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Us old timers come from an age where there was
silver everywhere,beaches,in the water,parks,you would not believe how much there was.There were people
with shovels and sifters of different types and people with metal detectors,everyone was finding
plenty at the old beaches and parks,metal detector sales were booming.You were sure to find rings and silver every time you went out..This was going on everywhere all over the country. I seen 8 people in the water at the same time and a guy with a shovel and sifter, detecting and every one was finding plenty of silver and rings etc.It was so easy to find that some people were using a dredge to pick the stuff up.The stuff was laying on top of one another.We had machines that were very fast and simple to use.They told you, yes or no,or just yes, if you found something,no iffys and maybe.Positive and easy they were.
Suspect people like myself and Rosario got spoiled,it was a ball. Well those days have gone. I feel what Rosario is saying, and I say the same thing, it is much harder to find keepers today,and is it worth it? I say yes. There are thirty years more of trash laying on top of those old sites to wade thru, than there was back then. Could the old detectors find keeper coins in todays conditions? No.
So in comes the Explorer. Can it find the old stuff under all that trash and extra inches of soil? Yes
But at a price to pay. Speed,quanity of finds per hour,more trash,more digging is the price.The
Explorer is an amazing machine and can accomplish what the metal detectors of the past could not. Thatis why it is my-- Primary Detector--without it, I would find NOTHING of value for the time spent hunting.
John in Mn.
silver everywhere,beaches,in the water,parks,you would not believe how much there was.There were people
with shovels and sifters of different types and people with metal detectors,everyone was finding
plenty at the old beaches and parks,metal detector sales were booming.You were sure to find rings and silver every time you went out..This was going on everywhere all over the country. I seen 8 people in the water at the same time and a guy with a shovel and sifter, detecting and every one was finding plenty of silver and rings etc.It was so easy to find that some people were using a dredge to pick the stuff up.The stuff was laying on top of one another.We had machines that were very fast and simple to use.They told you, yes or no,or just yes, if you found something,no iffys and maybe.Positive and easy they were.
Suspect people like myself and Rosario got spoiled,it was a ball. Well those days have gone. I feel what Rosario is saying, and I say the same thing, it is much harder to find keepers today,and is it worth it? I say yes. There are thirty years more of trash laying on top of those old sites to wade thru, than there was back then. Could the old detectors find keeper coins in todays conditions? No.
So in comes the Explorer. Can it find the old stuff under all that trash and extra inches of soil? Yes
But at a price to pay. Speed,quanity of finds per hour,more trash,more digging is the price.The
Explorer is an amazing machine and can accomplish what the metal detectors of the past could not. Thatis why it is my-- Primary Detector--without it, I would find NOTHING of value for the time spent hunting.
John in Mn.
"> Ok I can live with that. My hunting Partner has 30+ yrs in the field and we always have a good time no matter who finds what or how much of. It is a good clean hobby and nothing you do in this day and age is totally free. Granted the detectors are so much more sofisticated today than they was in the old days. A detector of any worth in the 60s or 70s cost about a weeks wages. Now they are about a week and a half wages. Counting the cost of inflation <IMG SRC="/forums/images/smile.gif" BORDER=0 ALT="