average age of detectorist

[snorks]

What is the average age of us here on the forum?

Is detecting in the too hard basket for the computer generation?

 

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[fish1on]

I have been many different ages as a detectorist, I started in my teens.

I will be 50 this year

 

[JeremiahEdward]

I'm 38, but I feel 70's..ish.

 

[snorks]

Sorry, forgot to add Im 42

 

[Rodbuster209]

I'm 52 and started 20 years ago.

 

[maccounty]

39. Will be 40 In two months.

 

[fmrUSMC_0844]

39 here. I started 14 years ago or so. But My first detector I got when I was 12. I used it until it broke.

 

[Loco-Digger]

57 started swinging the coil in the spring of 2014.

 

[dfallis1]

Going on 31. Been at it since I was 25. I had a detector in the 90s but was too young to explore on my own. Used it on family vacations to the beach.

 

[Limitool]

62 this summer.

 

[cooper1841]

62, 4th year detecting................late bloomer

 

[Truth]

47 started 2 years ago. Best thing I ever did.


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[against the wind]

Got my first detector in 1970 when I was 20.
Do the math. We didn't have too many computers back then. At least not the ones you could carry around with you. lol

 

[against the wind]

Got my first detector in 1970 when I was 20.
Do the math. We didn't have too many computers back then. At least not the ones you could carry around with you. lol

 

[aa battery]

almost 63 and cant remember when i started

 

[kingskid1611]

Same as last time...just a little younger...

 

[USMC Reaper]

53, I've been at it 18 months

 

[Terry Soloman]

The "average" metal detectorist is a 37 - 67- year-old white male, High School education, a "Blue Collar" job averaging $55,000 - $70,000.00 annually.

 

[luvsdux]

I'm 75 and still swinging, been at it around 25 years.
luvsdux

 

[dfallis1]

The "average" metal detectorist is a 37 - 67- year-old white male, High School education, a "Blue Collar" job averaging $55,000 - $70,000.00 annually.

LOL my life story in one sentence.