HAS METAL DETECTING CHANGED THE WAY YOU THINK?? SOCIALLY/INTELLECTUALLY

[johnnyblaze]

Relic hunting out in the bush is like heaven!

Dave.

Dave thanks for the heart felt reply and yes there is nothing like being at a old Colonial site that was forgotten by time


Blaze

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[ticm]

I agree with Viddy, the more I swing, the more I think people are idiots.

27 years of really dumb questions, people staring like I'm an exhibit at the zoo, the greed and jealously when it comes to their property or property they think is theirs, seeing dog owners let their beasts run everywhere off leash, taking craps on sports fields and not cleaning it up, seeing punks smash public property, people going to nice parks and driving around in circles, showing off their piece of sh*t vehicles, playing loud crappy music and yelling obscenities out the window at detectorists, seeing almost all the green spaces outside the city gobbled up by development and city folks moving out to the country bringing their "city vibe" with them, *****ing and complaining about everything thing, calling the cops on a whim, and the list goes on.......

Relic hunting out in the bush is like heaven!

Yes, I would love to go back in time and live that way. I don't care for the way the North America is heading........Sheep being led to the slaughterhouse!

Y'all can promote the hobby until your hearts content, return every ring and get new people interested. I have my morals but really, I just want to be left alone. Most of the people I encounter while detecting are nothing but a nuisance.

I don't buy the theory of talking to everyone gives you leads to more sites. I've done that for years and all it lead to was wild goose chases and a waste of precious detecting time, entertaining people's dumb questions, listening to their opinions that I could give a rat's azz about, and wondering if I was in front of their boulevard would they be yelling out their door at me, calling the cops!
I have no problem finding places to hunt and only need to be nice if I'm knocking at their door looking for permission. Otherwise they can kiss my........

If there was a "thumbs down" option on this forum, I wonder how many I would get?

Cheers,
Dave.

I often feel the same way.

[norbyx]

Well metal detecting did change me a bit. For example when I wasn't MD and I saw a 1c coin on the gound I wouldn't even bend to pick it up. Now I apprecciate every little coin, considering the effort that we make to find them. Another thing is the history, it has blown up my interess in history and to find out how the city was displaced centuries ago.

[worldtalker]

Blaze,We live in dangerous times! I first got into MDin for the money,HISTORY is where it's at,the first colonial buckle I found changed the way I think about hunting,but, I've ALWAYS seen the world crazy,gettin pretty bad Brother! A few CONTROL the masses,glad I can think for myself. God Bless Chris

[deepskyal]

Detecting hasn't changed my politics...still hate the Gov't. Think this upcomming election is gonna bury the country...how sad.

Detecting has however changed my perspective of what the colonial soldiers and civil war did for this country. Back in the sticks I feel so much more at ease. I ponder colonial life, how simple life was but how rigorous living was. I find myself constantly scanning the landscapes, imagining what it might have been like and if I was alive back then who and what I'd be and how I would survive.

If anything, detecting has just fueled the fire of my hatred of politicians and corporate greed.

I'm with Jeff...not gonna fight anyones battle but God help you if you step on my feet!

I'm a lot more appreciative of our history because of the research I do to find sites.

Al

Just adding...there does seem to be a connection to us relic hunters and our opinion of modern politics...we knew it was better at one time. History rocks!

[BaronH]

I have a growing appreciation for the history of the areas I hunt. I've been getting sucked in more and more to the research aspect.

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[Beans]

Now days everything is fenced off (were I live). State has to much control on hobbies. Stuff made today will not be here tomorrow. Build it and they will tear it down to build something else.

lyrics by Five Man Electrical Band :

And the sign said anybody caught trespassin' would be shot on sight
So I jumped on the fence and-a yelled at the house, "Hey! What gives you
the right?"
"To put up a fence to keep me out or to keep mother nature in"
"If God was here he'd tell you to your face, Man, you're some kinda sinner"

[ticm]

Now days everything is fenced off (were I live). State has to much control on hobbies. Stuff made today will not be here tomorrow. Build it and they will tear it down to build something else.

lyrics by Five Man Electrical Band :

And the sign said anybody caught trespassin' would be shot on sight
So I jumped on the fence and-a yelled at the house, "Hey! What gives you
the right?"
"To put up a fence to keep me out or to keep mother nature in"
"If God was here he'd tell you to your face, Man, you're some kinda sinner"

Damn hippies all they need is a hair cut.

[Beans]

And the sign said "Long - haired freaky people need not apply"

[ticm]

And the sign said "Long - haired freaky people need not apply"

Uggg


LMAO

[jeff of pa]

And the sign said "Long - haired freaky people need not apply"

which is why I Never do

[ticm]

which is why I Never do

LOL

[johnnyblaze]

which is why I Never do

Jeff never pictured you as a dude with long hair

Although you are God on this site and Jesus had long hair

[jeff of pa]

Jeff never pictured you as a dude with long hair

Although you are God on this site and Jesus had long hair

right now it's heading down the middle of my back again.
these days I get it cut short once every year or 2

Grows like crazy

what happens I'll be in the Mall on a rare occasion,
See some irresistible young lady cutting hair.
then I'll go in and ask if she has time to do mine just for an excuse to chat her up
for a bit.

then I'm good till it happens again

[ticm]

right now it's heading down the middle of my back again.
these days I get it cut short once every year or 2

Grows like crazy

what happens I'll be in the Mall on a rare occasion,
See some irresistible young lady cutting hair.
then I'll go in and ask if she has time to do mine just for an excuse to chat her up
for a bit.

then I'm good till it happens again

So it sounds like your saying you've got some ugly female barbers.

[johnnyblaze]

right now it's heading down the middle of my back again.
these days I get it cut short once every year or 2

Grows like crazy

what happens I'll be in the Mall on a rare occasion,
See some irresistible young lady cutting hair.
then I'll go in and ask if she has time to do mine just for an excuse to chat her up
for a bit.

then I'm good till it happens again

AHHH the things men do to chat with the ladies...

One hair will pull a freight train



Blaze

[jeff of pa]

So it sounds like your saying you've got some ugly female barbers.

Tim, just Good lookin' doesn't work either.

They have to be irresistible.
just something that says I Have to say hi,
I Have to talk to her.

Green or orange hair works at times.
clothing never matters, it's almost all from the neck up.

but no earrings on the lips that look like herpies from a distance,
no nose earring that looks like a Hitler mustache or Booger.
pretty much no punctures in the face they weren't born with.

[steelheadwill]

It Sure has Johnny,
I was always interested in History and Collecting,
but getting the items from the source, untouched for hundreds of years
is a whole different feeling.
Seeing the handmade buttons and other items cast from whatever scraps were available for the pot,
digging hundreds, maybe thousands of little patches that are all that's left of old cast ironware
rusted away in the saltmud, these insignificant finds mean a lot to me.
It's like you said, things were harder (for the average person), you had to be able to accomplish
a lot on your own and be independent if you wanted to prosper.
Seems like most people today would not be well under these conditions.
I have been putting together the items and skills to be able to maintain a level
of comfort and stability in what I believe are Hard Times Coming.
Great Thread! HH, Herbie

[ticm]

Tim, just Good lookin' doesn't work either.

They have to be irresistible.
just something that says I Have to say hi,
I Have to talk to her.

Green or orange hair works at times.
clothing never matters, it's almost all from the neck up.

but no earrings on the lips that look like herpies from a distance,
no nose earring that looks like a Hitler mustache or Booger.
pretty much no punctures in the face they weren't born with.

LOL

[Moonrover]

Interesting thread. Although metal detecting is so new to me that I've yet to dig up anything of historic relevance, I have always had a strong attachment to our heritage. Strong respect for the efforts of our ancestors, and I firmly believe they were at times dreaming of a future where their descendants would continue the tradition of improving this nation.

Sadly, I think we have let them down. Not that most of us are not trying to keep the ship upright, but somewhere along the way we started allowing non-productive people to dictate the course of the ship.

If I could chat with my ancestors right now, I think I'd ask them for advice. I would ask my oldest brother how he summoned up the courage to fly into the flack-filled night sky over Berlin. I'd ask my grandfather what his drive was to be able to hurdle over the barbed wire embankment to attack the enemy in WW1. And most of all I would ask my great grandfather what it was like at Andersonville prison.

Maybe I will ask them in person in a few years. I might have some explaining to do if they ask me what their country is like now.

Merlin

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