bigscoop
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- Older blue Excal with full mods, Equinox 800.
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- All Treasure Hunting
People have often asked me or questioned why I write so much? So here's something I want to share with all of you that I just explained in a PM a bit a go.
The other day I had two very polite small kids, ages 6 & 8, completely mesmerized by my metal detecting activities, their eyes as large as quarters. Soon they were taking turns swinging my machine and recovering a few coins, their excitement was obvious.
Yesterday I sat on the beach, in old man story-teller fashion, with their parents present, and I told these same two very interested kids the amazing tale of the Spanish treasure fleets and the tragedies they suffered at sea. As I told my story I swear there were times when they both stopped breathing.
When I was done telling my story I handed each of them an authentic 1744 one reale coin and I made them promise never to lose them. These are now two kids who have been positively impacted during their family summer vacation. But the story doesn’t stop here.
As I was telling my yarn, and once those coins came into view, there was suddenly several other “condo owners” gathered round who now had a positive outlook on our hobby and the people who pursue that hobby. So today I'm going back to give those same two kids a few shark teeth that someone else passed onto me and I can think of no better place for them and no better time for them to trade hands.
So what I'm saying to you is this......what we do while we are on the beach is extremely important to our hobby, far more important then what we find. I can always go hunting but it is far too seldom that we take the opportunity to shed a positive light on a hobby and the people who pursue it that so many view in question. So take the time to share and to inspire. There will always be another day or hour for hunting. What we do while we are on the beach is far more important to the life of our hobby then what we find.
The other day I had two very polite small kids, ages 6 & 8, completely mesmerized by my metal detecting activities, their eyes as large as quarters. Soon they were taking turns swinging my machine and recovering a few coins, their excitement was obvious.
Yesterday I sat on the beach, in old man story-teller fashion, with their parents present, and I told these same two very interested kids the amazing tale of the Spanish treasure fleets and the tragedies they suffered at sea. As I told my story I swear there were times when they both stopped breathing.
When I was done telling my story I handed each of them an authentic 1744 one reale coin and I made them promise never to lose them. These are now two kids who have been positively impacted during their family summer vacation. But the story doesn’t stop here.
As I was telling my yarn, and once those coins came into view, there was suddenly several other “condo owners” gathered round who now had a positive outlook on our hobby and the people who pursue that hobby. So today I'm going back to give those same two kids a few shark teeth that someone else passed onto me and I can think of no better place for them and no better time for them to trade hands.
So what I'm saying to you is this......what we do while we are on the beach is extremely important to our hobby, far more important then what we find. I can always go hunting but it is far too seldom that we take the opportunity to shed a positive light on a hobby and the people who pursue it that so many view in question. So take the time to share and to inspire. There will always be another day or hour for hunting. What we do while we are on the beach is far more important to the life of our hobby then what we find.
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