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Diggers (2012)

Annoying and a ripoff of my idea....

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.