Any Detecorists on here?

Seriously thinking about taking it up has a hobby, just seen a full kit for sale (Equinox 600) £599, any tips would be greatly appreciated.

 

That should be Detectorists.

 

I used to have a metal detector. My parents got me it from Tandy back in the nineties. Used it a couple of times in the back garden then ended up in the downstairs cupboard. It was a phase I went through. I obsessed about having a pair of binoculars too (which I still have).

 

You'll need a spade.

 

Only if you find owt.

 

We only ever found tin foil sweet wrappers when we had one as kids.

 

Early 80's, one of my brothers used to go down Oakwell with his detector, and he used to come back with a fair wedge.
Takes it on holiday with him too. Apparently; after a week on the beach he'd almost covered his costs.

 

You'll find a drum kit and a Yamaha keyboard with my metal detector....in landfill somewhere.

 

I liked the TV series!

 

Changing Rooms was brilliant.

 

Group up ere in Brid, see em art all the time,clubs in Bempton, never really bin interested, good luck an hope it works art for you, good luck.

 

You can edit the Title.

 

The famous Bempton friskaristas.

 

I got one last year for a small 'archaeological' type group I am part of. I'm not sure where the thing currently resides but I remember feeling quite 'into it' for a few brief weeks. Very therapeutic.
Permission is always a grey area.

 

Well detected

 

Very good

 

I'd suggest follow my brothers channel on YT. Mark the metal detectorist. Dunno much about detecting myself, but he knows his history of things, and the better places to go

 

Then get yerself off to Australia and detect for gold. Some of those on tv find some lovely nuggets with no expense of big machinery.
Easy money.

 

Tried it once, had 700 hits, then I realised I was wearing my steel toe caps, a wo knackered.

 

I had one in the 70's, it worked fine but couldn't differentiate between tin foil and more solid things... I found stacks of old coins but not much of real interest... a friend in South Elmsall was really good at it, he had a room packed full of interesting bits... hundreds of Roman coins, brooches, medallions.. all sorts of things, his technique involved a detector that worked in water, he had a pair of waders and used to do streams and small rivers, in the summer he'd do bigger rivers when the water was low... he had an amazing collection of stuff.