Full time employment or retirement - survey on MDers

TheRingFinder

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May 22, 2013
2,223
1,991
Minnesota
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Minelab - E-Trac / Excalibur
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All Treasure Hunting
Full time employment or retirement - survey on MDer's

I am wondering what most of TNer's do for a living?

I have worked in the telecommunications business for almost 30 years.

Telecommunications Technician -

Please let me know if you are in school, retired or what occupational field you are in -

Thanks and Good Luck out there!!!!
 

doc-d

Bronze Member
May 19, 2013
1,639
2,561
Pacific Northwest
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All Treasure Hunting
Military, physician, and retired because I refuse to work in this coming abomination called 0care.
 

discn

Jr. Member
Aug 8, 2013
54
17
Detector(s) used
my sixth sense and a shovel.
Primary Interest:
All Treasure Hunting
Heavy equipment operator.
 

Treasure_Hunter

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Staff member
Jul 27, 2006
48,466
54,915
Florida
Detector(s) used
Minelab_Equinox_ 800 Minelab_CTX-3030 Minelab_Excal_1000 Minelab_Sovereign_GT Minelab_Safari Minelab_ETrac Whites_Beach_Hunter_ID Fisher_1235_X
Primary Interest:
All Treasure Hunting
I am wondering what most of TNer's do for a living?

I have worked in the telecommunications business for almost 30 years.

Telecommunications Technician -

Please let me know if you are in school, retired or what occupational field you are in -

Thanks and Good Luck out there!!!!

RF, I have been working telcom since 1973, even worked in your area, worked in Mankato and in Burnsville...... I was installing central offices and line additions when I was working in Mn.... Did you ever hear of Automatic Electric (AE).... ?
 

justdon

Bronze Member
Aug 6, 2013
1,819
347
Florida
Detector(s) used
Teknetics delta4000/Tesoro compadre/Garrett ace 250/Garrett propointer/Garrett at pro/Tesoro silver umax
Primary Interest:
Metal Detecting
Retired.I drove a tractor trailor for a public utility company.
 

63bkpkr

Silver Member
Aug 9, 2007
4,069
4,618
Southern California
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XLT, GMT, 6000D Coinmaster
Primary Interest:
All Treasure Hunting
Work in the Medical Device arena, producing or R&D developing products & technologies for catheters and catheter components. No college diploma, be 70 years of age this coming April, still carry 85 lb packs at the start of a two week wilderness mountain trip but somehow companies do not jump at hiring me. Currently working 40 hours a week but not sleeping well at all from related shoulder surgery pain and meds so something has got to give. Retirement, I don't think so! If anyone knows of a startup Medical Device company developing a catheter and needing an Extrusion type well, that's me and I'd appreciate receiving the contact information for the company!!.........................63bkpkr

182_8211.JPG Where I "work" when I'm in the Mountains of NorCal

180_8056.JPG On any given trip I go cross country and up avalanche chutes to find country like this, 500' waterfall in the background
 

Unclebuck257

Sr. Member
Aug 31, 2013
479
397
North Central Texas
Detector(s) used
AT Gold, Garrett Carrot PP
Primary Interest:
All Treasure Hunting
Retired in Jan 2009 after 40 years as an investigator and owner of a large national/international investigations company. Still do consulting on large cases for some old clients though.
 

SusanMN

Silver Member
Jun 1, 2007
4,534
4,098
Minnesota
Detector(s) used
Tiger Shark, Xterra 705, Makro Legend
Primary Interest:
All Treasure Hunting
After 37 years as an HR Manager, now very happily retired
 

Alan Applegate

Sr. Member
Aug 20, 2013
257
131
Roswell, NM
Detector(s) used
Ace 250, GTI-2500
Primary Interest:
All Treasure Hunting
I may be retired now, but when I started digging for stuff, I was about 23 years old. When I did retire in 2000 from the telco, I expected to have more time to dig. However, now I have more things to do, and seemingly no time to do them in!
 

Grandma

Jr. Member
Jul 15, 2013
21
0
southwestern New Mexico
Detector(s) used
Tesoro Outlaw
Primary Interest:
All Treasure Hunting
Retired Police Dispatcher; in complete agreement with Alan: "However, now I have more things to do, and seemingly no time to do them in!"
 

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pjduff

Full Member
Mar 3, 2012
177
164
Madison, IN
Detector(s) used
Fisher 1266-x, Garrett Ace 350, Garrett AT Pro
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All Treasure Hunting
I work 2nd shift in the warehouse of a vehicle safety lighting manufacturer.
 

AQUA

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Aug 28, 2013
1,718
1,039
Nova Scotia
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2
Detector(s) used
FISHER F75 / TESORO SAND SHARK / CZ 21
Primary Interest:
All Treasure Hunting
lobster fisherman...owner operator

thinking about retiring now.. but only 44

I fear I would dig all the way to China if I retire this early !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

They would call me the NOVA SCOTIA GOPHER........I,M ADDICTED !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
 

mrwilburino

Hero Member
May 7, 2010
680
617
Northern Ohio
Detector(s) used
Fisher, Teknetics, Minelab, XP
Primary Interest:
Metal Detecting
Behavioral health registered nurse working on a hospital psychiatric unit with some wild ones. :cussing: :tard: :icon_farao: :crybaby2: :angry5: :tongue3: :icon_king: :evil6: :happy2:
 

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