Dragomir’s Maiden Voyage
I paid for the Blisstool on Friday and I got it on Monday. That’s the level of service I’ve come to expect from Chuck at Indian Nations Detectors. So I read up a little on the Blisstool and set it up...
View ArticleIs the Blisstool a ‘park detector’?
I have a park in our city where the coins from the 1940’s and before are buried under more than 12 inches of dirt. I know this because the coins from the 50’s and 60’s are found between 7 and 9 inches...
View ArticleProof of life
Once more, I have to declare I am not dead. July was a month of vacation, illness, and hellish heat. I took the family north to South Dakota this month to visit the Black Hills, the Badlands, and to...
View ArticleDetectorist
I was watching a British show about metal detecting and in one episode, one of the characters corrects a civilian by telling her that his machine was a metal detector but that he was a metal...
View ArticleMetal Detect and Live
I can’t believe it has been this long since I posted something! Some months ago I began a project that took my mind-time away from detecting but now I can give my beloved hobby some due time. But it...
View ArticleThe Walking Dead (metal detecting blog)
To whom it may concern: This blog died. It died hard. The main reasons for this death are that mining Bitcoin took most of my free time and then my health REALLY took a dive. For the umpteenth time I...
View ArticleThe Year That Was – 2021
2021 began badly for me. My health went from poor to really bad and it stayed that way for most of the year. Only within the last two months of me writing this did I regain any meaningful function....
View ArticleThe Dead Horse
I have written at length about why we need new detectors. Unfortunately there are still many old codgers out there still talking about popping coins with a screwdriver and using detectors from the...
View ArticleIF You Don’t Love It…
Why do you metal detect? I suspect that the reason you started is very similar to my reason: I wanted to get rich. Nah, not really. I did hope to find a gold ring now and again but what I really...
View ArticleWhile My Detector Gently Weeps
It’s January. It’s cold. I want to go detecting but alas, I don’t want to be uncomfortable while I do it. I mean, it is hard under the best of circumstances with my recovering health and all; but the...
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