ron lord
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Everyone Watch the Travel channel to night , Chicago Ron in Dig Wars 10 P M Miami Time
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$30 for a dug King George copper, $500 for a big round shot?? Gimme a break!! I think the worst part is the guy bragging that he has dug a million bucks worth of relics!! That'll make most viewers think we're all gettin' rich and make them less likely to give us permission. I had to force myself to watch the hour just to make sure it was real, but I doubt I'll watch it again. As "responsible" hunters they need to show how to dig lawns properly so J.Q. Public can see that we can do it without damage to property. That 1806 flowing hair was a great find, but there was no reference as to whether they were allowed to keep their finds, and the appraisal was way high on that too.
Was anyone concerned about the live ordnance recovered? Was that the proper procedure?
jeff of pa said:not me. I still don't believe they are any more dangerous
then a live 22 shell dug from the ground.
of course proper procedure was to call the nearest police or army base for bomb disposal
to keep or destroy it
Maybe it was just me but it looked like they were scanning spots that were already dug and that pistol barrel sure looked familiar I think it was on here already. More substance would be great like showing all the other junk that we dig not just the $1000.00 coins. But I guess it,s not for our entertainment it's for the general public .
I watched about 5 minutes worth.
Here... You got the exact same format as the savage loud mouth, big equipment diggin morons, only without the big equipment.
I still witnessed loud mouthing, improper machine usage, ridiculous tones, and an overzealous "appraiser".
Was enough for me.
I agree on the barrel looking familiar.
For some reason, I thought of Boom Baby saying it was a $20,000.00 relic
from a pirate
I know guy who found it - Mark - and was sworn to secrecy before the episodes aired
but told me about the find - and other finds -Mark is a fireman in Chicago and good friend and partner of Chi Ron (who is also a Chi fireman)
I was privy to a bunch of info and had talks with cast members about the show
and was at a cast meeting with Whydah where we got a lot of behind the scenes chat
find were not planted !
sometimes they had to rebury items to film I think - sometimes the editing screwed up
you have to realize that the guys running the show aren't the hunters
its a bunch of NY city young yuppy types - some were flambouyant types
that know nothing about detecting - they should have had consultants while editing
the cast could have made corrections were they able to view before airing
they saw it for the first time when we did
as for the prices - a lot of them were spot on as far as an antique dealer goes
theyre giving prices they would sell it for or ask
I know the producers/directors wanted to greatly inflate the prices
and the cast called a private meeting and told them they would not stand for it
the bosses wanted to 5x and 10x the values
a cannon ball like that - attributed to a battle or fort - would go for $500+
so its not highly inflated - parrot with fuse and sabot is up their too - once again -attributed to a fort or battle
ones found in an nowhere field - would be lower
I have seen KG coppers sold for $25+ by dealers
I have a friend that sells his colonial coppers to an antique dealer and that dealer gets $20+ for them
button prices given seemed reasonable
Savage was way over inflated on everything
and Diggers were on at least a few items - I know they found an 1812 button they said was over $250
I had one identical and was told by experts it was worth around $50+ and mine had shank
these people - the cast - have some say but the powers that be are the ones
that want the wow factor and the entertainment - they don't want to just follow a bunch of hunters
hunting hard and getting dirty - they want some fun - they want competition - they want controversy
and maybe an argument or fight here or there
I was talked to about doing a show last year - a water show - and we went thru all this
I also got calls from other production company personel - including some from the Digger show
picking my brain - I told them they should show burying of holes - picking up trash - doing a good deed or making a return
now and then if possible and other ideas that I think hunters here would love to see - but like someone else mentioned - they are not making
these shows for us or with us in mind
so don't get mad or over critical of the cast - they are employees of the production company -sign contracts and have to listen to the bosses
I signed a contract for one company - I should post it here - I made changes to it before signing - (probably reason I did not get the show)
but it states right out - you will do what youre told - and you have no say whatso ever in filming - editing or production
and will only speak when spoken to pretty much
so cut your fellow Th'ers some slack - believe it or not - these guys =the cast -are trying to do their best to give you something to watch
I thought the proto was a Teknetics ? the box they showed said Teknetics I think
I know guy who found it - Mark - and was sworn to secrecy before the episodes aired
but told me about the find - and other finds -Mark is a fireman in Chicago and good friend and partner of Chi Ron (who is also a Chi fireman)
I was privy to a bunch of info and had talks with cast members about the show
and was at a cast meeting with Whydah where we got a lot of behind the scenes chat
find were not planted !
sometimes they had to rebury items to film I think - sometimes the editing screwed up
you have to realize that the guys running the show aren't the hunters
its a bunch of NY city young yuppy types - some were flambouyant types
that know nothing about detecting - they should have had consultants while editing
the cast could have made corrections were they able to view before airing
they saw it for the first time when we did
as for the prices - a lot of them were spot on as far as an antique dealer goes
theyre giving prices they would sell it for or ask
I know the producers/directors wanted to greatly inflate the prices
and the cast called a private meeting and told them they would not stand for it
the bosses wanted to 5x and 10x the values
a cannon ball like that - attributed to a battle or fort - would go for $500+
so its not highly inflated - parrot with fuse and sabot is up their too - once again -attributed to a fort or battle
ones found in an nowhere field - would be lower
I have seen KG coppers sold for $25+ by dealers
I have a friend that sells his colonial coppers to an antique dealer and that dealer gets $20+ for them
button prices given seemed reasonable
Savage was way over inflated on everything
and Diggers were on at least a few items - I know they found an 1812 button they said was over $250
I had one identical and was told by experts it was worth around $50+ and mine had shank
these people - the cast - have some say but the powers that be are the ones
that want the wow factor and the entertainment - they don't want to just follow a bunch of hunters
hunting hard and getting dirty - they want some fun - they want competition - they want controversy
and maybe an argument or fight here or there
I was talked to about doing a show last year - a water show - and we went thru all this
I also got calls from other production company personel - including some from the Digger show
picking my brain - I told them they should show burying of holes - picking up trash - doing a good deed or making a return
now and then if possible and other ideas that I think hunters here would love to see - but like someone else mentioned - they are not making
these shows for us or with us in mind
so don't get mad or over critical of the cast - they are employees of the production company -sign contracts and have to listen to the bosses
I signed a contract for one company - I should post it here - I made changes to it before signing - (probably reason I did not get the show)
but it states right out - you will do what youre told - and you have no say whatso ever in filming - editing or production
and will only speak when spoken to pretty much
so cut your fellow Th'ers some slack - believe it or not - these guys =the cast -are trying to do their best to give you something to watch