Long Year And Time To Go Home Finally

[Valens Legacy]

Work is just winding down in the Gulf and we are ready to store our equipment for the winter and go home for a while. This year we lost 1 of our inspection submarines that we use to an accident loading back onto the tender ship and fortunately no body was injured.

Since it has been a long time metal detecting I decided to go on a hunt as KAC had told me to do.

I made it to the beach and started my search for some nice items, when shortly I came across a beautiful, a large diamond ring with almost 2 karat diamond laid upon it, and was surrounded by 18 k gold.

The next item I had come across was a man’s ring in the form of nuggets with a small diamond in it.

Then came a heavy gold chain that Mr. T would be proud of as it was 14k and almost wide as a pencil.

Later as I thought the day was starting to end, I came across a pair of earrings with some of the nicest diamonds I had seen. Another 14k gold post and band held everything together.

I started to hunt near the stairway to the beach when I noticed a dog wandering around where I had been hunting and to men walking behind it. They shouted at me and I really couldn’t make out what they were saying so I waited for them to get closer. The dog came to me and was playing with my pants leg when they got near me and they told the dog to leave me alone. They asked me what I was doing and I replied that I was on the beach hunting for items. One of the men asked me if I had found anything and I pulled out my bag and showed them what I had found. Their eyes were wide open and almost in shock when they had seen what I had found. I asked them what they thought I would get for the items I had found and one of them said “3 to 5”. They took my finds and I asked for some pictures to put in my scrap book and they told me to have my attorney to request them for me.

Kac, next time when you tell me to go on a hunt, make sure that you tell me to take my detector with me.

Wish I could have been on a hunt this year, but work really had me busy. Maybe next year will be better.

[Compass]

That's why you never tell people what you have found, even imaginary ones! 🙂

[TampaBayBrad]

I thought they said you can never remember your good dreams?

[F350Platinum]

Glad you had another safe year, and woke up from that awful dream. 😬

Looking forward to more great humor from ya! And hopefully some awesome finds. 🍀👍

[Joe D.]

   That's  a "gotcha" story for sure!! Thanks for the laugh Caleb!🤣 Except for the damaged sub!!😵🍀

   Hope you have time to really get some detecting in, on your off time between seasons!🍀👍👍

[Erik Oostra]

Geez dude, you had me going there.. was about to congratulate you on your outstanding skill.. very funny story.. I'm sure next year you'll really find those rings, chains and earrings.. just remember to run away before the men with the dog get to you.. 😁   

[rvpopeye]

Hope you get some real detecting in before it freezes up !🥶

Not sure that sub isn't safe on deck in it's cradle but it would suck bilge water to lose one ! arrrrrrrrrrrrrgh🏴‍☠️

 

[Valens Legacy]

19 minutes ago, rvpopeye said:

Hope you get some real detecting in before it freezes up !🥶

Not sure that sub isn't safe on deck in it's cradle but it would suck bilge water to lose one ! arrrrrrrrrrrrrgh

One of these days I will be back out there with the detector, but it is getting to cold in Illinois to do anything now.

The sub was being taken out of the water in rough waves and the crane operator didn't know what he was doing when he hit the side of the tender. The sub was damaged so bad they have to replace it as it won't go below 200 meters at best before it looses integrity and fails. The whole front end started to crack when I found the problem and fortunately was able to resurface in time.

 

[Valens Legacy]

4 hours ago, F350Platinum said:

Glad you had another safe year, and woke up from that awful dream.

Thanks for the words of being safe as it really is a tough job to do and when anything starts to leak it can go from bad to worse.

What dream were you talking about? Just kidding now, and we are thinking about going to Australia for about a month on business.

[Valens Legacy]

3 hours ago, Erik Oostra said:

just remember to run away before the men with the dog get to you.. 😁   

Well if the darn dog would have let me go I would have gone right up those stairs.

We are looking at another sub for sale down there and may be down sometime in January, I may give you a call for a hunt.