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My first YouTube dig video
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From a year ago, to the week. Maybe I should get out and do another, now that I have a headmounted videocam.
Here is a detecting REALITY show in 20 targets.
Fuhgeddabout the so-called "reality" shows on TV, which are scripted and mostly fake.
Note to self-appointed forum topicality cops: there's nothing but US coins included in the finds, so I'm legal in posting it here. Nyah nyah.
PS- Watch the trailer first, if you like.
Funny how more people watched that than the actual movie. (90-some page hits on the trailer, only 60-ish on the movie.)
Here is a detecting REALITY show in 20 targets.
Fuhgeddabout the so-called "reality" shows on TV, which are scripted and mostly fake.
Note to self-appointed forum topicality cops: there's nothing but US coins included in the finds, so I'm legal in posting it here. Nyah nyah.
PS- Watch the trailer first, if you like.
Funny how more people watched that than the actual movie. (90-some page hits on the trailer, only 60-ish on the movie.)
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are you already in production for the video game version?
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Was that a typical day of treasure hunting?
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I like it a lot!
I was expecting to see you run around in circles screaming, climb a tree howling or hurl yourself face first into a muddy ditch if you found something cool...
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Note: I did miss at least a section where you could have hovered over a target so we could have heard the signal....other than that, nice job.
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Now that I know the area around your hometown,
I'll have to salt the digs with some old Large Cents.
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I believe I still have my old junky no-frills Radio Shack metal detector from 40+ years ago somewhere in storage; I wonder if it still works. It drove me nuts finding pulltabs back in the day. The best thing I found was an 1883 Seated Lib dime out of a freshly turned over pile of dirt at a construction site at a local park.
The first thing I ever found with it was alongside my folks' driveway, right after I'd gotten it as a birthday present- a HUGE signal... I had visions of gold, platinum, silver....
...it was an empty tube of permatex gasket sealer.
So how did that work with the owners of the property? Did you offer them a split of what you found or were they OK with you poking around since there was no lawn to disturb?
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<< <i>Was that a typical day of treasure hunting? >>
Pretty much, if you consider the fact that I do NOT get silvered on every outing. The trash part was very typical. Usually I do find at least one interesting keeper item (a relic or gee-whiz curiosity item) in a twenty-target span like this.
<< <i>I was expecting to see you run around in circles screaming, climb a tree howling or hurl yourself face first into a muddy ditch if you found something cool... >>
I'll save that for the first gold coin. But silver- ANY silver- ALWAYS puts a big grin on my face. Even though this was one of a great many Mercs I've dug, and perhaps the fifth 1944 Merc, diggin' 'em never gets old.
<< <i>Note: I did miss at least a section where you could have hovered over a target so we could have heard the signal....other than that, nice job. >>
I was shooting all of that with my wife's point-and-shoot camera, which has the ability to shoot 2-minute video clips. To do actual live video of me getting the signal, I'd need a headmounted video camera, which I now have (but haven't tried yet). It's kind of difficult- if not impossible- to shoot live video clips with a handheld camera while swinging a detector and carrying a digging tool in the other hand!
<< <i>So how did that work with the owners of the property? Did you offer them a split of what you found or were they OK with you poking around since there was no lawn to disturb? >>
This particular guy was fine with it. I had brought along some freebie gift coins as an icebreaker, but he refused them outright, saying he collects old houses, not coins. Told me to go right ahead and detect.
<< <i>Very nice for a first video. Maybe a little long in the seperation delays. You got more guts than I putting yourself out there. You have a nice funny spin on things. Bet you were looking for a nice piece of Dahlonega gold. I enjoyed it. Maybe you could do another one on searching for Megalodon pieces. >>
I actually might do a fossil hunt for the next video, just to familiarize myself with the new camera. That way I'm not fiddling with a detector and digger AND new camera. This was pretty much a first attempt at dig video making, so bearing that in mind, I think it turned out pretty well. Some folks reported issues with the audio, and I botched the target numbering in one place. But not too bad for a first attempt, I think.
<< <i>Now that I know the area around your hometown,
I'll have to salt the digs with some old Large Cents. >>
Please do. My buddies seem to find them all the time, including those nearly pristine 1798 Draped Bust cents that seem to pop up every few months for them. I have only dug three large cents myself. (ND Draped Bust, 1837, 1850).
<< <i>...it was an empty tube of permatex gasket sealer.
Boy howdy, if I had a nickel for every item like that I've found! As you can see from this video, it's more trash than cash that comes outta the ground on a typical dig. And I was being more selective about my targets on that one! But hey- you got a Seated dime with your cheapo machine. That's impressive enough. It's only happened to me four times so far, and with more expensive equipment.