LahainaStrong2023
Newbie
- Aug 30, 2023
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Hello,
Exactly 3 weeks ago, my house, along with the entire town I’ve lived in for 52 years, burned to the ground.
In the days immediately following, I spent the entirety of my days removing valuable items from my sister’s house, which miraculously survived the flames, and storing them in secure areas.
When I wasn’t trying to prevent any potential looters, by removing everything valuable. I helped my neighbors board up windows, repair roofs, as well as otjer preventative measures that one might need the day after the apocalypse.
Prior to doing any of this, I had gone to my lot, where my house had stood just hours before . I had heard a rumor that my gun safe had been seen poking out of the ashes. While the rumors were partially correct, let’s just say that my fire safe, probably hadn’t been tested for a 1000 degree temperature burning for several hours.
However, and I can only chalk this up to shock, —during the initial hours I spent on my land, which i visited first, I spent all of my time lamenting the loss of everything I owned, and I let slip my mind, the fact that there was approximately 8k worth of silver (bars and coins/junk silver), all my girlfriends jewelry, as well as metal heirlooms and the like scattered amongst the ashes and debris.
Much to my dismay, in the days since, the Police and National Guard, have erected Roadblocks, begun patrolling the streets, and are in the process of constructing a “dust barrier”, which suspiciously resembles a chain linked fence, which is then covered with black material we all associate with dust/dirt barriers with.
A couple of days ago, I came to the painful realization that I had wasted precious time crying over things that were no more, when I should’ve been taking every measure to secure what little was left. I’ve been kicking myself ever since the thought of a metal detector pierced my brain.
This brings us to the l reason I am here. I need the wisdom of the initiated to recommend to me, a metal detector that would best serve me in recovering whatever I am able to. This will mainly be for silver, some gold, and possibly steel (blades). I also really hope to find, if it survived, and heirloom of my girlfriends which is the badge belongig to her grandfather, which he had earned for the many years he had spent with the Honolulu police department.
I’m not looking for the thing with all the bells and whistles (or maybe I am?), but rather the thing that will help me best carry out the task at hand,—mainly the repatriation of my non-paper currency.
Once completed, it is likely that I will not be using this metal detector again, but instead plan to loan it out to anyone else who might be able to utilize it.
I apologize if my post is a little long winded and/or written poorly. I’ve never had much faith in Amazon reviews or sponsored lists, and have always believed that forum discussions were the best place to find the real answers.
Exactly 3 weeks ago, my house, along with the entire town I’ve lived in for 52 years, burned to the ground.
In the days immediately following, I spent the entirety of my days removing valuable items from my sister’s house, which miraculously survived the flames, and storing them in secure areas.
When I wasn’t trying to prevent any potential looters, by removing everything valuable. I helped my neighbors board up windows, repair roofs, as well as otjer preventative measures that one might need the day after the apocalypse.
Prior to doing any of this, I had gone to my lot, where my house had stood just hours before . I had heard a rumor that my gun safe had been seen poking out of the ashes. While the rumors were partially correct, let’s just say that my fire safe, probably hadn’t been tested for a 1000 degree temperature burning for several hours.
However, and I can only chalk this up to shock, —during the initial hours I spent on my land, which i visited first, I spent all of my time lamenting the loss of everything I owned, and I let slip my mind, the fact that there was approximately 8k worth of silver (bars and coins/junk silver), all my girlfriends jewelry, as well as metal heirlooms and the like scattered amongst the ashes and debris.
Much to my dismay, in the days since, the Police and National Guard, have erected Roadblocks, begun patrolling the streets, and are in the process of constructing a “dust barrier”, which suspiciously resembles a chain linked fence, which is then covered with black material we all associate with dust/dirt barriers with.
A couple of days ago, I came to the painful realization that I had wasted precious time crying over things that were no more, when I should’ve been taking every measure to secure what little was left. I’ve been kicking myself ever since the thought of a metal detector pierced my brain.
This brings us to the l reason I am here. I need the wisdom of the initiated to recommend to me, a metal detector that would best serve me in recovering whatever I am able to. This will mainly be for silver, some gold, and possibly steel (blades). I also really hope to find, if it survived, and heirloom of my girlfriends which is the badge belongig to her grandfather, which he had earned for the many years he had spent with the Honolulu police department.
I’m not looking for the thing with all the bells and whistles (or maybe I am?), but rather the thing that will help me best carry out the task at hand,—mainly the repatriation of my non-paper currency.
Once completed, it is likely that I will not be using this metal detector again, but instead plan to loan it out to anyone else who might be able to utilize it.
I apologize if my post is a little long winded and/or written poorly. I’ve never had much faith in Amazon reviews or sponsored lists, and have always believed that forum discussions were the best place to find the real answers.
