Hello everyone, I am one of the newbs sucked in by seeing my first two episodes of DIGGERS last week. I have ALWAYS been a sucker for archaeology, studied it a bit in college, and the idea of finding old stuff just rings every bell for me. Not interested in the $$$, though finding a gold chest would be nice, I am more into the history I might find.
I went out for the first time yesterday with the Ace 350 I bought the day before that, and explored a stone slave wall that's still standing on the hill above where my mother's house is. VERY rocky, and it started to rain, so I only lasted a couple hours before heading home, but I had a blast and am itching to go back out again. Found several cases of empty steel beer cans from the 60's and three shotgun shells from the 1930's.
The Shotgun shells, though worthless, are priceless to me as I know the man who most likely shot them as a teenager in the mid 30's when the area was just farms and forests.
Whether I last in the hobby or not I can't say, I'm obsessive compulsive about hobbies and tend to jump from one to another every 6 months or so.
With an amateur archaeology background I would like to think I am respectful of the history I am potentially disturbing, and hope to be a good example to others. I've got lots of questions and comments, but will try and ask them in the correct forums. I will do a formal introduction of myself in a moment, but since I am the poster boy of what this topic was about I figured I should jump in here and say howdy.
A tv show induced newbie as well as an archie.... I've got a feeling I'm not gonna win new member of the month.
