Vashirdfel
Simply A Masterpiece
Smartorhypo
Highly Overrated But Still Good
Spidersecu
Don't Believe the Hype
countjimula
Let me say first that I'm a avid metal detectorist and would love a show like this if it wasn't so cheesy. 1 year before the show Diggers, I recorded a metal detecting hunt with a professional videographer and sent a treatment to NatGeo TV, A&E and Discovery. At the time, there was no show like it on TV. I never heard back from any of the said networks. Nothing ventured, nothing gained I guess. Thought a treasure hunting/metal detecting show would make for some interesting TV. I'm not nor have I ever been a conspiracy theorist, but I'd bet they liked the idea and ripped it off. Guess I wasn't zany enough for them so they needed a couple overly fake zealous detectorists finding pre-buried crap to make the show entertaining.This show does nothing to champion this awesome hobby but manages to perpetuate the image that detectorists are an odd, eccentric bunch of nut jobs - not to mention it's a 60 minute advertising for Garrett metal detectors. No doubt the single reason they're suddenly so dominant in the industry.
ian959
I don't watch TV ordinarily but on a recent trip overseas I got a little bit hooked on the National Geographic Channel as they have some really cool, interesting and entertaining shows.Diggers is not one of them...On the plus side I guess the guys are VERY enthusiastic and they do visit some interesting locations.On the down side, the show is boringly monotonous and the endless 'Diggers jargon' soon grates like crazy as there is not much in their dictionary. How many times can a viewer possibly be expected to suffer phrases like 'I see round in the hole' in any 30 minute period, no matter how enthusiastically delivered? By the end of the first show I watched I was ready to smash the TV the next time I heard another one of the 'Diggers dictionary' phrases. The enthusiasm starts to grate too when the guys go off when they discover something 'awesome' - rolling on the ground, running through the forest or whatever. They remind me of 8 year old kids let loose from school for the first time in months... Oh and just about everything they seem to find is awesome. Hint: it usually isn't.This is a fine example of exactly why reality TV is killing the medium. Pure rubbish of the highest (or should that be lowest?) order.
flowergoddess67
Great show, these guys are soo enthusiastic. They are part of "glass is half full" crowd.......which got me thinking, hmmmmmm, let's make a drinking game, kinda like "hi Bob" the bob newhart show for all you youngsters....but take a shot every time they say "nectar", or roundness, warning... you will get drunk! Try it,you'll see. Keep up the good work guys, maybe y'all get a wife one day:-) we had to stop halfway. C'mon I dare you to go the full length!! I would advise you not to start with 80 proof. If you are REALLY brave another word is "ringy" or "in the pocket" have fun ad keep digging,ad we'll keep drinkin:-)
Ken D
Firstly, this isn't like American Diggers or other TV-archaeology shows. Far less drama and suspense, their investigations and results are more casual and less intensive (essentially, more realistic for amateurs) than similar shows. The detailed history and trivia during their search keeps it interesting, though it would be nice to have more detail or visual reference to where specifically the guys are searching on a site, IMO they use some strategies and techniques that would help fill in the progression of an episode, were they explained in the narration.They don't find big-ticket items every time (rather rarely, like real life), but it remains solidly entertaining and intriguing if you've got an interest in history or archaeology/metal detecting, there's a little added drama (they freak out and tackle each other an awful lot, though) but comparatively little. The locations, history and significance of what they do and what they find is well-presented and has a solid depth of knowledge, and interviews with local experts in each show add a nice degree of depth/individuality to each location that's not commonly seen.That said, my only real issue is with the hosts, or more specifically the script (or sparseness thereof). I like watching the duo find interesting and/or valuable stuff, the guys are interesting, if slightly quirky characters with a good dynamic and enthusiastic about what's usually a slow process, but hearing "juice", "nectar" "roundness" "roundness/nectar in the hole, baby" (+definition blurb) and randomly slanged terms repeated haphazardly and almost ad nauseum every time they find or extract a cool item gets a little old.Your experience may vary if you're familiar with and/or enjoy the pseudo-terminology they use, but as someone who's not into the metal detecting hobby or scene (at least not yet, it does make me curious) the odd and very random terms get a little bit pointless and a little grating eventually, though not enough to kill the entertainment value of the show, and not enough to stop me from watching it quite yet. It's pretty good TV if you don't mind a random dash of silliness thrown in.
