An article I found that pretty well sums it up......................

[TuckyTector(InezKY)]

WHY DO WE TREASURE HUNT?
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We sit around all winter with the walls closing in on us hoping for a sunny day or temperatures we can handle so we can grab
the detector and get out there after it. We think about it, dream about it, and the minute it happens we are gone.

As I celebrate my 33rd year attached to the end of a detector, I wonder if every TH'er is as addicted as I am and, if so, why
are we so hung up on this hobby? What is it about detecting that afflicts us with a roaring case of cabin fever? What demon
possesses us and drives us out to hunt for hours on end every time the weather permits? It's almost as bad as being hooked
on drugs and winter is the withdrawal period we have to suffer through, agonizing and waiting for that first spring fix to
breathe new life into our bodies. For some it's worse than for others. Although I haven't succumbed to it yet, I know people
who will detect in the snow and bitter cold. But then I have a neighbor who washes his car and mows his yard in the pouring
down rain. What can I say?

In this article I will attempt to depict why I think people are driven by and addicted to this hobby, some to extremes.

EXERCISE

 

[Beale]

Very good article. Thanks for sharing, Beale.

 

[Uncle Willy]

You know, this article looks awfully familiar. Who is the author?

Bill

 

[silvernail]

Gee. Big Mystery. Musta been somebody famus.

 

[Uncle Willy]

Ya think so?

Bill

 

[TuckyTector(InezKY)]

n/t

 

[John 'n' W.Va]

n/t

 

[Uncle Willy]

I believe it's mine. Where did you find it?

Bill

 

[silvernail]

It was on Lost Treasure Online yesterday, Tip Of The Day, I think. They dredge up lots of their previously published stuff that is too good to use just once - which is how you got there I suppose. Come to think of it, they mine that area for Filler material too when necessary. Anyway, I recognized the famus byline and you can probly claim it as a reprint on your publications list even if they don't have an ongoing Royalty Plan ... which they probly don't.

 

[Uncle Willy]

Yeah I've got a lot of tales that come up on LT. After all, over the years I had about 500-600 articles published ( under three different names ) in several different mags including all of the LT publications.

I've been on hiatus for awhile but I'm going to start pumping some more out soon. I wrote that one over ten years ago as I recall. When I first started reading that I thought, " This guy is a helluva writer", then it dawned on me. THanks for dredging it up.

Bill