markinswpa Posted December 2, 2023 Share Posted December 2, 2023 6 hours ago, Chase Goldman said: SMH... Sometimes I just don't get what these manufacturers are trying to accomplish with these youtube personality alliances as they are very polarizing. But I guess they subscribe to the notion that any publicity is good publicity because the channel haters seem to tune in as much as the channel fans. This guy is definitely not my cup of tea. But frankly, I find most metal detecting you tube channels and videos to be extremely tedious and boring except for Gary's specifically and a few other folks I know personally. I'd rather be doing than watching. You sir are a gentleman, putting it mildly, "not my cup of tea". I flat out can't stomach the guy. With all his clickbait and shenanigans I would rather watch reruns of Oak Island before I would give him one more click/view. That crap he pulled with Minelab was not about the truth, just him and drumming up views. In a way, not a bad strategy, putting the village idiot out front, as they say publicity, good or bad is still publicity. Sorry for the rant but that guy strikes a nerve with me. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc Bach Posted December 2, 2023 Share Posted December 2, 2023 1 hour ago, markinswpa said: What happened from the guy from South Carolina, I though the was the main stain for XP. Bingo! You and Jeff M have hit the proverbial nail on the head! This guy has taken a lot of shots over the bow of Minelab and in my conspiracy orientated mind this was most likely a very cunning and well executed plot from the git go.And guess what ladies and gents XP gobbled the bait hook line and sinker.Congrats Merrill and mission accomplished you have now entered the big leagues! Now all that is left to see is that if you can get beyond your silly B.S.and rise up to the occasion? 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F350Platinum Posted December 2, 2023 Share Posted December 2, 2023 Meh, I'm going to stick with Gary. I think XP could have chosen a much less flamboyant individual as America's representative. I appreciate Gary's low key, no frills videos and plain straightforward instruction. But then again I don't really need anyone to follow. ? At one time that was the point in this country. ? 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
schoolofhardNox Posted December 2, 2023 Share Posted December 2, 2023 I'm 50/50 on watching his videos. He gets the entertainment part of You Tube, and he is bearable when he sticks to detecting. Some of his informational views on detecting don't align with how I hunt. I usually lose interest when these guys and girls start traveling the world. Being an Ambassador for XP is probably good for XP. It won't sway my opinions of them, as the are (in my opinion) the most influential and direct competition to Minelab. Merrill is only my choice from my second batch (tier) of detecting videos, when I'm bored. I watch him only when I can't find a new video from DetectorComparison or the Hoover Boys. He's in the category with Stealth Diggers, Dig that Beep, Detecting America, etc...) Not bad, but not my first choice in viewing. In my eyes, XP doesn't even need anyone to push them. They make a fine machine and if you watch a lot of videos, the Deus II is replacing a lot of previous Minelab machines. Now they are using a Deus. Kind of like Minelab did to Garrett when they started to take over the detector of choice in videos. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob in (ca) Posted December 2, 2023 Share Posted December 2, 2023 I llove the videos of Merrill and his buddies hunting the NY city parks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
midalake Posted December 2, 2023 Share Posted December 2, 2023 2 hours ago, schoolofhardNox said: I'm 50/50 on watching his videos. I am 10/90............ Think I watched his D2 gold scale vid. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gopher Posted December 3, 2023 Share Posted December 3, 2023 Actually to tell the truth, I like his mudlarking videos in newyork better than his metal detecting videos, he has a real unique opportunity to have a place like that to mudlark, theres nothing like that by me, so I find it fascinating I also am a sucker for his 'unlock' segments, I find them trippy and is probably literally the main reason I watch his channel, I want to see sushi unlocked and hagendaz unlocked trippiness every video I was really surprised his last official xp video he showed us how to pinpoint targets, like he just learned that, where as I seen other youtubers do it plenty of times, I asked him if he used the pinpoint button before if he just learned how to do it without the feature, bit he didnt answer me I am also a bit disappointed we probably won't see him toying with his nexus or whatever its called, he did a video on it talking about analog machines, I can't afford a 5000 dollar nexus machine so I was hoping to see him do some videos on it in the future, he made me consider getting a analog machine, I seen some good videos on the fisher cz21 in YouTube 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George Kinsey Posted December 3, 2023 Share Posted December 3, 2023 The words gone mad! But a guy who owns"17 detectors" can't be all bad. ? 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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