Eureka !!! .... well, maybe not

And the PTCruiser "Moron of the Month" award goes to...

Henry Mora of Montclair, California

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Henry decided to purchase a metal detector and give it a whirl in his front yard, when lo and behold the damn thing went off, indicating that there was a deposit of gold right there in his front yard. Henry wasted no time in hiring two guys off the street and commenced setting up a mine in front of his house. He claims he only intended to go down about three or four feet but, hey, when you've got cheap labor risking their lives for you, why not go ahead and shoot for 60 feet into the ground?

Bracing? Safety measures? Phah, who needs that? Just keep digging until either you hit paydirt or the walls of this deathtrap collapse, right Henry? Luckily one of Henry's "alert" neighbors noticed the massive hill of dirt in the yard and finally notified authorities.

Congratulations, Henry. At the rate you're going you may get nominated for a Darwin Award some day. (Although, that requires risking your own life).

When Henry's not busy trying to decimate the day-laborer population in Southern California, he plays the trombone in a band.