pocketspill
Elite Member
- Joined
- Dec 2, 2011
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You have placed yourself out there, your choice, in front of many individuals that are new to the hobby and if you do in fact get many PM's and emails requesting your help and I'm not saying that you don't, perhaps you should be a little humbled to know that you have aspired so many people wanting to be as good as you. It's isn't always easy to ask for help or put yourself out there in a situation where you can be rejected.
This is why so many of us spend our time sharing what we know and helping each other learn the hobby here on the forums and or websites/blogs.
- All of us have so little time to enjoy our hobby with busy lives.
Yeah, yeah, yeah, All of the other bullet points are nice when you and another enthusiast have taken the time to invest into the hobby and neither of you expect anything from the other, except to detect together and share that comradeship.
I would like to believe that if one would spend just time helping out a fellow human being and pointing them in the right directions to become as proficient as you, yes, I know that can take an extended amount of energy and time. This could pay you back in the long run with yet another experienced metal detecting enthusiast and open even more doors of opportunity for yourself and others.
You can be the selfish W.C Fields of our hobby;
Or you can be the giving human being that pays it forward and stands as an inspiration to those who come after you in this hobby.
A good point that it can pay off in the long run to help people out. My frantic hunting in the 2-3 hour blocks I have cause me to take a more short-term mindset. This is the type of dialogue I was hoping for.