Metal Detecting - YouTube Video - 8/21/2021

Thanks. That was the whole idea with that one. @paddyman98 manages to evoke some of that same “in the moment” feel with his videos, even though the targets are “posed” on the plugs or in the holes a few moments after the fact.

There’s nothing wrong with that- it spares the viewers from having to sit through some of the dead dig time. But I liked showing the whole process, from the moment of the first signal, to the pinpointing, the opening of the hole, and the probing and final recovery.

That exact moment of discovery, when the target first comes to light, is where all the adrenaline is. You can watch it happen when I discover the Barber dime in my video, and get way too excited about it, just like a kid. A well-worn Barber dime is not something I turn cartwheels over if it’s in a dealer’s junk silver bin, but if I’m pulling it out of the dirt where it’s lain for nearly a century, then yeah, it’s a thrilling thing to me, even if it’s a relatively common silver coin otherwise.

With some live-action, “in the moment of discovery” shots, we’d get to hear @paddyman98‘s immediate reactions, which would be fun.

(“I’ll take it!” seems to be a trademark line of his. And why not? Indeed! I’ll take all the silver I can find!)

Steve Smith, my local buddy and original detecting mentor here, posts full live action shots in his YouTube videos. The downside to that is that in one video, as I recall, he blurts out an accidental profanity in his (justifiable) excitement over popping a really nice 1831 Bust half dime. LOL

 

PS- @Mountain Man - “just do it!”, if I may steal the Nike sports shoe slogan. Get out there and put that coil to the soil! I look forward to seeing what you find. From what you’ve described, it sounds like your site might be the kind of place that might not offer many coins, but if and when one does turn up, it could be a “keeper”!

Some of the rural relic sites I’ve hunted (as opposed to more urban park and sidewalk coinshooting) are sparse target environments, but when a coin does turn up on such a site, it’s usually an interesting older one. And the buttons and relics on such sites can be just as much fun.