The aftermath of storm Charley left torrential rains and heavy surf pounding the beach including high tides. Before dawn on a dark and stormy beach in the middle of a very heavy downpour we were hunting and hoping to find beach erosion that would make good hunting. It did not turn out that way. The […]
{shipwreck gif} The bays and rivers around South Texas were full of steam boats of every kind. You could look across the bays and see dirty trails of black soot puffing up from steam boats from the small cargo boats to steam boats that resembled passenger ferrys. There were the big side-wheelers that were bringing […]
Today I recall my second treasure find. Well, ok, it wasn’t exactly “MY” find. I had just gotten my first modern metal detector, the Garrett GTA1000 and my first hunting trip was to go to a fairly new park near me and to avoid the eyes of everyone in the park while I played around […]
Everyone who metal detects has started out peeking around to see who was looking. Lets face it we are all cowards to be forced to explain what we are doing. To make matters worse there are times that we hunt some areas with our old clothes on or bundled up against the winter cold. Ahh, […]
We all know of shining examples of our hobby that achieve above and beyond our own modest achievements. It seems to me that we all have natural talents for certain things. In our hobby it depends a lot on your geographical location, your climate, the history of the area, and the density of current population.Some […]
After many of the larger treasure hunts and visiting with lots of hunters including all my internet friends I am beginning to formulate a concept that we all need to think about. It seems to me that over lifetimes and careers in metal detecting that there are and have been certain key people who have […]
The Great American Dream vs The Great American Nightmare If the American dream was written into a few sentences it would say something about freedom and achieving a lifestyle that a person could be proud of with years of hard work. Something that “they” couldn’t take away from you. These days when you get older […]
It seems that I have lived near the Island of Galveston all my life and I never had any idea of what happened there. Oh I knew that the pirates and man-eating Indians had the island at the beginning of the 19th century but beyond that it was mostly blank except for the Civil War […]
Many of us who metal detect, and have internet connections, often read the posts or post our own comments on the forums. On the forums the hunters can ask questions, post pictures of their finds, or sell equipment. For myself I recall the history of many of these forums and also the flame wars that […]
Club meets can be a lot more fun if you include a contest where everyone brings their detector and they can test their skills against others in the club. This can be done with a minimum of cost and trouble. Either clean the metal trash out of a small area near the club or if […]
