PTSD And Detecting

[vanursepaul]

Quick story--

As most of you know i work with Veterans, and a lot are dealing with PTSD ---

I always thought detecting would be good therapy because they can get away from the crowds,

carry a firearm in most cases (so they feel safe) and they can relax a bit.

One guy showed up last week with a Minelab GoFind60---[maybe the only mInelab i havent  bought ...Yet...lol]

He said he was new and he hadnt found much but trash...I told him to trget places people would be sitting on the ground...

like ball fields, picnics and such..I told him that  I like to go around old trees.

Mind you this is on an old Army base so there can be some neat things there.

So far the first day he got half an old spur, second day---1912 penny in good shape!, third day- two Taxca Mexico sliver bangles with the floral design....($25ea!)

So he is feeling better , he isnt so jumpy, i see him smiling now, and he is sleeping better after going to classes  and then detecting the rest of the day....

That's all it took....a little detector and a place to detect----

Im happy I got to meet this new detectorist.

[jrbeatty]

Heartwarming story Paul.  :)

[beatup]

Good on you Paul

[Steve Herschbach]

The inside of my head most often resembles a bag of cats. Metal detecting for me is a form of meditation when I get into "the zone" and wonderfully relaxing. I enter the flow where time ceases to exist. Metal detecting can be very good for people who need constant low level exercise (recovering from heart attack, for instance) and for calming minds that are otherwise anything but calm.

[vanursepaul]

2 hours ago, Steve Herschbach said:

The system forces each word to cap the first letter only. I have to do specific overrides for any word that has caps anywhere but first letter. This is also why putting quotes around things messes with the capitalization - the quote sign is treated as the first letter of a word. Inserting a space before a letter will make it capitalize. Using full spellings instead of abbreviations is another solution Post Traumatic Stress Syndrome instead of PTSD for example. Or wait a day or two and I will get around to doing an override. 

The inside of my head most often resembles a bag of cats. Metal detecting for me is a form of meditation when I get into "the zone" and wonderfully relaxing. I enter the flow where time ceases to exist. Metal detecting can be very good for people who need constant low level exercise (recovering from heart attack, for instance) and for calming minds that are otherwise anything but calm.

Well said

[Arctic Digger Daniel]

Detecting works wonders with my PTSD. My mind is clear, I’m not freaking out over crowds or people around me, and I’m more focused. Whatever the case I truly love getting out there detecting.

[vanursepaul]

I been thru the NP---2012 in the Winter--- it was a little cool there if I remember correctly---Tannnnniy river or however you spell it seemed a bit iced over

 

[Bada Bing]

Good on you Paul ..... Great work.

Cheers

BB

[vanursepaul]

Hey where you been hiding Bada Bing???

Good to see you on again....

3 months and I may be rocked up on the caravan park again---- getting a brekkie roll .......so get the hardware oiled up lololol.....

You missed me last season ...hahahaha

[vanursepaul]

My new buddy just informed me last night that he was going to step up to the Equinox 600.

He is doing well with the Go-Find 60,  and since he has the time to detect, i feel we will be seeing some more good stuff from him soon.

He may already be lurking on the forum so make him welcome if you feel like it---his name is-----

ooooops HIPPA...?