philber Posted February 23, 2022 Share Posted February 23, 2022 I had a friend that participated in the filming of an episode of Diggers and apparently the site was hunted by multiple detectorists to find some good finds, and then they were planted for the "stars" of the show to find. Which kinda makes sense. Think about it - its expensive to have all the supporting crew and the logistics to produce a television show. And you need to make it exciting; who wants to watch a half hour episode of finding pull tabs. As detectorists, you know from experience how long it can take to find an actual "good" target. And these guys did it every time in just half an hour? It takes many hours to find something good and that time frame can be drastically decreased by multiple people searching an area until a few good finds are made. It was more interesting to hear the side history of an area or about the find they made, than it was to watch their silly shenanigans and freakin out like they just found the Holy Grail. But again, gotta make it "Exciting"! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger-NH Posted February 23, 2022 Share Posted February 23, 2022 16 hours ago, philber said: I had a friend that participated in the filming of an episode of Diggers and apparently the site was hunted by multiple detectorists to find some good finds, and then they were planted for the "stars" of the show to find. Which kinda makes sense. Think about it - its expensive to have all the supporting crew and the logistics to produce a television show. And you need to make it exciting; who wants to watch a half hour episode of finding pull tabs. As detectorists, you know from experience how long it can take to find an actual "good" target. And these guys did it every time in just half an hour? It takes many hours to find something good and that time frame can be drastically decreased by multiple people searching an area until a few good finds are made. It was more interesting to hear the side history of an area or about the find they made, than it was to watch their silly shenanigans and freakin out like they just found the Holy Grail. But again, gotta make it "Exciting"! That doesn't surprise me a bit. It's sad that people enjoy that crap and that people got paid to do it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CPT_GhostLight Posted February 23, 2022 Share Posted February 23, 2022 Television and it's ugly step-children, Youtube, Tik-Tok, etc, are entertainment media. They exist to reap views in order to sell advertising. As long as it is entertaining, I'll watch some of it and enjoy it for what it is, a diversion. There is no "Reality TV", there is just entertainment media. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philber Posted March 12, 2022 Share Posted March 12, 2022 reposted, quoting Badger NH so my reply made sense Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philber Posted March 12, 2022 Share Posted March 12, 2022 On 2/23/2022 at 7:10 AM, Badger-NH said: That doesn't surprise me a bit. It's sad that people enjoy that crap and that people got paid to do it. I dont think anyone got paid to do it, it was more for the fun, prestige, or whatever with being part of the background of creating that episode. No personal rewards, other than the mental ones for being part of it. I guess like helping out on an archeological hunt where you get to participate on a really cool historic site, but dont get to keep anything Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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