What kept me going 23 years ago

[ppratt]

Like most of us we have a beginning to our detecting story. All of us met that guy who bought a detector and never had luck or time so he never picked it up again. Well I started at 13 years old and all I had was time. The luck part came shortly after. I thought I would post a image of my area I had to detect in my area. Everything was walking distance and mostly virgin ground. The first location was the ball field.

 

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[ivan salis]

well you had prime pickins by the looks of it

 

[rmptr]

Wow!

Good for you !

What a GREAT place to detect !

You must have had a lot of fun, even close to home.

Best
rmptr

 

[BuckleBoy]

I started at age 13 as well--and walked to all of the places I detected for the first few years. I found a place near a long-vanished railroad depot where travelers would lay out and watch the river go by on sunny days. I also found a baseball field (now a cow pasture) in use from the twenties through WWII. It is amazing how much there is to find close by where many of us live. Came in mighty handy before I could legally drive a car!

Best Wishes,


Buckles