Diggers (TV series)

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Diggers
Genre Reality television
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  • George Wyant
  • Tim Saylor
Country of origin United States
Original language(s) English
No. of seasons 3
No. of episodes 40+
Production
Running time 23 minutes
Release
Original network National Geographic Channel
Audio format Dolby Digital Stereo
Original release August 23, 2013 (2013-08-23) –
present
External links
Website

Diggers is an American reality television series, shown on National Geographic Channel. Filmed in various locations across the United States, the series follows hobbyist metal detectorists “King George” Wyant and his friend Tim “The Ringmaster” Saylor travel the United States, looking for historical artifacts. Landowners, historians and archaeologists invite them to search various areas looking for overlooked historical items.[1]

Episodes

Diggers is currently (as of 2015) in its third season, with over 40 episodes.

Cast

  • “King George” Wyant - A born and bred Montana boy. The outdoors is Wyant's playground; hunting, fishing, skiing and metal detecting.
  • Tim “The Ringmaster” Saylor - An Iowa native who started metal detecting in high school. He was hooked on the hobby when he began recovering silver coins in his own backyard. Saylor's luck really runs high when it comes to finding rings, though, so that's how he landed the nickname "Ringy."[2]

Criticism

In 2012, it was reported that the Society for American Archaeology was mounting a campaign against Diggers. They said these shows encouraged looting of American archaeological sites.[3]

See also

References

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  2. ↑ http://blog.metaldetector.com/2014/02/%E2%80%9Cdiggers%E2%80%9D-are-back-in-action-for-an-all-new-season-of-metal-detecting/
  3. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.

External links

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