First it was pinball machines (EM’s and newer ones ) then antique slot machines. Now I’ve gone and done it. I’ve gotten myself into the “metal detecting” hobby.

Anyone else into this hobby or other similar ones that when you were young you always thought “that’s for old geezers”?

Well, it’s time to get my Bermuda shorts, long black socks and Sandals on and start walking the beaches !

For me- it’s the Fisher “Gold Bug 2” and the “xpointer” for a pinpoint

I know there’s a completely different forum for this hobby, but didn’t know if there were other pinheads into this hobby too?

It’s hell getting old!

First thing I find when I bought my detector ? Really? Zoom in. Hilarious

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Yeah - besides the one penny I’ve found - this is what I’ve found so far. (That and a lot of bottle caps, pull tabs and even candy foil wrappers) mainly trash but I’ll keep looking. Looks like old railroad items

Of course right now I’m in Oregon so maybe when I get back East I can find more places to search (battle fields and beaches )

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Have a few more weeks here so anything is possible. After almost a month Oregon is growing on me !

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