My Favorite Hobby

My favorite hobby is metal detecting.I enjoy metal detecting because every time I dig a hit I have a little moment of excitement about what it could possibly be. It could be anything from a ring to a pocket watch or something as simple as a rail spike. Some things that I have found while metal detecting, that have a value, are a white gold ring, an old pocket watch, a screwdriver from the early to mid 1900's, and a 1950's Derringer cap gun. The screw driver I found comes apart and inside of the main screw driver is a smaller screwdriver and inside that screwdriver is another smaller one, this goes on for three more screwdrivers. Some items that are typical to find while metal detecting are invaluable things such as pennies, nickels, aluminum cans, beer bottle caps, gum wrappers, nails, scrap metal, and rail spikes. I typically only find rail spikes when I'm at a park near a rail road. To me metal detecting is a hobby and that is all it will ever be. Some people metal detect for a living. The people who do this for a living take it very seriously and will get into fights over little five foot by five foot squares of beach. To me metal detecting will always just be something fun to do every now and than, never a full time forty to sixty hour a week job.