My hubby just doesn't understand. I've tried for two years now. Still no luck. He doesn't mind that I do and he will help in the research part and he tells everyone he knows about what I find...but my A$$ don't hunt.
A middle aged married man meets a beautiful young blond in a bar while having an after-work drink with his buddies. One thing leads to another and the man and woman end up back in her apartment. After hours of passionate lovemaking he realizes how late it is and what will be in store for him when he gets home. He says to the blond, "Hurry and bring me that potted plant and rub the dirt on my hands". She thinks this is odd, but does as he says, rubbing dirt all over his hands until they are filthy. He says goodbye to the woman, and hurries home. When he gets home his wife is waiting for him.
"Where have you been??" She screeches.
"Well, you are not going to believe this", he replies, "but I met this beautiful young blond woman at a bar and we went back to her apartment and made passionate love on her couch".
"Let me see your hands" she replies.
He shows his dirty hands to his wife. "You stinking liar" She screams, "YOU"VE BEEN OUT METAL DETECTING AGAIN!!!"
Just married in December and the Wife does not but I'm working on her.
On the honeymoon I would go out on the beach in the morning...I brought back two gold rings and one silver plus a coin from every country out there. She looked at the rings and said well don't just sit there in that lounge chair go back out there and detect.
I just don't let her clean my finds anymore. Found a small bronze figure I was trying to clean up and she comes in an says I have something to clean it. I'm thinking she has some jewelery clean that will work so I give it to her. a few minutes latter I walk into the kitchen and she has the Brillo out and her arm is moving a mile a minute. Needless to say I took my find back and I make sure she stays within eye sight whenever she looks at my finds. It did come out nice but I'm just glad it was not an old coin.
Living the single life...have tried to get my two daughters (now 12 and 15) into it, but that lasted three minutes. The plus side is that I can do what I want when I want. The down side is...well, the down side. If and when I ever meet someone, I pray that they are a detectorist.