gollum
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- Minelab SD2200D (Modded)/ Whites GMT 24k / Fisher FX-3 / Fisher Gold Bug II / Fisher Gemini / Schiebel MIMID / Falcon MD-20
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The other night, I was visiting a friend of mine that is a Minelab Dealer. While sitting around, he got a call on his work line.
It was a guy who wanted to know if he either rented metal detectors or would he come to a beach and detect for a lost watch. He said that for $50 per hour he would come out and try to find it. The guy agreed, and my buddy grabbed his Excal II. On the way out, he asked me if I wanted to go. He would split whatever he got. I quickly agreed, and grabbed one of my detectors out of my truck.
We met the couple at the entrance to the beach, and got the whole story. He had mortgaged himself to the hilt to buy this watch for his wife about ten years ago, when she came in 3rd in a marathon. They had come to this beach with their kids that day, and had moved three times (a pretty good distance apart). In all, about a quarter of a mile of beach to search. For whatever reason, they still wouldn't say what kind of watch it was (other than it was heavy).
My buddy started doing his normal methodical "bottom of the wet-to the top of the dry" search pattern, while I followed more of a straight line to all the points they moved to and from that day. First signal was loud and hard.....bobby pins. About five minutes later, my next signal was higher pitched and loud as anything.............foil gum wrapper. I was still between Point 1 and Point 2, when my detector sounded off again. I reached down into the sand, and came up with a watch. It was a $4000 Stainless and Gold Cartier Tank.
The wife was all the way down at Point 3, and hubby was still at Point 1. I waved the watch in the air and yelled "Was it a Cartier?" He came running down the beach to where I was. He thought I was joking, until he saw the watch. We all tried yelling at his wife, but was too far away to hear. She couldn't see us all waving at her either. Her hubby called her on the cell, and she didn't believe him. It took a few minutes to convince her we had found it. She came down and was in tears. It was the most expensive thing she owned. Her husband told us he was so happy, because he never could have afforded to buy her a replacement.
It was at this point that I realized I didn't bring a camera. Oh well. My second most expensive watch ever found, and no camera.
All in all, not expecting to do much of anything, it was a great evening.
Best-Mike
It was a guy who wanted to know if he either rented metal detectors or would he come to a beach and detect for a lost watch. He said that for $50 per hour he would come out and try to find it. The guy agreed, and my buddy grabbed his Excal II. On the way out, he asked me if I wanted to go. He would split whatever he got. I quickly agreed, and grabbed one of my detectors out of my truck.
We met the couple at the entrance to the beach, and got the whole story. He had mortgaged himself to the hilt to buy this watch for his wife about ten years ago, when she came in 3rd in a marathon. They had come to this beach with their kids that day, and had moved three times (a pretty good distance apart). In all, about a quarter of a mile of beach to search. For whatever reason, they still wouldn't say what kind of watch it was (other than it was heavy).
My buddy started doing his normal methodical "bottom of the wet-to the top of the dry" search pattern, while I followed more of a straight line to all the points they moved to and from that day. First signal was loud and hard.....bobby pins. About five minutes later, my next signal was higher pitched and loud as anything.............foil gum wrapper. I was still between Point 1 and Point 2, when my detector sounded off again. I reached down into the sand, and came up with a watch. It was a $4000 Stainless and Gold Cartier Tank.
The wife was all the way down at Point 3, and hubby was still at Point 1. I waved the watch in the air and yelled "Was it a Cartier?" He came running down the beach to where I was. He thought I was joking, until he saw the watch. We all tried yelling at his wife, but was too far away to hear. She couldn't see us all waving at her either. Her hubby called her on the cell, and she didn't believe him. It took a few minutes to convince her we had found it. She came down and was in tears. It was the most expensive thing she owned. Her husband told us he was so happy, because he never could have afforded to buy her a replacement.
It was at this point that I realized I didn't bring a camera. Oh well. My second most expensive watch ever found, and no camera.
All in all, not expecting to do much of anything, it was a great evening.
Best-Mike
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