More on addiction....

[Neil in West Jersey]

You've got your new machine, and within a few minutes you've found your fist zinc penny. You are ecstatic! Then you find a clad dime and quarter. You are amazed.
This goes on for some time, and then one day...BINGO! You dig your first silver "Rosie", You do the silver Rosie dance and post your pic on findmall.com. You've made the big time.

The next outing comes and you dig a coin...Rats! it's only a clad quarter. Where is the silver? After a while you dig a few more silver Rosies and maybe even a silver quarter or two. You are happy. Then one day you hit pay dirt. You dig 2 mercs, and a barber dime! You feel like a pro now. You dig another merc and an Indian Head Penny. You are on fire. You get a good signal and ...RATS! It is only a silver Rosie! Where are the mercs hiding now?

Next outing...nothing doing and BINGO! A Large Cent. A few minutes later and you have your first seated! Your next coin is only a crummy merc!

This is how I know I am addicted. As I progress further in the illness, nothing is good enough. I need more of the older and deeper finds. I need a deeper seeking machine with more bells and whistles. I need to find a better producing site. I need to have more time so I can detect, uninterrupted for hours on end.

I am a charter member of THAD (Treasure Hunters Addiction Disorder) Here is a photo of me after a few days without detecting:
[attachment 74247 addict.jpg]

 

[John 'n' W.Va]

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[John-Edmonton]

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[IndianaSmith]

Funny as I've been itchin' for some silver (coinage).

Smitty

 

[Rob M]

Then you buy a GTI2500 to help you chase the pink dragon but you just can't catch it.

 

[diggindirt]

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[awhitster]

[quote Neil in West Jersey] Here is a photo of me after a few days without detecting:
[attachment 74247 addict.jpg][/quote]I'm sorry for you................ Maybe you should send me all your MDing equipment and kick it cold turkey

 

[jackintexas]

The detecting bug bit me 28 years ago and just won't let go....Jack

 

[Mick in Dubbo]

Hey Neil. You might have to take one of John's pills. If you PM him, I'm sure he'll put you onto the chemist that sold it to him. Actually, there was a fellow living in a caravan in town here, and detecting was his life. He had lost his wife, he was retired, and he now does, eats and literally dreams about metal detecting. If I ever get that bad, I'll thing it's time to reassess my life. It sure is a fun hobby though.
Mick Evans.

 

[JASONSPAZ1]

I understand your plight!............lol

 

[adam in cal]

and so true ............after a handfull of Barbers or Seateds ...........a merc just dont do it anymore !!!!!! just like a true Junkie .......each hit needs to be bigger and better than before to get the brain into frenzy mode ........now where is my gold coin !!!!!!!!!!!!!!