Along with metal detecting #1 Hobby

ToddsPoint

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Mar 2, 2018
5,372
12,994
Todds Point, IL
Primary Interest:
Metal Detecting
Too many hobbies! This week I worked on restoring a 1940 Schwinn bike.
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Tony in SC

Gold Member
Jun 8, 2006
6,112
8,464
Upstate South Carolina
Detector(s) used
Whites, Minelab, Tesoro, and custom machines
Primary Interest:
Metal Detecting
I restore and show antique engines and other farm related things. We do the show circuit from Indiana to Florida.
 

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Bucket Lister

Sr. Member
Dec 20, 2023
321
496
Detector(s) used
XP Dēus II
XP MI-6
XP WSA II-XL
Primary Interest:
Metal Detecting
I was just wondering if all of you metal detecting enthusiasts have other hobby's or interests on top of metal detecting?
Heh, heh, heh... Lifelong or current? šŸ˜šŸ˜›

Most are shared with my Missus of 50mumble years.
  • Bluegrass (guitarā€”wife plays banjo)
  • Quilt Design (I design 'em, she sews 'em)
  • Herpetology (Beardie, Panther Chameleon, Western Hermann's Tortoise is hers)
  • Model RRing & railfanning
  • Raising, training, playing with our 2 service dogs (currently in-training)
  • Woodworking
  • Movies
  • Tabletop Board, RPG, & parlor games
  • Antique game boards
  • Geocaching (discontinued)
There are likely some I'm forgetting, and a slew of things we tried but didn't stick with.

So what about you, Garrett350@NC? šŸ¤Ø
 

Treasure_Hunter

Administrator
Staff member
Jul 27, 2006
48,471
54,928
Florida
Detector(s) used
Minelab_Equinox_ 800 Minelab_CTX-3030 Minelab_Excal_1000 Minelab_Sovereign_GT Minelab_Safari Minelab_ETrac Whites_Beach_Hunter_ID Fisher_1235_X
Primary Interest:
All Treasure Hunting
Besides detecting, I enjoy a couple other hobbies, I enjoy saltwater fishing and I also just started back painting landscapes after a 21 year break from painting. I was a certified Bob Ross instructor, technically still am I guess.

This is one I just finished 2 days ago. 18"x24"
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Emil W

Sr. Member
Nov 4, 2021
476
1,089
Central New Jersey
Detector(s) used
Deus 2
Deus
Deus Lite
Garrett Apex
Garrett Pinpointer
BH Discovery 2200
BH Pioneer EX
White's Coinmaster 6000D (have had for decades)
Primary Interest:
Metal Detecting
A list of my larger collections although there are other random groupings of things probably too small to call a collection:

Ancient antiquities
Ancient and medieval coins
Pre-Colombian artifacts
18th century European, English, and Asian porcelain
Medieval manuscript pages
Cut precious and semi-precious gemstones
Meteorites and tektites
Luxury wristwatches
Original mid-century modern etchings and original art in general

I may have forgotten a couple but itā€™s difficult to keep track after four decades especially since some collections have been put aside as interests wander. The ones listed above are the ones Iā€™m still actively pursuing and have been doing so the longest.

I also have three classic cars, a ā€˜64 Porsche 356, a customized ā€˜78 MGB, and a ā€˜86 Jaguar XJ6 thatā€˜s my daily driver.

Have also been studying quantum physics for most of my adult life, as a hobby. Numerical Dyslexia kept me out of making it a career choice.
 

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Treasure_Hunter

Administrator
Staff member
Jul 27, 2006
48,471
54,928
Florida
Detector(s) used
Minelab_Equinox_ 800 Minelab_CTX-3030 Minelab_Excal_1000 Minelab_Sovereign_GT Minelab_Safari Minelab_ETrac Whites_Beach_Hunter_ID Fisher_1235_X
Primary Interest:
All Treasure Hunting
A list of my larger collections although there are other random groupings of things probably too small to call a collection:

Ancient antiquities
Ancient and medieval coins
Pre-Colombian artifacts
18th century European, English, and Asian porcelain
Medieval manuscript pages
Cut precious and semi-precious gemstones
Meteorites and tektites
Luxury wristwatches
Original mid-century modern etchings and original art in general

I may have forgotten a couple but itā€™s difficult to keep track after four decades especially since some collections have been put aside as interests wander. The ones listed above are the ones Iā€™m still actively pursuing and have been doing so the longest.

I also have three classic cars, a ā€˜64 Porsche 356, a customized ā€˜78 MGB, and a ā€˜86 Jaguar XJ6 thatā€˜s my daily driver.

Have also been studying quantum physics for most of my adult life, as a hobby. Numerical Dyslexia kept me out of making it a career choice.
Nice hobbies, like the MGB, I owned 67 MG Midget and 68 Austin Healey Sprite in my 20s also owned 2 Miatas, still own one but thinking of selling it. There is 78 MGB GT renovated on local marketplace now.

I have an artifact collection as well, below is my lighted rotating case, have 3 other display cases as well, 2 are 7 foot tall book cases other is a lighted oak display case with glass fromt.
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