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Hello, my name is Brent and I am new to the hobby! I just bought a detector at a yard sale and am excited to get started. I'm looking for information about the detector I bought but cannot find a brand name on the thing anywhere. I'd like to find the manual to learn how to use it. Any help...

Hello Group! I am Greg, I live in a North Atlanta Suburb, I am 57 yrs. old and I have been metal detecting since 2015. I use Garrett detectors. I have an AT Pro and an AT Gold. I primarily focus on relic hunting but as a coin collector, I love finding coins as well. I have a large collection of...

Hello from South Africa. I am new to the forum, but not new to metal detecting. I have been detecting for many years, and mainly focus on British military relics from the South African frontier wars.

Hello all, I have owned a metal detector (White's Coinmaster GT) for about 4-5 years now, and have gone on several 'hunts' with my younger kids. (My wife and I have 5: 8-19 yrs old.) Our hunts have never been super successful - dug way more trash than treasure, but we enjoy being outside and...

Hello my name is William, I’m 19 and live in the Wilmington area. I’ve been detecting for awhile but would still consider myself a novice. I’m particularly interested in civil war relics and early America history. I do enjoying lots of different types of hunting though. My current machine is a...

Hey all! I am brand new to this forum after detecting for ~2 years on and off. I just graduated college this past spring and have started my full time job as a biochemist. I typically spend my weekends at the beach (Wildwood NJ) metal detecting the shore for treasures :cool3: . I just...

Howdy from South Texas! I was big into metal detecting when I was a teen back in the 90's, but took a very long break from it until this past winter when I got my hands on an Equinox 600 and dove right off the deep end into the metal detecting world! I am a video producer by day. Have been for...

Hi all! Just went out for a real first hunt last weekend and can't get over how fully enjoyable metal detecting is. And the detectorist community seems to be top of the line! Here's a bit of a story from my first hunt on open land: Today we are time travelers and the morning greets us with...

Hi All. I am new to this forum. I started this hobby in April and am addicted now. I have a Harbor Freight detector (sat in the box about a year) and after about a month I bought a Garrett Ace 300. I also have the carrot. When I save up, I plan to get the AT Pro or AT Max. I joined my local club...

my name is harry.im from Williamsport pa. I'm new here.i detect mostly Sullivan and Lycoming co. pa. I have 5 detectorsleft.sold my v3i and mxt,they were ripping my back and shoulder apart. I still have f2, t2, f75 garrett 2500gti with treasure hound, and the atmax.looking for someone to detect...

I just joined Friendly Forum today. I've been looking around in here for awhile. I like to coin and relic hunt. I live in Independence, MO. This is a great forum, looking forward to learning from you guys. I've been detecting for a little over ten years.

My name is Nia and I am a complete and total bumbling noob. Heck, I am still researching what detector to buy. And I am desperately seeking a club or person(s) to help teach me the ropes. I am in the San Francisco Bay Area, Contra Costa County. I think I need to metal detect/treasure...

First off, I'm from the Binghamton NY area and would like to start detecting. It was my 11 year old daughters idea, and after watching countless videos with her, I am fascinated. We are an outdoors type family and spend a great deal of time fishing, camping, hiking, etc, so it seems like another...

Hello all, I'm new to the hobby and the forum. I'm 55 and in the Woodland Hills, Calabassas aera of Los Angeles,CA. I'm open to meet up, get out there and looks for some treasures. Happy hunting everyone!;)

Hello everyone! Thanks Carol and Vlad for having me as a part of the group. My name is Juan and I live in St. Clair County, Illinois. Just bought my first detector: a Teknetics Delta 4000. So far I have pulled about a dollar fifty worth of clad and a few pieces of junk out of the yard...

Hello all, New to the forum, been detecting for a few years now. Started with an Ace 350 which I love... unforntuantly my first one drown... tear tear.. Been out of the game for a little over a yr... Hasn't been easy... lol As soon as the warm weather hit here in Jersey Its all I could...

Hi All, I'm really new to all this and have been reading a TON of your posts, you guys are great! Anyway I look forward to picking all of your collective brains :) Andy

Just wanted to introduce myself on here. =] I just got myself a Garrett Ace 350 a couple weeks ago and I'm in love with this hobby! I found a bunch of coins on the beach in Michigan while I was there for visiting my dad. He was the one who got me into metal detecting and this forum. His SN is...

hello all my name is Anthony. I have just recently taken up metal detecting I bought my first metal detector as of feb. of this year I have played with it out in my yard and think ive got the hang of all the basics. so far I found a quarter and two nickels plus a seventies model hot wheels car...

Hi everyone. Please check out my profile. I am a very new metal detectorist. Looking forward to learning many new things on this forum web site. Scott