hoser
Forum Supporter
I was thinking about our hobby and all the folks here on the forum. And we are quite a diverse group for the most part in my mind. At one point in time we all started out exactly the same. Something we saw, read, or heard sparked the desire for finding treasure. That sense of adventure was almost overwhelming. We just HAD to go out and find our fortune, or so we thought. We all bought a metal detector and started our quest. The interesting part is how at some point in time we fanned out into different types of treasure hunting. Hunting on land for coins and jewelry, hunting for gold in the surf and on a salty beach, looking for relics of the past, prospecting for the lost vein of gold. I know it has everything to do with location too. Here we are land and water, west is prospecting, beach and surf hunting, plus land. Eastern states have the relics and oldest coinage I would guess. You get the point. I personally have done it all at some point and I have resigned myself to 90% land 10% water hunting. I was just curious what was the trigger for all of us. Mine was when a guy found a gold coin water detecting in Cuba. From that day forward I was doomed. What were your triggers.