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Would this be considered an "anti-dig?" - 12/15/2006 11:30:43 PM    Yooper14 Posts: 313 Joined: 4/25/2005 From: Ohio Status: offline Hey everyone. I don't want to muddy up the "digging and finding" forum with this picture, but I think a lot of us cross hobbies in here.  Me, I'm a "Metal-detecting, bottle-digging, insulator-snagging, etc" kind of guy.  I'll be darned if these goofy poles weren't nearly in my own backyard and I never noticed them!  Ripe for the picking.  But rather than climb poles, I'm super excited about a design for a grabber-pole that I'm "inventing" and building.  Anyone else have retrieval methods for insulators on poles they'd like to share? Tim Attachment (1) _____________________________ "Hegel was right when he said that we learn from history that man can never learn anything from history." - Shaw Yooper Post #: 1

RE: Would this be considered an "anti-dig?" - 12/16/2006 12:06:13 AM    capsoda Posts: 7928 Joined: 11/15/2005 From: Seminole,Alabama, USA Status: online Hey Tim, You can buy poles with triger operated fingers on the end. I have seen tree docs with them. _____________________________ Warren Diggin down in Dixie, USA Work is for people who don't dig bottles President, Panhandle Cruisers http://www.panhandlecruisers.org/ (in reply to Yooper14) Post #: 2

RE: Would this be considered an "anti-dig?" - 12/16/2006 12:15:12 AM    SergioWilkins   Posts: 63 Joined: 4/18/2006 Status: offline  I just use climbing gear! It's super effective, and good exercise! Of course, you've got to do it right - I had a couple dozen hours clocked in lessons before I dared climb without someone right beside me whilst doing so. Plus - you really get to see everything from up there. It's better than trying to figure out what you've got from the ground! All the best! (in reply to capsoda) Post #: 3

RE: Would this be considered an "anti-dig?" - 12/16/2006 2:54:56 AM    kastoo   Posts: 1283 Joined: 9/7/2004 From: Lagrange, GA Status: offline You saw this insulator picker page, right? http://myinsulators.com/shelleys-insulators/snag.html (in reply to SergioWilkins) Post #: 4

RE: Would this be considered an "anti-dig?" - 12/16/2006 9:11:41 AM    Yooper14 Posts: 313 Joined: 4/25/2005 From: Ohio Status: offline Great Link - thank you - I hadn't seen that one before! _____________________________ "Hegel was right when he said that we learn from history that man can never learn anything from history." - Shaw Yooper (in reply to kastoo) Post #: 5

RE: Would this be considered an "anti-dig?" - 12/16/2006 10:38:52 AM    capsoda Posts: 7928 Joined: 11/15/2005 From: Seminole,Alabama, USA Status: online What wont a glass collector do for a fix. _____________________________ Warren Diggin down in Dixie, USA Work is for people who don't dig bottles President, Panhandle Cruisers http://www.panhandlecruisers.org/ (in reply to Yooper14) Post #: 6

RE: Would this be considered an "anti-dig?" - 12/16/2006 2:04:20 PM    Yooper14 Posts: 313 Joined: 4/25/2005 From: Ohio Status: offline You got that right.  For me half of this hobby is the challenge of a hunt ... a challenge of finding new sites.  That in itself is a joy to me. _____________________________ "Hegel was right when he said that we learn from history that man can never learn anything from history." - Shaw Yooper (in reply to capsoda) Post #: 7

RE: Would this be considered an "anti-dig?" - 12/16/2006 9:00:24 PM    Brains   Posts: 487 Joined: 9/2/2006 From: Hilliard/columbus ohio Status: offline those look like nice insulators up there, you should do what you can to get them  looks like some light aqua signal insulators as well. _____________________________ Let me know when the telegraph companies want their hemingray-42's back! bryan (in reply to Yooper14) Post #: 8

RE: Would this be considered an "anti-dig?" - 12/16/2006 11:24:55 PM    capsoda Posts: 7928 Joined: 11/15/2005 From: Seminole,Alabama, USA Status: online Hey Tim, Does the word CHAINSAW mean anything to you??? _____________________________ Warren Diggin down in Dixie, USA Work is for people who don't dig bottles President, Panhandle Cruisers http://www.panhandlecruisers.org/ (in reply to Brains) Post #: 9

RE: Would this be considered an "anti-dig?" - 12/17/2006 8:35:04 AM    Yooper14 Posts: 313 Joined: 4/25/2005 From: Ohio Status: offline Cap I've thought of that...too easy.  There's got to be a more difficult way.  Maybe I can post a closer shot of some of the insulators that you guys can peek at and see if you can ID them better. Tim _____________________________ "Hegel was right when he said that we learn from history that man can never learn anything from history." - Shaw Yooper (in reply to capsoda) Post #: 10

RE: Would this be considered an "anti-dig?" - 12/17/2006 11:45:44 AM    capsoda Posts: 7928 Joined: 11/15/2005 From: Seminole,Alabama, USA Status: online Well there is always the Warner Bros. method. Lots of helium filled balloons and float up and get them. I guess a picker would be best though. _____________________________ Warren Diggin down in Dixie, USA Work is for people who don't dig bottles President, Panhandle Cruisers http://www.panhandlecruisers.org/ (in reply to Yooper14) Post #: 11

RE: Would this be considered an "anti-dig?" - 12/17/2006 2:55:27 PM    Brains   Posts: 487 Joined: 9/2/2006 From: Hilliard/columbus ohio Status: offline dont forget to get some down for Me! wish i got to see signals more often. All we got around here is crap! if i were there, that pole would be picked clean by tomorrow morning < Message edited by Brains -- 12/17/2006 2:58:48 PM > _____________________________ Let me know when the telegraph companies want their hemingray-42's back! bryan (in reply to capsoda) Post #: 12

RE: Would this be considered an "anti-dig?" - 12/17/2006 3:29:42 PM    Yooper14 Posts: 313 Joined: 4/25/2005 From: Ohio Status: offline I'm working on making my grabber - this isn't in a spot I can climb easily, nor can I.  So it may be a few days.  Brains, looks like we're in the same neck of the woods - maybe we need to get out and hunt together. Here's a closer picture of some of the insulators on this pole Attachment (1) _____________________________ "Hegel was right when he said that we learn from history that man can never learn anything from history." - Shaw Yooper (in reply to Brains) Post #: 13

RE: Would this be considered an "anti-dig?" - 12/17/2006 3:59:33 PM    Brains   Posts: 487 Joined: 9/2/2006 From: Hilliard/columbus ohio Status: offline ahh yes, central ohio. It looks like we should hunt that line togeather. Perhaps we could arrange somthing on the weekends? Those look like brookfield cd 162's, i would kill, well that might be a little bit much but i would love to have those. They are common insulators but i have yet to find one in the wild. Must find where that is!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! _____________________________ Let me know when the telegraph companies want their hemingray-42's back! bryan (in reply to Yooper14) Post #: 14

RE: Would this be considered an "anti-dig?" - 12/17/2006 8:25:58 PM    zanes_antiques Posts: 2027 Joined: 9/3/2006 From: Steubenville, Ohio Status: offline Wouldn't going after insutators witha chain saw be like digging for bottles with a track hoe? Allow for breakage . _____________________________ I buy, sell, barter, and beg....Zane (in reply to Brains) Post #: 15

RE: Would this be considered an "anti-dig?" - 12/17/2006 9:19:43 PM    Yooper14 Posts: 313 Joined: 4/25/2005 From: Ohio Status: offline You're right, Zane.  Not to mention the general carnage if the tracks are still in heavy use, etc.  The ideal tool would be a cherry-picker truck:  Just back up to the pole, hop in the bucket, up,up,up to the top, grab the goods, hop in the truck, and you're off! _____________________________ "Hegel was right when he said that we learn from history that man can never learn anything from history." - Shaw Yooper (in reply to zanes_antiques) Post #: 16

RE: Would this be considered an "anti-dig?" - 12/17/2006 9:24:29 PM    Brains   Posts: 487 Joined: 9/2/2006 From: Hilliard/columbus ohio Status: offline looks like an older line acually, might do some digging after all when i get there. I can see it all now, steel blue cd 145's to go in the place of my cracked 1 Corse the craked 1 will allways be my favorite), cd 134.4's every where! I'll have to bring all the gear, the grabber pole, the screw driver, the rope ladder, and all that good stuff. _____________________________ Let me know when the telegraph companies want their hemingray-42's back! bryan (in reply to Yooper14) Post #: 17

RE: Would this be considered an "anti-dig?" - 12/17/2006 9:34:49 PM    Yooper14 Posts: 313 Joined: 4/25/2005 From: Ohio Status: offline Looks like I might lose my site! _____________________________ "Hegel was right when he said that we learn from history that man can never learn anything from history." - Shaw Yooper (in reply to Brains) Post #: 18

RE: Would this be considered an "anti-dig?" - 12/17/2006 9:36:26 PM    Brains   Posts: 487 Joined: 9/2/2006 From: Hilliard/columbus ohio Status: offline well you wont LOOS it but i will just tell you the common's are rareand i will kep the "commons" _____________________________ Let me know when the telegraph companies want their hemingray-42's back! bryan (in reply to Yooper14) Post #: 19

RE: Would this be considered an "anti-dig?" - 12/18/2006 3:34:31 PM    Brains   Posts: 487 Joined: 9/2/2006 From: Hilliard/columbus ohio Status: offline ok, so  i wont really tell you the commons are rare. Is that line out in the middle of no where or close to a city? _____________________________ Let me know when the telegraph companies want their hemingray-42's back! bryan (in reply to Brains) Post #: 20

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