By Monty Siekerman

There's gold in them thar hills, or so Tom and Rene Harmon would hope. The Elida couple was seeing what they could find at War Memorial Park recently.

What have you found with the metal detectors?
Over the years, we've found some jewelry, old coins, a Boy Scout metal from Utah, a challenge metal from someone in the service, but mostly junk. Its a hobby, were not in it to make money. The rate of return per hour would be minimal. It's fun, you never know what you'll find

How long have you been doing this.
Six years. We've searched for treasure in the dirt in Florida and in other states.

How much do your metal detectors cost?
$600 apiece. They can detect things 10 inches in the ground, then we dig to see what we've found.

Have you been to the Ada park and stadium before?
Yes, but its been a while. We are impressed by how it has expanded, many more playing fields now.

Our son graduated from Elida High School, then in education from ONU. He teaches now in Elida. We've been here several times over the years.