this guy is serious
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should see the actual article on aol, shows his industrial strength metal detector--this guy reminds me of a few of you guys 
Gold Hunter Digs 60-Foot-Deep Hole in Yard
MONTCLAIR, Calif. (June 15) - A homeowner digging for gold in his front yard said he got "carried away" and ended up with a 60-foot-deep hole, authorities said.
Henry Mora, 63, began digging 10 days ago after his gold detector reported a positive hit near his front patio. He told authorities he only intended to go down three or four feet.
"I figured, well, maybe there's something down there - you would logically conclude, right? So I started digging," the semiretired musician said.
He started finding gold dust in the dirt and the detector kept hinting that he was getting closer, so he kept digging.
"It was still beeping, and that just gave me the idea to keep digging," he said.
Fire officials called to the scene Tuesday found two men that Mora hired were inside the hole, using a bucket and rope to remove dirt.
"We told him, 'You're done,"' said Montclair fire Capt. Rich Baldwin. "It's amazing no one got killed."
Authorities fenced off the property.
06/15/06 06:57 EDT
Gold Hunter Digs 60-Foot-Deep Hole in Yard
MONTCLAIR, Calif. (June 15) - A homeowner digging for gold in his front yard said he got "carried away" and ended up with a 60-foot-deep hole, authorities said.
Henry Mora, 63, began digging 10 days ago after his gold detector reported a positive hit near his front patio. He told authorities he only intended to go down three or four feet.
"I figured, well, maybe there's something down there - you would logically conclude, right? So I started digging," the semiretired musician said.
He started finding gold dust in the dirt and the detector kept hinting that he was getting closer, so he kept digging.
"It was still beeping, and that just gave me the idea to keep digging," he said.
Fire officials called to the scene Tuesday found two men that Mora hired were inside the hole, using a bucket and rope to remove dirt.
"We told him, 'You're done,"' said Montclair fire Capt. Rich Baldwin. "It's amazing no one got killed."
Authorities fenced off the property.
06/15/06 06:57 EDT
Go BIG or GO HOME. ©Bill
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<< <i>Was one of the diggers wearing a holey coin vest???
wheres minivan, thought he would have weighed in on this one by now.
you should see the picture of the detector this guy was using, caption said industrial strength. The coil was at least 3 1/2 feet wide give or take. would dust set off a signal that big that you would wanna dig that deep?
Go BIG or GO HOME. ©Bill
<< <i>you should see the picture of the detector this guy was using, caption said industrial strength. The coil was at least 3 1/2 feet wide give or take. would dust set off a signal that big that you would wanna dig that deep? >>
It kind of resembles the Treasure Hound coil for my GTI 2500 seen here.
These coils are mainly used to find large items like caches of cannon balls and such at great depths (3 feet or better). They are pretty useless to find objects much smaller than a pop can let alone gold dust.
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<< <i>you should see the picture of the detector this guy was using, caption said industrial strength. The coil was at least 3 1/2 feet wide give or take. would dust set off a signal that big that you would wanna dig that deep? >>
It kind of resembles the Treasure Hound coil for my GTI 2500 seen here.
These coils are mainly used to find large items like caches of cannon balls and such at great depths (3 feet or better). They are pretty useless to find objects much smaller than a pop can let alone gold dust. >>
that looks like the one they showed in pics. hmm maybe all the signals hes getting is a cannonball
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