Never hunt with Jewelry on! $@&*!
So...I go out for a quick "lunch" hunt. I am wearing my favorite ring that I have found this year. Keep in mind, I have gloves on, so I am feeling quite comfortable and confident that it is safe and sound on my hand. It was warmer outside than I thought it was going to be, and my hands were getting hot, so I decide to take off my gloves. I put the ring in my coat pocket. I also put my keys in the same pocket. It is about now some of you are feeling naseaus on my behalf, because you can already see the end to this sad tale. I finish the hunt. Go to the car. Pull my keys out. Get in and leave. Remember the ring....put my hand in the coat pocket.......NO RING! ARRGGGGGGGGG! I thought I was going to hurl! I retraced my steps. I re-dug holes I had previously dug. I was in tears. Stupid! Stupid! Stupid!
God is merciful. After I had accepted that the ring was lost forever.....I found it when I got to work and opened the car door. It was beside the seat. When I pulled out my keys, the ring must have come with them. It could have ended much differently.
I don't think I will ever feel quite the same way when I find a ring. I will be happy and feel blessed as usual that I found it. But I think I will also wonder how that person probably felt. I make it a practice to return rings that have names in them. I have returned 2 this year. It is an awesome feeling to see the joy in the face of someone who has had a item of sentimental value returned.
I learned a valuable lesson today. Have any of you ever lost something like this or what was your MD lesson learned? I would like to NOT make any other rookie mistakes like the one above.
So...I go out for a quick "lunch" hunt. I am wearing my favorite ring that I have found this year. Keep in mind, I have gloves on, so I am feeling quite comfortable and confident that it is safe and sound on my hand. It was warmer outside than I thought it was going to be, and my hands were getting hot, so I decide to take off my gloves. I put the ring in my coat pocket. I also put my keys in the same pocket. It is about now some of you are feeling naseaus on my behalf, because you can already see the end to this sad tale. I finish the hunt. Go to the car. Pull my keys out. Get in and leave. Remember the ring....put my hand in the coat pocket.......NO RING! ARRGGGGGGGGG! I thought I was going to hurl! I retraced my steps. I re-dug holes I had previously dug. I was in tears. Stupid! Stupid! Stupid!
God is merciful. After I had accepted that the ring was lost forever.....I found it when I got to work and opened the car door. It was beside the seat. When I pulled out my keys, the ring must have come with them. It could have ended much differently.
I don't think I will ever feel quite the same way when I find a ring. I will be happy and feel blessed as usual that I found it. But I think I will also wonder how that person probably felt. I make it a practice to return rings that have names in them. I have returned 2 this year. It is an awesome feeling to see the joy in the face of someone who has had a item of sentimental value returned.
I learned a valuable lesson today. Have any of you ever lost something like this or what was your MD lesson learned? I would like to NOT make any other rookie mistakes like the one above.
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I was detecting in an open field which had fairly tall grass. I laid the probe down to dig a target and then went on moving about the field detecting. Then I realized that my probe was missing and tried to re-trace my steps, but never did find my probe. I had gotten it back in 1989 when I bought my first Garretts detector. I have been back to that field several times to look for it but never found it. It was brass and had a big brass grip. I still don't understand how I could have lost something that big and bright. 
Oh well, maybe some future generation treasure hunter will find it and wonder how it got there !
Always keep stuff safe! 
