Curious about something......

[Old Katz]

I was in Australia in 1983 thru 1986.
I didn't think about metal detecting then. What kind of Garrett Detectors
were going around back then?

What kind of garrett detectors and other brands, were good in the USA?

When I came home from down under I bought an old van and traveled around the USA for a time.
Still, the idea of detecting was not on my mind. Too bad because looking back at the cost of
living back then and seeing how much clad and silver was in the ground then I could have continued
for a long time without having to get a job. Now a guy could not do that with the cost of gas, food,
and other expenses so high.

Katz

 

[cwilk]

I've thought along those lines before. I wonder how much money people actually lost back then, though. I mean when you could actually buy something for a quarter. Maybe UW could fill us in. What did he consider a decent hunt back in the day? Was in possible to go out to a park in the 60s and find five or six bucks in silver dimes and quarters?

Up until around 1974 my weekly allowance was a dime. That was payment for pulling the trash cans out to the curb and then back again after they were empty. When I became old enough to operate the lawn mower and it skyrocketed to 75 cents for the next few years. I guess what I'm saying is, I didn't lose a lot of quarters back then, mainly because I only had three a week to spend.

I had a department store detector back then and on a really good hunt I'd find one coin! Now if I had a GTI 2500........................

Chris

 

[Old Katz]

It doesn't matter when... people are always loosing stuff. Back in the 1960 you could
buy a Denny's Special $1.99, bacon or sausage, eggs toast. Gas was .35 cents a gallon; you
could fill up and have an easy life. Today? Good Freaking luck!
Kats

In the old days you could always
find a cheap bite to eat.

 

[fongu]

1 cat pours the wine another prepares the food. You know your cat loves you when she brings you food. Katz, I wish I had knew about them when I was out west in the states and in the service, too. 2 years in Germany in 1972-1974 might have led to some interesting finds. The first time I saw someone with a metal detector was in the mid-1980's at Panama City Beach, Fl. I never thought I would want to do that old geezer routine, it just had to be boring. Little did I know what a fascinating hobby it could be and lead to so many other interests.
Historical research, maps, antique bottles, relics and the history that goes with them, it's just so fascinating. Prospecting, geology, uv lights and the list goes on and on.

 

[Mick in Dubbo]

Metal detecting is a VERY popular hobby with grey nomads that travel around Australiain their motor homes. I am personally aware of around half a dozen folks over here that detect for coins for a living. They find at least what I earn for wages. Not a lot of folks can do that. You need to be living in a large city and have a different mindset to a hobbyist. That said; the last time I stayed in Sydney for over a week, I did manage to find over $300 in 8 hunting days averaging around 3 to 4 hours a day. Sadly, I haven't been able to do a hunt like that in the last 15 months.
Mick Evans.