Metal Detecting Forum

Yeah, a person should reach for a screwdriver 99% of the time anyway, and not even bother carrying a shovel short or long anywhere on public parks and schoolyard type grounds. Sure, we all get those killer deep signals, if nobody is in sight, whip out the trowel and have a quick go. If there are people about, go back early in the morning and get that target some other time. Still, I find this subject troubling for the basic fact that we are worried about something we really have no control over...some noob digging the hole the size of a garbage can lid in the middle of a soccer field. Its gonna happen, and aint nothing nobody here can do about that anyway.
Mud

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Detecting is the study of Humans interaction with topography, the untrustworthyness of pockets, and metals desire to return to the earth from whence it came.

I get angry with the holier than thou crowd...

The hobby is for all manner of people. If you think your better than the next guy, fine, I'm sure he knows better.

In the end we can only do so much. Let's all agree that running the backhoe out there to dig up the target is going to raise eye's.

Try to be discreet, use a ground cloth and small digger. Leave the shovel for the woods, plowed fields, and places where you don't invite criticism.
Living in Eastern PA the biggest issue in my area is history and artifacts associated with it.
People are allwaysgoing to be critical if your carrying a shovel....
To the dude who thinks people with medical issues shouldn't metal detect. There but for the grace of God go you....

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I'm even against people on private land using shovels if they are posting videos on the web. The viewer often isn't informed that they are on private property and all it is doing is giving the hobby a bad image.

Last night on National Geographic (I think) I saw yet ANOTHER new show where people are metal detecting. I think that makes three now. On this one they were hunting the banks of a river during low tide over in England I think. Several of the guys metal detecting were using shovels and pitch forks to dig in the mud and rocks. This is yet another image killer for our hobby. They even were digging DEEP holes that looked 2 or 3 feet deep! They mentioned that the other side of the river was off limits to detecting, and that at another site it's illegal to use metal detectors or to do any dig and can only be hunted by site of things on the surface only. No wonder. There were probably people using shovels or pitch forks at those other places that got them banned.

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Think I'm finally home after a lot of years searching for my particular needs. Custom 1.5 lb lighter Sovereign GT (easy to do by just "building" lighter shaft) & SEF 12x10 as everyday coil. 8" Tornado (actually 7.25") as super heavy trash coil (Very deep & separates better than typical 8/9" true size coils). 13" Ultimate for large fields/beaches on certain days I want to grid faster than even the 12x10's nice improvement over stock for that. Stock 10" Tornado stays on water rig (stock shaft). ProPointer. Owned 15x12 & SunRay S-5 (5.5") at one time. Loaned a prior 13" Ultimate & SunRay S-12 (12.5").

Some Oldest Silver- 1835 Bust Dime, 1842 "O" Seated Dime, 1855 Seated Quarter, 1858 3 Cent Piece, 1891 Seated Dime, & another Seated Quarter too damaged to read date. Highest Value- 3 Cent Piece, Seated Quarter, & now 1921 F-12 Standing Liberty. Oldest Coin? Got to give large cents a good look & see. 2013 so far- 1 Seated Quarter, 1 Barber Quarter, 1 Standing Liberty, 2 Washingtons, 1 Barber Dime, 9 Mercs, 3 Rosies. 1 War Nickel. 19 silvers in total, & 1 1872 key date Indian, 2 Bufallos, 1 man's 14K gold medium sized ring & 1 gold chain, with possibility of few 8"+ deep mystery coins being Indians after cleaning.

What matters in life is the journey and not the desitination. How you handle that journey determines if you were a success, not so much what you achieved if and when you finally get there, especially if you made it by stepping on people along the way...

In loving memory of my long haired (wooly) husky Sky. She taught me just how beautiful and pure a soul can be, human or not...

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these shows realy got everyone wetting themselves personally am now sick of hearing about it !

BP

No, it's just critterhunter wetting himself and then screaming to the world about it. I didn't like Diggers, and I hated American Diggers, but the Lucky Muckers show was really very well done and I think CH is just being a troll. He is starting multiple thread and putting down the shows in other threads.

Jason, these guys are using SHOVELS and PITCH FORKS destroying the image of metal detecting, and yet I'm the one who is the troll? Think of how little the public knows about our hobby, and then you tell me WHO is looking like a troll in the eyes of the non-detecting public. Go ahead and whistle past the graveyard.

There is NO EXCUSE for using shovels or pitch forks, military shovels, or long handled shovels to enjoy this great hobby. If you are too lazy to bend down and dig a proper looking plug then do us all a favor and find another hobby.

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Think I'm finally home after a lot of years searching for my particular needs. Custom 1.5 lb lighter Sovereign GT (easy to do by just "building" lighter shaft) & SEF 12x10 as everyday coil. 8" Tornado (actually 7.25") as super heavy trash coil (Very deep & separates better than typical 8/9" true size coils). 13" Ultimate for large fields/beaches on certain days I want to grid faster than even the 12x10's nice improvement over stock for that. Stock 10" Tornado stays on water rig (stock shaft). ProPointer. Owned 15x12 & SunRay S-5 (5.5") at one time. Loaned a prior 13" Ultimate & SunRay S-12 (12.5").

Some Oldest Silver- 1835 Bust Dime, 1842 "O" Seated Dime, 1855 Seated Quarter, 1858 3 Cent Piece, 1891 Seated Dime, & another Seated Quarter too damaged to read date. Highest Value- 3 Cent Piece, Seated Quarter, & now 1921 F-12 Standing Liberty. Oldest Coin? Got to give large cents a good look & see. 2013 so far- 1 Seated Quarter, 1 Barber Quarter, 1 Standing Liberty, 2 Washingtons, 1 Barber Dime, 9 Mercs, 3 Rosies. 1 War Nickel. 19 silvers in total, & 1 1872 key date Indian, 2 Bufallos, 1 man's 14K gold medium sized ring & 1 gold chain, with possibility of few 8"+ deep mystery coins being Indians after cleaning.

What matters in life is the journey and not the desitination. How you handle that journey determines if you were a success, not so much what you achieved if and when you finally get there, especially if you made it by stepping on people along the way...

In loving memory of my long haired (wooly) husky Sky. She taught me just how beautiful and pure a soul can be, human or not...