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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;lordmarcovan, post: 3607543, member: 10461&quot;]He&#039;d have made you hate yourself and feel like a total amateur.&nbsp; Happened to me.&nbsp; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Seriously, though, he was a cool guy.&nbsp; Just a real natural at the hobby.&nbsp; With some great sites to go to.</p><p><br /></p><p>He was only a detectorist for a relatively short time- maybe 5-7 years or so, having come into it from being a coin guy first, which is a common trajectory for many who pursue the coinshooting discipline of detecting.</p><p><br /></p><p>This is as opposed to the relic hunters, who usually become detectorists to chase military relics instead of coins.&nbsp; (Ironically, the relic hunters usually score the best coins.&nbsp; And while I was primarily a coinshooter, my two &quot;best&quot; finds were relics.)</p><p><br /></p><p>I actually used to give him online advice when he first started.&nbsp; He used to call himself &quot;The Reluctant Relic Hunter&quot; because he was finding all sorts of relics, but (at the time) relatively few coins.</p><p><br /></p><p>I think I told him to shut up and enjoy the ride, because the relics he was finding were dang cool stuff, like those Daguerreotype plates.&nbsp; I said the coins would happen eventually.</p><p><br /></p><p>And oh, boy, did they ever.</p><p><br /></p><p>As has happened many times, one of my &quot;students&quot; very quickly outdid his &quot;teacher&quot; in technical skill.&nbsp; Which is not too surprising, since I&#039;m sometimes rather lazy.</p><p><br /></p><p>Finding stuff like those 16-inch-deep Massachusetts silvers takes laser-sharp concentration, good equipment, and complete mastery of every nuance of that equipment.</p><p><br /></p><p>And yeah, a healthy dollop of luck, too.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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