TuckyTector(InezKY)
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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
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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