Hello, I’m Rick. I have been interested in metal detectors since I was young. While growing up in Northern Minnesota, we lived on a river that had an old homestead beside our property. I use to walk the shoreline of the river and find old bottles, porcelain, arrowheads and other old stuff. My favorite find was a bottle that was blue/green and had “Dr Kilmore’s Swamp Root kidney and Liver remedy” embossed in the glass. When I moved to Alaska my parents donated all my finds to the local museum. I miss the days of searching and have always wanted a metal detector. I will be following along here and look forward to learning from those of you that have been detecting. Thanks for having me.