"The day I wished I would have stayed home"
By: Michael Long

January 11th of this year, decided to do some hunting . After stopping at the Farm Store for some coffee and spare batteries, I was on my way. My wife and I only have one car, so I had her drop me off so she could have the car if she needed it. I grabbed my detector out of the back, and headed up into the woods. 20 minutes into the hunt, I get a low battery alert. No problem, I thought, I bought fresh batteries this morning. I reached into my pack, and couldn't find the spares. Then I remembered, I left the bag with the batteries in the car. It's 9 AM, and my wife isn't due to pick me up until 1 PM. Luckily, I had fresh batteries in my digital camera, so I took the 4 batteries ( Minelabs need 8), and rotated them around so I could keep hunting (Word to the wise, this is not a good idea, all batteries should be replaced, not a couple. Heat generated by batteries can cause them to explode). Did end up with the 1841 Large Cent, and the gold plated cufflink. Lesson learned... double check my spare batteries before heading into the field.

 "Lesson Learned"
By: Connie Long

We walked 1/2 mile before he realized we were on the wrong side of the cove. We had to turn around, and head back to where we started. After crossing a stream, we were on our way.

We eventually found the foundations, and all I dug was a potted meat can. A 1/2 mile walk turned into a 3 mile walk when we eventually got back to the car.

Lesson Learned: Never follow my husband in the woods when he has no idea where he is going, GPS or no GPS. :-)