just_curious
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- Nov 20, 2017
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Hey everybody, new member here. Thanks for the add and I can't wait to interact, learn, help, meet-up, etc. with you all.
A little about me, I am currently in the military and stationed in GA. I just recently got into metal detecting and motivated to learn and eager to get some good finds!
Last time I went to my home town on leave, a tried my hand at prospecting. After that, the research was on and soon I discovered that gold was very prominent in GA/AL at one point. The prospecting videos that I would watch eventually lead me down the path of watching nugget detecting videos and I just had to have a shot at that. So, I bought my first gold detector (minelab Goldmonster 1000). Then, I found an estate sale with another nugget detector and got it dirt cheap (White's GMZ). Well as we all know, prospecting is time consuming, and has to take place in certain areas. Well me being in the military and having that schedule, along with living 2-3 hours from any gold bearing areas, I had to fill that void somehow.
I decided I was going to look for old coins/jewelry/relics locally when I wasn't able to make those trips to northern-ish GA. I tried using my gold detectors for coin shooting, but man that was a mistake. So, eventually I got myself some coin/relic detectors. I got me 2 White's Spectrum XLT's along with a "Magnum Forcefield Depth plus" coil and a "Hothead professional Search coil" and its been hours, upon hours (more like days) spent with boots on the ground and swinging those puppies. Nothing significant to note as of yet, but time and persistence will pay off (hopefully).
Also, I just recently bought me a White's Goldmaster2 and really looking forward to using that.
I have been spending countless hours looking at old maps, researching treasure legends, hunting down possible "conspiracies" and essentially just teaching myself the real history instead of what was taught to me in school. I think I have came up with some really good info, and I cant wait to chase those leads down.
So that's a little bit about me. Also, one last thing. Since I am not originally from here, and don't have friends/family around that are into this stuff, I am always looking to get out there and hunt with new people. This is especially important when you live in a state/region where there is no such thing as public property and the laws regarding metal detecting don't make the hobby to easy. So maybe some of you have family and friends with good properties that would let you detect on and you just want the company or try to cover more ground, let me know. Or even if that's not the case and you've had your eye on some properties but too nervous to do some door knocking, I have no problem asking for permission. I have pretty good people/communication skills, am able to establish a relationship with somebody at the door, and have only been turned down once (and I think it's because I wasn't able to actually talk to the homeowner herself, just relayed the message through the care-taker).
Anyways, enough about me, can't wait to learn what I don't know, and contribute what I do know and possibly make some friends/partners in between. Happy thanksgiving everybody!
A little about me, I am currently in the military and stationed in GA. I just recently got into metal detecting and motivated to learn and eager to get some good finds!
Last time I went to my home town on leave, a tried my hand at prospecting. After that, the research was on and soon I discovered that gold was very prominent in GA/AL at one point. The prospecting videos that I would watch eventually lead me down the path of watching nugget detecting videos and I just had to have a shot at that. So, I bought my first gold detector (minelab Goldmonster 1000). Then, I found an estate sale with another nugget detector and got it dirt cheap (White's GMZ). Well as we all know, prospecting is time consuming, and has to take place in certain areas. Well me being in the military and having that schedule, along with living 2-3 hours from any gold bearing areas, I had to fill that void somehow.
I decided I was going to look for old coins/jewelry/relics locally when I wasn't able to make those trips to northern-ish GA. I tried using my gold detectors for coin shooting, but man that was a mistake. So, eventually I got myself some coin/relic detectors. I got me 2 White's Spectrum XLT's along with a "Magnum Forcefield Depth plus" coil and a "Hothead professional Search coil" and its been hours, upon hours (more like days) spent with boots on the ground and swinging those puppies. Nothing significant to note as of yet, but time and persistence will pay off (hopefully).
Also, I just recently bought me a White's Goldmaster2 and really looking forward to using that.
I have been spending countless hours looking at old maps, researching treasure legends, hunting down possible "conspiracies" and essentially just teaching myself the real history instead of what was taught to me in school. I think I have came up with some really good info, and I cant wait to chase those leads down.
So that's a little bit about me. Also, one last thing. Since I am not originally from here, and don't have friends/family around that are into this stuff, I am always looking to get out there and hunt with new people. This is especially important when you live in a state/region where there is no such thing as public property and the laws regarding metal detecting don't make the hobby to easy. So maybe some of you have family and friends with good properties that would let you detect on and you just want the company or try to cover more ground, let me know. Or even if that's not the case and you've had your eye on some properties but too nervous to do some door knocking, I have no problem asking for permission. I have pretty good people/communication skills, am able to establish a relationship with somebody at the door, and have only been turned down once (and I think it's because I wasn't able to actually talk to the homeowner herself, just relayed the message through the care-taker).
Anyways, enough about me, can't wait to learn what I don't know, and contribute what I do know and possibly make some friends/partners in between. Happy thanksgiving everybody!