Metal Detecting: Booty Seeking!

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Welcome to c/metaldetecting! This is a place to share the booty you have plundered from the seven soils!

The aim of this community is to offer a place for metal detectorist to talk about the hobby, share finds, and inspire prospective newcomers to pick up a detector and start plundering that booty!

Rules: General lemmy.world guidelines apply. No encouragement of detecting illegally or trespassing on private property in any way. Please check with your local laws regarding metal detecting if you are interested in picking up the hobby.

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Smokeydope@lemmy.world

New here, from California! (lemm.ee)

submitted 3 weeks ago by KingJalopy@lemm.ee to c/metaldetecting@lemmy.world

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Glad I detected this community, good find!

I live in Northern California very near where gold were first discovered! My wife and daughter bought me a metal detector last year from a pawn shop, a Garrett brand, and I've only used it a few times but have found tons of pull tabs and several lithium batteries so far. It is legal here but only in certain areas as I understand it but living where I do now I'm excited to scope out my back yard and maybe the old rail road behind my house late at night 😉

Anyhow, open to suggestions or advice and I'll post anything I find as I go!

Good luck everyone!

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[–] KingJalopy@lemm.ee 1 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Yeah I read your posts and learned a lot just from that! I def save all my stuff. I haven't searched my yard yet, I only moved here recently but found all the tabs and batteries on a river bank near here. I'm planning on getting my daughter involved with the yard hopefully!

I've tried looking for stuff online about areas but it seems like a very gate keepy hobby, which I guess I understand, but I don't want to break the law. It seems to be restrictive here in areas but I live in Gold Rush country and can't think of a better place to learn!

Look forward to posting my finds!

[–] Smokeydope@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago

I'm sure your daughter and you will have a great time. People get touchy over legal grey area and what your allowed to do and where. Some people are sticklers, some see digging holes in the ground of abandoned/public places as 'eh, who really cares?' Indifferent to local laws. Its up to you to decide how you feel about it and where you want to try your luck.

I personally have no problem detecting in public places I know nobody lives or cares about regardless of what tax/lot records say. Ive done a few side of the track runs, abandoned schools, big field lots that filled old public pools, riverside hiking trails. As long as you arent making nasty holes its not worth anyone's trouble.. Worst case scenario someone tells you to leave.