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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Michael Terry, post: 2447239, member: 76710&quot;]Hi, Actually it seemed about the mid 1980&#039;s it began to get a lot harder. I think that I must</p><p>Have been one of those guys you hear about that just had the knack to finding things.</p><p>There is another thing that I have always wondered about. My last tour in Viet-Nam I was Ina special recon unit, we operated in a six man team to try and find where the gooks were then report</p><p>It to intelligence. One day we were hacking our way through a triple canopy jungle</p><p>trying to find a clearing big enough for a Huey helicopter to pick us up.</p><p>It just so happened a heavy tank company came busting through the jungle and offered us a ride.</p><p>I was riding on the 5th tank standing outside on the left fender. Previous one of our B- 52 bombers</p><p>Had dropped a 1000 pound bomb that did not go off.&nbsp; The gooks refused the bomb and had a guy</p><p>sitting on the side of the hill with como wire to the bomb. The 1st four tanks ran over it. There were</p><p>Four more tanks behind us. But he decided to set the bomb off when the tank I was riding on</p><p>Went across it. Sorry to make this so long but I have to include it so you will under stand.</p><p>Any way I remember the noise and a bright light, the next thing I remember about four days later</p><p>I woke up in a Hospital in Janpan. I was totally dealf for the next two weeks. I thought I would</p><p>Be dealf for ever. My hearing finnaly did come back.</p><p>But it left me tone dealf. There are some tones I can hear real well and other sounds I can not hear.</p><p>I can hear high tones real well and others I can not hear at all. Most songs on the radio etc Ican not hear at all. I use to set my metal detector to a real high pitch.&nbsp; Bach when I was able to metal</p><p>detect, most of the time when it was a silver coin I could tell you before before I dug it up</p><p>that it was silver, also if it was a dime quarter half etc. My best metal detecting buddy, God bless him</p><p>He passed way a couple of years ago, and also a lot of other guys I detected with, when I would</p><p>hit a real deep silver coin, I would call them other and they would try everything to get there detector to pick it up and they could not heard it at all, even though many times they were using</p><p>the same model detector as me and other times they were using a different model than me.</p><p>I even went so far, before I would dig the signal up I would take their detector and pass over the target and I could hear it clear as day.</p><p>The same thing happen later onwhen I was able to go Arizona, I would dig up 1 DWT nuggets</p><p>and my friends could not hear them. I have old VCR tapes that people taped me digging </p><p>such small nuggets so deep. I don&#039; t know why and can not say why. Many times I</p><p>Have thought it was Gods way of paying me back for the things that I did that was good.</p><p>One last thing never give up. Anchorage did not even start until 1915, there were not that many people here to lose stuff, but I still used to find silver back to the 1800&#039;S.</p><p>The last day I ever metal detected in 2002, I went to a park here in Anchorgr where every</p><p>Tom Dick and Harry that has a metal detected,&nbsp; I found a brand new Swiss pocket Knife laying on top</p><p>of ground in tall grass, two older wheat pennies, a barber dime and a 1943-S walking Liberty </p><p>half dollar.</p><p>I guess you could say what a way to end your coin hunting career. If you or any coin detectors</p><p>would like some tips let me know. I think I could write a book on this subject, but there are already</p><p>Zillow books on this subject. If you would like to start a private conversation on the subject,</p><p>Drop me a line and let me know. Sincerely DAV-ALASKA MIKE[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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