So I recently retired in January. I've been having a great time touring the western states in our RV, flying my drone in some really interesting places. Great hobby. My dad always had a metal detector in retirement, he found over 10,000 pennies, ha! But I'm more a history buff and would visit locations that have some history to find "who knows what", maybe some nuggets! 😉 So I thought I would give it a try and invest in a good detector, something state of the art, so I don't have to buy another one very soon. I built a kit metal detector in the late 60's, played with it for a few months, and then moved on to motorcycles, which was a bit more exciting at the time. However, the technology has come a long way since then, and I don't ride motorcycles anymore. I do have an RZR side-by-side that can take me to remote places to detect, which is part of my plan. I'm still shopping for the right detector, that's why I joined this forum, to get the straight poop to make an informed decision. Looking forward to learning a lot here, like I have in my drone forums.