How far do you drive to detect?

diggummup · May 3, 2006

After another one of my weekend excursions I put 500 miles on my vehicle.Though this is not a weekly thing I usually do this about twice a month if I have the time.On average I guess I put between 50-100 miles on the odometer usually on the weekend.With gas prices the way they are I was just wondering.

jeff of pa · May 3, 2006

I used to do alot of Driving.
these days the Closer to home the Better
So right now, Less then 50 a trip.
Except when I get carried away and do some Touring for sites.

stoney56 · May 3, 2006

Like me the touring part can get to be expensive. One afternoon it was 175 mi and didn't even pull out the detector. :-[

But did find some real good spots, just have to check with the landowners next.

diggummup · May 4, 2006

You guys sound like me,with the touring.The wife thinks we go out of town for a little sightseeing.LOL,I do it to look for prospective detecting sites.Metal detector always with me just in case.I think she knows what the real deal is.

willie d · May 4, 2006

Right now, I get about 4 hours per week to detect

so I try to detect as close to home as possible. I've been working tear downs about 10 minutes away from my house. I want to spend as little time in the car as I can. In a couple of weeks I'll start heading out to the beach again. That will up my drive time to about 25 minutes. That's not too bad, considering I'll get about 8-10 hours on the beach.

rvbvetter · May 5, 2006

Sometimes, not nearly far enough, apparently, by the lack of results.
Speaking for myself, if I make just one cool find. An old coin , token or relic.
How many miles I went to find it, just doesn't matter anymore.
Call me crazy if you want. Everybody that knows me, either says I am or thinks it.
UH OH! Gotta go! Here comes that guy with the net again. HH

Diggincoinz · May 5, 2006

Usually within 50 miles, but sometimes get to driving a bit!

grizzly bare · May 7, 2006

Working up a detecting vacation for July now. 1800 miles each way with a 980 mile side trip. One month (give or take) 4600 miles plus a few day excursions.
Best place for detecting around here about 45-50 miles away.

grizzly bare

stefen · May 11, 2006

Sometime soon, we plan to fly 650 miles north then drive another 30 or so miles to investigate the purchase of a Historic Victorian Mansion converted into a B & B.

While there, we plan a side trip to an extremely remote beach where there is an unrecorded Spanish ship wreck that went down after 1809.

Over the years silver and gold coins dating from 1802 to 1809 have been found.

How remote?

Another 30 miles south on a freeway, then 30 to 40 miles on farm roads, and then 5 or so miles on a seasonal dirt 4 X 4 roller coaster path, in an area that experiences 300 inches annual rainfall, to a rocky beach thats known to have periodic rouge (sunami-like) waves because of the continual active earthquakes.

Thats how remote!

Been there before and looking forward to this trip.

surfrat96 · May 11, 2006

Depends what beach I go to. Locally about 15 minutes,South Beach about 30 min., and sometimes Ft. Lauderdale about 20 Min.

Dig, You know long it takes to get to these places. Need to hit them more!!

HH 8) surfrat

diggummup · May 12, 2006

surfrat96 said:
Depends what beach I go to. Locally about 15 minutes,South Beach about 30 min., and sometimes Ft. Lauderdale about 20 Min.

Dig, You know long it takes to get to these places. Need to hit them more!!

HH 8) surfrat

Yeah,I know.All I ever find is clad and jewelry(rarely) and junk and i'm more into history and relics from bygone eras.I can only handle the beach for a couple hours,my fair skin can't handle it for too long.That and the wife likes to go out of town on weekends so, you know what I mean.I agree though,I do need to do more beach hunting.I wonder if there's a shady beach around?LOL

.I wonder if anyone detected Lauderdale after the air show last weekend? ps-STEFEN,SOUNDS LIKE A GREAT TIME,HOPE YOU HAVE A LOT OF FUN.GRIZZLY-i LOVE DETECTING VACATIONS.

ZumbroKid · May 12, 2006

Research is very important now with high gas prices. When in Wisconsin i never had to drive more than a couple of miles. I'd love to help save everyone some gas money, check out the 50,000 treasure sites for all over on treasure quest. Just give you county name and state, i'll post back some interesting locations for finding old stuff.

nahabit · May 12, 2006

130-160 miles

diggummup · May 12, 2006

FREE said:
Research is very important now with high gas prices. When in Wisconsin i never had to drive more than a couple of miles. I'd love to help save everyone some gas money, check out the 50,000 treasure sites for all over on treasure quest. Just give you county name and state, i'll post back some interesting locations for finding old stuff.

You tried that here http://www.forum.treasurenet.com/index.php/topic.29228.0.html,then when Bigticket(whom by the way is an obvious flamer look at his posts, and who some say is actually you,I didn't say it) gave you a little flack you basically told everyone on this forum that you were too busy.Then right away your on treasurequestxlt still answering thier questions all along.I think you have some type of personality disorder and you act a little juvenile when someone doesn't tell you how great you (think) are,by posting certain things the way you do(such as this).Always tryng to "get someone's goat".You know,in a nonchalant,sneaky,underhanded kind of way that only someone with a mental disorder would conceive,or contrive.You seem to have a need to be the center of attention.Are you crying out for attention? I'm sorry.Don't worry,I won't use the ignore user button on ya.I like ya in a strange kind of way.I respect your detecting abilities and like to see your finds.Your obviously not stupid,quite the contrary.If you lived nearby,i'd buy you a drink(if I drank).If you prefer to give out your treasure atlas information at that other site that's your prerogative.If the moderators of this forum don't mind you trying to sway people away from here,who am I to argue? BTW-I enjoy getting out of town,if that's where my research leads me.Besides,at the end of the year it's all just a business expense.

.Looking forward to many more of your posts.Good luck and H.H.-diggummup

ZumbroKid · May 12, 2006

Interesting you are a member there also, so how am i trying to sway folks. I know of no members here with a contract to only post on tnet. Buy me a drink, if you drank, i do not drink either! Could we both be in a dry drunk?

diggummup · May 12, 2006

FREE said:
Interesting you are a member there also, so how am i trying to sway folks. I know of no members here with a contract to only post on tnet. Buy me a drink, if you drank, i do not drink either! Could we both be in a dry drunk?

Never was a drunk so I wouldn't know.No contracts,just wondering why you quit answering the thread here,which was informative.And here as of late,you've been posting thier link all over for it,that's all.

ZumbroKid · May 12, 2006

Which thread the 50,000 treasure sites one? If that is the one you mean, it was due to interuptions. I believe i posted on that thread who anyone interested could thank for that. I have given Hollowpoint some sites to hunt. I could restart it for those who are in favor. Or for simplicity they can ask over on the other site.