U.K. Brian
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- Oct 11, 2005
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- Detector(s) used
- XLT, Whites D.F., Treasure Baron, Deepstar, Goldquest, Beachscan, T.D.I., Sovereign, 2x Nautilus, various Arado's, Ixcus Diver, Altek Quadtone, T2, Beach Hunter I.D, GS 5 pulse, Searchman 2 ,V3i
- Primary Interest:
- All Treasure Hunting
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On this forum you go up the grades (by number of posts) to hopefully achieve a gold bar under your name. Other forums you might get "medals" or eventually become a "Guru". What really is the point ?
People often become guru's or get a gold bar by just wasting others time. Could be by just putting "great find" against almost every find posted, which I can just about live with but more likely its by coming in on a thread and saying their detector, often no longer on the market because it wasn't that good, is the worlds greatest, goes down two feet on a small coin, can distinguish a gold ring from a ringpull etc etc. Doesn't matter that the original post was someone saying he had narrowed his choice down to two detectors and wants comments on those machines.
On person would put the same picture of a forty ton earth mover up every time someone asked about the best digging tool. Funny the first time or two, not seventy or eighty times later.
It seems to have become the new metal detecting hobby, trying to gain rank by posting anything just to up the number on the lefthand side. It would be difficult to have a system that took account of usefulness but what we have at the moment indicates nothing. I'm about to buy a new car. What comes up on screen when I switch on this morning "cars that go furthest on a tank of fuel". Great, just what I want ! Soon disappointed as it really bears no relation to the fuel economy because all they are saying is that model A goes further than model B because the fuel tank is twice the size. Just like when is a Guru not a Guru.
People often become guru's or get a gold bar by just wasting others time. Could be by just putting "great find" against almost every find posted, which I can just about live with but more likely its by coming in on a thread and saying their detector, often no longer on the market because it wasn't that good, is the worlds greatest, goes down two feet on a small coin, can distinguish a gold ring from a ringpull etc etc. Doesn't matter that the original post was someone saying he had narrowed his choice down to two detectors and wants comments on those machines.
On person would put the same picture of a forty ton earth mover up every time someone asked about the best digging tool. Funny the first time or two, not seventy or eighty times later.
It seems to have become the new metal detecting hobby, trying to gain rank by posting anything just to up the number on the lefthand side. It would be difficult to have a system that took account of usefulness but what we have at the moment indicates nothing. I'm about to buy a new car. What comes up on screen when I switch on this morning "cars that go furthest on a tank of fuel". Great, just what I want ! Soon disappointed as it really bears no relation to the fuel economy because all they are saying is that model A goes further than model B because the fuel tank is twice the size. Just like when is a Guru not a Guru.
I avoid those types of threads because they do get a bit redundant very quickly. Everyone will have a different opinion and I always say throw a dart and that's the machine you go with, so learn it..
one of the more interesting people on here, and has a lot of experience when it comes to detectors...unlike some who just like to bash other peoples posts.
