New. Tv. show-american-digger/

New. Tv. show-american-digger/ http://aroundthenetworks.com/spike-tv-announces-unscripted-show-american-digger/ Also read the posted comments at the end of the article .http://www.findmall.com/read.php?18,1647565,1647565#msg-1647565Sun, 26 May 2013 03:34:55 -0500 Phorum 5.2.18 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?18,1647565,1649208#msg-1649208 Re: New. Tv. show-american-digger/ http://www.findmall.com/read.php?18,1647565,1649208#msg-1649208

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montanagold
The producers did consult qualified detectorists Team ATC has over 10 years a piece of experiance. What the naysayers dont realize is that everyone wants to see something to their likng on the show it takes 8 straight days of filming to make a 22 minute episode. So how do you cram everything into 22 minutes.

Before I comment, let me say that I am expressing my views most respectfully. I watched the show and I have to say I enjoyed several aspects of it, but as a new guy to the hobby I can watch most anything and learn something, but I too was a bit let down by the lack of "edicate". You say you cant cram everything into 22 min of air time, I understand that, but the content folks here are talking about DOESNT have to have special, dedicated segments, but rather explain these things as you are doing the search, or the digging AND recovering of holes. Ya know, when you are down on your hands and knees beginning the dig, take a couple of seconds and turn to the camera as if to make the point to your viewers that good practices will get you invited back and possibly open other doors in the area. It doesnt have to be alot, just a little less silliness, and a bit of digger edicate and education would go a long way. To be honest, I like the idea of the comradery between a couple of buddies sharing the hobby, the excitement of a good find and even the personal bets between buds, thats exactly what I would like to have with a friend or my son, but if you can find time in the 22 minutes to lick a jellyfish, SURELY you can find a few seconds here and there to promote good practices. This may be the difference in a really good ( funny, interesting, educational and responsible ) show and just another dumb reality show. Personally, I hope the show does well, but only if it represents the hobby and the hobbyist in a positive way.
Best regards.
Ken.]]> Dirt slinger Metal Detecting ForumThu, 01 Mar 2012 00:14:03 -0600 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?18,1647565,1649199#msg-1649199 Re: New. Tv. show-american-digger/ http://www.findmall.com/read.php?18,1647565,1649199#msg-1649199 montanagold Metal Detecting ForumWed, 29 Feb 2012 23:56:03 -0600 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?18,1647565,1649181#msg-1649181 Re: New. Tv. show-american-digger/ http://www.findmall.com/read.php?18,1647565,1649181#msg-1649181
http://www.findmall.com/read.php?82,1645861,1645861#

Perhaps you could incorporate concepts/actions similar to this in your upcoming shows......even if you have to do re-editing of finished episodes. We are your peers regarding this hobby....and to get this level of criticism from your peers usually means something isn't being done right. Everyone makes mistakes.....its a matter if a person choses to man up and admit to it.....and then make the necessary changes.

Remember that being in the public eye by choice does open you up to commentary by the public.]]> TerraDigger Metal Detecting ForumWed, 29 Feb 2012 22:46:19 -0600 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?18,1647565,1649176#msg-1649176 Re: New. Tv. show-american-digger/ http://www.findmall.com/read.php?18,1647565,1649176#msg-1649176(lol!) we need a corporate sponsor! heh! heh! heh!

(h.h.!)
j.t.]]> jmaryt Metal Detecting ForumWed, 29 Feb 2012 22:34:43 -0600 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?18,1647565,1649131#msg-1649131 Re: New. Tv. show-american-digger/ http://www.findmall.com/read.php?18,1647565,1649131#msg-1649131 wasp Metal Detecting ForumWed, 29 Feb 2012 21:21:02 -0600 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?18,1647565,1649128#msg-1649128 Re: New. Tv. show-american-digger/ http://www.findmall.com/read.php?18,1647565,1649128#msg-1649128i'm just worried about the future ,and with good reason with shows like this on the telly!
count me in! you can be the money man!..just sayin'!

(h.h.!)
j.t.]]> jmaryt Metal Detecting ForumWed, 29 Feb 2012 21:14:53 -0600 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?18,1647565,1649116#msg-1649116 Re: New. Tv. show-american-digger/ http://www.findmall.com/read.php?18,1647565,1649116#msg-1649116
Maybe we should do our own TV show. As Bill Dance is to the sport of fishin, we could be to the hobby of detectin.

Find lots of great places to detect. I'll dig em, you fill em. Add a healthy dose of detectin education thrown in as we go. We split the finds 50/50.

Oh, and one of us should occasionally mix things up by tripping over the other's detector and fall flat on our face for comic relief. LOL :beers:]]> wasp Metal Detecting ForumWed, 29 Feb 2012 21:07:16 -0600 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?18,1647565,1649106#msg-1649106 Re: New. Tv. show-american-digger/ http://www.findmall.com/read.php?18,1647565,1649106#msg-1649106whether this comes to pass is contingent upon how you "present" yourself
to others,AND how you are able to "demonstrate" that you know HOW to properly open,and
cover a hole to retrieve your target!.this is "paramount",and i can attest to this as i have been hunting for over
33 years..you ARE being watched wherever you go to hunt!..just sayin'

(h.h.!)
j.t.]]> jmaryt Metal Detecting ForumWed, 29 Feb 2012 20:53:50 -0600 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?18,1647565,1649092#msg-1649092 Re: New. Tv. show-american-digger/ http://www.findmall.com/read.php?18,1647565,1649092#msg-1649092

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jmaryt
all they are gonna do is "blackeye" the hobby by showing "digging " on the air!
in my view ya CANNOT show that in back yards! it will beat us up
in the eyes of the public!..people will NOT care about the rest of the show,
they will just disdain the "digging!" count on this! watch out! just sayin'

(h.h.!)
j.t.

I can understand your point of view, but I dont think the general public is going to be up in arms over it. Case in point, I myself have just very recently put my long time desire to action and actually started "tectin" and when friends of the family heard what I had found so far, and one that saw the show "Diggers", they asked me if I'd come to there places to see what I could find. To me, I think this could open more doors than close simply because people are by nature curious. I went to a place this week at the request of the property owner. Yeah, I think it may not be as bad as you think, we'll see. H H.
Ken.]]> Dirt slinger Metal Detecting ForumWed, 29 Feb 2012 20:40:51 -0600 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?18,1647565,1649055#msg-1649055 Re: New. Tv. show-american-digger/ http://www.findmall.com/read.php?18,1647565,1649055#msg-1649055exactly that!.then no body will watch your "messed" up" show,and you'll be
out of a job! sorta like kickin' yourself in the face! huh fella?

(h.h.!)
j.t.]]> jmaryt Metal Detecting ForumWed, 29 Feb 2012 20:11:27 -0600 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?18,1647565,1649048#msg-1649048 Re: New. Tv. show-american-digger/ http://www.findmall.com/read.php?18,1647565,1649048#msg-1649048after watchin' this show with these two "clowns" may as well go fishin' now!,
or become intimately "friendly" with my OWN BACK YARD,and NOWHERE ELSE!
(w.t.f!)..just sayin'

(h.h.!)
j.t.]]> jmaryt Metal Detecting ForumWed, 29 Feb 2012 20:05:31 -0600 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?18,1647565,1649041#msg-1649041 Re: New. TV. show-american-digger/ http://www.findmall.com/read.php?18,1647565,1649041#msg-1649041the right thing do you?. besides show's too short! no time for that! (lol!) heh! heh!

(h.h.!)
j.t.]]> jmaryt Metal Detecting ForumWed, 29 Feb 2012 19:58:50 -0600 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?18,1647565,1649033#msg-1649033 Re: New. Tv. show-american-digger/ http://www.findmall.com/read.php?18,1647565,1649033#msg-1649033to try out their idea! they are "play acting" and its all about the buck!
just sayin'

(h.h.!)
j.t.]]> jmaryt Metal Detecting ForumWed, 29 Feb 2012 19:51:52 -0600 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?18,1647565,1649032#msg-1649032 Re: New. Tv. show-american-digger/ http://www.findmall.com/read.php?18,1647565,1649032#msg-1649032
It was an entertaining humorous show. I saw nothing wrong with it. Two friends goofing while metal detecting. Not at schools....not at parks. They were at places where they were INVITED to metal detect to see what was in the ground at those locations. I don't think anyone would be concerned over or even think about a few poorly filled in holes in an ABANDONED PRISON YARD.

Guys.....I don't think it was meant to be educational or to teach the public how great we are at filling our holes and disposing of the trash we find. It was meant to show the fun two buddies have while detecting....ON PRIVATE PROPERTY.

And what the heck is wrong with selling your finds to a collector or appraiser anyway? Not a darned thing! You found it.....do what you want with it. Check out the Meteorite Men series. They use metal detectors and sometimes have to dig big deep holes to retrieve the meteorites. One fellow usually saves his meteorite finds. The other fellow sells his finds for profit.

If you act as if you are doing something wrong, people are probably going to think you are doing something wrong.

Relax and Happy Hunting!]]> wasp Metal Detecting ForumWed, 29 Feb 2012 19:51:44 -0600 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?18,1647565,1649029#msg-1649029 Re: Garrett.......http://www.findmall.com/read.php?18,1647565,1649029#msg-1649029have to start to learn "golf" or maybe go fishin' instead!
just sayin'

(h.h.!)
j.t.]]> jmaryt Metal Detecting ForumWed, 29 Feb 2012 19:49:14 -0600 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?18,1647565,1649024#msg-1649024 Re: Garrett.......http://www.findmall.com/read.php?18,1647565,1649024#msg-1649024
(h.h.!)
j.t.]]> jmaryt Metal Detecting ForumWed, 29 Feb 2012 19:46:12 -0600 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?18,1647565,1649020#msg-1649020 Re: New. Tv. show-american-digger/ http://www.findmall.com/read.php?18,1647565,1649020#msg-1649020what i do care about is being misrepresented,which is exactly what this show
is doing! a genuine "disservice" to all "responsible " detectorists everywhere!

(h.h.!)
j.t.]]> jmaryt Metal Detecting ForumWed, 29 Feb 2012 19:41:41 -0600 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?18,1647565,1649014#msg-1649014 Re: New. Tv. show-american-digger/ http://www.findmall.com/read.php?18,1647565,1649014#msg-1649014utilizing these digging techniques,and generally acting like "clowns" does
NOT portray with any degree of accuracy the "real" hobbyist who has many years of treasure hunting
in his resume.we are all extremely " concerned",and care very much about HOW the general public perceives
our actions,ESPECIALLY in the field!.this show is a complete "falsehood" and is extremely "inaccurate"
it is insulting,and is nothing more than a "money grab!"..just sayin'

(h.h.!)
j.t.]]> jmaryt Metal Detecting ForumWed, 29 Feb 2012 19:36:23 -0600 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?18,1647565,1649003#msg-1649003 Re: New. Tv. show-american-digger/ http://www.findmall.com/read.php?18,1647565,1649003#msg-1649003you know the difference between right and wrong? why are we telling you this?
because you have zero common sense?,OR you are a little baby!..you are on national television!
you are damaging our reputations as responsible hobbyists,by depicting us as "clowns"
who DON'T know how to dig!....just sayin'

(h.h.!)
j.t.]]> jmaryt Metal Detecting ForumWed, 29 Feb 2012 19:23:52 -0600 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?18,1647565,1648999#msg-1648999 Re: New. Tv. show-american-digger/ http://www.findmall.com/read.php?18,1647565,1648999#msg-1648999
is this what these people do when trying to get these things out of the ground?.
they are destroying the land! ohhh! my god! my god!.
what can they be thinking?.. a real "nut buster" for sure!

(h.h.!)
j.t.]]> jmaryt Metal Detecting ForumWed, 29 Feb 2012 19:18:35 -0600 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?18,1647565,1648976#msg-1648976 Re: New. Tv. show-american-digger/ http://www.findmall.com/read.php?18,1647565,1648976#msg-1648976 McDave Metal Detecting ForumWed, 29 Feb 2012 18:44:59 -0600 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?18,1647565,1648944#msg-1648944 Re: New. Tv. show-american-digger/ http://www.findmall.com/read.php?18,1647565,1648944#msg-1648944 pointer80 Metal Detecting ForumWed, 29 Feb 2012 17:52:44 -0600 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?18,1647565,1648893#msg-1648893 Re: Garrett.......http://www.findmall.com/read.php?18,1647565,1648893#msg-1648893 fowlercharles Metal Detecting ForumWed, 29 Feb 2012 16:15:39 -0600 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?18,1647565,1648887#msg-1648887 Re: New. Tv. show-american-digger/ http://www.findmall.com/read.php?18,1647565,1648887#msg-1648887 montanagold Metal Detecting ForumWed, 29 Feb 2012 16:05:14 -0600 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?18,1647565,1648871#msg-1648871 Re: New. Tv. show-american-digger/ http://www.findmall.com/read.php?18,1647565,1648871#msg-1648871 david bull Metal Detecting ForumWed, 29 Feb 2012 15:34:38 -0600 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?18,1647565,1648867#msg-1648867 Re: New. Tv. show-american-digger/ http://www.findmall.com/read.php?18,1647565,1648867#msg-1648867 bob.oz Metal Detecting ForumWed, 29 Feb 2012 15:31:13 -0600 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?18,1647565,1648849#msg-1648849 Re: New. Tv. show-american-digger/ http://www.findmall.com/read.php?18,1647565,1648849#msg-1648849https://www.facebook.com/#!/groups/nodiggertv/]]> samuel_schumaker Metal Detecting ForumWed, 29 Feb 2012 15:04:56 -0600 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?18,1647565,1648845#msg-1648845 Re: New. Tv. show-american-digger/ http://www.findmall.com/read.php?18,1647565,1648845#msg-1648845 McDave Metal Detecting ForumWed, 29 Feb 2012 15:00:51 -0600 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?18,1647565,1648828#msg-1648828 Re: New. Tv. show-american-digger/ http://www.findmall.com/read.php?18,1647565,1648828#msg-1648828
Obviously, responsible metal detectorists were not consulted prior to going into production.

Will I watch it again? Maybe, but if they don't change the style of the show and have their "actors" quit acting like they're in kindergarden,it's an NICS rerun or bedtime for me.

Mike.....]]> Wooden Nickel Metal Detecting ForumWed, 29 Feb 2012 14:23:49 -0600 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?18,1647565,1648752#msg-1648752 Re: New. Tv. show-american-digger/ http://www.findmall.com/read.php?18,1647565,1648752#msg-1648752
I'm going to continue to watch your show for the same reasons I watch MDing youtube videos. I like to see what people find and I might learn something about a detector that I use. My girlfriend who hasn't yet been exposed to anything related to MDing watched the show with me and she enjoyed it for different reasons but after it was done I had to pull out my garrett and explain 99% of what was going on so she could understand the basic mechanics of the process.

No matter what you do you aren't going to please everyone and of course detectorists will always be your toughest critics. Just keep being you because that is part of the draw. Sure you might come off goofy sometimes but it's was makes you personable. Heck I'd be happy with just an educational send off at the end of the show. "thanks for waching and remember backfill your holes" "If its a shallow target use a probe instead of a lesche tool" "Never leave a recovered trash target" etc....]]> LandOLincoln Metal Detecting ForumWed, 29 Feb 2012 12:26:36 -0600