Metal Detecting
Sweep the ground and dig up coins, relics, and the occasional treasure.
~$260Cost to start
EasyDifficulty
1–3 hrTime / session
Is it you?
Nobody has scored this against your answers yet. 1–3 hr at a time, $260 to find out whether it sticks.
MessSome cleanupSpaceOpen area
The path14 quests
ASetting up3 things to sort, in any order$210
- Get permission for a piece of land
- Get a detector and something to dig with
- Learn what you must report, and fill your holes
Then the quests
- Grid-search a field and cover it properly
- Find and dig your first target
- Dig fifty plugs that leave no trace
Same shape of evening, different thing to hold at the end. Or follow a tag sideways.
Fishing$164
Read the water, cast, and wait for the line to pull tight.
Birdwatching$160
Learn to name the birds around you by sight, song, and habit.
Herping$182
Go looking for snakes, frogs, and lizards where they actually live.
Find a flat stone, a calm bit of water, and the oddly perfect satisfaction of a stone that skips and skips.