well im kind of new to this site, i have visited before just not signed up till now, and im not new to detecting either lol i had a detector when i was like 5 or 6 years old when we lived in missouri and then when 13 we moved to oklahoma but i have always loved looking for coins and any history, and i got into panning for gold about 12 years ago, well i had to have a gold detector lol, so i got a detector for coins gold and water hunting, i am in northwest oklahoma near the panhandle, any others in this part of the state, i been out hunting a few times this year, mostly parks and stuff, but i like the part of the history where old towns were so the history and hunting go hand in hand, on of my older coins i have found isa 1903 barber dime, when they were doing a highway project in woodward, it was just under the asphalt, was pretty cool, and alan, i been to waynes detectors just wish i was closer to visit more, great place, and who ever it was that said they liked to dredge for gold im in, lol i got a highbanker, always ready to hunt some gold to