Along with metal detecting #1 Hobby

[Nathan W]

Fishing, drawing, working in the yard , Now only do mostly detecting and working in the yard and wife's honey do list

 

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[Hbot37]

Bottle dump digging and baseball cards from the 1960's and 70's. Carl Yastrzemski was my childhood hero, so I try to stockpile his cards. Also currently working on a 1969 Topps set.

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Love your license plates. I have a nice wall of NC ones in my garage.

 

[pepperj]

Completing the Honey-Do-List
Wish me luck.

 

[detectorcowboy]

Coin roll hunting, old cars, building base station HAM/CB antennas, sausage making, gardening, to name a few.

Coin roll hunting, old cars, building base station HAM/CB antennas, sausage making, gardening, to name a few.

I just picked-up a pair of Browning Golden Eagle mark 3 radios, what would you recommend for an antenna?
I just have a car CB radio antenna to see if they worked and they do T&R.

 

[detectorcowboy]

Bottle dump digging and baseball cards from the 1960's and 70's. Carl Yastrzemski was my childhood hero, so I try to stockpile his cards. Also currently working on a 1969 Topps set.

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I remember the 67 World Series, Boston & St. Louis.
we were all rooting for the Yaz, & Lonborg almost pulled it off.

 

[FreeBirdTim]

I remember the 67 World Series, Boston & St. Louis.
we were all rooting for the Yaz, & Lonborg almost pulled it off.

They could have pulled it off if they had Tony C for that series. That was a huge loss for them.

I didn't start following baseball until 1969, so I missed out on that World Series. I did watch the '75 WS against the Reds. They would have won that one if they hadn't lost Jim Rice to a broken wrist in September. The Red Sox never had any good luck back in those days...

 

[oldkoot]

Damn...I'm one boring SOB....

Currently, I'm a full-time caregiver for my wife. In my spare time I hang out here on TNet, and am in the top 5% worldwide in tournament solitaire.

In the years past:

Gold prospecting
Primitive bowhunting and archery
Longline trapper
Taught many predator hunting seminars
Steelhead and Salmon fishing
Bookseller and Collector
Indoor gardening (yes, I grew great weed)
Astronomy and Cosmology

I do the same as you I am my wife's in home care giver, since April 1,2019 my wife was hit by a hit and run driver while she was walking and life took a turn for the worse, prior to that date I had several hobbies which included Metal Detecting, Building Gourd Banjo's, playing Banjo, and all kinds of wood working, I would cut slabs of wood out of down trees using a Alaskan Sawmill then turn the slabs into tables

Photos below are one of the Gourd Banjos I built and two of the Tables I built, the neck of the banjo I hand carved

 

[fistfulladirt]

I just picked-up a pair of Browning Golden Eagle mark 3 radios, what would you recommend for an antenna?
I just have a car CB radio antenna to see if they worked and they do T&R.

The Maco V5000 is a great base antenna, A99 is another. I built a simple ‘dipole’ antenna before I bought a commercial unit (Sirio Gainmaster) for less than $5 and got out locally to about 20 miles and 1,000 miles talking skip. Get an SWR meter ($25) to tune the antenna before transmitting.

 

[DizzyDigger]

The Maco V5000 is a great base antenna, A99 is another. I built a simple ‘dipole’ antenna before I bought a commercial unit (Sirio Gainmaster) for less than $5 and got out locally to about 20 miles and 1,000 miles talking skip. Get an SWR meter ($25) to tune the antenna before transmitting.

Wow...talk about memories...

About 45 years ago I was big into the CB thing (I was 15/16) and built my first base station out of a Cobra 138 that I had added additional crystals to. Disassembled it, and built it into an empty wood stereo case. Only problem was the damn 12v power supplies kept burning up.

Put a PDL Quad up on the roof, and had chats with folks all over the planet (when the skip was in).

Ran a Cobra 29 LTD Classic in the big truck (still got it), but have no interest in listening to all that racket anymore.

 

[Treasure_Hunter]

Wow...talk about memories...

About 45 years ago I was big into the CB thing (I was 15/16) and built my first base station out of a Cobra 138 that I had added additional crystals to. Disassembled it, and built it into an empty wood stereo case. Only problem was the damn 12v power supplies kept burning up.

Put a PDL Quad up on the roof, and had chats with folks all over the planet (when the skip was in).

Ran a Cobra 29 LTD Classic in the big truck (still got it), but have no interest in listening to all that racket anymore.

LOL, I remember the CB days, I was on the road driving all over midwest and west coast, no cell phones back then, CBs were very useful.

 

[fistfulladirt]

Wow...talk about memories...

About 45 years ago I was big into the CB thing (I was 15/16) and built my first base station out of a Cobra 138 that I had added additional crystals to. Disassembled it, and built it into an empty wood stereo case. Only problem was the damn 12v power supplies kept burning up.

Put a PDL Quad up on the roof, and had chats with folks all over the planet (when the skip was in).

Ran a Cobra 29 LTD Classic in the big truck (still got it), but have no interest in listening to all that racket anymore.

Hey Dizzy I also set up a base station when I was a teen back in the late 1970’s, big 3 element Yagi that I strapped to the chimney of my folk’s house, several of my buddies also had radios and we’d yack at each other ‘till late at nite. Nowadays, I mess around with big antennas and micro power to try and see how far I can get out.

 

[Blackfoot58]

Native American artifact hunting
Yodeling
Harmonica playing
Gardening
Rock polishing
Die cast collecting
Cooking
Making super-hot salsas and sauces
Reading
Whittling (a few from this week shown)
Helping people (if that’s a hobby)

 

[scruggs]

Completing the Honey-Do-List
Wish me luck.

I know what you mean. I been working on my Honey-Do-List for 53 years and still at it! Good luck!

 

[Tony in SC]

Native American artifact hunting
Yodeling
Harmonica playing
Gardening
Rock polishing
Die cast collecting
Cooking
Making super-hot salsas and sauces
Reading
Whittling (a few from this week shown)
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I have noticed that some of us have a lot in common! It may be the time period or just our ages? Blackfoot yodels, that's cool! I only yodel when I'm in great PAIN !

 

[Back-of-the-boat]

Native American artifact hunting
Yodeling
Harmonica playing
Gardening
Rock polishing
Die cast collecting
Cooking
Making super-hot salsas and sauces
Reading
Whittling (a few from this week shown)
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I like your wood art.

 

[jamest64]

I was just wondering if all of you metal detecting enthusiasts have other hobby's or interests on top of metal detecting?

Try not to. Life does have a way of interrupting a good hunt.

 

[relicmeister]

It used to be Astronomy ( variable star observing) and also ATM ( Amateur Telescope Making).

Besides metal detecting, it is preserving artifacts and displaying them around the house.

As i still work full time at 66 and will for another 10 years minimum, I haven’t time for additional hobbies, but plenty of things interest me enough to become hobbies given the opportunity.

 

[Acejeckel]

I’m a volunteer firefighter I call it my hobby. But the best part is giving back to the community.

 

[pepperj]

I’m a volunteer firefighter I call it my hobby. But the best part is giving back to the community.

I'm just into putting out my own fires.

 

[jamest64]

It used to be Astronomy ( variable star observing) and also ATM ( Amateur Telescope Making).

Besides metal detecting, it is preserving artifacts and displaying them around the house.

As i still work full time at 66 and will for another 10 years minimum, I haven’t time for additional hobbies, but plenty of things interest me enough to become hobbies given the opportunity.

I was into astronomy too. Then I found Paleontology in college....now its metal detecting!