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Gary's Detecting forum => General detecting talk => Topic started by: malc on April 24, 2016, 01:19 pm

Title: Weather
Post by: malc on April 24, 2016, 01:19 pm
Looking on utube at some guy on a beautiful sandy beach in Florida digging up rings and coins. Then look out of my study window at the windy rainy day with temperatures just above zero and think OH RATS!!!!! O to be in England now that spring is here!!!
Title: Re: Weather
Post by: 13oots2 on April 24, 2016, 01:59 pm
April showers and all that :( I for one would hate to detect in the US, I love the history here that goes back thousands of years for metal artifacts, swings and roundabouts I guess.
Title: Re: Weather
Post by: The oil man on April 24, 2016, 04:55 pm
Yeh and no snakes, gators or trumps  ???
Title: Re: Weather
Post by: oscar6972 on April 24, 2016, 06:39 pm
I may be a bit of a glutton for punishment as I don't mind going out detecting in the rain! As long as I've got my military waterproofs on and my Deus remote in its waterproof case I'm happy!

Give me rain and the chance to find 3000 year old artefacts over sunshine any day!
Title: Re: Weather
Post by: Keith67 on April 24, 2016, 11:02 pm
Quote from: oscar6972 on April 24, 2016, 06:39 pm
I may be a bit of a glutton for punishment as I don't mind going out detecting in the rain! As long as I've got my military waterproofs on and my Deus remote in its waterproof case I'm happy!

Give me rain and the chance to find 3000 year old artefacts over sunshine any day!

Yeah I wouldn't swap it, staring at a silver sovereign that I found, and thinking "this is nearly 500 years old" is unbeatable.
Title: Re: Weather
Post by: Rew on April 25, 2016, 12:13 am
Quote from: 13oots2 on April 24, 2016, 01:59 pm
April showers and all that :( I for one would hate to detect in the US, I love the history here that goes back thousands of years for metal artifacts, swings and roundabouts I guess.
Not even Florida and the chance to find some Spanish ship wrecked gold.
Title: Re: Weather
Post by: Cornholio on April 25, 2016, 02:43 pm
Detecting in Florida is what got me hooked into this bloody hobby (obsession/way of life)! Fantastic, but a world away from muddy fields and cold rain. I think I'd be happy with 3 months there, and 9 here per year.
Title: Re: Weather
Post by: Keith67 on April 25, 2016, 02:44 pm
Quote from: Cornholio on April 25, 2016, 02:43 pm
Detecting in Florida is what got me hooked into this bloody hobby (obsession/way of life)! Fantastic, but a world away from muddy fields and cold rain. I think I'd be happy with 3 months there, and 9 here per year.

ok I confess that sounds good.