"WE ALL DIG OUR OWN HOLES"

[OUTCOME1]

" WE ALL DIG OUR OWN HOLES"

" when the detector becomes and extension of your arm and the arm and extension of your heart, maybe its time to also slow down and unearth that negative feeling inside to restore your soul"


We have a thirst for knowledge, we have a passion for not only our country and its natural and 'metallic" history but we also do our homework. We study, we live, we read, and we respect and live by the rules of proper preparation by research for our future discovery. Supplies of 9 volts, aaa's, aa's (until you realize the economic value of a rechargeable battery system). We look outside and realize it's raining cats and dogs tonight but tomorrow is supposed to be sunny with a slight south southwest breeze. All we can think about is how great the conductivity of the soil will be and the relic rifle should penetrate the soil and debris areas at an above normal response level.

Here in this article i do not wish to bleed the feelings of a treasure hunter/relic hunter/fossil hunter/coin shooter ect or all of the above as i am (lol). Nor do i care whether or not you use a Whites v3, Mine Lab GPX, Fisher 75, Tesoro, or a Teknetics brand detector. Whatever suits you is what's important. Anyway, i only wish to release my inner passion for not just history but also for the sake of the future. After all , no matter what you might think, the past always holds the keys to the future. So with that said i would like to move nearer to my whole motivation for this article (which by the way is the first article I have ever written) which is meant for the true adventurer who seeks the sole satisfaction in every aspect of their life including social life, relationships,family but has a bit of trouble finding that balance as I do. To be honest I am not even sure i want to find the balance!lol. Okay, maybe i do.

I am a single 35 year old male that officially has the infamous "treasure bug". I will say that my social life has depleted a bit at my own choice and doing I guess. It is pretty sad when you either retract plans that were made for a hot date night, or choose not to go have a beer with friends all because you are in the process of researching and preparing for your next adventure which for me requires a good amount of extensive reading at times to be successful. Or at least know that i have made proper preparations to at least put myself in a positive position to perhaps capture success. I am fairly new to the metal detecting hobby but i have quickly learned that it entails executing many if not more of the same principles of research as fossil hunting and Native American artifact hunting/recovery.
I have it so bad that when i leave my office today and arrive at my house, I will head to my home office to read up on the battle of Hanover Courthouse and then walk outside my door to see if I can unearth any of the 28th NC or 25th NY civil war relics. I wonder sometimes if it is almost sad that i even know such details about an area or areas. (lol). I am human so therefor i make my fair share of mistakes, I have feelings and I have regrets. I have blown relationships with women because i have been told at times i can be a bit selfish (which I am far from). My last relationship could have been so great but I sat and watched it come apart like an Infantry Button I once recovered. I chose to carefully take focus on that item and initiated steps that resulted in the button to become almost fully restored but apparently I chose to close and fill the hole on "us" maybe prematurity before I re checked the signal.

In closing, i would just like to thank anyone that read this. If you have a similar situation all i can further add is that from my adventures and relic hunting experiences I can 100 percent say that it has brought out some great quality's in me.It has helped me to break some bad habits as well.................... but please just remember one thing " We All dig Our Own Holes"

 

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[jamesbibb]

Nice write up
Lol

 

[CoilyGirl]

I guess I can understand just totally being absorbed in something that other activities go by the wayside. For a lot of people,especially men,work can consume them,literally,and they eventually lose everyone around them because of it.At least your passion for metal detecting is a hobby.It would've great if you could find someone who shares the same passion for history and you could share that together.

 

[ynpto804]

I think in everything we do we should try to find a balance. It is so easy for something that is a "passion" to blend into addiction. Maybe that might seem extreme but that is how things are. Best of luck to you

 

[Dirtdiglr]

Right on man. You said it all. You said it all.

 

[Gunrunner61]

So very true, And a good way of putting it as well.

 

[CRUSADER]

I haven't a clue what you were on about

 

[WHADIFIND]

" WE ALL DIG OUR OWN HOLES"

" when the detector becomes and extension of your arm and the arm and extension of your heart, maybe its time to also slow down and unearth that negative feeling inside to restore your soul"

I doubt if I'm equipped nor able to add to any of your thoughts. But, that won't stop me from trying.

Sometimes, when we get old we think that gives us a pass through logic. We think that simply because one is twice the age of another that somehow gives a knowledge advantage. It doesn't. I finally learned that wisdom comes from ALL walks and ages.

Although I am twice your age I've learned along the way that everything in life comes down to choices. I won't try to go into the reasons I came to that conclusion, just letting you know from where I speak. I, too, have had EVERY, SINGLE, one of my relationships dry up and blow away. Business, Family, "friends", romantic, and any other you can think of, I am alone and lonely most of the time now. I'll probably die out in a field or sitting at this computer. Won't matter any, nobody will even know for at least a month! That's how much I'm missed nowadays. But, don't get me wrong, it doesn't matter to me.

What does matter is how I live each of the days I have left. If that means putting up with lonely, amen. I have CHOSEN this path after beating my head against the wall for many, many years.

Now, to the point of your article.

I started metal detecting back in the 70's. It made me so happy to find the things I was uncovering that it was like a God send into a rather stressful, family man's life. I seemed to have a talent for it as well and let me tell you! For someone who had been told all his life that he HAD no talents! This was truly a "calling"! I found 10 diamond rings in the first year of hunting!!!

But, life and the people I associated with being part of that existence had other plans for me. I got to a point that I HAD to sell everything I found. Not because of any addiction to any vices. Just because I had a large family to feed and a mindset that I was the "MAN" and it was my job! I got to hate finding things because I knew they would just get eaten up by what others "needed".

Finally, I just stopped hunting and that "negative feeling inside", went away.

Fast forward 30 years or so.

After being told to shove off by my last employer, something that happened off and on through the rest of my life. I said Scr*w it!
Now, even though lonely, since everyone else in my life has either gone away or died. I decided that I would go back to the one single love of my life. Metal detecting.

I have no life now except what I CHOOSE to do. I fancy myself as an amateur archeologist but it really isn't true. I research and strenuously work at finding items. But, not really to further ANY-one else! I do it because it pleases ME! There is nothing that gives me joy like uncovering a beautiful old coin. Copper, silver, gold, it doesn't matter.

The thing about it all is that unless we have someone to share this joy with, it's all kind of worthless. Call it showing off or whatever. But, we DO love to see the reaction and pleasure we give to others by showing our finds. Trouble is, in order to form a relationship with "someone who shares my passion" is just out of the question for me. It's not that I'm against relationships, it's just that I have chosen to live out the rest of my life WITHOUT those things that come WITH a personal relationship. Sure, there are good times but there ALWAYS are bad ones too. It's a little less lonely but only during the good times.

The good news? I have found the PERFECT partner!

It goes by the name of "T-Net".

I can come here, share the passion/finds/knowledge and if it ever gets to be too much, I just turn it off. Similarly, as I have done the rest of my world.

I CHOOSE to be here and am ECSTATIC to have such a wonderful place to share and see wonderful thoughts like you've said so well. Please don't take any of my words the wrong way. I'm not rebutting, I'm agreeing and taking it a step further.

Thank you kindly for sharing that wonderful bit of your experience. I enjoyed it greatly!

HH!

 

[relicmeister]

Thankz all of you for sharing.