Not that kind of hunting.... I found my Isaan treasure long ago...
A few weeks ago my daughter expressed an interest in treasure hunting, so in my never ending quest to get her off her bladdy tablet I went on Lazada to get a metal detector. The irony that this interest was sparked by some crap she watched on youtube about treasure hunting on her tablet was not lost on me.
On Lazada the metal detectors ranged from around 2000 Baht to 10,000 Baht, so I went with my usual tactic when buying something i know absolutely nothing about... mid range with good reviews. Well, it had 4 stars but the reviews were in Thai. It cost 3900 Baht, so I guess it was either mid-range or a piece of crap that was overpriced. We shall see. I bought it while at work and it was waiting form me when I arrived home yesterday.
First I had to make it...
The Thai instructions were supplemented with some English from Chinese gibberish which didn't help a lot. But once it was all connected up I stuck it on charge overnight while we went out to buy some treasure hunting tools.
Next morning we decided to test it out in the garden before going out treasure hunting in earnest. The controls are a bit confusing and the instructions next to useless. I was relieved to find that the big red knob that dominates the control panel is in fact a 'button'. I was starting to think this wasn't the high-end piece of equipment I'd hoped for.
Before going out I wanted to test the metal detector in real conditions, so i sent my daughter inside while I hid five of my airline spoons and four and a half Baht under the front lawn.
Then the treasure hunting began...
And carried on... and on...
The good news is that the metal detector works. Before getting bored after about half an hour, my young helper found four airline spoons and eleven and a half Baht! She actually found a 10 Baht coin that I hadn't planted, so I guess it was our first genuine piece of treasure.
On the negative side, after another hour searching, I'm still down 3 Baht coins and a Singapore Airlines teaspoon. Should have made a note of where I hid them.
Tomorrow we're off to Rayong for a week on the coast. I hope my daughter doesn't want too many goes on the metal detector as I'm quite excited about what I might find on the beach!