i dont under estimate it i go for walks through the woods with my dogs alot i fish in spots people call billy goating to get into to fish with cliffs i like trhe nature part of life and if i can swing my detector along the walks and fishing trails as i go why not. my son would love digging up the ground to find a coin or anything interesting would be treasure to him. i got 17 acres of my grandparents house to check were germans once lived way back and when you go thru the woods there is alot of old buildings scattered thru them woods just rock foundations and a lil log cabin way back that no one has used since my grandparents bought the place so there is where i really want to go to see what may be around there. but if nothing is there im not gonna be mad about it i hike for 4 hrs to fish and sometimes only get a couple fish but it was awesome being out fishing im treating metal detecting the same way hope for the best but expect the worse...