I am a 6 month veteran at MDing
I am retired, and started started MDing last spring. I am 67 and have all kinds of energy and need something to keep myself busy. I purchased a Big 5 metal detector at the swap meet for $110.00. It sells new for $139.00. I think it's a great metal detector. It's light weight, detects up to 8 inches deep. I love the way the different tones tell you what the target might be, so when you get used to your machine, you don't have to look at the display pannel to see what your machine found, just look to see how deep. One thing I find myself doing is. while driving around town, or anywhere, I always keep an eye out for spots to metal detect. Another thing, I go on line, and type in "showmystreet". That sight will tell you to type in my address, or some other place I want to hunt, and you will get a birds eye view of anywhere. I then print where I will be metal detecting, and keep a close record of where I have detected at that spot. My mo is to print a copy of say a park I want to detect from my computer. I then go to that park, and it might take me 40 hours to cover every inch of the park. Every day I color in the area I have detected at the park. That way I don't forget if I have done a section or not. Also, "Metal Detecting Forum" has taught me a lot about this sport. I have found MDing is a lot like fishing. You never know what you might get when you throw out your fishing line, and you never know what you might find when your swinning your MD. If you find that your not doing to well finding stuff, stick with it and you will come around. Oh yeah, if when your driving around, and you see people, and if theres grass, there will be money too. The best place to MD is Elementry and Middle schools. Kids are always loosing money, and silver jewlery too. So next Saturday, or Sunday monring, and not during the week, go to your neighborhood school and start out front of the school and hit the grassy areas and you will find money. Just make sure you put the grass back the way you found it before you leave a hole.
Good luck