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« on: December 22, 2011, 11:27:14 pm »
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Just thought I would say hi and introduce myself.

I have been a detectorist for close to 40 years.  I bought my first detector while living in Missouri when I was 16.  I now reside in Colorado and try to get out as much as I can. 

I am an avid White's fan and have been since I purchased my first White's back in 1976.  I have been fortunate to have detected on both coasts and many states in between.  So far every detector has paid for itself with the exception of my first, a $49 wonder!

I don't have a preference as to the type of dectecting, but I am not to fond of modern parks.  I prefer finding an old rusy square nail over a handful of modern coinage.

I can say I have seen a change over the years.  The older stuff is getting tougher to find as sites are getting hit harder with newer technology.  Of course back in the old TR days pull tabs where a bugger!  But there are still untouched sites, they just take more research to find.  And of course back in the 'old days' getting permission to detect private property was easier.  Now many land owners are more reluctant to grant access.

I do find myself avoiding the more obvious places and searching for the overlooked hot spot.  I often go out and scout areas with no success, sometimes I don't even turn on the detector.  So getting skunked is not uncommon.  But when I do find success it usually is pretty good.  A rusty artifact is as much fun for me to find as an older coin.

I was blessed to introduce the hobby to my daughter when she was eleven and she found a diamond ring on her first day detecting.  So I went and bought her her own detector. 

Winter has set in so detecting is pretty much is suspended until the warm weather returns.  Here in Colorado that my be until June for the higher elevations.  So I am resigned to just do some research and make plans for the summer. 

I would enjoy hearing from others in Colorado.

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« Reply #1 on: December 22, 2011, 11:31:44 pm »
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Howdy, Silvermist.   Welcome from Arizona.   So what general part of Colorado do you call home?

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« Reply #2 on: December 23, 2011, 12:19:41 am »
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I live in the Colorado Springs area.  Most of my detecting is in the mountains West and South West from the Springs.  What part of Arizona are you?  My daughter lives near Tucson and I likely will head that way in the Spring and am thinking of bringing a detector along.  I hear there is a club in Tucson so maybe I could link up and do some hunting.

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« Reply #3 on: December 23, 2011, 12:51:00 am »
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Welcome aboard! I'm glad to see welcome such a long time detectorist! I bet you have lots of great storries to tell and finds to show. I look forward to reaing your postings.

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« Reply #4 on: December 23, 2011, 01:20:28 am »
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I live in the Phoenix area.   You are right about there being a club in Tucson. Check them out at

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« Reply #5 on: December 23, 2011, 10:03:58 am »
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Welcome from New Mexico.     Good to have  Ya here.      How is the weather over yonder?

Snowing pritty good here this morning.


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« Reply #6 on: December 23, 2011, 06:22:12 pm »
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Thanks for the welcome.  We have around 6 to 8 inches at the moment, I know because I just finished shoveling the sidewalk.  It is starting to melt on the major roadways.

I hope someday to move to either New Mexico or Arizona, I am tired of Colorado.  Maybe I am getting old but I remember the days when I could get into the back country and not see a soul for a week or two.  It seems these days that I am barely out for a day before someone comes by.  I am tempted sometimes to rope off my section of the woods to keep people away! 

What part of New Mexico are you located.  I have a couple of interesting leads in New Mexico I think would be fun to check out.  Maybe I will make it down that way this summer.

If anyone out there wants to do some detecting in Colorado let me know.  I enjoy ghost towning and know of some that would take hiking to access.  The only problem is they are in the National Forest so detecting is not allowed, but nugget shooting is.  As is detecting for meteorites.

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« Reply #7 on: December 23, 2011, 11:04:43 pm »
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Silvermist, Lots of friendly folks here and lots of interesting finds too. I agree with you, its just as much fun to find a old rusty artifact as it is to find a recently lost ring especially if the artifact fits in with the history of the site.  The joy is in the find not in the possession though I wouldn't mind possessing some gold bars. I've been at it two years and I've hit the local old house sites pretty hard. Around here it seems like most of the sites have coins that go back to about 1965 but not much earlier that. I was wondering if the silver coins got hunted out when the price of silver went up in the late 70's? Another explanation might be that money was worth more then than now and people hung on to it more. A third possibility is that the houses I've hunted were not that old. I know some were built in the late 60's. I once thought the older coins had sunk into the soft sand here in Florida but I have now discounted that notion because I have a site where coins 1900-1910 are almost on top of the sand.  I have always picked up pennies that I drop but I recall in the early eighties I started asking myself why? Keep up the good work and I hope to see more of your posts gambol

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« Reply #8 on: December 23, 2011, 11:43:44 pm »
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Hi gambol, Sounds as if you are at least getting out there.  I understand the silver thing.  When I lived on the East coast I found silver every time I took out my detector.  Then I moved out West and went for a long time, and I mean long time without finding silver.  I did find wheaties but never silver.  I hung up my detector for a few years when I got into exploring old mines.  I did pretty well using just the eyes.  But then I broke out the detector and started up again, now I find silver quite often. 

I would venture to say that silver is not always deeper than more modern coinage.  It seems objects don't always just migrate down, I have found older silver closer to the surface than modern zinc pennies.  I now usually avoid newer sites, such as parks and post '65 houses.  But even newer houses can offer great finds.  I found a really nice diamond ring in my driveway when I was living in the country  The house was only 7 years old.

If you have older neighborhoods where you live and there is a strip between the sidewalk and the street I can almost bet you will find silver.  Most communities that strip is public but you may get a few upset homeowners thinking it is their property.  Check with the local courthouse or police.  Last year a friend got a really nice detector for Christmas and took it out Christmas day.  In that strip I am referring to he found an old key date wheat penny that was worth more than his detector.  He was braver than I as the ground here is frozen and one needs to chisel to retrieve anything.

I found a rare token at a ghost town a couple years ago that was just an inch from the surface, so older coins can still be shallow.  Keep the patience and the dry spell will pass.  Also, it is true that no site is ever hunted out, yes the finds may get tougher to locate but there is usually still something there.  If you are finding newer coins that have been in the ground then it likely has not been hunted too much.  Go back over them a few times, if for nothing else just to hone your skills.

I envy new detectorists the thrill of finding their first silver coin.  Silver usually comes out of the ground as shiny as when it when in.   To turn the soil over and catching that glint of silver for the first time is a great feeling.  So if you haven't had that experience yet it will come, hopefully soon for you!

Good luck and keep swinging, you have many years of enjoyment ahead of you!

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