Treasure Hunting on TV

Hey everyone! Thought I'd take some time out to clue some of you in on a few really great shows on TV that might supplement the hobby. Sadly, there are no strict metal detecting related shows on TV, but there are plenty programs that employ the use of the machines in search of all sorts of treasures.

Treasure Quest

"This program on The Discovery Channel follows the employees of Odyssey Marine Exploration as they search the English Channel for various lost ships. The team is led by company CEO Gregory Stemm and Tom Dettweiler (operations director of Robert Ballard's team that discovered the RMS Titanic."

Time Team America

"Time Team America is a new science-reality series from PBS that sends archaeologists on a race against time to excavate historic sites around the nation. The team has 72 hours to uncover the buried secrets of their assigned digs using the latest technology, decades of expertise and their own sharp wits. Host Colin Campbell guides each expedition as viewers peer over the shoulders of diggers, scientists and historians at work. You never know what they'll dig up next!"

Click HERE, scroll down near bottom for a great segment on Magnetometry, the basis behind Metal Detectors.

Treasure Hunter: Kirsten Gum

"The Travel Channel's Treasure Hunter: Kirsten Gum, takes viewers to remote places and follow Kirsten as she braves dangerous environments to get the goods. Whether it is blowing up cliff faces in the Cascade mountains, horseback riding across desolate West Texas ranch land or crabbing in the dangerous ocean off the coast of Washington, you will feel the satisfaction when she unearths her ultimate prize."

A funny side note, as a member of The Official Cash & Treasure group on Facebook, I noticed a member was quoted as saying: "Kirsten could look for grass @ a sod farm and I would watch!!"

Treasure Divers

"Treasure Divers is a documentary/reality series, which follows Shipwreck/Treasure Historian/Captain Carl ‘Fizz’ Fismer and Master Dive Instructor/Treasure Diver Captain Gary Mace, along with their fellow treasure hunters and divers, in their search for sunken, buried, and/or lost worldly and historical treasures."