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If you would like to emulate rock's idols of yore by hunting for buried coins the same way they do, the Bill Wyman Signature Detector, designed by the former Rolling Stone, could be for you! "It is child's play to use and you don't have to worry about technical controls," according to the official site, although there is no word on whether or not it will find you a young wife who will later renounce you for God. [Via]
Satisfaction guaranteed. Girl reaction is not.
"Late night television joke about Mick being that guy who drives with his left blinker on all the time."
Detecting with Bill
After I've been out metal detecting I come home with my pockets full, wash the finds, spread them out to dry and begin to wonder what they all are. Then I can invent my own stories about how a particular coin or brooch came to be in that field.
For example, take this spectacular golden brooch from what I would imagine is about the 1300's. What's it doing on my property here in the Suffolk wetlands? I wonder. If I close my eyes, clutch this golden brooch and think back to long ago I can see a lady, a milkmaid perhaps. Yes, that's it, a milkmaid, a bosomy milkmaid, with long red hair, her blouse carelessly open to a soft morning mist. She's sitting on a stone thing, kind of like a bench, beside a curling stream, holding this brooch and quietly crying. Her name is Mildred. Mildred? No, it's Bethany. Hmmm, no. Her name is Gwyneth. Frida? No, Janis. No, Lilith. Her name is Agnes? Yes, Agnes. Agnes, that's it, with long red hair, sitting on a stone bench-like thing, her blouse carelessly open to a soft morning mist. She's clutching this golden brooch, holding it close to her wondering if her husband… No, her lover. Her secret lover. She's wondering if her secret lover will ever return. Yes, her handsome secret lover, a musician for the king of Rolling Stonenham… actually, he's more like a knight from Rolling Stonealot. A fearless knight with good rhythm. He also plays bass guitar. Her secret lover, the fearless bass-playing knight, Sir Bill, from the kingdom of Rolling Stonealot of Wymania; the slayer of many dragons and the sworn mortal enemy of Sir Paul the Moon Face, the stupid moon-faced git, the stupid snooty moon-faced git of a bass playing knight of Beatlemania. And now Sir Bill is standing behind his lovely Agnes with a surprise. "Do not cry my fair lady, for I return to you with an offering" he says. And she turns around is very surprised to see Sir Bill standing there with Paul the stupid moon-faced knight's head stuck on the end of his bass sword guitar. "You are so handsome and brave," Agnes says. They embrace and then go look for more treasure.
Detecting makes history so much more interesting – it's a great hobby.
From: https://www.billwymandetector.com/bill.html?PHPSESSID=f3a31d61e2bb33069d6287eeb3ff840f
This is Screen Name
I hope I die before I get old.
I ain't sayin' she's a gold digger…