I bought my Christmas present today

[cherrysmum]

only I'm not going to wrap this one...I got a really nice metal detector. My son in law is taking me surf fishing Sunday, and I'll comb the beach while I'm there....

[cherrysis]

OH that is cool...I would have such fun with one of those. God knows what you may find too. I recall that Robin last her wedding ring in the gulf shortly after the wedding.

[cherrysmum]

Robin and Chloe are always losing things...hmmmmm??? must take after me.

[cherrysis]

I just read a story in my local paper about a man who lost his wife and newborn son 40 some years ago after a tornado ripped through their home. Apparently her wedding ring was lost as well because she was still swollen from pregnancy/delivery so it was on the bathroom counter.
Fast forward to this year and a woman is tilling her garden when she comes across a wedding ring. Since they live in a small community, she knew the cousin of the man who lost his wife because she purchased her land from him. After asking around she learns that the whole story and set's out to return the ring to it's rightful owner and this man was so pleased to have it back. It was hard on him remembering the past but also comforting.

[Lefty]

It's a great story, yes, but this was in the paper?

[cherrysis]

Yes it was, I think in the Local section.

[cherrysmum]

I was tempted to go to the gulf coast hunting..but figured it might look bad..LOL...taking advantage of storm victims..but heck...if I found something valuable and could find the owner..I'd do it in a heartbeat...heaven knows what you could find in the state of Oklahoma..just go anywhere tornados have been..theres bound to be valuables just sitting under a few inches of earth...

[Lefty]

Yeah, just imagine all those abandoned bottlecaps and empty batteries! Fortune awaits!

[cherrysis]

Speaking of finding things...I have been wanting to go to Arkansas diamond hunting. I need to remember the name of the place but it's open to the public and for a flat fee you can search the area all day.
There have been some big diamonds found there recently.

[cherrysmum]

what about the quality??...go on line for gem hunting..or gem mining...