The Worlds Worst Hobby

[West Jersey Detecting]

I read this article about metal detecting and laughed my A_ _ off!!!

http://slate.com/id/2086909/

 

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[gold fish]

Who sells MDs and tells people that they have found NOTHING of value ??

 

[artemis moon]

That was hysterical

 

[Tall-paul]

that was way funny,,, i bet she's been out again...

 

[Ricardo_NY1]

I read that months back.............the story is 1/2 BS and the other 1/2 of it is from the angle of a person who has met their own failure and trying to convince others that they will have the same result. Sounds to me like she wears the pants in that family, as her husband was too much of a pansy to pick up a detector for himself. He probably had to tend to his vegetable garden. It's funny she mentions Riverside Park, where I personally and recently had a 250 coin day along with a mercury dime and token. Not to mention a double silver washington plug. I'm going to personally E-Mail this human guinea sh&t and tell them how bad their article was.

http://forum.treasurenet.com/index.php/topic,90163.msg645785.html#msg645785

http://forum.treasurenet.com/index.php/topic,94328.msg681286.html#msg681286

 

[Ricardo_NY1]

My response to their program....

If you want to do the same, the link is... http://www.npr.org/contact/

Who knows, worst case it's wasting energy, at best, they might look at the integrity of her reporting for the show.

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I'd like to comment on the article written by Emily. Firstly, no information written or talked about her experience metal detecting gives even the slightest glimpse of what the hobby of metal detecting is. A certain fact of this hobby is that it takes a minimum of weeks, sometimes even months to learn the operation of a metal detector. Most people begin their or shall we say, get their feet wet by digging junk targets. It is a part of the learning process. It was very interesting to hear Emily state that she detected at Riverside Park. I myself have been there on numerous occasions and have unearthed numerous old silver coins and rings. I'm pretty sure these would be defined as good finds. It's not everyday that you see a dime from the 30's that has an entirely different design than what we are used to seeing. They are known as "Mercury Dimes". While Emily's fustrated attempt might have yielded a bottle top, in one day's work, I could easily dig 100 coins. My best there has been 250. Emily would have no need to shy away from a park officer. Permits are issued for the many in this city who enjoy this hobby and it is perfectly fine to metal detect within the permit's guidelines in most New York City parks. The Human Guinea Pig program is well intended, but what has been achieved by imposing someone's perspective of their failure onto others as a first hand glimpse into a hobby? Unfair to those who receive the information at best.

A couple of links that may interest you and provide a better glimpse.

http://forum.treasurenet.com/index.php/topic,90163.msg645785.html#msg645785

http://forum.treasurenet.com/index.php/topic,94328.msg681286.html#msg681286

 

[West Jersey Detecting]

I couldn't have said it better myself Ricardo!

Personally I like when people bad mouth the hobby that way. It means two things:

1) Less Competition

2) More cheap (and sometimes high end) "used one time" Metal Detectors for sale on ebay.

 

[Ricardo_NY1]

Personally I like when people bad mouth the hobby that way. It means two things:

2) More cheap (and sometimes high end) "used one time" Metal Detectors for sale on ebay.

I couldn't agree more!

 

[kevo]

haha....I too, have felt useless in all metal mode, however, I don't recall my muscle undergoing atrophy.