my first time metal detecting was back in 1998 or 99 i went out with a friend to look for gold in the deserts of Arizona it was hot, cant remember what metal detector he had i know it was an old beep and dig, when we started searching i thought to myself what a big waste of time, we found nothing move ahead 10 years to 2009 my wife and i purchased a home in Ohio that was built in 1889 our house was on an almost acre and a half of land completely fenced in except for the front yard the fenced back yard was almost an acre of land with a six foot wooden fence around it, because of the age of the home we started doing research on our house and property found out two bank robbers were arrested in it we researched our property for almost a year we then decided to purchase two detectors one for my wife and one for myself so then we started researching detectors we ended up purchasing a AT Pro and a Xterra 705 we ended up selling that house in 2013 the whole time we were in Ohio I never detected any where other then my own yard for 3 years that yard was still giving up hidden treasures till the day we left Ohio my best find was not in the yard around the house though it was in a crawl space under the house that once you were in it you could literally stand up and swing a detector.