elemerica
Jr. Member
- Joined
- Jan 26, 2010
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- Location
- Mechanicsville
- Detector(s) used
- Equinox 800
- Primary Interest:
- Metal Detecting
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Seems like this forum is pretty slow, would be nice to get it going and people posting regularly with finds, leads, group hunts etc.
I'm fairly new here, and to the hobby, so I guess a quick (or not so quick) introduction is in order. As a young kid my uncle would bring me boxes of old(er) random coins he had found; the boxes were pretty large and had all sorts of coins from pennies to quarters to half dollars etc. Pretty sure he picked out most of the key dates and rare coins, but he left me plenty of Indian Heads, Mercury Dimes and other older coins as well.
All those coins really piqued my interest in detecting and my parents had bought me a simple Garrett detector (I think a Freedom Ace Plus), which I only used for a short time. I was to young to really enjoy the hobby where I was (Virginia). I had no local sites I could get to myself, was quite far from the beach and found nothing of interest in our yard or the woods behind. I had lost interest in the hobby for quite a long time, 15 years or so.
Recently I had a sudden urge to get back into detecting and did quite a bit of research into what detector would fit me good for and ended up purchasing a used Tesoro Tejon from a member here on TNet. Purchased in early spring (late Fed/early March) and only had the time to use it around the yard. Found some clad and a couple random pieces, nothing great. I've recently tried to make some more time to get out and hunt; mostly woods hunting and haven't found anything great ... yet. Lots of shot gun shells and some other random stuff; no old coins or relics
Recently asked the owner of a local farm that dates back to the early 1700s for permission to hunt, but was denied. I'd really like to hunt there and see what kind of history is hiding under the ground, so I will try again next year, maybe he will be in a better mood then
That was a bit longer than I had planned, but that's OK. Always looking for someone to hunt with and new places to detect. Feel free to email me @ md.paulm{at}gmail(dot)com.
I'm fairly new here, and to the hobby, so I guess a quick (or not so quick) introduction is in order. As a young kid my uncle would bring me boxes of old(er) random coins he had found; the boxes were pretty large and had all sorts of coins from pennies to quarters to half dollars etc. Pretty sure he picked out most of the key dates and rare coins, but he left me plenty of Indian Heads, Mercury Dimes and other older coins as well.
All those coins really piqued my interest in detecting and my parents had bought me a simple Garrett detector (I think a Freedom Ace Plus), which I only used for a short time. I was to young to really enjoy the hobby where I was (Virginia). I had no local sites I could get to myself, was quite far from the beach and found nothing of interest in our yard or the woods behind. I had lost interest in the hobby for quite a long time, 15 years or so.
Recently I had a sudden urge to get back into detecting and did quite a bit of research into what detector would fit me good for and ended up purchasing a used Tesoro Tejon from a member here on TNet. Purchased in early spring (late Fed/early March) and only had the time to use it around the yard. Found some clad and a couple random pieces, nothing great. I've recently tried to make some more time to get out and hunt; mostly woods hunting and haven't found anything great ... yet. Lots of shot gun shells and some other random stuff; no old coins or relics
Recently asked the owner of a local farm that dates back to the early 1700s for permission to hunt, but was denied. I'd really like to hunt there and see what kind of history is hiding under the ground, so I will try again next year, maybe he will be in a better mood then
That was a bit longer than I had planned, but that's OK. Always looking for someone to hunt with and new places to detect. Feel free to email me @ md.paulm{at}gmail(dot)com.
Once things warm up though, I'm looking forward to getting out with the new AT Pro. There is a place I'd like to stop by off of 1A, in Norfolk. I drive by it regularly and it looks like an old stone foundation, a bit north of the 115/1A intersection.
