What Do You Guys Do When Not Detecting?

[davsgold]

 

Still making knives some Chefs type and some more multi use types

I got the one Finished that I started the other day today, a Bowie/Camp type one this time.

Blade length is 150mm (6") and is Cu Mai (Go Mai) type construction, 1095 core and 0.1mm Copper sheet and Mild Steel cladding, finished to 600 grit and polished with Beeswax and Mineral oil 50/50 mix

Handle is Acacia with Brass pins and exposed tang.

And weighs in at 394 grams

cheers dave

 

[HardPack]

On 10/6/2024 at 12:30 AM, davsgold said:

We spend a reasonable amount of time each year detecting, but when that is over what do we do.

There may be a market for wood working knives, hatchets and axes.
As a results of the droughts the trees have become more susceptible to disease, requiring their removal and disposal.

Not wanting to waste all this wood, the trees are Alaskan milled to lumber.

 

Now a need to build something with all this milled lumber

 

What to do with all this split & stacked firewood

The truth is rather be wandering around the high country, searching for a golden trout or glacier gold.

[Chris Coffee]

When not detecting, I have a few different other hobbies that I indulge in. One is doing large jigsaw puzzles. Another is designing, building, and flying High Power Model Rockets.

Here is a puzzle that I finished recently that was 3000 pcs. My next 3 puzzles are 9000pcs each.

Also, two of my favorite rocket builds. The orange and blue one is a dual-deployment rocket that flies on 54mm motors with varying thrust levels. I have flown it to heights of over 40,000ft. The purple one is a single deployment rocket flying on 38mm motors. It's been up to about 6,000ft.

[Ripcode]

I like to cook and also smoke stuff on my pellet smoker! 😊

 

 

 

 

[Ripcode]

8 hours ago, Chris Coffee said:

Also, two of my favorite rocket builds. The orange and blue one is a dual-deployment rocket that flies on 54mm motors with varying thrust levels. I have flown it to heights of over 40,000ft. The purple one is a single deployment rocket flying on 38mm motors. It's been up to about 6,000ft.

 

Wow!! Those rockets are beauties!!!! 😍

[TheDeepseeker]

Visit prospecting forums and watch my fellow Aussies act like a bunch of Klingons onboard the starship enterprise......

[Craig Peer]

I like to ride bicycles to try and keep in shape, and right now during winter, XC skate ski. Target shooting, and cooking / throwing wine pairing dinners for my wife and friends also occupies some time. And I'm a home theater enthusiast ( that was my retirement job for 11 + years - just re-retired from that ). And when it's hot outside, I find it relaxing sitting in a cool river or stream running gravel through a sluicebox - something I hadn't done in 25 years until last year. But this year I'm dedicated to devoting 10X more time metal detecting for gold. 

[Norvic]

CP, you sound reFired not reTired, us old codgers aint tired, still some juice in the tank..... just get around in low range....

[Craig Peer]

57 minutes ago, Norvic said:

CP, you sound reFired not reTired, us old codgers aint tired, still some juice in the tank..... just get around in low range....

I might not have the energy I had 30 years ago, but I'm totally fired up to go detecting and prospecting for gold this year like I haven't since the 1990's. And I'm trying to keep the fitness levels up with other sports so I'm ready to rock and roll when the weather warms up the snow and rain stop!