Whats the average age of T-Netters If U dont mind

relic nut

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Nov 29, 2014
4,000
7,275
VA
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1
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Minelab CTX 3030 TELEKINETICS 4000 GARRET AT PRO
Primary Interest:
All Treasure Hunting
I'm 44 and have been detecting for 4 months. As far as computer literacy, I'm a Senior Software Engineer by trade.... :glasses11:

You probably need this hobby more than any of us!!!! :D
 

DeepseekerADS

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Mar 3, 2013
14,880
21,725
SW, VA - Bull Mountain
Detector(s) used
CTX, Excal II, EQ800, Fisher 1260X, Tesoro Royal Sabre, Tejon, Garrett ADSIII, Carrot, Stealth 920iX, Keene A52
Primary Interest:
Other
66 and sometimes much older in the mornings before strong black coffee. Detecting 35 years with a long vacation thrown in between.
 

Mackaydon

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Oct 26, 2004
24,106
22,880
N. San Diego Pic of my 2 best 'finds'; son & g/son
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2
Detector(s) used
Minelab Explorer
Primary Interest:
Shipwrecks
Bos'n mate:
"78 and my detecting days are about done. Get down to dig a target, can't get up. Worse though is wife's handicapped, she can't be left alone. Been detecting since the mid 60's. Started with a White's BFO unit. Found some good stuff, but never got rich. Lots and lots of history though."

Solution: Get a longer shovel !! and keep diggin'
All the best,
Don....

 

kingskid1611

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Feb 23, 2015
8,135
6,679
Oklahoma
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All Treasure Hunting
44 and dirt fishing for 4 years with a metal detector. Playing in the dirt and finding stuff for a lifetime.
 

ARC

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Aug 19, 2014
37,268
131,675
Tarpon Springs
Detector(s) used
JW 8X-ML X2-VP 585
Primary Interest:
All Treasure Hunting
I cant type and count my fingers at the same time... hold on...

Ah yes... 46.

Been underwater since 2 ... diving since 6.
Introduced to recovery and salvage at 10...
Introduced to Treasure by Mel at 12...
Started detecting on beaches around 85ish... maybe thereafter.

Used an underwater detector on the beaches after laws...
Btw... found little of value in those days...
Beaches were polluted with trash to massive degrees.
 

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Dakotademon7

Jr. Member
May 3, 2015
39
40
Smyrna Delaware
Detector(s) used
Minelab sovereign xs -2a Pro.
Primary Interest:
Relic Hunting
Just turned 45 and have been detecting for about 3 months. Started going on forums late 2009.
 

Pinball

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Dec 18, 2014
287
328
Ashland, Ohio
Detector(s) used
Garrett AT Pro
Primary Interest:
Metal Detecting
50 but for some reason I still think I am around 32...not sure why. I have been in the hobby for almost a year now.
 

NEPADIGGER7

Bronze Member
Sep 3, 2013
1,157
1,071
Downtown Lehman
Detector(s) used
minelab safari,whites m6, AT Pro, Ace 250 and whites coin master, Garrett AT propointer (garrett carrot), Lesche hand digger, 5x8 & 8.5x11 DD coils for the Pro, Camera is Ion Air Pro 3
Primary Interest:
Metal Detecting
dang a bunch of old guys....KIDDING im 29 yeah ill be 30 next weekend ouch...Been detecting for almost 8 years
 

Keppy

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Nov 19, 2006
8,318
2,870
N.E. Ohio on lake Erie
Detector(s) used
** WHAT ONE I FEEL LIKE ON HUNTING DAY *****
Primary Interest:
Other
I am 75 and have been in this detecting thing for 40 some years...
 

SusanMN

Silver Member
Jun 1, 2007
4,534
4,098
Minnesota
Detector(s) used
Tiger Shark, Xterra 705, Makro Legend
Primary Interest:
All Treasure Hunting
63, back in the hobby for 8 years.
 

RJ55

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Jul 2, 2014
1,449
1,186
western NC
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1
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XP Deus/Garrett Pro Pointer II
Primary Interest:
Metal Detecting
54, Been detecting off and on 34 years.
 

T.C.

Bronze Member
May 17, 2012
2,417
3,796
Kalamity Falls, Orygun
Detector(s) used
Whites M6
Primary Interest:
All Treasure Hunting
64 bearin' down on 65....then I can get my Pioneer License (huntin' & fishin') FREE!!:headbang:
 

Loco-Digger

Gold Member
Jun 16, 2014
11,827
17,744
Northern O-H-I-O
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1
Detector(s) used
F75 LTD, 1280X Aquanaut, & a Patriot (back-up/loaner)
Primary Interest:
Metal Detecting
56 years old. Started dirt fishing May 2014. Actually bought a detector 3 years prior but it just sat until the urge to detect struck again. The 1st Army computer I worked with had a 286 processor, a Zenith 286 Super Sport monochrome laptop, 640k of memory and a 20 mb hd back in lat 1992 . My first PC was a Packard Bell 486SX with 4 mg of ram and a 120 mb hd (present for the family back at Christmas 1993) . $1500 for the computer, monitor, and a color dot matrix printer. Even had my 3 year old son able to start the system in Dos so he could have enough memory to play the games of the day. Used it for a little over a year before I went to a computer show and spent about $600 on all the components needed & then paid a retired Navy Nuke guy to show me how to build the Pentium 133 system, 8 meg ram and 1.2 gig hd. As a hobby for a few years I bought and sold computer components on ebay, built cheap systems for the locals and friends, and also did repairs.
 

Simon1

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Jun 11, 2015
12,194
56,930
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Other
62.5, but have been told I look younger ! Don't feel that old either so I guess I am lucky.
 

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