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Great show, these guys are soo enthusiastic. They are part of "glass is half full" crowd.......which got me thinking, hmmmmmm, let's make a drinking game, kinda like "hi Bob" the bob newhart show for all you youngsters....but take a shot every time they say "nectar", or roundness, warning... you will get drunk! Try it,you'll see. Keep up the good work guys, maybe y'all get a wife one day:-) we had to stop halfway. C'mon I dare you to go the full length!! I would advise you not to start with 80 proof. If you are REALLY brave another word is "ringy" or "in the pocket" have fun ad keep digging,ad we'll keep drinkin:-)

Diggers is something that most folks will watch and a few will study for tips and suggestions. First I love the camera work. They take full advantage of their locations natural beauty..There is some good info for the metal detectorist. A little more explanation on "that sounds good" would really help those not so familiar with metal detectors. Energy and enthusiasm will got a long way and boy does Digger have it! After about 20 minutes it grates on you like listen to canned laughter. I have learned to turn it out and enjoy the digs and finds as best as I can. Please keep in mind that they have very sweet places to search and they only show a few digs per episode, in the real World you dig much more often. Diggers does a good job of promoting cooperation with land owners and basic metal detecting etiquette. Newbys just understand they are showing you the good stuff but they are digging caps/tabs/trash & foil too, you are not alone! Just watch Diggers and enjoy it for what it is.

I don't watch TV ordinarily but on a recent trip overseas I got a little bit hooked on the National Geographic Channel as they have some really cool, interesting and entertaining shows.

Diggers is not one of them...

On the plus side I guess the guys are VERY enthusiastic and they do visit some interesting locations.

On the down side, the show is boringly monotonous and the endless 'Diggers jargon' soon grates like crazy as there is not much in their dictionary. How many times can a viewer possibly be expected to suffer phrases like 'I see round in the hole' in any 30 minute period, no matter how enthusiastically delivered? By the end of the first show I watched I was ready to smash the TV the next time I heard another one of the 'Diggers dictionary' phrases. The enthusiasm starts to grate too when the guys go off when they discover something 'awesome' - rolling on the ground, running through the forest or whatever. They remind me of 8 year old kids let loose from school for the first time in months... Oh and just about everything they seem to find is awesome. Hint: it usually isn't.

This is a fine example of exactly why reality TV is killing the medium. Pure rubbish of the highest (or should that be lowest?) order.

Let me say first that I'm a avid metal detectorist and would love a show like this if it wasn't so cheesy. 1 year before the show Diggers, I recorded a metal detecting hunt with a professional videographer and sent a treatment to NatGeo TV, A&E and Discovery. At the time, there was no show like it on TV. I never heard back from any of the said networks. Nothing ventured, nothing gained I guess. Thought a treasure hunting/metal detecting show would make for some interesting TV. I'm not nor have I ever been a conspiracy theorist, but I'd bet they liked the idea and ripped it off. Guess I wasn't zany enough for them so they needed a couple overly fake zealous detectorists finding pre-buried crap to make the show entertaining.

This show does nothing to champion this awesome hobby but manages to perpetuate the image that detectorists are an odd, eccentric bunch of nut jobs - not to mention it's a 60 minute advertising for Garrett metal detectors. No doubt the single reason they're suddenly so dominant in the industry.

Firstly, this isn't like American Diggers or other TV-archaeology shows. Far less drama and suspense, their investigations and results are more casual and less intensive (essentially, more realistic for amateurs) than similar shows. The detailed history and trivia during their search keeps it interesting, though it would be nice to have more detail or visual reference to where specifically the guys are searching on a site, IMO they use some strategies and techniques that would help fill in the progression of an episode, were they explained in the narration.

They don't find big-ticket items every time (rather rarely, like real life), but it remains solidly entertaining and intriguing if you've got an interest in history or archaeology/metal detecting, there's a little added drama (they freak out and tackle each other an awful lot, though) but comparatively little. The locations, history and significance of what they do and what they find is well-presented and has a solid depth of knowledge, and interviews with local experts in each show add a nice degree of depth/individuality to each location that's not commonly seen.

That said, my only real issue is with the hosts, or more specifically the script (or sparseness thereof). I like watching the duo find interesting and/or valuable stuff, the guys are interesting, if slightly quirky characters with a good dynamic and enthusiastic about what's usually a slow process, but hearing "juice", "nectar" "roundness" "roundness/nectar in the hole, baby" (+definition blurb) and randomly slanged terms repeated haphazardly and almost ad nauseum every time they find or extract a cool item gets a little old.

Your experience may vary if you're familiar with and/or enjoy the pseudo-terminology they use, but as someone who's not into the metal detecting hobby or scene (at least not yet, it does make me curious) the odd and very random terms get a little bit pointless and a little grating eventually, though not enough to kill the entertainment value of the show, and not enough to stop me from watching it quite yet. It's pretty good TV if you don't mind a random dash of silliness thrown in.

I remember when "metal detecting" was portrayed as a hobby for losers, done by sidekicks in lesser comedies. It's usually some half-witted asocial kid, roaming the beaches after the summer, searching the sand for jewelry misplaced by tourists using an army surplus metal detector. Quite surprisingly, the hobby has made it into prime time documentary television. Not so surprisingly, the protagonists retain the said mentality.

"Diggers" is a pseudo-reality show aired on National Geographic. It features two losers roaming the countryside and people's yards with their metal detectors, in search of valuables they hope to sell. Just to mask the banality of it all, they've been set to search for items of "historical" value. Hence, the show is set in the region of the thirteen colonies where such items are most likely to be found.

The pair doesn't seem very bright to begin with, judging by the way they look, talk and behave. But when they start hollering and leaping up and down the lawn, like two monkeys unleashed, whenever they find something, they really look like they belong to an asylum. And they do it way too often to bear. It's somewhat understandable, though, seeing that there appears to be a large collectors market for all things antique, and there'll be paycheck for the both. However, it would be better that all the celebratory scenes were left on the editing room floor. And, mind you, there isn't any comical intent in their demeanor - they really mean it.

Unfortunately, there isn't anything better to fill that half hour's worth of an episode with. All they ever find is bullets, army badges and parts of cannonballs, basically. One gets the sense that the market is slowly but surely being saturated with these kind of findings, so their commercial value is not particularly impressive. Without a proper historical context, which is rarely given in the show, nothing they find has a real historical value either. Compare this show to BBC's "Time Team" where professional archaeologists systematically dig out items on a designated site, piecing the whole story together into something rewarding for the viewer. No such thing here at "Diggers'".

Having said that, the show's general fault in my mind isn't the superficiality or the gold digging aspect of it. I actually like watching shows where something forgotten or abandoned is given the new value. I cannot have enough of numerous "container battles" or "storage hunters". This show is basically a flip show but with metal detecting instead of auctioneering. No, the show's fault is having two complete retards run it. They are woefully hopeless, bar-lowering pair of human beings. There used to be a standard, perhaps unwritten, of who is fit enough to host a TV show. Not anymore, I guess.

Diggers is an excellent show!!! KG and Ringy are the most enthusiastic guys on TV! You have to love their passion and excitement! They are genuinely loving what they do and make it contagious for the audience!! Everyone I talk to about this show loves it!! We all crack up about how funny Tim and George are on the show!!

It is refreshing to see a TV show that brings American history back to life which is not only interesting but educational for the whole family! Nice works Tim, George & Mark! Keep up the great work!!! You guys are growing your fan base!!

Mark L. Annapolis, MD

I felt like it was staged a lot, but enjoyed the excitement and the knowledge given about what was found. It wasn't designed to teach how to metal detect more of a fun treasure hunt show.

There's nothing "wrong" with this show. It doesn't take itself too seriously and doesn't try to be something it's not. That said, considering the average viewers palette and how television programming has progressed over the last decade (IE complex drama's like the Shield and Breaking Bad, or the depth of Nova and Cosmos) this show offers very little in keeping my attention. The cast of Diggers are positive and enthusiastic with boyish love for what they do, however I cannot understand why. This is a show that perhaps a toddler or history buff may have on in the background, but not seek out as the primary form of entertainment. There are multiple seasons available so maybe I'm missing something...

I hate media these days. Nearly every new song that comes out is either related to cheating on boyfriend or girlfriends, kids buy new phones then break them, like the ungrateful brats they are, or unintelligently review a video game or television series without knowing the one thing essential to writing reviews: getting your freaking facts right! Let me get to the point... I love Diggers but people don't agree with me. I understand... people are entitled to their own opinions. However, when it comes to the point where I see reviews using words like "retards" or "idiots" to describe the hosts, I realize that I grow up with such ignorance around me. Yes, the hosts jump and scream in excitement over the littlest things (like a button) but the cheesiness brings out to some good nostalgic moments people had as kids. Remember the time you found fools gold and mistaken it as the real deal? Diggers isn't just mindless bozos tugging a the ground for a score. No its a bit more than that. We are all getting older, their no hiding that fact, and diggers brings out a moment in our childhood to much simpler and less media influenced time. IGNORE the poorly written reviews and take this one into account. Watch Diggers and give it a shot.

I enjoy this show for the artifacts they find. But sometimes I have to change channel. I can't stand seeing two grown men act like stupid drunk monkeys. All that screaming is so annoying, and not at all necessary. They need to grow up while they still have some viewer's. Screaming for the other one to come running over to see what they have found. That is very poor acting and also annoying. How many of those items have already been dug up then buried again to make it seem like they just found it. Items don't seem to be very crusted for so many years having been buried.

Love the show...I started metal detecting in 1971 at the age of 14. Ringy and the King were using words that I can relate. They are down to earth,Sure they get a little crazy....so what. I felt the same way when I was pulling treasure out of the ground.... I still hunt at 60..Great hobby... great show....