Martin_V3i
Elite Member
...find time capsules.
Think about it. We go out to swing our gizmo machines to search for the time capsules people simply lost and became buried over time. A cache is a time capsule, and when it all comes down it, each and every thing we dig up, is a time capsule in it's own way. It is hard to admit that a pull tab is one, but what type of a pull tab is it?
A 1997 clad dime being lost had the history surrounding it. An 1877 Seated dime found in a forest tear-out, next to an old fair grounds and kept safe until the woods were removed, is a time capsule. Those are two extremes, I admit, but each time we go and detect and dig, it is a time capsule of some kind that we look for. I am not a relic hunter by choice, yet I expect that the relic hunters will certainly agree with the time capsule mentality.
Folks many times asks why I go and walk in circles with a metal detector. I myself, also used to think metal detecting was a bit of nonsense too, before I caught the bug.
it's really no harder to explain to a non detector as to why we detect, than to say we are looking for time capsules. It would be worth all of the odd looks gotten back after that stock answer with "time capsules." It is true though, unless you are a gold nugget seeker or something.
Think about it. We go out to swing our gizmo machines to search for the time capsules people simply lost and became buried over time. A cache is a time capsule, and when it all comes down it, each and every thing we dig up, is a time capsule in it's own way. It is hard to admit that a pull tab is one, but what type of a pull tab is it?
A 1997 clad dime being lost had the history surrounding it. An 1877 Seated dime found in a forest tear-out, next to an old fair grounds and kept safe until the woods were removed, is a time capsule. Those are two extremes, I admit, but each time we go and detect and dig, it is a time capsule of some kind that we look for. I am not a relic hunter by choice, yet I expect that the relic hunters will certainly agree with the time capsule mentality.
Folks many times asks why I go and walk in circles with a metal detector. I myself, also used to think metal detecting was a bit of nonsense too, before I caught the bug.
it's really no harder to explain to a non detector as to why we detect, than to say we are looking for time capsules. It would be worth all of the odd looks gotten back after that stock answer with "time capsules." It is true though, unless you are a gold nugget seeker or something.
