I have been fascinated with the past all my life. Although time travel is not possible (at least, as far as I know), we can still experience it through what I call "relics of the fourth dimension." Namely, as the old saying goes, "time marches on." We can't travel in the fourth dimension, except going forward in the present, but we can follow the trail of the fourth dimension. Along the way, people lose or discard items from their being. These relics are unintentional time capsules that give us as glimpse into their lives. Here on The Time Searchers blog, I will show some relics of the past that I have run across in our present. Sometimes when I am out on a relic hunt with the Colonial Relic Hunter, we know that we are not alone. There is more than just relics at these historical sites. Indeed, it could be said that there is a portal to the past, perhaps to another dimension, where that which once was, still is. A place where the real consorts with the shadows; the present fuses with the past, on Time Searchers: Ghost Relics.

Wednesday, August 10, 2016

THE NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC SOCIETY NETWORK BURIES THE DIGGERS TV SHOW: WILL THE GARRETT METAL DETECTOR COMPANY CLOWN SHOW CONTINUE?

IT'S BEEN BROUGHT TO MY ATTENTION THAT THE NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC SOCIETY TV DIVISION HAS NOT RENEWED THE DIGGERS TV SHOW.  THIS SHOW PROMOTED AND SPONSORED BY GARRETT METAL DETECTOR COMPANY FEATURED TWO GUYS RUNNING AROUND AND SHOUTING.  ACTING LIKE WHAT YOU SEE ABOVE: TWO CLOWNS.  THIS SHOW HAD GREAT POTENTIAL.  I SHOULD KNOW, I APPROACHED VAUGHAN GARRETT BACK IN 2009 AND PITCHED THE IDEA TO HIM.  HE INITIALLY AGREED TO SPONSOR THE TIME SEARCHERS ON YOUTUBE.  BUT, OUR TALKS BROKE DOWN AND AS YOU KNOW, HE TOOK MY IDEA AND FORMAT OF A SHOW AND WENT WITH OTHER PEOPLE.
       WHETHER IT WAS MYSELF AND THE COLONIAL RELIC HUNTER OR SOMEONE ELSE.  I BELIEVE GARRETT METAL DETECTOR COMPANY TOOK THE LOW ROAD AND ACTUALLY HURT THE METAL DETECTING HOBBY BY TRYING TO APPEAL TO PEOPLE WHO REALLY HAVE NO APPRECIATION OF THE HISTORY OF THE RELICS.  GARRETT JUST WANTED TO APPEAL TO THE  PEOPLE WHO THOUGHT IT WAS AWESOME OR COOL TO GO AROUND AND DIG RELICS UP.  THEY FOCUSED ON THE ALLEGED VALUE OF THE ITEMS AND RESORTED TO TWO GUYS WHO HAD NO RELIC HUNTING EXPERIENCE BEHIND THEM OR EVEN A KNOWLEDGE OF WHAT THEY WERE DIGGING UP.  JUST TWO GUYS ACTING LIKE IDIOTS AND FAKING THE STORIES AND EXCITEMENT ABOUT THE RELICS.   GARRETT JUST LOOKED AT THE SHORT TERM PICTURE OF SELLING MORE MACHINES AND EQUIPMENT AND DIDN'T CARE ABOUT THE IMPACT OF THESE UNTRAINED, UNINFORMED FORTUNE HUNTERS BEING TURNED LOOSE.
           THIS SHOW HAS TURNED A NUMBER OF LANDOWNERS AGAINST METAL DETECTING AND PROMOTED WHAT I CALL THE "GARRETT MOOKS" COMING INTO THE HOBBY AND MAKING IT A TOUGHER SELL TO GET ON PROPERTIES WHEN THE MOOKS COME ON AND LEAVE HOLES EVERYWHERE.
EVEN WITH THE CANCELLATION OF THE SHOW, GARRETT METAL DETECTOR COMPANY IS STILL TRYING TO GET THEM A NEW SHOW ON ANOTHER NETWORK.  LET'S HOPE THEY ARE NOT SUCCESSFUL.  WE NEVER HAVE USED GARRETT EQUIPMENT ON OUR SHOW NOT JUST BECAUSE WE DON'T LIKE THE APPROACH THEY HAVE TAKEN ON THEIR PROMOTION EFFORTS AND THE EFFECT WE HAVE SEEN ON THE RELIC HUNTING FIELD IN THE LAST FOUR YEARS. BUT, THE SIMPLE FACT IS THERE IS MUCH BETTER EQUIPMENT OUT THERE FOR US TO USE.
     AS FOR US, YES, WE WISH WE HAD MADE THE MONEY THAT WE COULD HAVE BEEN PAID IF WE HAD SAID THE RIGHT THINGS TO VAUGHAN GARRETT AND THE PRODUCTION PEOPLE.  BUT, UNLIKE THE DIGGERS, WE ACTUALLY HAVE REAL CAREERS AND DON'T HAVE ACT LIKE TRAINED MONKEYS WHEN SOME PROMOTER OR TV SHOW PRODUCER TELLS US WHAT TO DO IF WE WANT TO MAKE IT TO THE "BIG TIME".  IN THE END THE TWO GUYS ON THE DIGGERS WILL BE REMEMBERED AS TWO CLOWNS.  NOT REAL RELIC HUNTERS LIKE WE WANT TO REMEMBERED AS.-THE TIME SEARCHER.

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