Since originally starting in detecting, when I was in my late teens, I have been totally immersed in it.
I’ve been involved in almost every aspect of it, from land to beach, both in the UK and abroad. Presently I run weekly digs in Scotland, so I am always surrounded with something that concerns detecting.
I will admit that these days it does take a pretty impressive find to give me a buzz when out with my mates or on digs, I guess experience can foster complacency. I go out most days for a laugh and a wind up with my mates, and generally have a great time. I also enjoy seeing others make good finds.
About four years ago, for reasons unknown to me, I suddenly got the urge to take up scuba diving. It had never even crossed my mind that one day I would be linking this with detecting.
Fast forward a few years and I am now qualified as a PADI Scuba Diving Instructor (Master Scuba Diver Trainer). I also run my own company teaching scuba diving as well as making time to organise my detecting digs.
Scuba diving has got a grip on me like detecting. I just love being in the water. What has really got my blood pumping with enthusiasm again is the potential for the combination of both hobbies by detecting under water.
For a year now I have been researching sites and doing test dives, and when I come out of the water and think of what I have seen I am utterly buzzing in the same way I was during my first 20 years of detecting. I was asked by Treasure Hunting magazine recently if I would like to test the new Deteknix Scuba Tector. I was absolutely delighted to do so – how could I not be? This product combined my two passions of diving and detecting!
Currently I am teamed up with a very experienced detectorist named Bobby who has been dedicated to the hobby of detecting since the 1970s. Despite having achieved and experienced most things that the hobby can offer, he is not a diver; however, he is a very keen beach detectorist.
This story is from the July 2017 edition of Treasure Hunting magazine.
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