justanotherpulltab
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- Apr 30, 2011
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Just wondering since there is a reality show for everything now, why not metal detecting?
Chocadog said:One of the biggest disappointments for me since starting this great hobby is the attitude of so many detectorist's, even on this web site. It appears that a selfish attitude is attached to many of the people making comment on the subject. We need to share the fun, we need to build our local clubs, we need to introduce the hobby to a much younger group of enthusiasts. If we don't all we will have is a bunch of crabby old selfish people to share the hobby with. I for one am not interested in being around a bunch of selfish, greedy old hermits! there is power in numbers and many of our state problems will be helped by younger, enthusiastice detectorist's. One of our problems now is this same selfish attitude that does not endear us to property owners or government entities. Its time to get over the poor, poor, pitiful me days and get excited about our hobby, get involved and share the joy.
I have to agree, a one time special might be o.k.mfitzy111 said:yeah - sadly what will happen is people will get interested, idiots will flood places we already go dig at, they will dig holes and not fill them- and cause everyone that detects to get banned from parks -so we will lose ground...
it's bad enough when people don't fill holes in now - after a 'detecting show' that shows regular guys pulling gold and silver out of every hole you can bet people will be digging every place, making everyone else unhappy. That is going to totally annoy me too- do you think they will show it's work? or that it's easy money? I don't think it would be good for the hobby, but maybe if it's done showing how much garbage and tetanus producing objects we actually remove from places bare foot people go, it might shine a good light on our hobby- but it's still going to attract people that are going to think it's easy money, main stream sheeple wouldn't be good getting that kind of attention -they aren't responsible enough to vote let alone fill their own messy holes.
good note: is after they rush out to buy a good detector and then decide it's just too much hard WORK, digging and getting dirty, (over playing x-box and watching tv) they will flood the market with hardly used detectors for cheaper then retail prices. hopefully even the big players like Kellyco see this post and side on what will happen if our hobby goes more main stream, and how bad that will be in the longer term. They might sell a few detectors from having a show like that, but in the long run it will not be good for them either.
Chocadog said:WOW! what a bunch of negative Nellies!
mts said:Chocadog said:WOW! what a bunch of negative Nellies!
I agree with you. I see a lot of people in here who don't want anyone else to know anything about metal detecting. Instead, they hunker down and sneak around looking suspicious. If instead they put together a local group with 100 members who showed that they had a passion for keeping the parks clean, helping young folks find a rewarding hobby, and sharing history they could do a lot of good toward promoting this hobby and getting restrictions taken off of the table.
It's awfully hard for people, parks, and politicians to say no to 100 genuinely nice folks who are known more for helping others than for helping themselves. One guy sneaking around in a park looking for coins is creepy. 100 people organizing an advertised group hunt with banners, refreshments, and extra detectors that people/kids can try out is a community service that won't go unnoticed.
Sure, I'm giving "pie in the sky" scenarios here. And I've specifically portrayed both ends of the spectrum. But why can't reality be closer to one side than the other?
savant365 said:mts said:Chocadog said:WOW! what a bunch of negative Nellies!
I agree with you. I see a lot of people in here who don't want anyone else to know anything about metal detecting. Instead, they hunker down and sneak around looking suspicious. If instead they put together a local group with 100 members who showed that they had a passion for keeping the parks clean, helping young folks find a rewarding hobby, and sharing history they could do a lot of good toward promoting this hobby and getting restrictions taken off of the table.
It's awfully hard for people, parks, and politicians to say no to 100 genuinely nice folks who are known more for helping others than for helping themselves. One guy sneaking around in a park looking for coins is creepy. 100 people organizing an advertised group hunt with banners, refreshments, and extra detectors that people/kids can try out is a community service that won't go unnoticed.
Sure, I'm giving "pie in the sky" scenarios here. And I've specifically portrayed both ends of the spectrum. But why can't reality be closer to one side than the other?
OK, where are you gonna find 100 detectorist? It would be great if everyone thought this was the hobby for them. Unfortunately the numbers you are talking about don't exist. I would love to hear from one metal detecting club that has 100 members. Are there any out there? Chicago, L.A. New York? If I'm wrong let me know...
The truth is that we are treasure hunters and that while everyone wants to find a treasure nobody wants to be labeled as a treasure hunter. It goes against everything society says we should be, hard working, realistic and grounded. We shouldn't try to get rich quick...we should just conform and work our 40 hours a week and be happy with that.
Forming a group of 100 people is not going to make it any better...it's just going to make that much less that we find. I don't look suspicious or sneaky when I'm out detecting, I just have to listen to the stupid comments.