DW years of experience

[seeker]

blimey over 200 years so far , says a lot for dw credibility   thats a lot of knowledge

running totall 230 years 4 months

[Jeffc]

Round about 28 yrs for me so that makes 258 yrs 4 months

[Stig(The)]

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       
 
Running total = 259 yrs 7 months. 

[mel]

25 years for me 

[detectordave]

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

[Kev]

                          6YEARS 11 MONTHES
                            322 YEARS   11 MONTHES         .......................... TOTAL   

[Silurian]

Started 1990

19 plus 322 11 months = 341 years  11 months.

[Neil]

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!

Okay that makes it 372 years and 11 months!

Good thread

Neil

[silverhand]

4 years for me i'm just a learner

thats 376 years and 11 months

[Richy]

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.  

[handyman [Alan}]

then i'll add another 6 years and 5 months, making a total of

441 yrs and 4 months

[seeker]

nearly at the 500 years of looking researching searching books libraries museums and now Internet , that's a lot of finds as well

[bymatt666 (byron)]

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

[sandpiper]

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  - wouldn't have missed it for the world

thats 18 years 11 months for me - running total = 465 years 10 months 

[seeker]

well thats me off to kip but 465 years of experance in one night is bl :ody good going , making this the best public detecting site on the web  that and its well running  team work