For all of us reading this site, this is probably common sense, and as well it should be, but we all detect with, mentor, and know other detectorists (new to the hobby or seasoned) that might need this gentle reminder. So here it goes. When this hobby started gaining popularity in the early 70s with…
If you have any amount of time in the hobby of metal detecting, and possibly if you are a novice or don’t detect at all, the chances of having heard of Garrett metal detectors is pretty high. If so, probably no other detector since Eleanor and Charles Garrett establish their business April 1, 1964, has captured…
They say every great story has a beginning, middle, and end…in this case, I will start in the middle. Saturday the 6th of November being my birthday and the temperature being slightly above freezing with precipitation at near 100% I thought “what better way to spend my birthday than swinging my detector in the middle…
Disappointment to Joy, In the Same Day Some requests for metal detecting permissions don’t always go the way you want them to, well at first. In fact, this particular “quest for treasure” at this site started with a rejection! Yes a rejection. I have been researching this particular township near me in Michigan the better…