What the dickens has David Bowie got to do with Treasure Hunting, Metal Detecting, Magnet Fishing, Dump Digging Etc...Etc... for those who cannot remember his hit Jean-Genie , it came from his album Aladdin Sane, which leads me to another questionable gene-genie this time one in a magic lamp ? most treasure hunters in movies... Continue Reading →
Magnet Fishing and Meteorites
this is an interesting article from "magnetfisherusa" about some of the iron stones we find, although he is talking about magnet fishing, some of the iron rocks that are attracted to a magnet might be, i know most of them are nothing more than coke from either night-soil or traction engines, but what if ?
One Cent…
One Cent, and no not the rapper... looks like the American's are getting in on the act of finding old coins, i have found some old American coins, with most of the coins beyond saving, but i would definitely like to find this one, as the USA opened their first mint in 1792, this little... Continue Reading →
A Different Treasure Hunt…
There are many ways to go about Treasure hunting, one way that has become an armchair treasure hunt, is to try and collect either the cards that came with packets of cigarette in the nineteen thirty's and nineteen forty's, depicting sporting hero's motor cars etc... or the cards i grew up collecting which were cards... Continue Reading →
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