jackedliberty
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- Hagerstown, MD
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Hello everyone! I'm a new member from Hagerstown, Maryland area.
So a couple weeks ago I was watching a show called "Dig Fellas" on the Travel Channel, and the treasure bug hit me. I used to metal detect when I was a kid. My parents bought me a cheapo detector from the local Radioshack, but it did the job. Unfortunately, I had neither the patience nor skill to hunt effectively, and thus gave up. But now that I'm older and developed a fondness for history and adventure, I've decided to take it up again. I lost the detector (I think it's in a mess of stuff in my parents' attic), but I did find the manual the other day while cleaning the house and have been reading up in it for knowledge of detecting terminology. My wife's grandmother lives on historic ground (just a few miles shy of Antietam Battlefield), and while my parents don't, they own acres upon acres of land, including spots with old "dumps" with collectable glass bottles and who knows what else. I don't have a detector yet, but I've been thoroughly researching this forum, YouTube, and the rest of the internet and may be settling on a Fisher F5 to start.
My only concern is that I'll run out of land to explore, but if anyone in my area is open to exploring together and knows some spots, I'll definitely be up to it after I get my detector!
So a couple weeks ago I was watching a show called "Dig Fellas" on the Travel Channel, and the treasure bug hit me. I used to metal detect when I was a kid. My parents bought me a cheapo detector from the local Radioshack, but it did the job. Unfortunately, I had neither the patience nor skill to hunt effectively, and thus gave up. But now that I'm older and developed a fondness for history and adventure, I've decided to take it up again. I lost the detector (I think it's in a mess of stuff in my parents' attic), but I did find the manual the other day while cleaning the house and have been reading up in it for knowledge of detecting terminology. My wife's grandmother lives on historic ground (just a few miles shy of Antietam Battlefield), and while my parents don't, they own acres upon acres of land, including spots with old "dumps" with collectable glass bottles and who knows what else. I don't have a detector yet, but I've been thoroughly researching this forum, YouTube, and the rest of the internet and may be settling on a Fisher F5 to start.
My only concern is that I'll run out of land to explore, but if anyone in my area is open to exploring together and knows some spots, I'll definitely be up to it after I get my detector!
