Hey Fellas,
So, I was born and raised in Az and now live in PA. I was not into metal detecting when I lived there, when I landed here, I realized I was surrounded by 300 years of solid history. A few years ago I got a metal detector and went to the local park and pulled out a 1928 Standing Liberty and a 1943 Merc about a foot from that. I was hooked! I now run an AT Pro which, if you do really get into it, is a machine you should look at for your next machine if you get one IMO. Anyways, when I fly home I bring my ATP with me and I hike! Arizona is covered with old stage coach roads, the mountains are COVERED with old relics you have to get out and hike. I learned that here, I thought coins would fly out of the ground and I would be drinking cocktails flipping my Draped Bust Large Cents. We are all so late to the game for natural "I bet no one looked here spots" that when we get to a spot, all we can do is hope for what someone missed. BUT, if you get way out, just like here in PA, you will find the spots that "I bet no one looked here" because no one wants to walk that far...here we have huge massive forests, which are cool and nice, unlike cholla, sand and boulders there! But, I'm telling you fellas, I would love to be there now with my machine I think the mountains surrounding Phoenix proper all the way out to the superstitions are loaded, I also understand there are several major stage coach routes that run between camelback, south mountain, superstitions and all the way out to Maricopa. Do any of you remember the old drive in that used to be right off Scottsdale road, just over the river on the east side...I bet its a club now but holy crap that would have been the holy grail to be the first one there. Does anyone hunt the old beeline highway, the salt river between the bus stop and drop off and all the side roads in between. I hope you can even hunt those places, I cant believe you have the rules there like that! That's really lame, here you can go nuts just about anywhere and the Townships are clear in every park that detecting is not prohibited. My dad has a 240 acre ranch that I can get you a permission on, its in the mountains outside of Bowie but it and the mountains that surround it are flush with cool old relics, coins and military items. I am heading down for 10 days over thanksgiving, let me know if you want to get out for a day and I can put together a pretty decent hunt, all you have to do is drive south! good luck happy hunting and hit the hills boys!!
