Friday, December 28, 2012

Welcome to my Blog

If you have found this page, then you are obviously interested in metal detecting. Well, before you start asking me questions about metal detecting, I need to declare that I am brand new to the hobby ( a newbie).

I have been interested since I was a kid. I remember when we use to live across the road from Sherwood State School in Brisbane. There use to be a man that would turn up in the afternoons with his metal detector and I would head over to help him dig. That must have been about 30yrs ago now.

I also remember my dad purchasing a metal detector from Dick Smith's but it could never find what that guy found all those years ago.

I have always had an interest in archaeology. I wish I had done that as my uni degree rather that what I ended up doing. Oh well, just glad that I have a good job and that's what counts.

I am a member of both the Council for British Archaeology and Time Team Digital even though I live in Australia. I will also be joining the Brisbane Metal Detecting Club in the New Year (2013).

With regards to metal detectors........at this moment I don't have one. However, that will change soon. I'll ask around at my first meeting at BMDC but my mind is pretty much made up.........it will be the XP Deus. The things I like about it are weight, wireless, 4 frequencies and both beginner and experienced users can grow with it.