what got you started in metal decting ?

[Seamuss]

I got my detector for nugget hunting while prospecting. Now I detect for nuggets, coins, relics, and search for lost items for friends.

 

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[KJ$IPW]

My uncle got me into metal detecting, I saw all the cool stuff he found hunting a local lake, so I borrowed his detector, and was hooked. I traded him a rifle for his Radio Shack detector, later I bought a Classic 3. A few years later, I bought a Fisher 1280x that eventually got stolen out of my truck
So now I only have a Classic 3, and a 4900 dl pro plus, looking at a PI
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Steve

 

[whitesPA]

my 2 buddies at work

 

[oneeye]

A guy that I hunted and fished with. He showed me his White 6000 Di Pro and I had to have one. I have been addicted ever since. My dad is addicted even more
Dan

 

[terryinr.i.]

my dad got me into this sickness way back in the early 70's when i was about 10 liveing in vanvleck TX. he has since slowed beeing 70 now, but im still goin. hopefully till im 70 or so.

 

[Narthoniel]

In the summer of 08 I was brainstorming things. I was tired of hobbies that cost a lot and had little return(like fishing). I wanted one that was fun and would bring more in than I put out. Living 3 blocks from a resort oceanfront, the idea of detecting hit me so I bought a cheapo machine and hit the sand. 2 weeks later I dropped $1200 on an excal2 and hit the beach almost daily, sometimes twice daily. January of 09 I started relic and coin hunting, and man, what fun. Love adding to my coin collection without buying coins. I only wish the coins would replenish magically. It is no fun when your greatest site is empty of signals.
Anthony

 

[Mackaydon]

That Q. took me back to 'old school' days.
In the late 50s, I ended up one day in a Ft. Lauderdale area hospital. My roommate there introduced himself as a 'treasure hunter' (now I wonder if it was Mel, BM or ??). In any event, the stories he told me gave me the incentive to get certified in 1960; and I've had the 'bug' ever since.
Don....

 

[kenley]

Around 1975 i was in Garland with my C-J Jeep when I broke a top Radiator hose. I turned down a street to get out of traffic and saw a large fountain in front of a building. The fountain had a ship's anchor in it. Knowing I was going to need water, I coasted up to the fountain and got out my screwdriver to remove the old hose. Although it was sunday, a man came out of the building to see if he could help. He drove me to a parts store to pick up a new hose. He took me in to the building to wash up. It was Bill Mahan. I bought my D-Tex professional from him that afternoon, and a number of "Gold Mountains" from his son later. (Still Have it)

 

[NGE]

Way back a long time ago, my parents could not figure a way to curb my hyper activity. So they bought me a Radio Shack BFO for my 10th. birthday And told me to go out and do something constructive .......NGE