Okay my detector will be here tomorrow. So, I find stuff. Coins, relics, whatever. Do y'all keep it all as treasure keepsakes, keep the rare stuff, sale rest on eBay. Pawn shop as scrap for cash. Let me know. Thanks
I got back into the hobby because I'm generally energy efficient (i.e. "lazy") when it comes to physical exertion and I was up to 310 pounds. I got my detector in February of this year and started slowly, maybe only beeping once or twice every couple of weeks. Now, I go out both days on weekends and throw in some after work excursions.
Where I live has a lot of history, but not many old public spaces. Still, I've found >1600 coins (about $105) and five rings (four sterling and one junk) and two sterling pendants. Oh, and a 1952 dime and eight wheat pennies. And some interesting relics that I really need to post on these forums, because I'd like to know what I have.
I'm just saving the clad until I have enough to justify getting a coin tumbler. I don't keep an accounting of what I spend detecting (batteries, gas, whatever), because I'm not doing it for the monetary return. I've lost 70 pounds and am more fit than at any point in the 25+ years since I got out of the army.
Still waiting to dig a honker 18k diamond ring, but my point is (after all of that extended blather), that the thrill of the hunt and the time spent doing something that can be exciting and rewarding is worth more than what I find in dollar value.
Everybody has their way of doing it...and your way may be different, but it won't be wrong. Keep what you like and want, box up or divest the rest, and have fun. Happy hunting!