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danhughes1 commented 8 months ago

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Fields - Bide My Time.1969

Fields" is kind of an oddity; especially for a record label that's best known for a more pop-oriented catalog.

The album's overall feel is very bl...

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danhughes1 said:

I remember playing both sides of this single (flip was Take You Home) on my college radio station when it was released, 1968 or 1969. Still love it, and can't understand why it wasn't a smash.

---Dan, danhughes - dot - net

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  Metal Detecting - Digging a Coin

  How to dig a coin, by Dan Hughes (http://treasuremanual.com ). Use a knife with a rounded end (so you don't tear up your palm when you push it int...

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  danhughes1 said:

  Tennis Champ, what detector are you using? It may be one that has trouble pinpointing, which would cause you problems in locating the coin. The closer you can pinpoint with your detector, the easier it will be to find the coin when you begin digging.

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  Metal Detecting - Digging a Coin

  How to dig a coin, by Dan Hughes (http://treasuremanual.com ). Use a knife with a rounded end (so you don't tear up your palm when you push it int...

  10,992 views

  danhughes1 said:

  Ricardo, the horseshoe cut is fine. I just feel it is easier for me to cut straight lines than circles!

  Also, I think the straight-line cut does less damage to the grass. You are more likely to rip or tear the grass when you change direction in mid-cut.

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  Dick Feller - 'Biff the Friendly Purple Bear'

  This is the only place on YouTube you can get this very hard to get 'tear jerker'. It was released 1973.

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  Now I was a play horse you pulled w...

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  danhughes1 said:

  This song is Puff the Magic Dragon the way it SHOULD have been - with a happy ending instead of a sad one.

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  Dan and Emily Play Noseball

  Emily is a border collie. This video was made in 1996.

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  danhughes1 said:

  David says, "You and Emily show a great rapport...."

  Intellectual equals.

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danhughes1 commented 10 months ago

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The Metal Detecting Manual

A few short testimonials for THE METAL DETECTING MANUAL, by Dan Hughes.

http://treasuremanual.com

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danhughes1 said:

Steve, if your wife thinks my book is too expensive, you'd better not buy it! Gotta keep peace in the family!

I will say that nobody who has ever bought it has complained of its price after they read it. Read this:

tinyurl-dot-com/6j7l2p4

And here are some notes I got from buyers:

tinyurl-d...

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danhughes1 commented 11 months ago

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Catching a tree

I know this is a very old video but I would like to know if any one know what this is all about? Is it some kind of extreme sport?

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It was an ad for a sports cable network (ESPN? Fox Sports?). It had a note at the end, which is missing from this clip, saying that their network didn't carry these bizarre foreign sports - it carried what most viewers wanted to see - football, basketball, and baseball. There was at least one o...

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  Catching a tree

  I know this is a very old video but I would like to know if any one know what this is all about? Is it some kind of extreme sport?

  3,508 views

  danhughes1 said:

  It was an ad for a sports cable network (ESPN? Fox Sports?). It had a note at the end, which is missing from this clip, saying that their network didn't carry these bizarre foreign sports - it carried what most viewers wanted to see - football, basketball, and baseball. There was at least one o...

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  When Radio Was #2

  History of radio broadcasting

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  danhughes1 said:

  Actually, it's very doubtful that Fessenden made that famous broadcast. Here's the story:

  rwonline.com/article/258

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