SpringfieldXD
Junior Member
I just got into this hobby within the last year. I have a question for those of you who have been doing this since the late 70s (or whenever the technology allowed hobbyist hunting to really take off).
As far as non beach detecting goes, in the beginning were you finding the old silver coins and other interesting things pretty regularly in public parks? There are some parks in my town that are well over a hundred years old so they must have had some cool things iin them at the beginning of the hobby but now they have very little left.
It's obvious that the best chance you have now of finding anything intersting is by doing research and getting permission to hunt areas that have never (or rarely) been hunted before...
This is your chance to regale me with stories of the "good old days" of metal detecting - I can guarantee you that nobody else will EVER give you this chance!
As far as non beach detecting goes, in the beginning were you finding the old silver coins and other interesting things pretty regularly in public parks? There are some parks in my town that are well over a hundred years old so they must have had some cool things iin them at the beginning of the hobby but now they have very little left.
It's obvious that the best chance you have now of finding anything intersting is by doing research and getting permission to hunt areas that have never (or rarely) been hunted before...
This is your chance to regale me with stories of the "good old days" of metal detecting - I can guarantee you that nobody else will EVER give you this chance!