reporter digs up coins, earring and metal junk

[jeff of pa]

BY Tracy Connor



Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/money/personal_finance/2009/08/31/2009-08-31_scavengers_scan_beaches.html

 

[savant365]

Not a very flattering article. I wonder if she would do another one after reading a few posts on here? I guess it's a good thing for us that this hobby isn't for everyone. Anytime someone pokes a little fun at me for metal detecting I just think to myself "that's one less person I have to worry about finding something before I do"

HH Charlie

 

[jeff of pa]

I Don't Know. I think she did Good.

Page 2 Seems Pretty Straight Forward

$2.07 aint bad for a cheapo detector first time out.

better then some of my days.

plus it won't drag alot of
newbies into thinking they will get rich quick

 

[savant365]

I really just didn't like the "leathery skinned old men" and "scavenger" references. Why couldn't she have said "nice older gentlemen" or "beach combers"? She was pretty much right on with the finds but she could have been a little less stereotypical in his description of MDers. She is profiling and profiling is wrong (according to Ron White).

HH Charlie

 

[jeff of pa]

Yea I Agree with you on that.

I Do not like the word "scavenger" Either.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scavenger

 

[savant365]

It would have been nice if the person that rented her the detector would have been a little more helpful also. If they would have explained how long it takes to actually learn a detector and how much trash you actually dig instead of just saying "maybe you'll get lucky" the reporter would have known how well she actually did for her first time out. I hardly ever find over $2 when I go out.

HH Charlie

 

[jeff of pa]

you Keep saying He

Tracy Connor is a woman

 

[savant365]

Oops! Sorry, Guess I should have paid a little more attention to the pic at the top of the article. I went back and fixed it

HH Charlie

 

[savant365]

I sent her an email and invited her to visit the site and see what it's really like. Hopefully she will stop in here and say hi.

Charlie

 

[spartacus53]

She didn't do much research on the metal detecting laws for NY. You also need a permit to dig the beaches, too bad she didn't get a summons and cry how costly her day was; rental plus summons, minus her $2.07 find Thank god she didn't find anything good, otherwise you would have a bunch of hacks digging holes and leaving a mess.