DIGGER27
In Memory Of
Yesterday I was just driving around and I stopped in a neighborhood that had some old looking curb strips.
I was bending over to dig up my first target when a younger guy walking a little dog came up to me.
Says he just started the hobby a month ago, hasn't found much yet but he is trying hard to get better.
Says he thinks he needs a little better machine
He seemed nice so I asked him what he was using and he says he thinks it is called an Alpha.
I laughed and said he can still find great stuff with that one, it is a metal detector, but a little more advanced unit with actual VDI numbers would make the learning process a lot easier and faster.
As we talked I realized he is struggling and frustrated and pretty much using it as a beep and dig only and digging up everything and hoping for the best but not much understanding at all up to this point.
He asked about other detectors that aren't too expensive and I mentioned a few but I also said I hunt with a few guys and if he wants to meet us sometime on a hunt or travel the few miles back to my neighborhood park sometime I can show him a few things and probably clue him in a lot better about his and get him finding a few better targets and a little less junk anyway before he spends money on another one.
He seemed thrilled with that, like a man in the water you throw a lifeline to and he started to shake my hand and thank me for offering.
We talked a bit more and he says he watches a lot of vids on YouTube attempting to learn but watching everyone digging up all that great stuff is driving him crazy.
I said that stuff is around here too...you just have to get a little better to find it.
Then I asked him if he is on any of the forums and he hasn't joined any yet but he does lurk and read a ton on one...Treasurenet.
I said I am on that one and I also told him about Findmall and this one and suggested he at least come here and join up.
I can help him a bit better and point him to some good info and everyone around here is pretty friendly...hence the name.
Then I told him my name on most of the forums is DIGGER27 and he can message me here or on Treasurenet and that's when it happened...
His eyes got real big, he stopped for a second and then he smiled and practically yelled out, "I know who you are!".
Evidently he has read some of my posts over there.
Then he grabbed my hand again and started shaking it again like crazy and thanked me a bunch more times for my offer to spend time with him, help him out and get better at all this.
It was funny...I was enjoying myself immensely at that point.
Can't wait to see him come over here and realize how much information I have plastered all over this forum...it is way more than over on TNet.
So I get to help a flailing noob get to enjoy this hobby better and watch while the lights slowly come on as he learns to find things easier.
Maybe I will lend him my old F2 and really blow his mind with those VDI numbers.
I was bending over to dig up my first target when a younger guy walking a little dog came up to me.
Says he just started the hobby a month ago, hasn't found much yet but he is trying hard to get better.
Says he thinks he needs a little better machine
He seemed nice so I asked him what he was using and he says he thinks it is called an Alpha.
I laughed and said he can still find great stuff with that one, it is a metal detector, but a little more advanced unit with actual VDI numbers would make the learning process a lot easier and faster.
As we talked I realized he is struggling and frustrated and pretty much using it as a beep and dig only and digging up everything and hoping for the best but not much understanding at all up to this point.
He asked about other detectors that aren't too expensive and I mentioned a few but I also said I hunt with a few guys and if he wants to meet us sometime on a hunt or travel the few miles back to my neighborhood park sometime I can show him a few things and probably clue him in a lot better about his and get him finding a few better targets and a little less junk anyway before he spends money on another one.
He seemed thrilled with that, like a man in the water you throw a lifeline to and he started to shake my hand and thank me for offering.
We talked a bit more and he says he watches a lot of vids on YouTube attempting to learn but watching everyone digging up all that great stuff is driving him crazy.
I said that stuff is around here too...you just have to get a little better to find it.
Then I asked him if he is on any of the forums and he hasn't joined any yet but he does lurk and read a ton on one...Treasurenet.
I said I am on that one and I also told him about Findmall and this one and suggested he at least come here and join up.
I can help him a bit better and point him to some good info and everyone around here is pretty friendly...hence the name.
Then I told him my name on most of the forums is DIGGER27 and he can message me here or on Treasurenet and that's when it happened...
His eyes got real big, he stopped for a second and then he smiled and practically yelled out, "I know who you are!".
Evidently he has read some of my posts over there.
Then he grabbed my hand again and started shaking it again like crazy and thanked me a bunch more times for my offer to spend time with him, help him out and get better at all this.
It was funny...I was enjoying myself immensely at that point.
Can't wait to see him come over here and realize how much information I have plastered all over this forum...it is way more than over on TNet.
So I get to help a flailing noob get to enjoy this hobby better and watch while the lights slowly come on as he learns to find things easier.
Maybe I will lend him my old F2 and really blow his mind with those VDI numbers.
Digger, you are the kind of guy who is so valuable to the m.d. hobby. First, you are knowledgeable, and you also tell a great story, are kind, willing to share, and seem very humble. 
