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J.W
Just wanted to thank you for taking the time to work out a deal for us on the metal detector.It arrived this evening. Your willingness to do so much to get the detector to us in time for our trip was a true blessing.
Happy Valentine's Day to you!
Deborah and Michael McKinney

Kellyco Supports Our Hobby.

Dear J.W
Thanks you so much for all of the support that you have given to our hunts. Your generosity is appreciated immensely by us and by the relic hunters that have participated in the events.

The X-terra X30 that was donated for DIV VIII was used as one of our raffle prizes. All proceeds from the sale of the raffle tickets was given to local charities. We raised $2,500 from the sales of tickets.

The Accusound headphones were given away as door prizes. The team towels and coin pouches were given to those that didn't win a door prize.

May you and your staff be blessed with a happy, healthy and prosperous New Year. Don't forget is you can ever get away during one of our hunts, you have a slot waiting for you, just let us know.
Sincerely,
Rose K. - Diggin in Virginia LLC.

Thanks KELLYCO for your super service
"I have finally found some time to thank KELLYCO for their super service now that the freezing temps have set in up here in northern Indiana.  I purchased a brand X from KELLYCO back October and JW warned me that I probably would not be happy with my choice.  I said I was sure cause all those "test reports" I read in various magazines, boy was I wrong (and the test reports).  I had the detector one day and called JW to tell him he was right and I messed up.  I ordered the Explorer like JW initially suggested and I am one happy detectorist!!  The service I received was excellent from the first phone call with JW to the dealings with Nicole on the return.  This is the main reason I am a repeat customer with KELLYCO.  Service and keeping a customer happy is what being in business is all about and KELLYCO have proved that to me beyond a doubt.  Thanks again JW and the KELLYCO team!"
Larry K., Valparaiso, IN

J.W
I ordered my coil today. You were in a meeting, so Brenda completed my order for me. She did a great job.I already received my confirmation via email and it is already on a truck and moving this way. I want to thank you and Brenda for your expedience in this matter. Now I am just waiting for it to arrive. I was hoping it would arrive by Friday, but we will see. I am eagerly awaiting the arrival and the prospects of finding the gold at the end of the rainbow. But I am equally amazed that it is already on a truck already heading my way. So, I want to thank you and Brenda for the great customer service that you have extended to me. I hope that I will be ordering many more items from you. I have already purchased a coil from KellyCo about a year ago for my Ace 250, and now this one for my MXT. So far the service has been impeccable. Thank you very much and after I try it out, I will put my results on the Whites' MXT forum.
Thanks again,
Fred, Ohio

Just wanted to drop a quick line and let you know how pleased I am with my new detector and also the FANTASTIC sales and support your company offered. Before purchasing my detector (my wife actually purchased it), I read the test reports your personnel did on this model. Everything they said was 100% correct, it is a very simple detector to use, with great features that other higher priced detectors have. I will personally recommend KELLYCO to anyone who would want to purchase a detector.THANKS!!
C.E, Texas

Not a bad day wouldn't you agree?
Hi JW, I took my White's MXT with the 6" Excelerator searchcol to an old park today. When I got to the park I saw that park employees were working near the play area. They had dug up a bunch of sod and had dug a hole in the center. I went over to talk with them and found that they were about to plant a tree. I ask for permission to hunt the area where the sod had been removed and they said OK. I had only made a few sweeps of my coil when I located two targets within inches of each other. One target read a quarter and the other read a dime. I dug both targets and recovered two silver coins, a 1942 quarter and a 1934 Mercury dime. I don't dig a lot of silver coins so I was pretty excited. The 6" DD Excelerator search coil never ceases to amaze me with its abilities to get deep and separate the targets. After those recoveries I continued with my hunt and found some clad coins,a key, a gold dollar, a junk ring and a cool photo button of Elvis Presley. Not a bad day wouldn't you agree? Have a good one JW and HH.
D.A in Caldwell, Idaho

Thanks JW for recommending the 10x14 DD Excelerator coil
JW, I just wanted to let you know that I am really tickled with my new 10 X 14 DD Excelerator searchcoil. When the coil arrived I mounted it on my White's MXT and I was happy to see that the detector had a good balance with the big coil mounted. I got a chance to put the coil through its paces for a couple hours or so this weekend at a school near my home. I found that it pinpointed right on the money, VDI numbers were accurate and I was able to run the gain near max without any noticable chatter. I found targets as deep as 9 inches and I am sure that had I swept the coil over targets that were deeper this coil would have detected them. Due to the size of the coil I was able to search an athletic field without missing to much ground. I along with others have hunted this school hard but as you can see there was still more to be found. Thanks JW for recommending the 10x14 DD Excelerator coil, it will be an asset in my arsenal of other Excelerator searchcoils. D.A in Caldwell,Id.

Thank you JW for all of your help it is really appreciated.
Hi Just thought i should share with all the people on the MXT web site what a delight it is to deal with JW at Kellyco. I have purchased a MXT and a Whites Suf Pro detector over the last couple of years along with a number of different coils. Recently i had difficulty with one of the coils and posted a "please help question" on this web site, JW contacted me regarding my concern and has been great in resolving my problem . Not only does JW look after his customers in the initial sale of the Kellyco products , but the after sales service has been fantastic. Thank you JW for all of your help it is really appreciated. I would highly recommend Kellyco (JW ) for anyone looking to buy any detector equipment , thanks mate.
Rick H.. Melbourne Australia

I told my friend to buy his metal detector from KELLYCO
"Thanks for taking care of my buddy Greg in Wheeler, IN.  He wanted a Whites metal detector and was going to get it from some place in Minnesota.  I told him "you are the man!!"  As for me, I'm thinking of getting some type of underwater detector before our summer is gone."
Larry K., Valparaiso, IN

Employees like JW will keep KELLYCO #1
"JW was very customer focused and represents KELLYCO very well.  A+!!  Employees like JW and Laura will keep KELLYCO #1!!"
Clyde C., Greenwood, IN

Your help and extremely honest opinions really impressed me!
"I wanted to take some time and give my feedback in regards to your help and honest opinions. As I had told you I have been detecting (we call it ticking) in minnesota since 1970. I have bought 9 machines over the years all White's, 1 Garrett and 1 Fisher 1280. All of the machines were bought locally as I wanted to see what I was getting. Your help and extremely honest opinions really impressed me so much, Now I wish I would have bought from KELLYCO years ago. I knew you were out there but I bought locally. Your knowledge and honesty have swung me around . I was ready and talked into a GTI 2500 but when I explained what type of hunting I do you advised the MXT. I am impressed that a company and you are not trying to push their most expensive items and really care about the person and what he uses and does. I am glad I spoke with you and you definitely will have me as a repeat customer I know in the very near future I will be wanting a new water detector and I will be contacting you. Thanks so much again for your help and honesty. Pass my comments on to your boss, Again thanks and I'll be waiting anxiously for the new detector. I will keep in touch. Also again if you need a tester in Minnesota keep me in mind."
Sincerely, Niel N., Minnesota

JW takes the time to explain the ups and downs of each detector even though the user is experienced.
"In regards to my comment, it was a pleasure and I surely meant every word. Your help and advise helped me make up my mind. Its not often that a business will advise a customer to purchase a item that costs less than the one he almost bought. Your honesty has surely impressed me and I surely will be a repeat customer. I wish I had purchased from you years ago. Its not often that a company will take the time to explain the ups and downs of each detector even though the user is experienced. As I said before your honesty and your company's honesty is quite unusual. I have some detecting friends who are white users and I will surely advise them to contact you. I am looking forward to getting out again, As I told you my wife was very ill and with caring for her the last two years I was not able to get out. As I told you my wife passed away 6 mos. ago and the loneliness and empty house is getting to me. In the next month or so I will be going to canada. I have a sister there. There are a few places I want to check out with a detector. Also thanks for keeping me in mind regarding field testing. I will surely keep you informed. Thanks again for all you have done and your expert advise.Your new friend in cold minnesota."
Niel N., Minnesota

"Just over a year ago my wife and I drove up from Miami to your super store in orlando to purchase a new metal detector. Treasure hunting has been a hobby with me ever since my father read me the story "treasure island" but because of the heavy commitments of my job, it was put on hold for awhile. finally, retirement and a chance to pursue the greatest hobby one can have. we came home with the new detector and were very excited, guess what, it didn't work! well, being an engineer for 30 years I know those things do happen. never-the-less, it did not dampen my spirits I called KELLYCO and within 2 days had a new one hand delivered to my door and the old one picked up and returned. What great service! Needless to say, I have been enthusiastically pursuing my hobby and have established a great working relationship with Lost Treasure magazine, a truly fantastic magazine, a must for all treasure hunters, I have now had three stories published and am working on many, many more. keep up the good work!"
Robert (rocky) P.

Who is JW?

JW (John White) is a second generation treasure hunter. He "caught the detecting bug" from his dad, who bought his metal detectors from KELLYCO! JW's dad moved the family from Wisconsin to South Dakota then onto Ohio, Connecticut, New York, Alabama and finally Florida. Lot's of country to treasure hunt. In Florida, JW and his dad were into restoring large artifacts, antique aircraft which is about as large as you could get. They even owned their own airport.

In 1985, JW was heavy into detecting and had accumulated a large collection of coins as well as relics. Researched led him to sites of old towns and even ghost towns in Florida. One of his favorite sites, an old Turpentine camp and sawmill yielded a crushed gold pocket watch, 2 gold uniform buttons dated 1878 as well as 2 crushed (false teeth) gold bridges. JW speculated that a falling tree did the damage that crushed the watch and teeth as well as the unlucky gentleman himself.

These days J.W. spends a large amount of time metal detecting with a number of extremely experienced and very serious metal detector enthusiasts. As a matter of fact a number of his treasure hunting buddies have been seen numerous times in our favorite treasure hunting magazines and are usually representing different detector manufacturers in competition and challenge hunts. When J.W. hunts with these guys he HAS TO use Top-Of-the-Line Metal Detectors.  P.S. J.W. is "Awesome" with his detector. He's hard to beat in the field!

His Expert Opinion

Bounty Hunter - Time Ranger
"The Time Ranger sure gives a lot "bang for the bucks".  It's Bounty's top-of-the-line Detector having a lot of features at a pretty reasonable price. It's designed for anyone wanting a better detector for many types of metal detecting. Great discrimination for coin hunters as well as a meter system that I.D.'s  with a numerical value read-out.  Relic Hunters will like the lightweight features along with the 3-tone audio system. Submersible coil makes it easy to hunt beaches, lakes and ponds for coins and rings.  It's definitely a good buy for the serious hunter or even a beginner that wants an automatic easy-to-use detector."

White's DFX
"White's Electronics Newest metal detector the DFX is definitely one of the BEST detectors I have ever used. I spent a lot of time with the XLT Spectrum series and thought that was the best detector available at that time. I personally sold many hundreds of this model to my KELLYCO customers."
"However when I was given the opportunity to test and use the new DFX I was tremendously impressed. I really put the DFX through some tough hunting in the woods and scrub brush where relics were cleaned out years ago to beaches and even in shallow water as well as parks playgrounds schoolyards and the rest. The DFX was "Dynamite". Found numerous musket balls uniform buttons and other misc. Civil War relics in that so-called "cleaned out" area plus hundreds of coins rings and other jewelry in the parks and beach areas. The DFX actually paid for itself with one ring that I found! I found it easy to tune and certainly VERY easy to use , I can highly recommend this Metal Detector to anyone from a first timer to an experienced detectorist."

White's  XLT
"With a Name like mine (John White) it seemed only natural that I would take an interest in Whites Detectors and try to understand everything about the entire line of Whites Metal Detectors.  I learned a lot about the XLT detector series throughout the years going back to the original "Eagle" detectors and then into the earlier versions of the XLT models and thought at that time they were the best detectors available.  I personally sold many hundreds of Eagles and XLT's to many of my friends and my KELLYCO customers."

"When Whites Metal Detectors introduced the "E-Series", the best selling XLT got even better! It's very rare to get a high-tech sophisticated electronic metal detector to be extremely easy to tune and use but Whites continues to do it with the XLT.  I've used it to hunt parks, playgrounds, schoolyards for coins and other treasures.  I've used it on the beach where it produced numerous coins, and very valuable jewelry and rings.  I've also hunted Civil War and Seminole War sites for interesting artifacts, and have had great performance from the XLT.  The XLT has always featured SignaGraph, "What's in the ground is on the screen", it is a great feature still carried forward with the new XLT Spectrum E-Series."

"I would not hesitate to recommend the new XLT E-series to anyone wanting a great performing metal detector that can and should be used for all-around detecting and treasure hunting.  From youngsters to Seniors, from beginners to experienced detector users the XLT will give you a  lot of value for your dollars."

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