average age of detectorist

[mikefromIllinois]

Will be 61 in March. Started detecting in 1972.

 

[Honest Samuel]

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

I will be 50 this year

I am old enough to be your daddy. I am 74 years old. May I call you son?

 

[fuzzytexan]

32, started Detecting with my Gramps at about 8 years old.

 

[foiler]

started in the summer of '64 @ 21.

 

[aldee2012]

I am 65 i just started this year

 

[SusanMN]

Happily 65, detected for about a year in the early 80's, back in the hobby for the last ten years.

 

[Bitdrop]

I'm 18 and started 7 years ago. Will be going to college for computer science next year .

 

[ARC]

Been hooked on old / lost stuff since I can first recollect...

First job offer searching for treasure 1980... at age 12.

Do the math :P

 

[SD51]

Was fishing from shore the day the Mayflower landed which completely ruined my fishing hole...decided then to take up detecting! Actually, turned 65 last year and started detecting in '77.

 

[devldog]

Will be 61 on the 21st. I got my first detector for Christmas in 1969 when I was 13 years old. It was a WWII surplus mine sweeper with the huge wooden coil or paddle as they were referred to back then. That thing was bigger than I was. I would find my first relic ever with this. A piece of blown Hotchkiss Artillery Shell. I was hooked. Still am.

 

[oldkoot]

I am 57 have been detecting off and on for 10 years

 

[fish1on]

I am old enough to be your daddy. I am 74 years old. May I call you son?

You can call me Son.....can I borrow the car and do you have a few bucks?

 

[cruiserkev]

I'm still 46 for a couple more months. Detecting off and on since 1981!

 

[Driftwoood]

I'll be 44 this year... began metal detecting just two years ago, but hunted treasure since I was ten or so.

 

[kyskinner]

I'll be 50 this year. began metal detecting 2010

 

[Swaveab]

I'll be 61 in May and started about 2 years ago.

 

[Mackaydon]

I've been Carbon-14 dated to 1940; you do the math.
Don......

 

[TooManyHobbies]

51 in two weeks. Always had an interest since a friend in grade school had one. Bought my first detector 9 years ago.

 

[Wayfarer]

46. been detecting since I was 10 when my uncle got me started. First detector was a White's 2db I thought was like magic. Never grew out of my fascination with detecting. Been hooked non stop ever since.

 

[Hunter101]

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.

Almost. I'm 22 and make 34,000$ annually. Almost fit haha