WHADIFIND
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- Garrett AT-MAX
Garrett AT-PRO,
Garrett Groundhog,
Pro-Pointer,
Jack Hammer!
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- All Treasure Hunting
I had a nightmare where I was digging up one of the best signals I ever heard and suddenly, after digging, I lost the signal! I woke up crying. 
Anyway, the last time at the mansion one of my finds did this to me. I did get this beautiful, very deep, solid penny hit. I pulled the plug and checked the hole, still there and deeper. Sounding a little better as well! Then, as I went to dig a little deeper I encountered one of THOSE roots. You know the type, fairly small, absolutely resolute in staying right in the way!!
So, being tired, and since it was such a small root, I decided it would be ok for it to be sacrificed, I got up under it with my knife and pried upwards. Intending to just break it and get it out of the way so I could dig. Well, this root was stubborn!! And, as I said, I was tired and maybe just a little short tempered.
I pried down HARD! I intended to just stop as soon as it broke but it went through with a pop and part of it and a handful of dirt went flying!! I scooped out the loose dirt from the hole and checked with the Pro-Pointer. No signal. Now, how could that be?!? It was right there and pretty solid!
Then, it dawned on me what I might had done. OH NO! I said, could it have been in that dirt that went flying?!?
This was a pretty deep hole and the signal was getting better the closer I got!
I checked the hole.
The dirt I scooped out.
I even checked the clod, (was going to check it for other signals anyway.
)
GONE! NO! It can't be gone! Not like in the dream!
I jumped up and tried figuring out trajectories, velocities and the like, (I was TERRIBLE at geometry!), to figure where it might have landed. I hunted for a few minutes, up to about 15 feet from the hole. Nothing! POOP!
Getting dark so I checked the hole and dirt again, nothing
I grabbed for my knife and was getting ready to clean up to go home.
When....
There, clinging to a little dirt clod on the end of my knife, a tiny little button sat there smiling back at me.
LOL LOL 
I SWEAR!!! This new AT-Pro of mine is now in cahoots with the rest of my equipment to pull practical jokes at my expense! LOL
Thanks for peeking.
HH!
Anyway, the last time at the mansion one of my finds did this to me. I did get this beautiful, very deep, solid penny hit. I pulled the plug and checked the hole, still there and deeper. Sounding a little better as well! Then, as I went to dig a little deeper I encountered one of THOSE roots. You know the type, fairly small, absolutely resolute in staying right in the way!!
So, being tired, and since it was such a small root, I decided it would be ok for it to be sacrificed,
I got up under it with my knife and pried upwards. Intending to just break it and get it out of the way so I could dig. Well, this root was stubborn!! And, as I said, I was tired and maybe just a little short tempered. I pried down HARD! I intended to just stop as soon as it broke but it went through with a pop and part of it and a handful of dirt went flying!! I scooped out the loose dirt from the hole and checked with the Pro-Pointer. No signal. Now, how could that be?!? It was right there and pretty solid!
Then, it dawned on me what I might had done. OH NO! I said, could it have been in that dirt that went flying?!?
This was a pretty deep hole and the signal was getting better the closer I got!
I checked the hole.
The dirt I scooped out.
I even checked the clod, (was going to check it for other signals anyway.
)GONE! NO! It can't be gone! Not like in the dream!
I jumped up and tried figuring out trajectories, velocities and the like, (I was TERRIBLE at geometry!), to figure where it might have landed. I hunted for a few minutes, up to about 15 feet from the hole. Nothing! POOP!
Getting dark so I checked the hole and dirt again, nothing
I grabbed for my knife and was getting ready to clean up to go home.
When....
There, clinging to a little dirt clod on the end of my knife, a tiny little button sat there smiling back at me.
LOL
LOL I SWEAR!!! This new AT-Pro of mine is now in cahoots with the rest of my equipment to pull practical jokes at my expense!
LOLThanks for peeking.
HH!
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