I started detecting in 1969 and today I turned 69.

texkinzee

I started detecting in 1969 and today I turned 69.
May 01, 2020 09:51AM

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I'm like a crappy QVC watch. I've got liver spotted hands and I'm running out of time. Oh my.

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jim tn

Re: I started detecting in 1969 and today I turned 69.
May 01, 2020 10:18AM

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Congrats and good for you. I've got you by several years and me thinks the key to life is to keep swinging.

Have a great day. HH jim tn

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D&P-OR

Re: I started detecting in 1969 and today I turned 69.
May 01, 2020 11:22AM

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Yah'alls jest yungsters!-----I turned 81 in Feb. & am doin just fine.----That age bit is just a #! (that's what I keep on tellin myself nohow).----Enjoy life my friends & thank the good Lord for the time He has given you.------Del

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Harold,ILL.

Re: I started detecting in 1969 and today I turned 69.
May 01, 2020 11:54AM

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One thing about it us older dudes saw the best this country had to offer IMO. The 70s was the last great decade. The country went to crap after that and also best music to, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Aerosmith,
Led Zeppelin, AC/DC with Bon Scott,
Ted Nugent, etc. I saw them all to back then. Man what a time it was fun, music, and no Virus crap.

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SkiWhiz

Re: I started detecting in 1969 and today I turned 69.
May 01, 2020 12:21PM

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Happy birthday buddy.

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tnsharpshooter

Re: I started detecting in 1969 and today I turned 69.
May 01, 2020 01:06PM

Registered: 12 years ago
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Happy birthday Tex.
May you have many more and dig many more holes.

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Mike Hillis

Re: I started detecting in 1969 and today I turned 69.
May 01, 2020 02:47PM

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Happy birthday!
HH
Mike

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NASA-Tom

Re: I started detecting in 1969 and today I turned 69.
May 01, 2020 03:42PM

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Happy Birthday George!

Time is a VERY finite resource! (((You only discover this.....when you get older))).

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Des D

Re: I started detecting in 1969 and today I turned 69.
May 01, 2020 06:52PM

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"Well done..."Happy Birthday" to you sir"

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u2robert

Re: I started detecting in 1969 and today I turned 69.
May 01, 2020 07:52PM

Registered: 14 years ago
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Happy Birthday to you...…..

Now picture Marilyn Monroe singing it to you.

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Tom Slick

Re: I started detecting in 1969 and today I turned 69.
May 01, 2020 08:04PM

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Happy Birthday!! I Started detecting in 75. Looks like I have another 9 years to reach that 75-75 milestone. Wishing you many more years of swinging.

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Pasttom

Re: I started detecting in 1969 and today I turned 69.
May 01, 2020 08:09PM

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I wish I started in '69! I picked it up at 60 and just turned 70. Hang in there as best you can. Happy birthday, young fella!

Past(or)Tom
Using a Legend, a Deus 2, an Equinox 800, a Tarsacci MDT 8000, & a few others...
with my beloved, fading Corgi, Sadie

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texkinzee

Re: I started detecting in 1969 and today I turned 69.
May 02, 2020 12:44AM

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Thanks everyone for your kind wishes. I will never stop detecting even in the afterlife. Not sure which one I'll take but rest assured Calabash would not like it. LMAO.

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Coilpower

Re: I started detecting in 1969 and today I turned 69.
May 02, 2020 12:55AM

Registered: 4 years ago
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Happy happy birthday.....and may the sun shine for many more years upon you swinging. Wishing you the best and good health.

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Tom_in_CA

Re: I started detecting in 1969 and today I turned 69.
May 02, 2020 02:39AM

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Y' all are making me feel old for being 59. I started in 1975-ish, as a pimple-faced 14-ish yr. old. Yes, life is short.

So do-tell Tex-kinzee: What machine did you first swing in 1969 ? What got you into it ? What type places did you hunt back then ? What were the machine's capabilities ? What did you find ?

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Keith Southern

Re: I started detecting in 1969 and today I turned 69.
May 02, 2020 03:04AM

Registered: 14 years ago
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Happy Birthday George,Button Digger,Woodchip Hustler,Tex I think That's it?

Many more years of swinging my friend!!!

Your a great asset to the Hobby/Quest.

Hey I found a 51 Canadian Cent in my change today at store.I knew 1951 meant something!!

Happy Birthday!

Keith

“I don't care that they stole my idea . . I care that they don't have any of their own”
-Nikola Tesla

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texkinzee

Re: I started detecting in 1969 and today I turned 69.
May 02, 2020 09:20AM

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Keith Southern Wrote:
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> Happy Birthday George,Button Digger,Woodchip Hustl
> er,Tex I think That's it?
>
> Many more years of swinging my friend!!!
>
> Your a great asset to the Hobby/Quest.
>
> Hey I found a 51 Canadian Cent in my change today
> at store.I knew 1951 meant something!!
>
> Happy Birthday!
>
> Keith

Thanks Keith. Your the real deal. We also share the nasty red dirt.

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texkinzee

Re: I started detecting in 1969 and today I turned 69.
May 02, 2020 11:21AM

Registered: 7 years ago
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Tom,
I started with a Metrotech 220 A in Washington D.C. parks. Found a ton of silver coins and several gold rings along with civil war relics. Not as much trash to deal with back in the day. It turned on when you plugged in the headphone. 4" max depth.

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EL NINO

Re: I started detecting in 1969 and today I turned 69.
May 02, 2020 05:59PM

Registered: 4 years ago
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...
...All the best Texkinzee ... ,, I wish you good health and happiness in life..and of course a firm hand in detection ..
51 years of detection .... it already means something ...

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steveg

Re: I started detecting in 1969 and today I turned 69.
May 05, 2020 12:37AM

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George,

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

Steve

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Cal_cobra

Re: I started detecting in 1969 and today I turned 69.
May 05, 2020 10:44PM

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Happy birthday George thumbs down

Tom_in_CA Wrote:
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> Y' all are making me feel old for being 59.

TOM YOU ARE OLD eye popping smiley

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Harold,ILL.

Re: I started detecting in 1969 and today I turned 69.
May 06, 2020 01:00PM

Registered: 14 years ago
Posts: 3,028

But your baby maker still work
Ole' Cal cobra! LOL

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Gonebeepin'

Today I turned 69.
May 10, 2020 02:07AM

Registered: 14 years ago
Posts: 353

Happy Belated Birthday George.

Rich -

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Just one more good target before I go.

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jmaryt

Re: I started detecting in 1969 and today I turned 69.
May 16, 2020 06:29PM

Registered: 15 years ago
Posts: 2,160

69 is a good number! may come out!
may you experience many more years of detecting bliss!

(h.h.!)
j.t.

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