DIGGER27
In Memory Of
The hardest thing...total lot iron and steel equipment.
Just ask my much softer noggin.
Just ask my much softer noggin.
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Getting past my wife and kids.
The hardest part is trying to spend all the money I make selling my finds! I'm the guy in that White's detecting commercial that found the diamond ring, silver coins and stuff my first time out. Just kidding, but it sure sounded good as I typed it. The hardest part is convincing non MDers that it really isn't a money making hobby. So many of them believe the hype and think it is a good way to get money. How many times have you heard " how long did it take to pay for your detector?". While it is true, we can and do make some money with finds, any minimum wage job would pay a lot more money. I detect because I enjoy it!
Honestly? It's a little selfish but...
One of the hardest things is day in day out finding a pittance in clad and being overjoyed at recovering one silver rosie after 3 solid weeks detecting every day (literally) then coming on here to see someone post pictures of the 14 silver coins they found today. Or looking at someone's totals in their signature line and seeing that they've found more clad, silver, and gold this year than I have since I started detecting in 2014.
At 220 hunts in almost 2 years of detecting, it's not for lack of trying or inexperience with the detector. It can get a little discouraging.
But I keep trying. Someday I'm going to find that mason jar full of old coins. Someday.
The honey do list gets bigger and bigger since i retired , thought i was going to have lots of extra detecting time between the inside and out side projects ,really eats into the detecting time.trying to convince the wife why I want to go metal detecting instead of scrape the old wall paper off the walls..... and not feel guilty about doing it.
Exactly if they say no I crop dust them as I am walking away.