The "Moderization" of what use to be my hunting areas "where is a place to hunt"
The people i am "aquainted" with know i have been detecting for years -aquire a detector --usually a newbie who just got his "ace 250" . The number one question "where do you go hunt " (of course i really dont want to give away any area that i would want to hunt 1st). To answer polite and truthful "well you can try the local parks" or some area i know where they can safely putter around --- ----------- of course they are looking for more detailed answer.-- they are kinda bewildered
I live in North Central Texas Denton County Texas hunt mostly private property or old business areas . Rapid suburban sprawl is taking over -- the older vacant business , churches and homesteads that i hunted since my Teknetics Mark 1 days in the mid 80s -- are giving away large housing developments , apartments and other business --- that ol cow pasture with the turn of the century farmhouse is basically gone . Which only leaves me a few days to detect a site before the new construction goes up -looks like all the surroundings are getting "modernized" Texas --especially the DFW metroplex is becoming the new "California" --old maps are getting useless --what use to be there isnt.
I have to do more research and travel farther to find an area -but with my what i consider "lack of decent finds" basically says this are has been hunted . That leaves the lake beaches which "replenish" themselves but i dont like to hunt around crowds of people -so its the fall or winter -and there are plenty of fellow THers's .
Not trying to be negative and i do enjoy the hobby -being a 60 years old .i am starting to envision the day (in my area anyway)where you have your (not justifying the cost)Deus or Etrac CTX and with no place to hunt-- let alone your ace 250.
The people i am "aquainted" with know i have been detecting for years -aquire a detector --usually a newbie who just got his "ace 250" . The number one question "where do you go hunt " (of course i really dont want to give away any area that i would want to hunt 1st). To answer polite and truthful "well you can try the local parks" or some area i know where they can safely putter around --- ----------- of course they are looking for more detailed answer.-- they are kinda bewildered
I live in North Central Texas Denton County Texas hunt mostly private property or old business areas . Rapid suburban sprawl is taking over -- the older vacant business , churches and homesteads that i hunted since my Teknetics Mark 1 days in the mid 80s -- are giving away large housing developments , apartments and other business --- that ol cow pasture with the turn of the century farmhouse is basically gone . Which only leaves me a few days to detect a site before the new construction goes up -looks like all the surroundings are getting "modernized" Texas --especially the DFW metroplex is becoming the new "California" --old maps are getting useless --what use to be there isnt.
I have to do more research and travel farther to find an area -but with my what i consider "lack of decent finds" basically says this are has been hunted . That leaves the lake beaches which "replenish" themselves but i dont like to hunt around crowds of people -so its the fall or winter -and there are plenty of fellow THers's .
Not trying to be negative and i do enjoy the hobby -being a 60 years old .i am starting to envision the day (in my area anyway)where you have your (not justifying the cost)Deus or Etrac CTX and with no place to hunt-- let alone your ace 250.
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