thanks ev1 for welcoming me in the forum-to answer the first question-i have a old whites spectrum detector-unfortunely its presently in bad shape due to the constant useage i put it threw over the years-the md that replace it was a whites 5900 di series-i physically ran that one to the ground..lol lol.In south jersey me and my pop had a rare collection of oil-based maps that were from the 1700's to the 1890's that started from trenton all the way down into cape may county-we would research an old forgotten town by reading up in it in libraries,books,and geographic maps to pin-point the location-ten the fun part-try to find it.Afterwards we would mark it,do a quick servey of the grounds then look for tell-tale signs for depressions or trees/shrubs that werent native to the area.Second trip was to metal detect the crap out of the area-he had a garnet and i had a whites,mark the spots with :usaflag:s as my mom dug them up unless i got either gold/silver spots then i dug..lol(sorry mom).
We tryed to metal detect where we were allowed and most of the time got permission when we came across sites that fell either on private or state property.
I have lived in delaware since 2007 and found out that metal detecting is nearly impossible without having permission,knowing certain people in high places,or making deals with property owners just to metal detect-a real discouragement esp. when someone is trying to get back into it like me-thats why i need help esp. in the surrounding area that i live in.The md club in penns.helps but just not enough and nobody from that club has reached out to me so far-are there any md clubs in delaware and isnt far from me?? If anyone knows,i would be forever grateful to you :smitten: