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Marldain
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Thanks for the link, couldnt find a version.
MetalheadHorror
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Garbage
Watched 1 minute and worst fears were confirmed. Every thing is all about monetary gain and value. Still waiting for an accurate portrayal of an mder on tv.
Watched 1 minute and worst fears were confirmed. Every thing is all about monetary gain and value. Still waiting for an accurate portrayal of an mder on tv.
ks coyote
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Sorry buddy, but watching people dig pull tabs and pop tops won't sell as the target audience isn't detectorists. I took it for what is, entertaining.
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Ron- I watched the first one with you already. Thank you for the heads up. Finally, a female hunter on a detecting show. If you guys are looking for an unintentional, crazy & funny female hunter that doesn't need to be scripted to be entertaining, call me.
Ron- I watched the first one with you already. Thank you for the heads up. Finally, a female hunter on a detecting show. If you guys are looking for an unintentional, crazy & funny female hunter that doesn't need to be scripted to be entertaining, call me.
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Man O man! Ron was being kind enough to provide the info. Don't shoot the messenger.
Man O man! Ron was being kind enough to provide the info. Don't shoot the messenger.
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"Finding an intact bayonet spells success for the New York team."
I thought you two were the Chicago team.
I thought you two were the Chicago team.
Thanks Ron!
My son and I found this to be an enjoyable, clean 21 minutes of TV
More than I can say for all the other !!!! out there.
Fun to watch
If I wanted to see something more realistic, I could go hunting in the park with Mike
My son and I found this to be an enjoyable, clean 21 minutes of TV
More than I can say for all the other !!!! out there.
Fun to watch
If I wanted to see something more realistic, I could go hunting in the park with Mike
Hello Ron,
You say in your blog, “The “Reality” of Metal detecting on TV.”, that there has been “a huge response to the show through email and social media, and the overwhelming majority so far has been very good.” I would call that a “spin” job. If you took the time to read the responses to the show on all of the metal detecting forums, the response has been overwhelmingly negative.
You say that all of the cast members are concerned about showing the “real side of detecting,” but you, “..were not chosen to do a show on metal detecting instruction or ethics. We were chosen because we are each good at what we do, and we have personality.” To me that sounds like you are saying “to heck ethics and showing America what our hobby is really like, let’s just take our shot at hunting sites nobody else will ever have a chance to hunt, make some money, and possibly get some cool equipment endorsements.” Is it acceptable to abandon your ethics and concerns as long as the money and perks are good enough? Sounds a little like prostitution.
You point out that, “Episodes are only 21 minutes long, they simply can’t cover all the rules, or even all the good finds we made, let alone all the garbage. Yes, there was garbage!” So between the entire cast, you can’t convince the producer and director to show a 30-second shot of the garbage targets you removed from the sites you dig, or talk about the importance of using the right digging tool or cutting a plug in a public park? Or is it more important to just “go with the flow?”
I was offered a gold prospecting reality show in 2010 http://www.sbwire.com/press-release...ecome-americas-next-reality-tv-star-56180.htm and turned it down after we were shown the pilot. It would have portrayed placer gold prospecting just as badly as “Dig Wars,” portrays the hobby of metal detecting. Here was our response:
Arizona Gold Adventures Rejects “Reality" TV Show Offer.
White Plains, NY – Arizona Gold Adventures http://www.GoldProspectingLessons.com (AGA), has opted out of a proposed “reality” television show based on gold prospecting in Arizona. “We have learned that so-called reality television is heavily scripted,” explained Terry Soloman, COO for Arizona Gold Adventures. “AGA would have no control over story lines and be under a lot of pressure from producers to find big gold every week for the cameras. That is definitely not the reality of modern-day gold prospecting,” said Soloman.
AGA hosted Steinbrecher Productions in early September, as they videotaped interviews and gold prospecting sequences featuring AGA prospecting instructors and students in the placer goldfields on and around Rich Hill, in the Weaver Mountains of Arizona. Steinbrecher Productions, whose clients include LMNO Productions (producers of “The Meteorite Men”), sought out Arizona Gold Adventures and its gold prospecting school, for the pilot episode of a proposed reality TV series featuring real life Arizona gold prospectors.
“I am disappointed,” remarked Soloman. “This would have been a very positive thing for AGA, Arizona, and the residents and businesses here in Central Arizona. The deciding factor for Arizona Gold Adventures however, was truthfulness. Our entire staff felt we would weaken our character and damage our credibility if we began planting multi-ounce gold nuggets for guests to ‘find’ on camera each week. We thought the show would portray the real excitement and dangers of modern gold prospecting, focusing on the research, equipment, natural beauty, the personalities and the real highs and lows of looking for - and finding gold,” said Soloman. “We were wrong.” ###
I sincerely hope you, and the rest of the paid “talent,” can regain enough intestinal fortitude to challenge the producers to get a bit more “real,” and turn this abomination around before you all become just another big “boom baby.”
You say in your blog, “The “Reality” of Metal detecting on TV.”, that there has been “a huge response to the show through email and social media, and the overwhelming majority so far has been very good.” I would call that a “spin” job. If you took the time to read the responses to the show on all of the metal detecting forums, the response has been overwhelmingly negative.
You say that all of the cast members are concerned about showing the “real side of detecting,” but you, “..were not chosen to do a show on metal detecting instruction or ethics. We were chosen because we are each good at what we do, and we have personality.” To me that sounds like you are saying “to heck ethics and showing America what our hobby is really like, let’s just take our shot at hunting sites nobody else will ever have a chance to hunt, make some money, and possibly get some cool equipment endorsements.” Is it acceptable to abandon your ethics and concerns as long as the money and perks are good enough? Sounds a little like prostitution.
You point out that, “Episodes are only 21 minutes long, they simply can’t cover all the rules, or even all the good finds we made, let alone all the garbage. Yes, there was garbage!” So between the entire cast, you can’t convince the producer and director to show a 30-second shot of the garbage targets you removed from the sites you dig, or talk about the importance of using the right digging tool or cutting a plug in a public park? Or is it more important to just “go with the flow?”
I was offered a gold prospecting reality show in 2010 http://www.sbwire.com/press-release...ecome-americas-next-reality-tv-star-56180.htm and turned it down after we were shown the pilot. It would have portrayed placer gold prospecting just as badly as “Dig Wars,” portrays the hobby of metal detecting. Here was our response:
Arizona Gold Adventures Rejects “Reality" TV Show Offer.
White Plains, NY – Arizona Gold Adventures http://www.GoldProspectingLessons.com (AGA), has opted out of a proposed “reality” television show based on gold prospecting in Arizona. “We have learned that so-called reality television is heavily scripted,” explained Terry Soloman, COO for Arizona Gold Adventures. “AGA would have no control over story lines and be under a lot of pressure from producers to find big gold every week for the cameras. That is definitely not the reality of modern-day gold prospecting,” said Soloman.
AGA hosted Steinbrecher Productions in early September, as they videotaped interviews and gold prospecting sequences featuring AGA prospecting instructors and students in the placer goldfields on and around Rich Hill, in the Weaver Mountains of Arizona. Steinbrecher Productions, whose clients include LMNO Productions (producers of “The Meteorite Men”), sought out Arizona Gold Adventures and its gold prospecting school, for the pilot episode of a proposed reality TV series featuring real life Arizona gold prospectors.
“I am disappointed,” remarked Soloman. “This would have been a very positive thing for AGA, Arizona, and the residents and businesses here in Central Arizona. The deciding factor for Arizona Gold Adventures however, was truthfulness. Our entire staff felt we would weaken our character and damage our credibility if we began planting multi-ounce gold nuggets for guests to ‘find’ on camera each week. We thought the show would portray the real excitement and dangers of modern gold prospecting, focusing on the research, equipment, natural beauty, the personalities and the real highs and lows of looking for - and finding gold,” said Soloman. “We were wrong.” ###
I sincerely hope you, and the rest of the paid “talent,” can regain enough intestinal fortitude to challenge the producers to get a bit more “real,” and turn this abomination around before you all become just another big “boom baby.”
MetalheadHorror
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thank you Terry
let me say thank you to Terry S. for the respect u show for urself and others in this hobby and for having ethics that money will not sway, unlike others who will abandon all ethics for fame and fortune and their audience whom are entertained by such disregard for us mders who have morals. Wait for the new uneducated batch of dig wars fans to buy mds and tear up ur parks and private property and then when it gets banned 'entertain' urselves by watching chicago ron and all the other 'talent' count their money.
let me say thank you to Terry S. for the respect u show for urself and others in this hobby and for having ethics that money will not sway, unlike others who will abandon all ethics for fame and fortune and their audience whom are entertained by such disregard for us mders who have morals. Wait for the new uneducated batch of dig wars fans to buy mds and tear up ur parks and private property and then when it gets banned 'entertain' urselves by watching chicago ron and all the other 'talent' count their money.
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+1 Terry Soloman.
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Terry
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I just watched the first episode, thanks for the link Ron. I've got to say, i liked it. Some mention should be made about how nice it was you guys all got permission to hunt that unique spot though...
As far as putting a price on the items, it has to be done. They made a show with three teams competing, it was a way of measuring results, but who won or lost you can tell they all had a great time...
Looking forward to another episode!
HH Ron!
As far as putting a price on the items, it has to be done. They made a show with three teams competing, it was a way of measuring results, but who won or lost you can tell they all had a great time...
Looking forward to another episode!
HH Ron!
Chipk
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I watched it.
Once.
Once.
kray
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One of the members of the show is a forum owner. Many of his members are the rudest people I've ever come across. The owner himself has been described as a racist. He ran a group dig that gave out replica slave tags as mementos of the hunt. UFB. He's a forum operator that has let his ownership go to his head, banning anyone who disagrees with him or breaks any of his rules. Many of his members do nothing but praise the show. Bunch of brown-nosed sheep.
OK, I feel better now.
OK, I feel better now.
Gave the third episode a chance and just as bad as the first two. Three strikes and out. Definitely not sitting through another scripted show where some reality star says "I nailed it. That was funny as hell." I threw up a little in my mouth at the cheesy-ness...
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