DaddyD Posted March 28, 2021 Report Share Posted March 28, 2021 Just kind of curious how many of you out there that started out in the sixties like I did and also started out as a treasure hunter like I did 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ridge Runner Posted March 29, 2021 Report Share Posted March 29, 2021 DaddyD I myself was in the mid twenties and in about a little over a month I’ll turn 80. I don’t know where I went wrong but I’m still not rich but I’d do it all over again. I’ve been swinging a detector for 55 years now. It don’t make any difference what age you are when you start but just you did . I haven’t been thinking about stopping and in fact I got money burning a hole in my pocket now for another detector. The Best To You! Chuck 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaddyD Posted March 29, 2021 Author Report Share Posted March 29, 2021 I am in the same boat I am not rich either but the important thing is the enjoyment we get and the many people we meet along the way 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AZNuggetBob Posted April 3, 2021 Report Share Posted April 3, 2021 Ridge Runner you got a few years on me. I started out coin hunting beaches in S.Cal in the 70's. Moved up to N.Cal in 79 and started dredging gold. In 80 started swinging gold after I moved to Az. and I have to say its been a fantastic adventure ever since. AzNuggetBob 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AZNuggetBob Posted April 3, 2021 Report Share Posted April 3, 2021 Daddyd I also started treasure hunting years ago but because of the laws on It,I don't talk much about it. AzNuggetBob 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaddyD Posted April 3, 2021 Author Report Share Posted April 3, 2021 I know the feeling especially in small towns Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AZNuggetBob Posted April 3, 2021 Report Share Posted April 3, 2021 I'll just say,Jim Straight is a good friend of mine and he has taught me a lot on treasure hunting..🙂 AzNuggetBob 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaddyD Posted April 3, 2021 Author Report Share Posted April 3, 2021 I learned in the early sixties from a old-timer in my neighborhood who loved to tell stories from the past Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AZNuggetBob Posted April 3, 2021 Report Share Posted April 3, 2021 DaddyD I've got a lo-----t of stories, just cant talk about many of them. for a lot of reasons, just the nature gold prospecting and treasure hunting these days. AzNuggetBob 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geof_junk Posted April 3, 2021 Report Share Posted April 3, 2021 Started very early as a kid but started solo when I got my car licence back in 1966. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaddyD Posted April 3, 2021 Author Report Share Posted April 3, 2021 In 1966 is around when I first got started in prospecting 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rattlesnake Jim Posted April 3, 2021 Report Share Posted April 3, 2021 53 years for me. First detector 1968. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlakMagnet Posted April 4, 2021 Report Share Posted April 4, 2021 You guys have a lot of years on me and I always like the experience you bring to your posts. I started in 1977 dredging in the Sierra's. I spent four summers being underwater 10 hours a day six days a week. I dredged mostly in the Mariposa area but also the S. fork of the Yuba, the middle fork of the American and a few other creeks above Downieville. Then I got busy working and dredging got closed off in Ca. I picked up a detector in the early 80's but only intermittently. I had saved most of my dredging gold and my kids thought the tooth fairy brought gold nuggets when they were growing up. In the early 2000's I got into it again with Minelab PI's and am on my 7th variation, a GPZ which I love. I also underwater treasure hunted a couple of places in the Caribbean in the '90s, one in a place I can't mention and the other was on the only coral atoll in the Bahamas, Hog Stye Reef. I found some Spanish coins on a reef in the unmentionable place, that were so old the Spanish hadn't bothered to put dates on them yet. I've paid for most of my detectors with the gold I've found and used the rest for kids college. I've love it all. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaddyD Posted April 4, 2021 Author Report Share Posted April 4, 2021 Great to hear your story Hope to do a meet up with those of you who contributed some day when I come back to the states Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AZNuggetBob Posted April 5, 2021 Report Share Posted April 5, 2021 (edited) On 3/28/2021 at 5:45 PM, DaddyD said: The important thing is the enjoyment we get and the many people we meet along the way . I have to admit its been an amazing experience the people Ive met over the years prospecting. AzNuggetBob Edited April 5, 2021 by AZNuggetBob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaddyD Posted April 5, 2021 Author Report Share Posted April 5, 2021 Yes I agree and it will get more exciting the best is yet to come Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AZNuggetBob Posted April 5, 2021 Report Share Posted April 5, 2021 FlakMagnet always enjoyed your posts. AzNuggetBob 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlakMagnet Posted April 8, 2021 Report Share Posted April 8, 2021 On 4/4/2021 at 10:06 PM, AZNuggetBob said: FlakMagnet always enjoyed your posts. I feel the same about yours. I think you, like many of us, know how lucky we have been just to have the chance to experience some of the things we have. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaddyD Posted April 8, 2021 Author Report Share Posted April 8, 2021 It's not only the experience but the many places we have gone Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AZNuggetBob Posted April 20, 2021 Report Share Posted April 20, 2021 On 4/7/2021 at 8:58 PM, FlakMagnet said: I feel the same about yours. I think you, like many of us, know how lucky we have been just to have the chance to experience some of the things we have. So true Flak, so true. Bob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AZNuggetBob Posted April 20, 2021 Report Share Posted April 20, 2021 I have to say I think some people are going find some amazing gold finds and its probably going to be in places we over looked. Aznuggetbob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaddyD Posted April 20, 2021 Author Report Share Posted April 20, 2021 It's time to think out of the box and go where no one has thought about going 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AZNuggetBob Posted April 20, 2021 Report Share Posted April 20, 2021 DD I'm always trying to think out of the box, that's how you escape the crowd. Bob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaddyD Posted April 20, 2021 Author Report Share Posted April 20, 2021 It's a shame the youth can't do that Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaddyD Posted April 20, 2021 Author Report Share Posted April 20, 2021 I will be in Colorado soon been using Google Earth found a lot of public land many old tailing piles can't wait Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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