Quality metal detectors have been around long enough that it isn't easy to find virgin ground, no matter what the target goal (coins, relics, nuggets, even jewelry).  As previously mentioned, I got hooked on coin collecting when I was in 1st grade thanks to the influence of my mom and two of her brothers.  I found my first coin with a metal detector the summer before my senior year in high school (1970).  After school and three years in a good job, in 1979 I sprung for a Garrett Groundhog, think