just Brian
12-24-2003, 03:46 PM
Ha, you'll love this.
I was on the firing range yesterday qualifying with a new holster. I was about 15 degrees, and the wind was blowing probably about 10-15 mph. There was about 4" of snow on the ground.
Needless to say my hands were frozen. I don't wear gloves when I shoot, and during the qual there isn't time to take you gloves on and off, on and off, to stay warm and then shoot. No one that I know of shoots with gloves on for a qual course.
So we're out there and I'm trying to do anything I can to warm my hands - rub them together, put them up under my watch cap, shake them out to get the blood moving etc, etc,.
Anyway, after I got home I noticed my wedding ring was gone. Now there is not doubt in my mind that it's laying out at the firing range. It probably flew off my finger when I was shaking my hands out, and I never even noticed - no surprise since I couldn't feel my hands anyway.
The firing range is about 25 yards wide, by 60 yards long. And it's gravel, plus there is the snow on top of that. And it was snowing last night.
So here is a question - can a metal dectector be programed to indicate on gold only? There is a ton of spent shell casings on the range, so those will set off a metal detector at every square inch. But if I could set the metal detector for "gold only" (if there is such a thing), then maybe I could find my ring.
I was on the firing range yesterday qualifying with a new holster. I was about 15 degrees, and the wind was blowing probably about 10-15 mph. There was about 4" of snow on the ground.
Needless to say my hands were frozen. I don't wear gloves when I shoot, and during the qual there isn't time to take you gloves on and off, on and off, to stay warm and then shoot. No one that I know of shoots with gloves on for a qual course.
So we're out there and I'm trying to do anything I can to warm my hands - rub them together, put them up under my watch cap, shake them out to get the blood moving etc, etc,.
Anyway, after I got home I noticed my wedding ring was gone. Now there is not doubt in my mind that it's laying out at the firing range. It probably flew off my finger when I was shaking my hands out, and I never even noticed - no surprise since I couldn't feel my hands anyway.
The firing range is about 25 yards wide, by 60 yards long. And it's gravel, plus there is the snow on top of that. And it was snowing last night.
So here is a question - can a metal dectector be programed to indicate on gold only? There is a ton of spent shell casings on the range, so those will set off a metal detector at every square inch. But if I could set the metal detector for "gold only" (if there is such a thing), then maybe I could find my ring.