#archery today was shooting my 90lb draw weight #warbow. I shot 5 dozen arrows at the length of the arrow plus 3 inches so that I could really work on my technique. No walking up and down to retrieve, just take one step forward.

It must have worked. When I decided to have a few ends at 30 yards I had two Robin Hoods in a dozen shots. Broke one plastic #nock and took a hell of a splinter off another #shaft.

Archery can be an expensive sport.

Meeting closes with adjutant #Nock selling #Easter edition of #the"WarCry." Salvation army, #SanFrancisco, #California

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I had a good idea whilst looking for other peoples lost #arrows at my clubs 3D #archery tournament. It was really hard finding #CarbonArrows. Most of them have a tiny pile and a minuscule pin nock. It was really hard to get a decent signal from the metal detector. Wooden arrows tend to have bigger piles but plastic taper nocks so you only get a hit from one end.

I started thinking. A metal detector doesn't actually pick up metal it picks up magnetic fields. One quick search on amazon and you can get 24 2mm diameter x 1mm thick neodymium magnets for 3 quid.

I just tried one of the #magnets with my clubs metal detectors. It works!

The next time I make some #arrows I will add a magnet at each end. There should be enough space at the very tip of the #taper for the pile and #nock. They weight next to nothing so they wont affect the arrow.

Pass it on fellow #archers