zarocks
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We're all coming out of the woodwork now 
My name is Chris, I'm from the Cleveland area. I am primarily a coin collector but I've been wanting to hunt for awhile now. About a month ago I got my first detector, a Garrett Ace 250. Started in the backyard, got a few old pennies but came up empty quite often. I ordered the Garrett Pinpointer and it's helped tremendously as my recovery "rate" is near 100%.
So far my backyard has yielded quite a large number (20 or so) wheats, including a 1909 (no mm) and 1918, a couple clad dimes. The front yard is mostly memorial cents. Some of my friends have allowed me to search their yards, nothing too special found yet but it's great experience.
Got my first silver a couple weeks ago at an old picnic area, a 1935-s Merc, I've heard this area is hunted heavily so I really feel fortunate to find anything at all.
My hope at this point is to continue what I'm doing (hunting yards of friends) and get enough experience to do some larger-scale group hunts and such. I see there is a MD'ing group in my area (Buckeye Searchers) that I am interested in learning more about.
Any words of advice or encouragement is appreciated as always!
My name is Chris, I'm from the Cleveland area. I am primarily a coin collector but I've been wanting to hunt for awhile now. About a month ago I got my first detector, a Garrett Ace 250. Started in the backyard, got a few old pennies but came up empty quite often. I ordered the Garrett Pinpointer and it's helped tremendously as my recovery "rate" is near 100%.
So far my backyard has yielded quite a large number (20 or so) wheats, including a 1909 (no mm) and 1918, a couple clad dimes. The front yard is mostly memorial cents. Some of my friends have allowed me to search their yards, nothing too special found yet but it's great experience.
Got my first silver a couple weeks ago at an old picnic area, a 1935-s Merc, I've heard this area is hunted heavily so I really feel fortunate to find anything at all.
My hope at this point is to continue what I'm doing (hunting yards of friends) and get enough experience to do some larger-scale group hunts and such. I see there is a MD'ing group in my area (Buckeye Searchers) that I am interested in learning more about.
Any words of advice or encouragement is appreciated as always!
