Recovering from depression with detecting, Im grateful for this forum.

[boxcarjoe]

I'm in northern California, new to gold prospecting, and its given me hope to beat a long standing depression. Im looking forward to sharing the journey with all of you and getting out to the goldfields someday. I recently purchased a detector and I plan to get out to the Sierra soon. Thank you for this forum.

[spinna]

Good for you boxcarjoe
Great relaxing hobby and you can tune out all the worries of the world while enjoying nature.
Take care and have fun.
Cheers spinna

[artrix]

Take care with the depression mate, its a b**tard of a thing to have. Take it a day at a time and dont isolate yourself from friends and family.

[piston broke]

Boxcarjoe, thanks for joining mate. The people on this forum are just awesome. Look forward to your adventures cheers Pete.

[Guest]

[Guest]

Hi BoxcarJoe
to the forum.
I too am looking forward to hearing of the adventures you are going to have with your detector.
Its really great to be out in the outdoors, swinging a detector, concentrating on hearing those signals 
Under the coil, 
then dig, dig, dig..   And out pops? Hopefully something worth keeping 
It just makes all your worries slip into the back ground!

[Schist Lips]

Good on ya boxcarjoe, get out and have a go mate, excersise and the outdoors fixes me every time. Good luck

[Rocknut66]

Hello boxcar Joe,
You are on the right track going detecting to beat the depression . During my last years trip I met a fellow prospector who suffered just like you and I took time to talk to him and he told me that just sitting in a creek and shovelling wash into his sluice box relaxes him and makes him cope with depression and also helps him to keep his drinking problem under control. He was a nice young fella to talk with and share some information about gold panning/ detecting with. That was in Tuena/ NSW where I fell arse over head in the rain and jarred my shoulder blade which gave me trouble for a few month. Good on you, keep it up, find a few specks or decent nuggets, but just keep it up to beat your problems.
Good luck
Ray