You should give it a go. You can get a good detector for only a few hundred dollars. There are lots of people out there all over the USA doing metal detecting and finding neat things. There aren’t many of us at all here, so I spend a lot of time doing research for new places around Tokyo to go hunting. There’s stuff everywhere waiting to be discovered.
Oh, I agree. My impetus isn’t really just the intrinsic value of a discovery, it’s also the historical value. Sure, you’ll find trinkets and baubles just under your feet, but I’d love to find something that ties us to our past. Another picce of the puzzle that shows us the roadmap of where we are, and how we got here.