White Feather
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- Location
- Ellenton, Florida
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- Whites Surfmaster, Bounty Hunter, Propwash...
- Primary Interest:
- All Treasure Hunting
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Thread Owner
Get your kids & grandkids into MD!
Here is an idea. I did this with my kids when they were young and now do it with all 9 of the grandkids now.
I have a house in the Florida Panhandle that I used to live in. When the grandkids would be coming over I would "salt" the yard very heavily. Not with just modern coins. I would bury things like old chrome trim off of antique cars, very old coins, a 1964 dogtag, old rings and jewelry I had found many years ago and even a gold coin. I had some genuine Roman coins that were less than perfect that I also added to spike interest in looking up old coins. Some were very hard to identify but Pop-Pop Dawg was always around to help out.
When we decided to go back to living aboard a boat I rented the house out. Many of the treasures were still somewhere in the yard. The tennant called one day and I told him about it. I suggested he get his kids(2 early teens) into metal detecting by getting them to search the yard. He did! They now drag Dad to every beach, campground and schoolyard in the county. He said the oldest boy found some old silver coins in the yard and the treasure hunting bug had claimed another victim.
For a kid, hunting a non-producing beach can be so boring if you are new to the sport, can deter them from ever hunting again. If they find something even of minimal value it will get their attention and get them hooked on a great sport. You control the field, get their interest and you have a hunting buddy for life. When the grandkids hit the door now they go for the closet where the MD's are. THEN, they come over to Pop-Pop and ask if we can go to the spring or beach. Now, when they make a find they are learning about history and they are loving it. I love it when one of them runs up to me with something in their hand and wants me to identify what it is.
That is forever!
Here is an idea. I did this with my kids when they were young and now do it with all 9 of the grandkids now. I have a house in the Florida Panhandle that I used to live in. When the grandkids would be coming over I would "salt" the yard very heavily. Not with just modern coins. I would bury things like old chrome trim off of antique cars, very old coins, a 1964 dogtag, old rings and jewelry I had found many years ago and even a gold coin. I had some genuine Roman coins that were less than perfect that I also added to spike interest in looking up old coins. Some were very hard to identify but Pop-Pop Dawg was always around to help out.
When we decided to go back to living aboard a boat I rented the house out. Many of the treasures were still somewhere in the yard. The tennant called one day and I told him about it. I suggested he get his kids(2 early teens) into metal detecting by getting them to search the yard. He did! They now drag Dad to every beach, campground and schoolyard in the county. He said the oldest boy found some old silver coins in the yard and the treasure hunting bug had claimed another victim.
For a kid, hunting a non-producing beach can be so boring if you are new to the sport, can deter them from ever hunting again. If they find something even of minimal value it will get their attention and get them hooked on a great sport. You control the field, get their interest and you have a hunting buddy for life. When the grandkids hit the door now they go for the closet where the MD's are. THEN, they come over to Pop-Pop and ask if we can go to the spring or beach. Now, when they make a find they are learning about history and they are loving it. I love it when one of them runs up to me with something in their hand and wants me to identify what it is.
That is forever!
I guess some kids need the TV blown up. Video games, cartoons and even gaming on the web can keep them sitting in front of the computer or TV screen. Most kids would go into withdrawal if the power went out for more than a few minutes. Some time ago a freinds power went out. We were visiting after a storm. Within an hour the kids were climbing the walls saying they were bored and wanted to know what to do "until the power came back on". I guess it's become a world of video gamers and TV junkies. Kids really would rather be sitting in front of a screen than go outside and search for treasure. 
cute baby.
PRICELESS!!! 
