In looking at the results so far I guess I'm vote #2 for live and hunt in VA... only it's not quite true. Been wanting to get into it a bit for quite some time now but - aside from a few days on the beach in DE during my kids' spring break - I haven't gotten started yet.
The detector is sitting wrapped under the Xmas tree so it'll be a few weeks before I can start playing yet. Am also in the midst of trying to build 2 detectors so that my stepsons and I (or perhaps my daughter and wife if they're ever in the mood) can go together.
lol......gotta be more than 3 ppl that live and MD in virginia. I live in alleghany county, so not really any CW sites in my neck of the woods. I hunt old school yards, parks, riverbanks, and in the woods a lot. My oldest coin so far is a 1903 IH penny. Been detecting for about 2 yrs now. Gotta be some older coins in my neck of the woods...just gotta find them