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Title: DW years of experience Post by: seeker on December 01, 2009, 10:40:30 AM thought that it would be interesting to know how many years of detecting knowledge and experience we have here on d,w .
please put the amount of years you have detected then add it to the running total . :) got my first detector at the age of 11 in 1977 so call it 33 running total 33 years Title: Re: DW years of experience Post by: cardiff bats (Paul) on December 01, 2009, 11:13:57 AM 8 months :D :D :D :D
Title: Re: DW years of experience Post by: dragonsbreath(Paul) on December 01, 2009, 11:48:28 AM over 45 years so call it 45 and add to running total
78 years and 8 months lol 8) Title: Re: DW years of experience Post by: adesace on December 01, 2009, 11:52:26 AM 18 Years
running total 96 Title: Re: DW years of experience Post by: coleggwent(phil) on December 01, 2009, 11:57:56 AM 8 years for me so add to total 104 years in all ::)
Title: Re: DW years of experience Post by: 150aceboy on December 01, 2009, 12:49:52 PM 6 months ( this time, tried before but never had time ) ;D
Running total 104 yrs 6 mths Ace ;) Title: Re: DW years of experience Post by: Roman (Ray) on December 01, 2009, 03:13:56 PM 5 YRS FOR ME.GUYS.
RUNNING TOTAL..109 YRS 6 MONTHS. Title: Re: DW years of experience Post by: 1morecoin on December 01, 2009, 04:01:24 PM 9 yrs 6 months + 109 yrs 6 months = 119yrs
Carol Vorderman in your face ;D Title: Re: DW years of experience Post by: DIG IT! (ADIE) on December 01, 2009, 04:07:18 PM 6 years for me ;)
Title: Re: DW years of experience Post by: Terra (Mike) on December 01, 2009, 04:07:54 PM About 3 years for me , = 128 years running total
Title: Re: DW years of experience Post by: proconsul on December 01, 2009, 04:22:26 PM About 36 years for me. You had to have a license when I started... Running total 164 years.
Geoff Title: Re: DW years of experience Post by: Chef Geoff on December 01, 2009, 04:29:19 PM 34 long wet windy cold and sometimes jubilant years.
Running total 198 Title: Re: DW years of experience Post by: TheLoveDoc on December 01, 2009, 04:42:22 PM wow... some of you have been detecting before i was even born :o about 6 months for me ;D
Running total 198 years and 6 months lol... Title: Re: DW years of experience Post by: willow tree on December 01, 2009, 04:52:48 PM i remember buying my licence at 14 so been detecting now 31 yrs...running total 229yrs 6 monhs :)
Title: Re: DW years of experience Post by: Tafflaff (Rob) on December 01, 2009, 04:59:08 PM I started when I joined Detecting Wales back in February 10 months ago
Very good post by the way. ;) Title: Re: DW years of experience Post by: seeker on December 01, 2009, 05:14:05 PM blimey over 200 years so far , says a lot for dw credibility :) thats a lot of knowledge
running totall 230 years 4 months Title: Re: DW years of experience Post by: Jeffc on December 01, 2009, 05:16:26 PM Round about 28 yrs for me so that makes 258 yrs 4 months
Title: Re: DW years of experience Post by: Stig(The) on December 01, 2009, 06:18:30 PM Bought my 1st detector 8yrs ago,but give up after 6 months,restarted 9 months ago,so 15 months detecting to date ! Dug more holes in that time than a 80yr old grave digger :o ::)
Running total = 259 yrs 7 months. ;) Title: Re: DW years of experience Post by: mel on December 01, 2009, 06:22:07 PM 25 years for me ;D
Title: Re: DW years of experience Post by: detectordave on December 01, 2009, 06:25:14 PM Had my first detector in 1977 for my birthday it was that or a chopper bike but i decided to take the detector and wait 5 weeks till xmas then have the bike so that makes the running total 316 years omg
Title: Re: DW years of experience Post by: Kev on December 01, 2009, 06:46:06 PM 6YEARS 11 MONTHES
322 YEARS 11 MONTHES .......................... TOTAL ;) Title: Re: DW years of experience Post by: Silurian on December 01, 2009, 06:48:25 PM Started 1990
19 plus 322 11 months = 341 years 11 months. Title: Re: DW years of experience Post by: Neil on December 01, 2009, 07:04:45 PM My first machine was a Viking in 1978 off my grandfather and then a long break as I couldn't afford the batteries!
So I guess 31 years although more seriously for the past 4! I'm taking the 31 years! ;D Okay that makes it 372 years and 11 months! Good thread Neil Title: Re: DW years of experience Post by: silverhand on December 01, 2009, 07:10:34 PM 4 years for me i'm just a learner
thats 376 years and 11 months Title: Re: DW years of experience Post by: Richy on December 01, 2009, 07:19:42 PM I'm very similar to Neil, bought my 1st machine,in 1977 gave it up for a few years and then got back into bigtime in 2004 so I guess that's another 32 yrs.
Which gives us a running total of 408 years and 11 months. ;D Title: Re: DW years of experience Post by: handyman [Alan} on December 01, 2009, 08:31:55 PM then i'll add another 6 years and 5 months, making a total of
441 yrs and 4 months Title: Re: DW years of experience Post by: seeker on December 01, 2009, 09:38:44 PM nearly at the 500 years :o of looking researching searching books libraries museums and now Internet , that's a lot of finds as well :o
Title: Re: DW years of experience Post by: bymatt666 (byron) on December 01, 2009, 09:54:37 PM i did have a c scope over twenty years ago that i only used 3 times...so that does'nt count.. ;)...i have been detecting seriously for 5 years 7 months...so the total is = 446 years 11 months....byron
Title: Re: DW years of experience Post by: sandpiper on December 01, 2009, 10:11:11 PM my wife bought me a micronata metal detector from Tandy for christmas 1990- I enjoyed the outdoors but didnt find much so I bit the bullet and bought a fisher 1266 early 1991 - 20,000 tons of shovelling mud and sand later I'-and a lot of scrap metal I'm still at it :D :D- wouldn't have missed it for the world
thats 18 years 11 months for me - running total = 465 years 10 months ;D ;D Title: Re: DW years of experience Post by: seeker on December 01, 2009, 11:40:21 PM well thats me off to kip but 465 years of experance in one night is bl :o :ody good going , making this the best public detecting site on the web ;D that and its well running ;D ;D team work
Title: Re: DW years of experience Post by: outlaw on December 02, 2009, 07:18:13 AM I started in 2005 after watching an talking to an oldish fella detecting on a beach in Clacton, he gave me a try of his sov elite and i was hooked !
Hardly ever go fishing now. ;D I'll take 5 years ;D making a total 470 years of experience available to us all ! Title: Re: DW years of experience Post by: mole on December 02, 2009, 11:18:49 AM I started with a c-scope TR200 :D back in 1976 thats 33 years ago ::) the total years between us so far is now 503 YEARS :o
Title: Re: DW years of experience Post by: rjm on December 02, 2009, 05:41:51 PM It's difficult for me to recall the year but thinking about it, I believe it was 1987 and I started with a C-Scope C2M I bought second hand. Kept falsing so sold it to a dealer in Hereford and bought a Minelab Tribune from a dealer in Bristol....then a Sovereign XS....etc etc
22 to 503 = 525 years Title: Re: DW years of experience Post by: saxonman on December 02, 2009, 07:05:34 PM 1971 I STARTED DETECTING,USED A C SCOPE TR.MY MATE USED A SMALL VIKING.
THESE WERE THE DAYS BEACHES GAVE YOU LOADS OF GOLD,EXSPECIALLY BARRY. DONT FORGET THESE MACHINES WERE VERY BASIC AT THE TIME.......THE VIKING WAS BY FAR THE BETTER MACHINE......GWIL. Title: Re: DW years of experience Post by: seeker on December 02, 2009, 08:12:33 PM that will be 563 then i think ;)
Title: Re: DW years of experience Post by: melonhead on December 02, 2009, 08:22:53 PM its comeing up to one year for me so that takes it to 564
Title: Re: DW years of experience Post by: benny on December 03, 2009, 09:09:16 PM Been doing it on and off for 18 years now so shall we call that 582 years? Started out with a C-Scope 770 then got C-Scope 2M then lost interest when I discovered beer and women then got hooked again about three years ago and got me a Tesoro Tejon.
Title: Re: DW years of experience Post by: seeker on December 04, 2009, 10:36:39 PM thort id take this to the top again in-case anyone missed it :)
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