I love this hobby

[RTR]

And I have many (hobbies)....But always return to M.D. & panning.Soooooooooo many things to do & Soooooooooo little time
I've learned over decades , its not about the destination,its about the journey
Peace brothers & merry Christmas to all.

 

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[against the wind]

You are soooo right. Busy, busy, busy.
Merry Christmas

 

[Loco-Digger]

Busy is good especially when there's time for detecting every week. Great hobby that has practically funded itself.

 

[fuzzy535]

its one of the few things i keep in the back of my mind. life gets in the sometimes and my hobbies suffer. ive done paint balling in my younger years but now i dont run much, bowling was fun but my hands cramp up. no longer into hunting. do some shooting now and then. When we lived in Maine i stated with a little bounty hunter machine for the beaches and have managed to keep a detector or two around ever since. always seems to be my fall back..i enjoy searching and the exercise is nice and i go at my own pace.

 

[BLK HOLE]

I spent my life going at a flank bell, years of my life underwater, deployments, etc. Tried lots of hobbies, skydiving, competitive shooting, bird watching but this is the one. I haven't been doing it long nor have I found any of the really cool coins and relics that I find posted on this site, but I know my turn is coming, the mystery, the thrill of the "Gotta Good Signal", the peace that can be found just being lost in your own thoughts and motion of the swing. Merry Christmas to all you dirt stick swingers and may all our finds next year just be AWESOME!

HH, God Bless, Tom

 

[SD51]

Having hobbies is a good thing like you guys said, it's good to be busy! Just love being outside! Grew up in MN where the winters are cold and long so played hockey and skied! They invented the phrase "cabin fever"! Merry Christmas to all and stay safe in all your travels!

 

[Phishfarmer]

I've been seriously md'ing for 2 1/2 years and I love it too. Last winter I was hunting on a construction site and I swung the coil over water(why oh why?) and got a good repeatable signal. Sooo.. I stuck the end of my pinpointer into the water (about 4" deep) and into the mud a bit and yep it was there. Using pinpointer in one hand and bare hand I pawed around in the cold water for about 5 minutes until I retrieved the item; by the time I got it out of the water my hands were numb. When I stood up I saw the gold gilt around the edge of the button there was still a blob of mud in the middle and... I dropped it right back into the ice water whence it came!! ARRRGGHH.. I had to paw around 10 MORE minutes in the ice water to get it this time and when I did I found the middle of the button was rotten it had a perfect gilded ring around the outside and the back and shank were perfect but nothing else. THAT is addiction.

 

[TerryC]

I keep my GB2 in the jeep and talk up this hobby everywhere! Not good for coin hunting.... but that is not what it is looking for.... I live in the Mother Lode! ╦╦Ç