Why do you metal detect?

[stoney56]

For you that don't understand Vulcan that translates to Laughing So Hard My Side Hurts. By the way that was not a coin dealer in th lil old lady string, he was a Ferengi!

 

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[histoplasmosis]

I do it to get away from my wife for a little while.

 

[Justadad1999]

Because I like to be nosy and because some darn fool told me I can find stuff! LOL

 

[czman]

Its like Jello...you cant get enough of it...

 

[jeff of pa]

It's in my blood. I GOT INFECTED and ADDICTED BACK in the 60's , and they havn't found a cure yet.

 

[kenb]

All the CHICKS, of course!!!LOL

 

[Shutterbug]

I think my main reason is for the thrill of the chase!!

 

[lab rat]

I go for the element of surprise-- you never know what you're going to dig up next! But the experience of fresh air and sunshine is also beneficial, even if I don't find anything.

 

[dfxdude]

I started it for medical reasons. Dr. said I needed to walk for exercise when I was diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes. Well, I can't walk, just for the sake of walking, so got a DFX 3 years ago and the only thing stopping me now is it feels like I'm getting stabbed in the lower back when I walk or stand (L4 thru L7 problems like Lowbatts). Will know later in week if surgery needs to be done. Fortunately, the ground is frozen on the tundra of Minnesota, so I hope this gets taken care of by the thaw. The history and the finds and the mystery are great also.
Butch

 

[Colorado2]

Lowbatts & dfxdude....Look into inversion tables. After 15 years of pure pain, I got surgery free relief. Highly recommend to anyone with lumbar problems~CO2

 

[CoinDigger]

I like it because it takes me to places that normalley I wouldn't go. I can walk by a penny on the sidewalk without picking it up,but just tell me some one lost a penny in a Field a hundred years ago and I'll look all day for it.If you don't have the bug it's hard to explain 8 hrs digging for $3 in dirty change . I also like the look on my wife's face when I tell her I spent $1500 on a metal detector to find change.

 

[True_Metal]

For Beer and Strippers!






j/k. It's for the History, dude! 8)

 

[upier]

tax free

i swear i never found more than pull tabs

 

[Coin_Saver]

Hmmm, thx for all the responses, HH CS Oh, and Stoney, I just wanted to see if u had seen the old Star treks.

 

[Lowbatts]

Hey CS, I told the wife the next robot I put together is going to look like Capt. Christopher Pike w/the chair. That or the Pope, the similarities are way too scary.

 

[Coin_Saver]

 

[stoney56]

CS, I was watching the original before they even knew what syndication was. HH

 

[bk]

Back in the early 70's, I would go through rolls of coins from the bank looking for silver. (You could still find silver in circulation then).
Saw an add for metal detectors in a coin magazine, and decided to give it a try. That was over 30 years ago. Since then I have detected all but 6 dimes for a complete (all mint marks) set of Barber, Mercury, and Roosevelt (silver). I am only 5 coins short for a complete of small cents. (F.E. through Lincoln wheat).

 

[weldermark]

history is cool plus the hunt in it's self

 

[smokeydog]

the best awnser i could come up with is 'WHY NOT?!"