personal metal finding

[diwiwi]

Have u ever thought about this?

Maybe we can cultivate our metal detecting hobby instead of buying new coins.

There are some possibilities that we are lucky enough to find historic coins.

[Lea79]

I had 1 for xmas. I've only used it once on the beach and found sod all lol.

[watchesandwhisky]

I have detected a lot in the past, the beach can be fairly lucrative in the summer and have found all the cts of gold jewellery plus a lot of coins - but with time invested and parking costs it will only ever be a hobby, lost interest eventually but would love to detect some fields. unfortunately getting permission is very hard as many already have someone/clubs that does their land. clubs will even pay per person to secure land. 

[sixgun]

My brother bought a metal detector. He thought he might find lost jewellery and coins at the beach in Spain. He found a few cents - a very very few cents and lots and lots.........................and lots of silver paper [the aluminium kind]. He found it very disappointing.

He recently sold the detector and thankfully at a profit.

i love watching the metal detecting videos. i think only a tiny percentage make anything after costs. 

[Pete]

I used my metal detector to find about 20 old screws that were hidden everywhere on my pea-shingle drive after a kitchen replacement.
That probably saved my car tyres which cost £200 each.

That in itself paid for the detector.

I did pick up a screw on the M4 a few weeks ago and I had to replace a tyre with only 10% wear.

[Niels87]

My uncle is very active around here with his metal detector. 
Mostly looking in the farmer fields.
He already find a lot of WWII items, also made the local papers with all the things he found. 
He found some rare items but never in good enough shape to make some big money i think. 

[Kman]

It's a hobby I would guess rather than a money making venture

A fun hobby though, I imagine it's a real buzz if you're lucky enough to find 

Like in this video where someone gets a 1821 sov, he does say it's only his second gold coin in 30 years though