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<p>[QUOTE="lordmarcovan, post: 2580808, member: 10461"]Oh- one other thing (preached as much as a reminder to <i>myself</i> as to any of you):</p><p><br /></p><p>They have not yet invented the machine that will go out and get the goodies for you after you've left it in the closet.</p><p><br /></p><p>You have to <i>keep 'em beepin'</i>, and <i>put the coil to the soil!</i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p>Persistence and patience are the key attributes, here, and using your head in selecting the right places to go. After that, it's mostly grunt work. You put in enough hours on the right sites with even a basic detector, and <i>eventually</i> your work will pay off. Expect many, many frustrations and disappointments, but if you're lucky, you'll get enough pleasant surprises along the way to stoke your enthusiasm and keep you going. There is nothing like <a href="http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k173/lordmarcovan/2007-12-15d-digging-Merc.jpg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k173/lordmarcovan/2007-12-15d-digging-Merc.jpg" rel="nofollow">the glint of a freshly-dug old silver coin</a> to make your concerns about exhaustion, sore knees, and an aching back disappear!</p><p><br /></p><p>Luck is a big factor, always, but you'd be surprised how much a successful detectorist "makes his own luck" by hard work, patience, and persistence.</p><p><br /></p><p>BTW, they just clearcut some timber on the road where I live. Last time they did that, a little further down the road, a skilled buddy of mine went out where the woods had been, discovered an invisible, long vanished antebellum house site, and popped several old flat buttons and a 1798 Draped Bust large cent.</p><p><br /></p><p>Guess where I'll likely be on Saturday...[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="lordmarcovan, post: 2580808, member: 10461"]Oh- one other thing (preached as much as a reminder to [I]myself[/I] as to any of you): They have not yet invented the machine that will go out and get the goodies for you after you've left it in the closet. You have to [I]keep 'em beepin'[/I], and [I]put the coil to the soil! [/I] Persistence and patience are the key attributes, here, and using your head in selecting the right places to go. After that, it's mostly grunt work. You put in enough hours on the right sites with even a basic detector, and [I]eventually[/I] your work will pay off. Expect many, many frustrations and disappointments, but if you're lucky, you'll get enough pleasant surprises along the way to stoke your enthusiasm and keep you going. There is nothing like [URL='http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k173/lordmarcovan/2007-12-15d-digging-Merc.jpg']the glint of a freshly-dug old silver coin[/URL] to make your concerns about exhaustion, sore knees, and an aching back disappear! Luck is a big factor, always, but you'd be surprised how much a successful detectorist "makes his own luck" by hard work, patience, and persistence. BTW, they just clearcut some timber on the road where I live. Last time they did that, a little further down the road, a skilled buddy of mine went out where the woods had been, discovered an invisible, long vanished antebellum house site, and popped several old flat buttons and a 1798 Draped Bust large cent. Guess where I'll likely be on Saturday...[/QUOTE]
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