cheese
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A few weeks ago, I told the story about my brother finding his first wheat cent. http://forum.treasurenet.com/index.php/topic,181751.msg1327919.html#msg1327919 He is handicapped, and loves to metal detect but has a hard time with it. A Tnet member minton7 read it and sent me a box with an indian, 2 buffs, 2 wheats, a coin magazine, some coin protectors, and a whites apron for my brother. What a great guy! I gave him the apron and magazine, but held onto the coins for his next hunt. That happened to be today.
The first time, I stuck the indian cent and inch or two in the ground and watched and kinda coaxed him over the spot, saying I had a good signal around that area before I found the one I was currently digging. I could tell when he found it. He was on his knees, and his elbows were bent with both hands holding a little something right in front of his face. All of a sudden, he let out a HOOT that would put Rick Flair to shame. (No, I don't watch wrestling, but somehow I know he does a loud hoot, lol). I asked "whatcha got?". He sat there....looking at it, his hand was shaking so bad I was almost concerned. He caught his breath and showed me. It was an indian head cent, just like the ones I was showing him right here on Tnet the night before. He put it in his wallet, and then decided in the ashtray in the truck was safer.
We hunted till a little after dark. He had been digging a pretty good while in the same spot. Finally, he pulled out a piece of powdery metal (zinc maybe), and concluded that was his "beep". He started shoving dirt back in the hole, so I knelt down the help. As I pushed dirt in, I pushed the buffalo in too. Then, I asked him if he rechecked the hole. That "oh yeah, I forgot" look came over his face, and he swept the coil again. Beep. So he goes scooping the dirt back out of his hole and grabs handful after handful, passing them across the coil until he gets his beep. He got the nickel in his hand, but apparently didn't know what it was. He was excited when he found out, and had me checking every little broken bit of trashy signal he could find near the hole, lol.
I still have the other coins. I'll space them out over the next few hunts. I never thought of it before, but it is actually helping him to learn how to focus and use his machine, find the target, and develop the drive to find a good signal. Thanks minton7. God bless you for being a great guy!
The first time, I stuck the indian cent and inch or two in the ground and watched and kinda coaxed him over the spot, saying I had a good signal around that area before I found the one I was currently digging. I could tell when he found it. He was on his knees, and his elbows were bent with both hands holding a little something right in front of his face. All of a sudden, he let out a HOOT that would put Rick Flair to shame. (No, I don't watch wrestling, but somehow I know he does a loud hoot, lol). I asked "whatcha got?". He sat there....looking at it, his hand was shaking so bad I was almost concerned. He caught his breath and showed me. It was an indian head cent, just like the ones I was showing him right here on Tnet the night before. He put it in his wallet, and then decided in the ashtray in the truck was safer.
We hunted till a little after dark. He had been digging a pretty good while in the same spot. Finally, he pulled out a piece of powdery metal (zinc maybe), and concluded that was his "beep". He started shoving dirt back in the hole, so I knelt down the help. As I pushed dirt in, I pushed the buffalo in too. Then, I asked him if he rechecked the hole. That "oh yeah, I forgot" look came over his face, and he swept the coil again. Beep. So he goes scooping the dirt back out of his hole and grabs handful after handful, passing them across the coil until he gets his beep. He got the nickel in his hand, but apparently didn't know what it was. He was excited when he found out, and had me checking every little broken bit of trashy signal he could find near the hole, lol.
I still have the other coins. I'll space them out over the next few hunts. I never thought of it before, but it is actually helping him to learn how to focus and use his machine, find the target, and develop the drive to find a good signal. Thanks minton7. God bless you for being a great guy!
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Very nice gesture on your part, Minton! 8) And you're a wonderful brother Cheese! 
