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RE: TV production company looking for real 'diggers' - 3/12/2008 7:31:47 AM   
Bottleman


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Status: offline 		Sounds like a scam to me. I am also a member of a trapping forum and the same exact thing happened a few months ago. A new guy came onto our site saying he was making a video production on trapping and wanted to tape anyone who was interested. The same thing happened here where people first got into a big discussion why public publicity would help and hurt the hobby. Then we finally figured out it was a big scam that someone was pulling from overseas. I WOULD NOT give any personal information to this person! This guy does not want to give up his company name because it does not exist and he doesn’t want us doing a search and finding this out. I sent him an email six days asking him what state the production was out of and no reply yet. Check out this link:

http://www.ripoffreport.com/reports/0/231/RipOff0231851.htm

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RE: TV production company looking for real 'diggers' - 3/12/2008 12:55:18 PM   
idig

 

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Status: offline 		what a joke! yada yada yada! blah blah blah!

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RE: TV production company looking for real 'diggers' - 3/12/2008 8:43:29 PM   
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what a joke! yada yada yada! blah blah blah!

WTF?

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RE: TV production company looking for real 'diggers' - 3/12/2008 11:40:48 PM   
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Status: offline 		Well said Doug....I agree totally with you my friend. I am not nearly so articulate as others, but in my 35 yrs of digging experience, I have seen a lot of good and bad things happen to our wonderful hobby. It is encouraging to see young collectors getting into bottle collecting and digging, so hopefully some of us more experienced diggers should always be willing to share information and help teach others who are sincerely interested in helping preserve our buried history. I dont mind taking interested diggers along with me on my digs and showing them the ropes, but unfortunately I've been "burned" a lot by guys not filling in their holes properly or stealing my permissions, etc. There's just too much greed that has ruined many bottle collectors and diggers over the years. We all like to dig a good bottle, but if that's all we think about is the dollar value of a bottle, then we are falling into the same trap of greed that has robbed the joy of collecting from so many.  
      As far as publicity for our hobby goes....there's nothing wrong with bottle collectors wanting to share some our wisdom and what we've learned with others, but we have to be very careful to avoid getting "burned" by TV shows or media who usually are not going to present what we do in a favorable light to the public. As for me personally, I prefer to keep a low profile, so that I can keep doing what I have enjoyed doing since I was a little boy...and hope to be able to keep digging for many more years. My dad taught me to "never aggravate a nest of hornets needlessly". So many of our freedoms are being taken away already.....let's be careful or we may lose even more! (....just my 2 cents worth.....Digger Dave Beeler St.Louis,MO 

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RE: TV production company looking for real 'diggers' - 3/13/2008 2:02:19 AM   
ktbi


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From: California, Vacaville
Status: offline 		How about a wrap-up:
  • Bottle values are important, and all of us discuss and display our bottles relative to value in some fashion.
  • History is equally, if not more so, important and the historical context of our finds is actaully what keeps a majority of us in the hobby for so long. I love holding a bottle previously peddled by a snake-oil dealer off the back of some wagon. I don't think what I do is terribly inconsistent with most others on this forum.  I have a small library of books and articles on bottles and must have 100 web pages bookmarked to help me identify manufactuers, history, and yes - values of my collection.  I also have a personal database to record info for each bottle. I should stay away from the stock markey is this is my idea of making money.  I'm a bit behind....
  • A very small percentage of people are 'in it solely for the money'.  Some people do make a living off of bottles, but they (mostly) aren't diggers or even collectors, and damn few if any actually get what I'd call wealthy off bottles alone. To be honest, I'm glad those few are around as it gives me the opportunity to find a few bottles I never will be able to dig myself. There is a needed and welcome place for them in the hobby.
  • Selling a rare and expensive bottle you personally dug for a healthy profit is a good thing.  Gives others a chance to own something unique and helps defray the considerable time and expense the original digger invested to get to it. There is an awful lot of trading just on this forum.  I've participated and will continue to do so.
  • As many people on this forum predicted - if the show become a reality, there will be a rush of get rich quickers who jump into the hobby and then jump back out just as quickly when the actual labor is factored in.  Sell em their equipment at the high price initially and buy it back at a low price "used only once" a month or two later

I so thoroughly enjoy being a member of this forum/hobby and looking forward to meeting more of you in person in the future.....Ron

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RE: TV production company looking for real 'diggers' - 3/14/2008 8:43:54 PM   
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Status: online 		Amen Ron, I couldn't have said it better myself.

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RE: TV production company looking for real 'diggers' - 3/14/2008 8:50:34 PM   
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Status: online 		Excellent summary.

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RE: TV production company looking for real 'diggers' - 3/18/2008 6:11:10 PM   
pupman

 

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Status: offline 		That cash and treasures show was nothing but an abomination-it spoke of one thing loud and clear $$$$$,  Kev

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