Living in the Blue Ridge Mountains has certainly changed me. My lifestyle, goals, daily habits and forms of entertainment are dramatically different. Growing up in the suburbs led me to visiting a mall weekly, coffee shop bi-weekly and a hike in the woods once every, lets say, five years! Now, all I have to do is step outside and the woods await. I go half a mile and a mountainous view is begging to be enjoyed. Life is different. Good, different and I am so thankful that I am able to raise my kids here, like this. One hobby that my older ones have really taken to is metal detecting. Homeschool nerds to the max, right? We first started out with a White's and then had an opportunity to review a Tesoro, you can read my Tesoro Review Here . My boys have found piles of goodies with this detector and love it. One of my son now has a Garrett, but my oldest still uses his trusty Tesoro with great success. Every find, has a story. My kids love trying to figure out what that story ...