Tom_in_CA
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Y'all noticed that about 1/2 of scuba-detector's show & tell posts tend to be recovery-stories. Ie.: Reunion "saved the day" type stories. The happy reunion, etc... And whom among us doesn't love to see the "damsel in distress" get a wrong righted ? eh?
Notice how that : As much as we all want to pay for our equipment, gas, time, etc..., yet ... : At the end of the day, when it comes to recollections we tell each other, there's no substitute for human relations stories aspect of the hobby. NOT the cold hard cash benefits.
Whenever my wife and I tell or reminisce on various "finds", they tend to be the call "person in distress" and "the guy who rode in on the white charger to save the day", etc... haha . Eg.: someone who suspected their late patriarch family member buried something. Or the person who lost their ring, etc....
A buddy of mine was on the beach one day, when a distraught lady came up ... in tears ... asking for help. She had lost a gigantic diamond ring the day before (2 carat ?). She had rented a detector, and come back that night. But .... of course .... didn't know how to use it correctly. The next morning she spotted my friend. And explained her plight. He went over and found it within 3 minutes. The moment he saw the size of the stone, he realized he was looking at a ring worth $40k ?
She asked him what she could pay him. He declined anything at all. But she kept insisting (quite affluent, I suppose). Eventually I think .... some local dinners on the house in the most upscale swanky resorts, made their way into his hands.
And .... to this day, that is the story he enjoys telling most. Not the stories of rings & $$ he sent in to smelters for cold hard cash. (Although, those are cool too )
Notice how that : As much as we all want to pay for our equipment, gas, time, etc..., yet ... : At the end of the day, when it comes to recollections we tell each other, there's no substitute for human relations stories aspect of the hobby. NOT the cold hard cash benefits.
Whenever my wife and I tell or reminisce on various "finds", they tend to be the call "person in distress" and "the guy who rode in on the white charger to save the day", etc... haha . Eg.: someone who suspected their late patriarch family member buried something. Or the person who lost their ring, etc....
A buddy of mine was on the beach one day, when a distraught lady came up ... in tears ... asking for help. She had lost a gigantic diamond ring the day before (2 carat ?). She had rented a detector, and come back that night. But .... of course .... didn't know how to use it correctly. The next morning she spotted my friend. And explained her plight. He went over and found it within 3 minutes. The moment he saw the size of the stone, he realized he was looking at a ring worth $40k ?
She asked him what she could pay him. He declined anything at all. But she kept insisting (quite affluent, I suppose). Eventually I think .... some local dinners on the house in the most upscale swanky resorts, made their way into his hands.
And .... to this day, that is the story he enjoys telling most. Not the stories of rings & $$ he sent in to smelters for cold hard cash. (Although, those are cool too )