Hi everyone. I am very new to this site. I was introduced to it, by a very close friend, Clarence Bertram. I have been interested in metal detecting for more than 10 years. Clarence was a fellow worker, who upon finding out my interest took me along one day in early June, and showed me how to use the machine. I was hooked, and have been a serious metal detectorist since. I am the friend who mentioned Craigville to him. My mother-in-law was born there, raised in the logging camps, and cooked in same in early part of her young life.
I just registered on here tonight. But I bring bad news. On Sept 1, 2007 Clarence Bertram was trajically killed in a motorcycle accident. The evening before, Clarence and I had been out searching a new site for coins. On the way home from coin hunting that nite, we talked of how we were thankfull for every day we had on earth, as tommorrow could be our last. How that conversation came back to me, on hearing of his death the next day. He was my best friend, I still miss him. I do not know how many of you here knew him? If there is another place to mention his passing on this site, so that others who might have known him will be made aware of his passing, I hope someone will post it there. Rest in Peace Clarence.
