When did you first become..........

[bigscoop]

.....interested in treasure hunting?

I think I first became interested in treasure hunting the moment I started breathing air. I can remember when I was still very young, maybe 8 or 9, burying a metal treasure chest (penny bank) under the pine tree in the back yard of the old house we lived in. As far as I can recall, it' still there?

 

[spartacus53]

Interesting, but before I go on, what was your old address and is that tree still there :P

I guess it's in every boys genes from the beginning, watching TV with tales of pirates and buried treasure. That also includes those whether or not they ever got in metal detecting. I am a late bloomer and only started 2 years ago. I love the hobby, but I really don't take it all that seriously and that is a shame. Yes, I would love to find some old relics, coins, etc., but I really don't feel like spending the time researching. I guess I'm just happy if I luck upon something and I'll keep anything of value.

I guess the other part of the equation is that I don't have anyone in this area to spend the day with. Not that I mind going out on my own which I do anyway, it would just be nice to have someone to joke around with. Oh well, c'est la vie

 

[truckinbutch]

As a kid , immersed in stories of pirate treasure and rumors of hidden hoards ........
And then there was this old 'Granny Woman' that lived with the neighbors until "her time"......
She liked her drink and when we could 'poach' a bit for her , she would regale us with her tale of being a 'hired girl' to a wealthy man and his family at the turn of the century .
She told us kids of a wealthy man that kept his gold coin in an Arbuckle's coffee can . He gave her
one of those coins to be allowed to put his hand 'up under'her dress and promised more for 'better
things'.
Word reached the house one evening that robbers would be coming to the house that night and the old man rushed out with his coffee can of gold coins .
An hour later , he returned , out of breath , and dropped dead on the parlor floor from a heart attack .
Grand fantasy , I know , except that she would pull out this gold coin from her bosom on a leather thong that she had hung on to for her 'buryin money'.
When she passed , she was sent off in fine style by the folks that she had lived out her days with .
I've verified much of her story in later years and am still looking for the Arbuckle's can .

 

[BigDan]

I've always been interested in treasure hunting

I can't recall a sudden "urge" to find stuff. I've just always had it. I must have lost something when I was little...I don't know.

 

[bigscoop]

Re: I've always been interested in treasure hunting

I can't recall a sudden "urge" to find stuff. I've just always had it. I must have lost something when I was little...I don't know.

Isn't it strange, or perhaps it's just me, but it seems we are all born with different instincts and personalities, or should I say unique spirits and souls. And I think that's the real challenge in life, to not allow the little pieces of yourself to be traded away by all the temptations and promises we encounter through life. I think it's extremely important that we remain well connected to who we really are, which can be easily lost sometimes as we advance through life.

 

[vibes]

all my life. I guess I was considred a "dreamer"

And I agree, it's beyond important to be your authentic self.

 

[keverett]

4th grade, we took a trip up to Columbia California and toured the mines and panned for gold. They told us about the miners, and how there was still lots of gold in the hills. They had displays of mining relics, and said that miners were notorious for burying their equipment and goods so that another miner wouldn't steal them. I was hooked!

 

[savant365]

My first treasure hunting venture was digging coins out from under the washers and dryers with a metal clothes hanger at the local laundromat. The guy that owned it let me dig them out as long as I swept the floor for him when I was done (I always got a can of pop and a candy bar too ) My Mom loved it, it kept me from bugging her while she did the wash. I started doing this when I was probably 5 or 6 years old. I guess I've been digging for coins a lot longer then I thought, lol.

HH Charlie

 

[P.B. and Dylan]

First I can remember was when I was about 5. There was this game show on TV where (best as I can remember) the set was an island and people would run around and dig and look under things to find "treasure". I have no idea what the show was called or how long it ran but I do remember being totally fascinated with being able to find treasure.

 

[miller433]

....My uncle bought me a metal detector that came in a kit. He helped me put it together and get it working. I don't remember finding much treasure with it but I remember helping a friend find his glasses in the snow. I was hooked. And like Bigscoop I remember burying a jar of coins in my back yard so I could find them later, now if my parents still owned that house I'd be in good shape. Now I'm just waiting on a for sale sign to go up in their yard.

 

[spartacus53]

First I can remember was when I was about 5. There was this game show on TV where (best as I can remember) the set was an island and people would run around and dig and look under things to find "treasure". I have no idea what the show was called or how long it ran but I do remember being totally fascinated with being able to find treasure.

That show was "Treasure Hunt" and I love the set they would build for every show. There were shows like that from the 50's the one you are talking about I think was in the 70's

 

[George (MN)]

Collected coins as a kid. Read article in local paper about man with detector finding 1909-SVDB penny. Best wishes, George (MN)

 

[Mighty AP]

My Pop had a buddy that wanted to detect our yard when I was about 10. Id never seen or heard of a detector but I followed him around the yard watching him dig coins, probably drove him nuts with all the stupid questions. Come to think of it he didnt stay very long, probably came back when I was in school. That started the fascination, didnt get a machine for over 30 years.

 

[rginn]

When I was 7 or 8 years old my grandma told me stories about the Cave with the Iron Door, 17 mule loads of gold, and certain treasure signs near Payne's Lake in Caddo Co. OK. I had a great-great uncle, Hiram McLane, who spent many years looking for Bob Herring's loot around Flat Top Mt. in SW OK, and other rumored treasure spots in the Wichita Mts. So I was exposed to it from birth. Uncle Hi, a Scotsman and excellent fiddle player, would turn flips to know that I have a DFX, as he never used or could afford a detector in those days.

 

[Chug And Red]

I think it was in 1972 when a guy was detecting in a school yard during the summer when I was there playing there in Vancouver. I walked up shyly and asked a few questions and did not disturb him and he was showing me what he was finding!!!!! I was very interested in getting a detector from that day on!!! I have always loved history!!!! Why did I wait for so long to get my first detector!!!! first one Purchased by Red for My birthday 2 years ago Now I'm 45 years Old!!! 45 - 7 = 38 years O well I'm having a blast now!!!