newbies

if you are new to this forum and ask for advice then please put your city/state in your profile. This allows us to give you more specific advice. For instance if you live in AZ then we won't be giving you much advice on hunting ocean beaches, but you will receive some good advice on desert gold...

I have talked to numerous newbies and long-time owners of detectors and some seem apologetic about their beginner’s detector they are using. Well they should not be. I hunt with my son and he uses an Ace 250 and I hunt with my Equinox 800 on our civil war relic hunts. And guess what? There is...

Hello from New Hampshire! Yes, another newbie here to learn, dig, laugh and hopefully find a few treasures to share. I've always wanted to get into this hobby but never really made the time too. Hubby bought me a Bounty Hunter IV for Christmas to get me started and to see if this is really...

ok, maybe this has been discussed before. But I noticed when reading post of people new to metal detecting, they seem to always be men. Is there something that is unique about men and metal detecting? Here is my theory: Men have hobbies and women have women friends. They spend their time...

Hey guys and girls. Welcome to the exciting world of metal detecting! Soon you'll be digging up millions of dollars worth of lost gold and jewels. And by "Millions" I mean thousands, and by "gold and jewels" I mean pull tabs and bottle caps. :grin: Seriously you'll find some great suff. But...