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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;yakpoo, post: 4648186, member: 18157&quot;]Thanks a lot Chip!</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;m planning a move out of the DC area and would like to take up metal detecting for the fun and exercise. I guess my first question is...where is the best places for metal detecting? In other words, where should I move? I&#039;m thinking of areas around the Appalachian Mountains...Tennessee, North Carolina, etc.</p><p><br /></p><p>I grew up in Connecticut. It was 80% farmland in the 1700&#039;s. Today, Connecticut is 80% woods. All of New England is covered in granite rock. Farmers had to remove the rocks from their fields so they could be plowed. They used the rocks they dug up for the foundation of their homes and to make rock walls separating their fields.</p><p><br /></p><p>When I was a Scout in the early &#039;70s, we hiked all over New England. I &quot;heard&quot; of treasures found along these abandoned rock walls deep in the woods. I have no first hand knowledge of this...just stories, but I always wanted to try detecting there.</p><p><br /></p><p>I &quot;heard&quot; that coins often fell out of pockets as people climbed over the walls...or the rock walls were used as points of reference for buried treasure (e.g. Shawshank Redemption). That was where I was thinking of starting...but would love any additional ideas from a Pro![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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