How old are you?

How old are you?

  • 20 or younger

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • 21-25

    Votes: 1 1.6%
  • 26-30

    Votes: 3 4.7%
  • 31-35

    Votes: 2 3.1%
  • 36-40

    Votes: 3 4.7%
  • 41-45

    Votes: 9 14.1%
  • 46-50

    Votes: 6 9.4%
  • 51-55

    Votes: 7 10.9%
  • 56-60

    Votes: 14 21.9%
  • 61+

    Votes: 19 29.7%

  • Total voters
    64

TrpnBils

Hero Member
Jan 2, 2005
870
1,234
Western PA
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1
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CTX 3030
Primary Interest:
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gunsil

Silver Member
Dec 27, 2012
3,864
6,207
lower hudson valley, N.Y.
Detector(s) used
safari, ATPro, infinium, old Garrett BFO, Excal, Nox 800
Primary Interest:
All Treasure Hunting
There are thousands of young hunters starting out every year, likely near that many older folks just starting out every year. I have been doing it since I was 23 in 1970, so I was once the new kid on the block with a detector and am now the old retiree with one, although I am not that much of a beach hunter.
 

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TrpnBils

TrpnBils

Hero Member
Jan 2, 2005
870
1,234
Western PA
🥇 Banner finds
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1
Detector(s) used
CTX 3030
Primary Interest:
Metal Detecting
There are thousands of young hunters starting out every year, likely near that many older folks just starting out every year. I have been doing it since I was 23 in 1970, so I was once the new kid on the block with a detector and am now the old retiree with one, although I am not that much of a beach hunter.

That brings up several other things I've wondered about.... Although I think it'd be about impossible to accurately determine, I'd be curious to see of everyone who gets into the hobby during a given year whether they're still with it a year later. I wonder what the turnover rate is, or how long people stick with it. I'd also be curious to know if there has been any kind of a surge in younger people enter the hobby as a result of all the TV shows that have come out in the past couple of years (and their ridiculous implications that gold and silver is hiding under every blade of grass).
 

Charlie P. (NY)

Gold Member
Feb 3, 2006
13,003
17,106
South Central Upstate NY in the foothills of the h
Detector(s) used
Minelab Musketeer Advantage Pro w/8" & 10" DD coils/Fisher F75se(Upgraded to LTD2) w/11" DD, 6.5" concentric & 9.5" NEL Sharpshooter DD coils/Sunray FX-1 Probe & F-Point/Black Widows/Rattler headphone
Primary Interest:
Metal Detecting
This is depressing.

I'm the guy at the park or on the beach with horn-rim glasses, black socks, knee-length shorts, Birkenstock sandals and a pocket-protector for the pen and pencil in the pocket of my Hawaiian shirt.
 

DeepseekerADS

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Mar 3, 2013
14,880
21,725
SW, VA - Bull Mountain
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CTX, Excal II, EQ800, Fisher 1260X, Tesoro Royal Sabre, Tejon, Garrett ADSIII, Carrot, Stealth 920iX, Keene A52
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Other
I'm a "geezer"...

Third "Age" survey in the last 6 months....

Somebody wanting to feel young?
 

bill from lachine

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Oct 30, 2011
22,616
88,899
Quebec
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Folks,

Well I just turned 66 so that puts me in the last group.....lol.

Regards + HH

Bill
 

Davers

Gold Member
Jan 8, 2013
8,127
7,147
N.of , I-285...GA
Detector(s) used
Whites Spc xlt & Tesoro Tejon- Now back ...Fisher 1266-X. TRX Pointer. New .Teknetics G2 + . New AT Pro .
Primary Interest:
All Treasure Hunting
That brings up several other things I've wondered about.... Although I think it'd be about impossible to accurately determine, I'd be curious to see of everyone who gets into the hobby during a given year whether they're still with it a year later. I wonder what the turnover rate is, or how long people stick with it. I'd also be curious to know if there has been any kind of a surge in younger people enter the hobby as a result of all the TV shows that have come out in the past couple of years (and their ridiculous implications that gold and silver is hiding under every blade of grass).


I would be curious about this as well.




I'm a "geezer"...

Third "Age" survey in the last 6 months....

Somebody wanting to feel young?

Yep , I asked not long ago , if I recall Correctly 25 years & up were all well represented .

I would like to be younger but then again NO!
 

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TrpnBils

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870
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CTX 3030
Primary Interest:
Metal Detecting
I'm a "geezer"...

Third "Age" survey in the last 6 months....

Somebody wanting to feel young?

Hadn't seen the others... just curious. Everybody I hunt with around here is my age (32) or younger except for one guy who's about 40. It seems to me though, for as expensive as this hobby can be, that it might be the older, more established people that get into it and stick with it longer.
 

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Bizzo

Jr. Member
Aug 9, 2015
39
48
Primary Interest:
All Treasure Hunting
I may be one of the youngest here at 19. History was always my favorite subject in school. My grandpa was a big metal detectorist and my uncle actually owned a metal detecting shop back in the day so I guess I had a headstart. I also had to find hobbies that were less time consuming when I had my son. My wife jokes that I'm an old man because my hobbies are metal detecting and staying home on weekends lol.
 

DeepseekerADS

Gold Member
Mar 3, 2013
14,880
21,725
SW, VA - Bull Mountain
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CTX, Excal II, EQ800, Fisher 1260X, Tesoro Royal Sabre, Tejon, Garrett ADSIII, Carrot, Stealth 920iX, Keene A52
Primary Interest:
Other
Hadn't seen the others... just curious. Everybody I hunt with around here is my age (32) or younger except for one guy who's about 40. It seems to me though, for as expensive as this hobby can be, that it might be the older, more established people that get into it and stick with it longer.

You have a point with that. The new guys oughta be careful and serious before they start jumping from detector to detector. Right now I'm sitting at around $4k in equipment, and that doesn't count all the others I've purchased over the years. My 4k is probably somewhere around average for serious hunters in it for years.
 

GA_Boy

Bronze Member
Jul 30, 2006
1,433
1,579
Jefferson, Ga
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BH LRP
1265X,
GoldBug II
Primary Interest:
All Treasure Hunting
I may be one of the youngest here at 19. History was always my favorite subject in school. My grandpa was a big metal detectorist and my uncle actually owned a metal detecting shop back in the day so I guess I had a headstart. I also had to find hobbies that were less time consuming when I had my son. My wife jokes that I'm an old man because my hobbies are metal detecting and staying home on weekends lol.
Wow, 19?????????? I got detectors older than you, and blue jeans and shoes.:laughing7:
Marvin
 

GA_Boy

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Jul 30, 2006
1,433
1,579
Jefferson, Ga
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BH LRP
1265X,
GoldBug II
Primary Interest:
All Treasure Hunting
I'm curious as to whether our hobby lends itself to one particular age group...is the stereotypical old, retired guy on the beach the norm or is it more for younger people whose joints can handle the constant standing/kneeling that detecting requires.
I fit in the 76-80 category.:occasion14:Marvin
 

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stefen

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Let's see, I'm at that age where I use Viagra to cure my water on the knee problems...

Hmmm, not sure I stated that correctly...

What was the question again?
 

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pepperj

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Feb 3, 2009
37,023
136,969
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Deus, Deus 2, Minelab 3030, E-Trac,
Primary Interest:
Relic Hunting
Wow, 19?????????? I got detectors older than you, and blue jeans and shoes.:laughing7:
Marvin

Got towels that are 40, just tossed a sweater that was coming up on 42.:laughing7:
 

Loco-Digger

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Jun 16, 2014
11,825
17,742
Northern O-H-I-O
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F75 LTD, 1280X Aquanaut, & a Patriot (back-up/loaner)
Primary Interest:
Metal Detecting
I was too busy chasing skirts when I was young, then came parenthood. After the kids were grown and gone, I did a little wood working, then added fishing as a hobby. I bought a detector 5 years ago and did not have the 1st inkling on how to use it. It sat idle for 4 years. During the winter of 2013/2014 I found Tnet, when I was just killing time on the internet. Read every post in the forms that interested me and even found the settings and info for me to use the TC-1023 successfully. I am not a one a done here, I recon, if God willing, I will be detecting the rest of my life.
 

whammy

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Oct 23, 2012
495
390
Conquest New York
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Whites Vision, DFX, Eagle Spectrum
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I guess I fit the geezer category, although I don't feel it. I hit the big 72 the end of the month, but I'm waiting impatiently for spring so I can start swinging the tector again.
 

cooper1841

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Dec 24, 2012
1,837
2,398
S.E. Michigan.
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A young 61, and retired, from digging with the big equipment
 

Icewing

Silver Member
Jan 5, 2016
2,629
5,489
NW Arcanslaw / SW Misery
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Minelab X-Terra 705 Gold / Garrett PropointerAT.
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34 and thanks for proving my theory about why I'm still able to find stuff, I hunt where mobility scooters won't go. :laughing7:
 

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