My first heatie

[Author Man]

I celebrated getting my silver umax a month or more ago by breaking my collarbone and four ribs. Wooden ladder broke while filling bird feeder so I have been chomping at the bit to get out hunting. Been disappointed so far with pop tops and crushed beer cans, nails and assorted metal at a couple camps around my place on Island Lake. Remembered an old fire tower I went to as a kid that has been torn down now and took my trusty atv, blue, and checked it out today. I know I threw a coin off of it back in 67. Found a real nice condition 44D wheatie that was laying an inch or so under the gorund.

I did a little dance, sang a little tune and everything will be allright tonite!!

Now if I can just heal some more and get Thompy up here I can learn from experience. All noises sound the same, I make big enough piles to bury a groundhog and there is never enough dirt ot put back as I took out. lol. It hurts to bend over but I am addicted through and through....

HH Gene the Author Man

[Slipperyjack47]

Congrats on your first "Heatie?" lol I mean wheatie!Sorry to hear about your little tumble and hope the recovery goes well as I am sure there are more bigger and better finds to come.Yes hunting with more experienced MDers will make a big difference, you will learn more in one day hunting with a experienced hunter than you can on your own in a year!Keep up the good work


HH
Slipperyjack

[thompy]

dont know about experianced, unless you are talking iron junk, but i do know what i like in my machines, Gene have you been around the hekler mine, or know where it is?

[Author Man]

The memorial for the men who died has been near the Evergreen theater on 41 but recently was moved. I'll check up on it. Also Thompy, I talked to the owner of the Evergreen and its not O'Devero, a guy named R. Johnson. He said it would be lousy hunting there with all the wires underneath it. I can get permission to hunt there. We should consider it....