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Very well presented information.

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14 minutes ago, JCR said:

Very well presented information.

Thanks JCR, a much appreciated reply. ?

I'm still a relative newbie to this fascinating hobby, and still love to post finds, but this forum is first and foremost a great reference to metal detecting, and when an idea comes together I like to post it as soon as I can. I've got nothing but time now ?

I hope that my simplified tutorials will help those who want to get the most out of detecting, it's way more than spending big bucks on a machine.

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Very well written article and thanks for giving us some of your knowledge for rural farms.

I think that you forgot to inform some people that you first have to get away from the big cities and get out to the country to find a farm. I know several people that think the country is actually a big park.

Great article and looking for more to read from you.

Take care and wish you a speedy recovery.

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5 hours ago, Valens Legacy said:

Very well written article and thanks for giving us some of your knowledge for rural farms.

I think that you forgot to inform some people that you first have to get away from the big cities and get out to the country to find a farm. I know several people that think the country is actually a big park.

Great article and looking for more to read from you.

Take care and wish you a speedy recovery.

Thanks very much and haha, VL. ?

Worse, there are those that think that big ol' park is theirs. ?

I grew up in cities, but always managed to find the neglected woodsy areas that held mysterious antiquities. As I got older I realized that microcosms are not a center of reality, the reality of them is that they are a very dangerous lens with which to view the world. A font of group-think and rule of minority. I went rural in the 90s and did not look back.

I have been very fortunate to see some of the world, from Europe in the military to Mayan temples with my wife, and choose people with very open minds to associate with. ? Were it that I could travel far and wide and learn still more on this fixed income... ?

I think it is time in my life for yet another change, leaving risky behavior to the younger set and focusing more on history's great contributions. ? Heck, if could find a decent illustrator along the way I might write a book on metal detecting and learning from history to not repeat mistakes of the past. A compilation of discovering our past and thoughts on how the future could look if we would seek and embrace history instead of letting it rot in the ground... ?

But right now I need to overcome this setback so I can get started ? I dread being told my days are shortened.

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Thanks Jeff, glad my article helped ya. ?

Most of my hunting is on old colonial farms, I go to beaches in the summer when they're planted. Got a hundred acres or so right out my front door I've practically hunted out, and quite a few hundred overall.

I get to detect often, and since I'm probably a master of generalization, I notice patterns where I find stuff. Thought I'd share the observations.

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That's a great batch of clues 350 , thanks for sharing them !

You've mentioned some in finds posts but great to see it all in one place with illustrations on top !  A nice little tutorial . 

You should write a book , many here have . But there still isn't exactly a huge library to pick from for people trying to learn more about these things we do.

It might even make a good YT vid if you find that less daunting ?

 

So you fell , but you COULD get up !! (? ? two of these ) 

When we get old if you fall , it usually breaks something or at least messes you up somehow !   I can add it still can happen when you're much younger , you just have to try hard enough ? BTDT to all of the above. 

Old friends are hard to find.  Making it to senior status isn't guaranteed and the warranty is getting kinda sketchy but some of us actually get there. Just need to adjust things in the direction of causing less pain.....

 Take care of that shoulder and then get back out there ya lazy dirt pirate ! 

?‍☠️ arrrrrr      We're all rootin' for ya matey ! 

 

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52 minutes ago, rvpopeye said:

That's a great batch of clues 350 , thanks for sharing them !

You've mentioned some in finds posts but great to see it all in one place with illustrations on top !  A nice little tutorial . 

You should write a book , many here have . But there still isn't exactly a huge library to pick from for people trying to learn more about these things we do.

It might even make a good YT vid if you find that less daunting ?

Thanks RVP,

I've been toying with the idea of writing a book, first I want to gain enough experience that I'm satisfied with it, and then I want to be able to refer back to some of my posts to see if I'm interested in what I've written. ?

Being an IT guy since the early 80s, I've had plenty of opportunities and attempts to make and edit videos, and my conclusion is I'd rather be covered with tuna and thrown in a room full of cats ? I dislike the sound of my voice and appearance on video, and despise the hours it takes to edit.

do like to write, and have won awards and praise in the past. ? I also know that illustrations break up the monotony of TL:DR ? no matter how cheesy. ?

Of all the different detecting I've done, I have to rob Green Acres and say that "farm detecting is the life for me"  - hope that doesn't cause an earworm. ?

I appreciate the well wishes my friend, and hope that the orthopedic specialist i'm going to see next Monday gives me a fair prognosis. ? ?‍☠️ I am indeed going to have second thoughts about anything other than detecting pain... ?

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