Mudlarking, Detecting, Rambling....
May. 21st, 2025 10:46 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
poliphilo From mudlarking to metal detecting is just a tiny sideways step. And now I'm watching videos related to both.
When YouTube groks that you're interested in a subject it feeds you with more of the same- which is how I come to know more about the Beatles' break-up than anyone apart from Paul and Ringo. I wouldn't say I'm sick of the topic but I'd be glad if YouTube gave it a rest. Why did the Beatles break up? Basically because they grew up and got a life- or lives. Anyway I'm hoping the detectorists and mudlarkers will now push them aside.
Isn't it great that people with a hobby or interest to share no longer have to catch the eye of a cultural gatekeeper- publisher or producer- but can simply take themselves online.
Yes, a lot of what's online is low quality, but the best is as good as anything you'd find of TV. Indeed, better- because freer in content and less bound by formula.
I used to own a metal detector. It was one of the pricey things that went missing when we moved house. I'm afraid I hardly used it, except to amuse the grandkids. I knew a spot on the farm where you'd be guaranteed to find nicely corroded metal railings and tractor parts.
The value of a headless lead soldier you've dug up far surpasses that of an intact lead soldier you can buy in a shop or on eBay- and not just because it comes free. The one is only an artefact but the other is archaeology.
When YouTube groks that you're interested in a subject it feeds you with more of the same- which is how I come to know more about the Beatles' break-up than anyone apart from Paul and Ringo. I wouldn't say I'm sick of the topic but I'd be glad if YouTube gave it a rest. Why did the Beatles break up? Basically because they grew up and got a life- or lives. Anyway I'm hoping the detectorists and mudlarkers will now push them aside.
Isn't it great that people with a hobby or interest to share no longer have to catch the eye of a cultural gatekeeper- publisher or producer- but can simply take themselves online.
Yes, a lot of what's online is low quality, but the best is as good as anything you'd find of TV. Indeed, better- because freer in content and less bound by formula.
I used to own a metal detector. It was one of the pricey things that went missing when we moved house. I'm afraid I hardly used it, except to amuse the grandkids. I knew a spot on the farm where you'd be guaranteed to find nicely corroded metal railings and tractor parts.
The value of a headless lead soldier you've dug up far surpasses that of an intact lead soldier you can buy in a shop or on eBay- and not just because it comes free. The one is only an artefact but the other is archaeology.
