Well for my wife's birthday i bought her a Tesoro Mojave with the thought and hopes that not only would it be a hobby we could share as we grow more mature (OLDER) but that we could get a bit of exercise which both our doctors feel we need...............
After much deliberation and research I chose the Mojave. I should have started perhaps with the fact that neither of us has any experience with metal detecting, though through various television shows it had peaked our interest over the years, and as we live on the outer banks of north carolina we figured we were in perhaps a target rich local. So putting the Mojave was so simple even i got it right the first time so Sunday we decided to hit the community beach on the sound as well as the local schools. At the beach we managed to find a very old miller beer can at 10" which instantly impressed me, then followed up with a penny at 8". We had the sensitivity up past 5 and the discrimination about half way up in the white. My thought process was better to dig more for bottle caps and flip tabs and learn the machine than to pass on anything good until we began to our learning curve. OK so i did dig several bottle caps and pull tabs but i was very impressed on how the Mojave handled the sand, both wet and dry. A short trip to the local schools and we were now in a mix of sand, clay and some soil. Again the Mojave did much better than we did, but at this point i could tell my wife was not only enjoying herself, but that the hook was working its way into her lips. OK we will not be retiring after our first hunt, Blackbeard's Treasure is safe, as is the mystery of the Lost Colony, but man we had a blast. My deal with my wife was that i would be her digger until she felt really comfortable with the process and then I could buy my own machine. Later she called to tell me she was hard at work getting permission to hunt a large commercial development that was just starting...........yeah she got the bug..........
i tried to post pics but my picture seems to be too large.....we found 2 nickles, 4 pennies, a tigger button, a piece of silver (not sure what it is/was) and other assorted junk...................
After much deliberation and research I chose the Mojave. I should have started perhaps with the fact that neither of us has any experience with metal detecting, though through various television shows it had peaked our interest over the years, and as we live on the outer banks of north carolina we figured we were in perhaps a target rich local. So putting the Mojave was so simple even i got it right the first time so Sunday we decided to hit the community beach on the sound as well as the local schools. At the beach we managed to find a very old miller beer can at 10" which instantly impressed me, then followed up with a penny at 8". We had the sensitivity up past 5 and the discrimination about half way up in the white. My thought process was better to dig more for bottle caps and flip tabs and learn the machine than to pass on anything good until we began to our learning curve. OK so i did dig several bottle caps and pull tabs but i was very impressed on how the Mojave handled the sand, both wet and dry. A short trip to the local schools and we were now in a mix of sand, clay and some soil. Again the Mojave did much better than we did, but at this point i could tell my wife was not only enjoying herself, but that the hook was working its way into her lips. OK we will not be retiring after our first hunt, Blackbeard's Treasure is safe, as is the mystery of the Lost Colony, but man we had a blast. My deal with my wife was that i would be her digger until she felt really comfortable with the process and then I could buy my own machine. Later she called to tell me she was hard at work getting permission to hunt a large commercial development that was just starting...........yeah she got the bug..........
i tried to post pics but my picture seems to be too large.....we found 2 nickles, 4 pennies, a tigger button, a piece of silver (not sure what it is/was) and other assorted junk...................
the treasure of getting outside getting some exercise fresh air and someone to enjoy it with to me you found that treasure that not everyone gets to enjoy , keep at it and who knows what else you both will unearth 
