You Know Youre Truly Addicted to Treasure Hunting when...

Kiros32

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Feb 21, 2006
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You Know You're Truly Addicted to Treasure Hunting when...

This is a shameless bump of my own post from March 2006, but its been 2 years since I posted it and I have some more to add...ENJOY!!

1. You glance in the McDonald's donation boxes at the counter, hoping maybe to spot a Wheatie.
2. You look at EVERY coin you receive and jiggle your pocket at the end of the day, listening for the sounds of silver, just in case you had missed in during the day.
3. Not only are you willing, but look forward to battling snow, penetrating sun, poison ivy, and an occasional dog.
4. You refer to old coins as Wheaties, Barbies, Mercs, and Buffs.
5. You spot a crooked tree and swear it points to gold.
6. Finding several dollars in clad is actually unfulfilling.
7. Your weekend trip to the beach requires a sand scoop.

[glow=red,2,300]8. You own 15 different digging tools, but only use 1.
9. You "accidently" jam the Coinstar machine and ask the teller if you can have the contents of the trash tray. TRY IT, IT WORKS!!!
10. You have almost wrecked on numerous occasions because you spotted a foundation or old house.
11. Digging in your church clothes is necessary at times.
12. You meet the in-laws for the first time and immediately direct the conversation to questions about the history of their property...(haha, my girlfriend was pissed!!)
13. You stop on the way home at a dumpster outside of a house to check the contents.


FEEL FREE TO ADD MORE!!!!


I have actually done every one of these
 

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Kentucky Kache

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Re: You Know You're Truly Addicted to Treasure Hunting when...

You start collecting metal detectors like old men collect pocket knives.
 

slow sweeper

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Jan 7, 2005
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Oregon
Re: You Know You're Truly Addicted to Treasure Hunting when...

.....you volunteer to go to the store to buy your wife's "female" items so you can spend a half hour detecting a park that hasn't given up any coin older than 1987 for two years.
 

Rich in Texas

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Jun 23, 2003
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Re: You Know You're Truly Addicted to Treasure Hunting when...

You plan your vacations around detecting ::)
You wear a shirt that says "Old Detectorists never die, they just smell that way!" (Copyright to me BTW)
 

The Beep Goes On

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Jan 11, 2006
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Re: You Know You're Truly Addicted to Treasure Hunting when...

...you almost get into accidents rubber necking potential hunting sites.

...you gladly wake up far earlier than normal and lose sleep you would have killed for before you took up the hobby.

...you proudly display junk a sane person wouldn't even consider looking at.

...you spend an inordinate amount of time on this forum. ;)

...you stare at the ground even when not detecting.

...you pick up coins on the ground that you never would have paid attention to before.

...you have begun looking at people's jewelry and hoping that they will drop it.

...you begin to question acquaintances about where they live and about the history of their property.

...you closely monitor the jewelry you're wearing so you don't lose it.

...you come up with a crazy name, like TBGO.

HH!
 

bk

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Jan 19, 2005
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Re: You Know You're Truly Addicted to Treasure Hunting when...

Actually, you might be surprised how often I find wheat cents in stores and gas stations where there is a dish of pennies. I always dig through them. Sometimes the the clerk gives me a funny look like I'm going to take all of them. ;D
 

bakergeol

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Feb 4, 2004
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Re: You Know You're Truly Addicted to Treasure Hunting when...

You have been intensely detecting this beach for 4 hours before discovering it is a NUDE BEACH.
King Soopers won't let you use their CoinStar machine anymore because you keep jamming it up with dirty coins.
Assaulted your neighbor because he insulted your main detector.
Have the UPS deliver your new detector next door so your wife will not find out you have bought another detector.
Detected the funeral home's lawn during your wife's funeral.
Have it in your will that your detector will be buried with you.
Your neighbors are starting to suspect the truth that you have been secretly detecting their yards while they are at work.
You have 10 "Back Up" detectors.
You have autographed photos of Treasurenet moderators on your desk at your office.

George
 

Burdie

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Nov 13, 2005
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Re: You Know You're Truly Addicted to Treasure Hunting when...

Look in the stool to see if it was a gold brick this time. :'( :'( Burdie
 

groundfisher

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Mar 27, 2005
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Re: You Know You're Truly Addicted to Treasure Hunting when...

You will clean up your detector and finds...but could give a damn less if the garage ever gets cleaned.
 

Rich in Texas

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Jun 23, 2003
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San Antonio, Texas
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Whites DFX, MXT X2, Exploder, and Classic III
Re: You Know You're Truly Addicted to Treasure Hunting when...

Hey Baker! Where did you get autographed pics of the mods?!!? I want some for my desk!!
 

alwayslookin

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Sep 30, 2004
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Re: You Know You're Truly Addicted to Treasure Hunting when...

...finding 5 wheaties is better than finding 5 clad quarters...although they are only worth maybe 20 cents total.
 

Marty-Graw

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Feb 8, 2006
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Re: You Know You're Truly Addicted to Treasure Hunting when...

i dont really have anything to add but i did laugh out loud when iread the "detect funeral home lawn" bit lol too funny
 

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rvbvetter

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Re: You Know You're Truly Addicted to Treasure Hunting when...

...the tattoo of your detector doesn't fit on your back, and has to be continued on the front. And updated regularly. HH
 

ModernDayWarrior

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Nov 29, 2005
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Palestine Texas
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Garrett AT Max
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Re: You Know You're Truly Addicted to Treasure Hunting when...

After the weekend on monday back at work the first thing you hear from all your co-workers is "find anything?"
 

Glenns5900

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Dec 14, 2005
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Re: You Know You're Truly Addicted to Treasure Hunting when...

You're watching a Harry Potter movie and silently think to yourself "If I was a wizard I could probably use my wand to detect for dropped gold gallions under the Quidditch bleachers after the game if Dumbledore gives me permission".
 

DugHoles

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May 23, 2005
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Re: You Know You're Truly Addicted to Treasure Hunting when...

--you see someone weedwacking and think..........

--every moment of silence is broken by "beep-beep" sounds in your head

GL & HH,

DugHoles
 

eathabs

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Jan 11, 2005
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Sunbury, PA
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DFX 300, Classic ID
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Re: You Know You're Truly Addicted to Treasure Hunting when...

wife says "you want that new MD, find me a BDR..............Big Diamond Ring
 

Marc

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Mar 19, 2003
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Northern Hemisphere
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Re: You Know You're Truly Addicted to Treasure Hunting when...

This post is hilarious - you can't imagine how true some of these lines are to me!

I actually located a large cache of gold, and there WAS a bent tree pointing to it! (an old tree that literally started growing horizontally at ground level! what's up with that?)

... and I have found silver coins in Vegas, just by the sound! (I have a great ear for silver!)

I guess I AM addicted!

;D
 

Sandman

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Primary Interest:
All Treasure Hunting
Re: You Know You're Truly Addicted to Treasure Hunting when...

Don't forget sticking your finger in vending machine coil returns looking for a left coin.

Checking the discard chute of a CoinStar machine.

Feeling it's your lucky day when you find a Wheatie.
 

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