Anyone here into metal detecting?

I've never done it, but I'm sure it's fun.



We did have a guy stop and ask permission to detect our yard. I think his battery died before he found anything good.

What’s a good one to buy? Does walking the river batture ever turn up anything good?

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What’s a good one to buy?

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It depends on what kind of hunting you’ll be doing and your budget. Fisher has had a great reputation for finding relics (i.e. you’re hunting a very old site and you want to dig everything) for a long time. White’s (the brand I have) is okay for relics too but also great for coins, and Garret is a brand that has the reputation for being a beginner’s brand but that’s because they are so easy to use. Garret was one of the first big brands and they are still around for good reason.

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Does walking the river batture ever turn up anything good?

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You never know what you’ll find, especially in a place where people lived in the past. People might get nervous if they see you walking around the levee with a shovel though! The only person I’ve seen find a gold coin was metal detecting but saw the coin sitting on top of freshly plowed ground.

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Found a ton of old glass

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Man, need to find one of those glass detectors...

I was pretty big into MDing when I lived in MS. Mainly interested in WBTS relics. Lots of research. Getting permission is the hardest part and can be demoralizing.

Found some cool stuff, minie balls, an enfield bullet, nose cap/fuse from a confederate shell in a Union position where the earthworks are still visible, a Union belt plate with leather still in the hooks. Hunting around a really old church, I popped out an 1837 dime minted in NOLA. It literally looked like it was dropped that day. Funny how it’s now tarnished.
Found a cavalry shoulder scale / epaulet in downtown Brandon, MS. Grants HQ was in the vicinity. I really missed out on that site. It was being cleared for a bunch of,houses, and tins of dirt had been trucked off already, and I found that on the edge, where dirt work had not been done yet. Hate I didn’t find that a few months earlier.
My wife has an aunt in MS, who’s land was used as a Union corral on Sherman’s Meridian campaign. She has to run people off all the time. I’ve not yet had a chance to hunt there, but would love to.

I want to find a good brand to detect for coins. I want to start detecting all over my deer lease in the off season. Any recs?

Jase Robertson does this as a hobby

Some people call metal detecting "Dirt Fishing" but maybe it's better described as "History Hunting." Photo courtesy of Jase Robertson, COO of Duck …

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Live in Monroe, but travel south every 2 weeks.

Q - when you hunt someone's property whats the protocol for "sharing" your find. Do they ask for half? or what.

I think MineLab is a favorite of coin shooters.

Guy I went to school with has a Youtube channel. Channel is "Relic Hunting Adventures" He has some great videos