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Hello-I have been reading everyone's posts for awhile, so I thought I should join and say hello.
I have said for at least 20 years that I wanted to get a real detector, and finally broke down and did it. I still have a 30+ year old Sears detector I had in high school. It will find a silver dollar at 1" if you are lucky
(It comes in handy finding nails in lumber)
I bought a used Fisher CZ5 from Bob Kerr at Niagara Detector. It hasn't arrived yet, but I'm sure he gave me a great deal.
I am fortunate to live on 160 acres on a small river in Northern Wisconsin. I got fired up for the detector when I founds out the small trail (tote road) that crosses our land has a lot more history than I realized. I found out it dates back to the late 1800's, and was at one time the only route in to our area. That got me started researching the area and discovering a lot of local history I didn't know.
Our area is all glacial in origin. There is an esker (locally known as the hogsback) that snakes across our property. Old Indian trail maybe? Gold?, well- odds are not good for gold, but float copper is a possibility. The river was seasonally dammed and logs floated down stream in the 1880's.
I've quite a list going of possible local search sites. We don't have the long history that other parts of the country have, put we are sparsely populated and don't have many detectorists either!
When the ice thaws I will let you know. Oh, I just bought a pair of hip waders too..
I have said for at least 20 years that I wanted to get a real detector, and finally broke down and did it. I still have a 30+ year old Sears detector I had in high school. It will find a silver dollar at 1" if you are lucky
(It comes in handy finding nails in lumber)I bought a used Fisher CZ5 from Bob Kerr at Niagara Detector. It hasn't arrived yet, but I'm sure he gave me a great deal.
I am fortunate to live on 160 acres on a small river in Northern Wisconsin. I got fired up for the detector when I founds out the small trail (tote road) that crosses our land has a lot more history than I realized. I found out it dates back to the late 1800's, and was at one time the only route in to our area. That got me started researching the area and discovering a lot of local history I didn't know.
Our area is all glacial in origin. There is an esker (locally known as the hogsback) that snakes across our property. Old Indian trail maybe? Gold?, well- odds are not good for gold, but float copper is a possibility. The river was seasonally dammed and logs floated down stream in the 1880's.
I've quite a list going of possible local search sites. We don't have the long history that other parts of the country have, put we are sparsely populated and don't have many detectorists either!
When the ice thaws I will let you know. Oh, I just bought a pair of hip waders too..
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