The Man Got Rewarded For Being Generous To Our Club

[Dances With Doves]

Back when  Palladium was around $400 a man   lost his almost 20 gram ring with stones in a shallow  bay on a  Finger Lake.He called the club and my buddy called me and we made the half hour drive to the spot.He did not know  where he lost it in this about 20 acre  cove.Armed with my 5by8 coil on My At gold I got a most unusual sound and  scooped up his huge ring.I walked over to him since he met us there and I drooped the ring in  his hand and asked if this is what you are looking for.This man was so happy  because he  did not believe he would ever see the ring again.He gave the  club a gift of about $150 and  since then the price of palladium has hit about $2400.One other time a man on the  beach lost his ring just by posing for  pictures on the beach. I found it in 20 seconds since I was walking by  when they lost it. I said  I don't  want anything and just kept on hunting down the beach.In this instance a man lost something without even being overly active.The only time I got paid was when i found a young man's key to his  sport       car which was  expensive to replace .I found it in 30 seconds and this guy was  very happy.He offered me money but I refused.He kept on   insisting so   i said I will use it to take my buddy to  Wendy' s to celebrate you getting your  key back.Me and my buddy used the         $20 for a nice meal at Wendy's.One other time someone left a keg on the beach and me and my buddy split the $20  deposit.You  never  know what adventure the beach will bring you.

[Dances With Doves]

I talked to my buddy and the ring  cost his wife over $2000 back when Palladium     was cheap.I would say it would cost about $ 5000 to replace today.For some reason that At gold likes to make  big finds.I   heard of a  $20,000 ring found by a hunter in our area with that machine.

[Valens Legacy]

Love hearing stories like this, as it helps us who metal detect parks and beaches.

Some places won't allow it now, so when I hear things like this I share them with the local politicians just like my grandfather did.

[Dances With Doves]

1 hour ago, Valens Legacy said:

Love hearing stories like this, as it helps us who metal detect parks and beaches.

Some places won't allow it now, so when I hear things like this I share them with the local politicians just like my grandfather did.

I have  probably   taken  a 1000 pounds of junk out of the beaches in all these years  as opposed  to the many people who are polluters     on  our beaches.I think there is a $1000 fine for those who throw junk in the water but very few ever get caught.One of our thin but very long beach looks like a junkyard after a long hit weekend.

[schoolofhardNox]

5 hours ago, Dances With Doves said:

I have  probably   taken  a 1000 pounds of junk out of the beaches in all these years  as opposed  to the many people who are polluters     on  our beaches.I think there is a $1000 fine for those who throw junk in the water but very few ever get caught.One of our thin but very long beach looks like a junkyard after a long hit weekend.

I hear you on the junk. I remember telling a lady that stopped me and ask about my success on the beach, that this is what beach detecting is usually. I told her it was mostly a junk day today and she was shocked at the amount of pointed iron, bottle caps, fish hooks, etc... that I had found. My last words to her were that I was an unofficial, unpaid sanitation worker 😄