Ever Wonder How Old We Metal Detector Hobbiests Are? Well, Lets Find Out............

67,I like searching for remote outlaw locations. Got a lead recently on a Nev.Indian reservation,need permission though.Been at this hobby since 1986...Saw a stagecoach strongbox once in a small town,run down Arizona bar,also had some older guns mounted on wall. Ya-all have fun now.
 

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47...
Been exposed to this since birth... no joke.
 

Just turned 70
Detecting since 2007
Started on a Passport In Time project
of a emigrant trail.
The leader loaned me his Tesoro, and
first target I found was a 1" long cut nail...!
I was hooked!
 

33 here
 

HI; I'm 58. I started hen I was 11 years old with a Radio Shack BFO type detector in November 1968. I now have 47 years of solid "IN FIELD" detecting under my belt. I am the Senior In Field Treasure Hunter in Mass. I have a broken back & neck. Paralyzed 17x. I ad 8 operations and going in for my 9th surgery this Thursday. I'll recover and get back to digging again. I've detected all over the world and I have 23 years at sea. I've been to the Atocha, The Whydah etc over the years. I "dream" about detecting. May God Bless All Of You And Yours with as many adventures as I have had. God Bless. PEACE:RONB. :leprechaun-hat:
 

The world has been enjoying my presence for 44 years. Been detecting for 14 years.
 

60 have been working as an archaeologist 30 years. Been metel hunting since age 12 off and on.
 

Been detecting since 1960.
Started with a ww2 mine detector.
58 detectors later inc a few home built, I am still detecting at 69.
My two most often used detectors are the Sov XS and the Infinium. I also like my Spectrum XLT.
 

Ever Wonder How Old We Metal Detector Hobbiests Are? Well, Lets Find Out........

Bought first detector when I was 18 but was too busy until I finished university! I'm 42 years old been seriously detecting last 8 years! Best find is 1897 civil war reunion badge I found at an old lot in downtown Dallas! Best ring is old gothic 14k ring! I hunt with Infiniun, AT gold, whites VX3, Troy X2!
 

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64. Consider metal detecting an extreme sport, at least how I do it in the surf, stuck on sandbars, digging washed-out, stone covered beaches and combing popular beaches during rain storms, high winds and times when normal people would not want to be on the beach. Great 5-7 hr workout and provides lots of time to meditate. The "scenery" on many popular beaches also can keep on entertained for hours while swinging a coil.
 

In 1957 or 58 I was hospitalized in Ft. Lauderdale. My roommate said he was a Treasure Hunter; and for two days he told me stories of his experiences. I wish I could tell you his name; don't recall ever knowing it. But the stories he told me then have kept me at it for over 50 years. Now 75 and I have yet to loose the desire to research, hunt and discover.
Don..
 

61 and I love the hunt.
 

65 this coming May - quad triple by pass surgery last June & still metal detecting & working hard. Got to buy a couple more detectors before retirement.
 

53. Just started out after about a 35 year hiatus. Had a Whites Beach Comber from the 80s that I used (if it beeped you dug it) never forget my first find with her a working sprinkler pipe at 4 inches. Picked up an ATPro from Bart several weeks ago and looking forward to wearing it out.
 

57 here.

I had a Radio Shack something around 1981. Used it a few times but life got in the way.

Bought a Bounty Hunter Sharp Shooter II in 2008 and it quit working after about 2 months. It was too expensive to send it back to the US for repair.
Last month I got it out and found the burnt trace on the PC board. Fixed that and she is working as good as new. So, I consider myself a newbie all over again.
I have been to the beach twice in the past 24 hours. Two hours each time. Dry sand only. Getting used to what the different sounds and chatter mean especially for junk. I can't discriminate anything out because Brazilian coins all sound/act like pull tabs. Anyway, it is fun and I will be busy learning for awhile. Probably around June I will buy a PI machine (Mark II ???) when I am back in the US for a few days.
 

Hey John-Edmonton!! Just turned 70 and retiring from Medical Practice after 40 years!! Started detecting in the early 80's with a Garrett Ground Hog!! Now I collect Dust!! He He!! Hope you're well!! Anyway, GOOD LUCK and GOOD HUNTING!! VERDE!!
 

71 the 25th of this month, it gets you out of the house. never posted any thing since I've joining, having

some back problems and when I do, not finding nothing worth posting yet, todays the day. marion
 

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