Greetings from SoCal

[DaveB]

Started detecting 53 years ago when I was 14 and lived in NJ near structures built before we were a nation.   That first detector paid for it self in a few weeks when I found an old dump site in the woods and I dug up many old bottles and other artifacts that I was able to sell to a local antique store and then keep the rest.   My most interesting find with that first detector was an old badge that looked like a sheriff's badge but had had the title, "Chief Chicken Inspector" on it.    I guess someone was proud to have that job and title a hundred years ago!    Been at it off and on, mostly off, during my work life since then.     Still working now but hoping to spend some more time detecting and gold prospecting when I finally do retire.    Last major time spent hunting was on a family trip to the Bahamas.  Get up before everyone else was awake and hunt the beach each morning while it was empty.   Lots of coins and a few low value rings and necklaces.   Also did some snorkeling hunts with a Nokta Pulse Dive and some requested hunt help for people that lost things in the sand.    Happy hunting!

- Dave

[Tom_in_CA]

Welcome from Salinas / Monterey area, ~ 5 hrs. north of you.

 

What kind of machine were you first using in 1972 ?

[JCR]

Welcome from East Texas.

[DaveB]

11 hours ago, Tom_in_CA said:

Welcome from Salinas / Monterey area, ~ 5 hrs. north of you.

 

What kind of machine were you first using in 1972 ?

Greeting Tom.  The only things I can recall about that first machine was that it cost between $40 and $50, it had an open circular coil, probably a simple single frequency VLF,  and I paid for it with my own money.  My parents home at the time was on a small street behind a church.  The back of the church had a graveyard with some grave stones of people that died before 1776.   (Lat, Long =  40.707627751636466, -74.54954422948748).   Lots of US history in the area.

[GB_Amateur]

Welcome, Dave!  Hope you find the time soon to get back into our great hobby.

[seanm]

Hello all , Sean m down here in San diego,CA.

   A friend of mine bought a new used VX3 about a year before whites went out of business.

   She paid 1200.00 for it lost interest and hung it in her garage .I threw out a number and she said sold .

   I had previous use with it a few years back living in the Ramona back country . So I had some use with it .my next step was here introducing myself . Hopefully I can find some tops and usage skills . Well that is it in a nutshell .once again Hello from sunny San Diego!

[DaveB]

Greetings Sean M.   Looks like you tagged on to my SoCal newbie topic which would match San Diego.  Now we have a SoCal subtopic thread on the new member forum.   I had a White's Spectrum Eagle in the 90s and it pulled old silver out of my front yard the first week I owned it.   Found some interesting artifacts on trails in the San Gabriel Mountains and got the worst case of Poison Oak from fishing out those hidden treasures.  Watch out for old Poison Oak leave piles in the So Cal hills!    All the best hunting from the mountains to the sand.