Other hobbies

[Longhair]

For me it's guns, crossbows, hunting stuff, performance motorcycles/racing, and since I make my living with them horses, anvils, and forges. Some of my stuff is collectable, but for the most part I use them.

 

[Digger Don]

I think Tony may have started a new thread. Photos of our selves in the 80s.

 

[Skamaniac]

Put the detector in a back pack ~ hop on the bike go for a ride ~ stop and do some hunting ~ back onto the bike and head home. No need to miss out on bike time! I like to do that on the east coast, much easier to find a parking spot at the beach with the bike and I get to combine two hobby's!

That is actually in my plans for this summer. Great minds think alike.

 

[NJJOSH]

You guys have very nice collections and hobbies. My other hobbies are collecting silver bars by cashing in my clad and metal working, Heres a pic of most of my clad and a few pieces of my work. If any of you are bored you can find my soon to be wife and I on Facebook Benjiandthebanditwelding

This chair was made from 1951 ford tractor fenders and 200 year old barn cedar.

Sunfish and sea turtle.


I made these two sand scoops 2 years ago and haven't used them 5 times

 

[Digger Don]

Very nice metalwork. Love that Turtle !!

 

[aloldstuff]

Great looking metal work. Gotta agree that turtle looks fantastic

 

[freemindstuck]

I like the fish and water lily and how you incorporated the drift wood. Looking good!

 

[NJJOSH]

Thank you guys. I enjoy metal working a lot. Just wish i used my sand scoops more lol

 

[Tom]

I bet there is someone out there who would kill to get those fenders you made a chair out of!

 

[NJJOSH]

I bet there is someone out there who would kill to get those fenders you made a chair out of!

They should of beat me to the junk yard then:lol:

 

[coinnut]

They should of beat me to the junk yard then:lol:

They just might, when you eventually junk the chair :lol: Looks like they will pop off of there and can be repaired. You do great work. I may need to hire you to make me a custom park shovel I wanted, since I couldn't get Lesche to do one for me

 

[NJJOSH]

They just might, when you eventually junk the chair :lol: Looks like they will pop off of there and can be repaired. You do great work. I may need to hire you to make me a custom park shovel I wanted, since I couldn't get Lesche to do one for me

I can't get any love on my chair. Its the most comfortable ever. I would be more than happy to build you what ever you would like George. Maybe work out a deal like ill build it and you take me cellar hole hunting. and not one of those that was hit in the contest thats going on with you and del

 

[coinnut]

I can't get any love on my chair. Its the most comfortable ever. I would be more than happy to build you what ever you would like George. Maybe work out a deal like ill build it and you take me cellar hole hunting. and not one of those that was hit in the contest thats going on with you and del

We love the chair....but we love the parts better:lol: I would pay you for the shovel, the cellar holes are free cause they all are hit these days. So prepare to work hard and long for those crusty coppers :clapping: But first is first....get rid of that damn snow :girlcry:

 

[Lowjiber]

I hunt meteorites in the desert, and seriously dabble in astronomy.

I used to windsurf, but moving to the desert pretty much put the skids on that one.

 

[KCFindIt]

You guys have the coolest other hobbies and collections, and some of you are obviously very naturally talented. I am so envious.
I grew up (in the 70s and 80s) with an interest in metal detecting, but it wasn't an obsession. I had a cheap little detector, and I found a few old coins, but it faded, although I never completely forgot about it. Then the work years hit and I have always had a high work drive as a number one priority. Now that I've aged a bit, my focus has returned to metal detecting.
My pets and farm animals are what keeps my interest when I'm not detecting. I love my cows and cats and chickens and horse and goats and sheep and dog...
Kasey

 

[Tom]

I can't get any love on my chair. Its the most comfortable ever. I would be more than happy to build you what ever you would like George. Maybe work out a deal like ill build it and you take me cellar hole hunting. and not one of those that was hit in the contest thats going on with you and del

Didn't mean I did not like the chair Josh, you did a great job, just I like the fenders better!:yahoo:Of course I'm an old tractor guy so I see different value in the parts. Because the fenders came off of an old ford, I'm really not too offended. :rofl: Although I made a lot of money fixing fords, I just don't like them.

 

[NJJOSH]

Didn't mean I did not like the chair Josh, you did a great job, just I like the fenders better!:yahoo:Of course I'm an old tractor guy so I see different value in the parts. Because the fenders came off of an old ford, I'm really not too offended. :rofl: Although I made a lot of money fixing fords, I just don't like them.

I hear you on the parts value. to me I'm saving it from melt down. So you would like the table i made from a farmall H grill?:lol: What kind of tractors you into?

 

[Tom]

I hear you on the parts value. to me I'm saving it from melt down. So you would like the table i made from a farmall H grill?:lol: What kind of tractors you into?

I'm not into the BIG tractors, what I like to collect are called "Garden Tractors". I have a few of the old sears ones from the 60s and 70s. I just picked up two Cub Cadets, one with a loader on it and the other with both a snow blower and a mower deck! The Cubs are vintage 1968! Of course I also have my very large backhoe a Case 580B CK. That's for the really deep MD signals!

 

[NJJOSH]

I'm not into the BIG tractors, what I like to collect are called "Garden Tractors". I have a few of the old sears ones from the 60s and 70s. I just picked up two Cub Cadets, one with a loader on it and the other with both a snow blower and a mower deck! The Cubs are vintage 1968! Of course I also have my very large backhoe a Case 580B CK. That's for the really deep MD signals!

Very sweet i love garden tractors i mow with a 1973 wheel horse. My soon to be father inlaw restores them he has a lot of the early model rj's he also has an early Three wheeled copar panzer with a side sickle bar.

 

[del]

wow mg: some great hobbies , Josh you have some serious skills :notworthy: love the chair :smitten:
Tony that comic book collection is HUGE , they must be worth a "pretty penny " now .

Longhair thats a sweet bike , looks scarey fast too. :thumbsup02:

Freemindstuck you have some real talent with the wood working , those are some beautifully intricate looking puzzles.:notworthy:

Don , that is a great collection of fossils . something i miss finding when i lived out in Arizona.

unfortunately i sold some of my hobby projects off years ago ( 70 supersport , 68 malibu and 68 supersport el camino) but I'm still madly in love with the older chevelles and someday i'll get me another one. Until then I still wheel my Jeep wrangler and spend time camping ( i can't wait to go either) with my kids and Wife.