O.K. just curious here!

[piegrande]

Ahem, #5. it certainly does snow in Southern Texas. I was there in McAllen just a few years ago. The first recorded snowfall in recorded history, and it was this century. My wife had been trying to grow papaya, and she had a nice tree with fruit on it. Snow killled it deader'n a door nail. In Cimmarron in Mission, neighbors were out dancing in the street in the snow at 1 am.

 

[Jason in Enid]

What! You don’t all live in Igloo’s?

That’s like all Texans ride a horse and live on a big ranch.

Or Indians still living in teepees in Oklahoma

 

[Number9]

Well, I'll tell ya sports fans...

I live in East Tennessee.. I smoke a corn cob pipe.. and have a hound dog on the front porch... and a whiskey still out back!
Well, let me tell the truth... the dog is really just a mutt.

We(me & my bitter-half) use two Minelab GT's and we also have a Tesoro Vaquero.

I love to beach hunt when we can make a trip. Finding a place to relic hunt is getting harder to find.

 

[cactusrat]

and don't forget......Everything is BIG in Texas!

Lol.

Well yea. It takes two days to ride a horse across my little ranch. On my big ranch, it takes two generations of horses to ride across it.

 

[cactusrat]

Ahem, #5. it certainly does snow in Southern Texas. I was there in McAllen just a few years ago. The first recorded snowfall in recorded history, and it was this century. My wife had been trying to grow papaya, and she had a nice tree with fruit on it. Snow killled it deader'n a door nail. In Cimmarron in Mission, neighbors were out dancing in the street in the snow at 1 am.

If the truth is to be known, in my 57 laps around the sun, I seen snow three times in the Costal Bend of Texas (Central Coast).

I didn’t like it all three times.

2004 on Christmas Eve we had a record snow. Depending on location, 18 to 5 inches fell.

On Christmas day, more pictures where taking of the snow than that of kids opening gifts.

Couldn’t find a roll of film that evening anywhere, all sold out.

 

[dirtydig]

In the eighties when my dad and i were pulling civil war plates 3 inches down there were fewer hobbiest, now people are worried that someone may move in on their turf. I say good luck, and if you want to hunt where i hunt ill give you the location. there is plenty to go around and tons of spots. with each passing day the good stuff rusts and sinks and all i want for the hobby is for it to prosper. I to come here to see what is found and so enjoy the details, just wish there was more. the story of the find is truly the treasure, the rest is material.

 

[gerryk]

Ahem, #5. it certainly does snow in Southern Texas. I was there in McAllen just a few years ago. The first recorded snowfall in recorded history, and it was this century. My wife had been trying to grow papaya, and she had a nice tree with fruit on it. Snow killled it deader'n a door nail. In Cimmarron in Mission, neighbors were out dancing in the street in the snow at 1 am.

And we go out and spend hundreds if not thousands of dollars on machine and equipment to entertain ourselves and all it takes is a little snow in Texas to make people dance in the streets at 1 am?

 

[Pointman]

You know it isn't the BIGGEST detector it is the most expensive one!

Seriously though, this reminds me of the club hunts I go to. There is an array of detectors and it is kind of neat seeing "who has what". I retired from the military and it was always looking at the other guy/gal's shoulder or chest to see what qualification badges or rank they have. Quietly you kind of see where how you fit, and everyone does that.

 

[cactusrat]

And we go out and spend hundreds if not thousands of dollars on machine and equipment to entertain ourselves and all it takes is a little snow in Texas to make people dance in the streets at 1 am?

No dancing in the street for me. To nasty out there for me.