It pays to own a metal detector

YourDirtisMyfood
YourDirtisMyfood Boston Posts: 4,668
edited September 2009 in A Moving Train
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  • tybird
    tybird Posts: 17,388
    Maybe it is better to be lucky than good? I can not imagine stumbling across over such
    All the world will be your enemy, Prince with a thousand enemies, and whenever they catch you, they will kill you. But first they must catch you, digger, listener, runner, prince with the swift warning. Be cunning and full of tricks and your people shall never be destroyed.
  • South of Seattle
    South of Seattle West Seattle Posts: 10,724
    I've often wondered how much gold is still out there.

    When I think of the gold rush in the american west back in the ol' days you know they didn't get it all! :mrgreen:
    NERDS!
  • SPEEDY MCCREADY
    SPEEDY MCCREADY Posts: 27,045
    South of Seattle wrote:
    I've often wondered how much gold is still out there.

    When I think of the gold rush in the american west back in the ol' days you know they didn't get it all! :mrgreen:
    Lets quit our jobs and buy a couple of metal detectors........

    We can live off ramen noodles...until we make our big SCORE!!!!!
    Take me piece by piece.....
    Till there aint nothing left worth taking away from me.....
  • South of Seattle
    South of Seattle West Seattle Posts: 10,724
    SPEEDY MCCREADY wrote:
    South of Seattle wrote:
    I've often wondered how much gold is still out there.

    When I think of the gold rush in the american west back in the ol' days you know they didn't get it all! :mrgreen:
    Lets quit our jobs and buy a couple of metal detectors........

    We can live off ramen noodles...until we make our big SCORE!!!!!

    I'm all in in about 4 months! :lol:
    NERDS!
  • TriumphantAngel
    TriumphantAngel Posts: 1,760
    wow, what an awesome find. we used to mess around with one at our beach house when we were younger, but i never found anything as cool as that!
  • TravisTheSky
    TravisTheSky Posts: 615
    I'm going to make nearly FIVE DOLLARS at the recycling plant today, selling the treasures I found whilst scavenging.

    Whoo(!)
    "May you live in interesting times."
  • decides2dream
    decides2dream Posts: 14,977
    VERY cool!
    8-)



    and this is nice:
    Once the hoard is sold, the market value of the find will go to Herbert and the owner of the field where the hoard was discovered. The pair have agreed to split the amount.
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  • soulsinging
    soulsinging Posts: 13,202
    I always make fun of those guys for thinking they'll find something with their crappy little detector. Guess they get the last laugh. Although the fact that there's a local club for it is hilarious... I'd love to sit in on one of those meetings.
  • know1
    know1 Posts: 6,801
    soulsinging wrote:
    I always make fun of those guys for thinking they'll find something with their crappy little detector. Guess they get the last laugh. Although the fact that there's a local club for it is hilarious... I'd love to sit in on one of those meetings.

    Anybody ever watch the show "Gold Fever" on the Outdoor channel? I don't watch it, but I have caught parts of it when I've had it on that channel watching something else and it comes on. There are apparently quite a few gold prospectors out there.

    (I know that's not the same as walking around with a metal detector)
    The only people we should try to get even with...
    ...are those who've helped us.

    Right 'round the corner could be bigger than ourselves.
  • blueandwhite
    blueandwhite Posts: 662
    At least this guy gets a portion of the proceeds. I couldn't imagine anything worse than finding something of such value only to have it stripped away by the government without compensation. The farmer who owned the field is even luckier. He didn't have to do anything beyond letting a crazy guy with a metal detector onto his land.

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