full of Chinese porcelain, Australian Treasure hunter Michael Hatcher insisted on “One more”(dive) and this decision resulted in the find of a spillage of $millions of gold, that otherwise would have been left there. As I took my ‘one more’ step, I heard a solid ‘Blip’. Buried in 10cm of hard mud and broken oyster shells was a beautifully embossed old fashioned Gold wedding ring. I nonchalantly slipped it onto my little finger & made my way back to my van. I reckon the ring had been stuck there for decades waiting for me. It was very dirty & difficult to clean. The moral of the story is “When you are about to quit, take one more step” Rex WOODMORE March 2012
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or 5 mo steps, heck don't stop lol^
