Ridiculous day! 3 Barbers, 1 Merc, & a girl OD's in the park!

[Sonny b]

Very nice dime haul! Congrats on a great hunt. Well done on the vid too.

[ronfin]

Originally Posted by keninkansas

4 silvers and saved a life, in one day? crackhead or not, you the man!!!!!

I'm not taking credit for saving her life. I may've prevented her brother from killing her though, but she was alive when I got there and all the Fireman did was give her oxygen until she came out of it. She was VERY lucky. I'm just not someone that can stand around and do nothing, even though I claim to hate Humanity on a regular basis, I'm usually the first to give a helping hand. I'm a walking contradiction.

[jruckman38]

I'm with you man on the drug thing I don't get it. people are just sick and need help and nobody will do anything to help them. This country has the means to get this stuff off the street and the wont. they say they can't do anything but we all know they can. Stop worrying about there pockets or who's got the most votes and do something. But anyway good job on the hunt and the life saving.

[Paul2012]

Nice silver! Love those barbers!

[fred sanford]

Congrats on all the silver.Nice spot you have there. Nice save with the girl. In your opinion, how much better is the 30/30 over the Etrac? I own the Etrac, and was wondering how much better it is. Do you think there is a huge difference? Do you think the Etrac would have sniffed those barbers out?

[ronfin]

Originally Posted by fred sanford

Congrats on all the silver.Nice spot you have there. Nice save with the girl. In your opinion, how much better is the 30/30 over the Etrac? I own the Etrac, and was wondering how much better it is. Do you think there is a huge difference? Do you think the Etrac would have sniffed those barbers out?

OK, they are very similar machines, and both perform extremely well. Where the CTX holds a slight edge is in target identification in trashy environments. The faster processor is able to recover a lot faster on deeper targets that might be masked by iron. Where the ETRAC would "null" on those targets, the CTX is hitting them. The Target Trace option really enhances your decision to dig those iffy signals. Say there's a nail and a silver dime side by side at 8". The ETRAC may squeak out a response, or just completely null. The CTX might also squeak out a response, but the chances of it nulling hardly happens. Where Target trace becomes helpful is now you can actually see the burgundy signature of a coin, while simultaneously seeing the blue signature of iron that's present. Also will show multiple targets in the hole. When I had my ETRAC those tiny peeps that didn't repeat, or nulled-out were never dug because it sounded and looked like trash. Now I'm going back to spots where I found a few silver coins and I'm finding a lot more. Loot at the CTX as an ETRAC with a few more options under the hood. The machines characteristics are very similar to the ETRAC's, and it's easy to learn if you've used the ETRAC. The only thing you have to re-learn, is to NOT use it "like" an ETRAC. Trusting the machines capabilities is an advantage, and it took me a long time to do that.

[pennyace]

great day congrats!!

[Ontarget]

Wow! What a day.

[fred sanford]

Originally Posted by ronfin

OK, they are very similar machines, and both perform extremely well. Where the CTX holds a slight edge is in target identification in trashy environments. The faster processor is able to recover a lot faster on deeper targets that might be masked by iron. Where the ETRAC would "null" on those targets, the CTX is hitting them. The Target Trace option really enhances your decision to dig those iffy signals. Say there's a nail and a silver dime side by side at 8". The ETRAC may squeak out a response, or just completely null. The CTX might also squeak out a response, but the chances of it nulling hardly happens. Where Target trace becomes helpful is now you can actually see the burgundy signature of a coin, while simultaneously seeing the blue signature of iron that's present. Also will show multiple targets in the hole. When I had my ETRAC those tiny peeps that didn't repeat, or nulled-out were never dug because it sounded and looked like trash. Now I'm going back to spots where I found a few silver coins and I'm finding a lot more. Loot at the CTX as an ETRAC with a few more options under the hood. The machines characteristics are very similar to the ETRAC's, and it's easy to learn if you've used the ETRAC. The only thing you have to re-learn, is to NOT use it "like" an ETRAC. Trusting the machines capabilities is an advantage, and it took me a long time to do that.

Thanks for the input

[Treasurebone]

Congrats on all those old silvers! As for the meth-head I share your same thoughts.

[jmorton04]

Originally Posted by ronfin

I ran into the Engine that came to the park yesterday, Engine 52, and two of the Fireman are long time friends of mine. Apparently the girls husband showed-up a little while later (I was gone and back swinging), and he had their two young kids with him. They said he was flipping out, and yelling at her "LOOK WHAT YOU'RE DOING TO THE KIDS!" etc. Sad. If she doesn't get off the Meth, it will kill her. It's not an if, but a when, whenever it concerns Meth. I feel bad for her family. I went through this 6 years ago, and my ex is currently in rehab now in New York. She's also trying to get visitation reinstated, which I need to make sure doesn't happen until she is clean, and cleared by a certified facility, and she proves it to the court. Plus there wil have to be supervised visitation for an extended period of time where she's monitored through urine samples etc. As happy as I was finding all the silver, and other coins, it bothered me that I saw that girl throwing her life away, even more so today knowing she has young children.

Laying down the law and making it stick is usually the hardest job a father has to do. It is also the one your kids remember and respect when we are long gone.
HH,
John Morton