cjon455
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- Jun 4, 2012
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Minelab Etrac
Garrett Propointer
Garrett Propointer-AT
Sampson T handle shovel
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- All Treasure Hunting
ok heres my story, im 33 and was formerly self employed as a home builder/contractor. started the business 7 yrs ago and the first 3 yrs were great, managed to make about 40-50k a year on average. not to shabby for northeast pa. Anyhow, the last 2 yrs were terrible, i made 17k the 4th yr and about 20 the 5th yr. I was in it with my buddy (or so i thought) and my brother. my brother bailed about a yr before i did, and Finally 2 yrs ago i bailed and went to work for dish network. I got tired of people screwing me outta money and needing to get lawyers to get it back. Litigation is expensive!!. I left the business and the lone survivor (my so called buddy) switched it to a sole proprietorship, good for him except he continues to bury himself in the robbing peter to pay paul legacy. Needless to say after 5 yrs of self employment the whole dish network thing didnt work out too long. I was on an install when my boss called me to tell me he switched me to an all weekend/every weekend schedule NO THANKS!!, I drove my dish network van to the local community college and registered as a full time nursing student. I lost everything i had (home included) and am currently living with my parents with my wife and 2 kids. and i tell ya what i regret NONE of it, im almost done w/school, start the final 2 semesters in 2 wks and after that I can start to rebuild my life. Metal detecting helps me keep my sanity through all the hardships and changes myself and my family had to endure, good luck out there people, this is a tough economy and you really need to work hard if you want to make any kind of life for yourselves. Thanks for reading and HH