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  • What a Day!

    What a Day!

    I guess I would say my success story would include the great group of people at Minelab Chicago. I had to send my E-TRAC in for repair to find out I had a bad touch pad which was probably caused by b…

  • My V3i is Becoming My Best Friend!

    My V3i is Becoming My Best Friend!

    Just a note to let you know I love my new V3i. Here's a few pictures not bad for a few weeks learning and still so much to learn. My local White's dealer Don in Midland Michigan was a big help and so…

  • V3i Finds Passed Over Pin!

    V3i Finds Passed Over Pin!

    While detecting December 1st with my V3i I made this nice find. Here's my story. A couple of friends and I went out for our regular once a week detecting hunt. I was working in a gopher ravaged meado…

  • V3i Finds 1789 GW Inaugural Button!

    V3i Finds 1789 GW Inaugural Button!

    Hi my name's John and I am 15 years old. I have been metal detecting for about 2 1/2 years now and in May 2010 I upgraded to the Spectra V3i. Now for the exciting story of the find of a lifetime. It…

  • All I Can Say is WOW!

    All I Can Say is WOW!

    I just received my E-TRAC yesterday. I had planned for its arrival by taking the following day off from work to get familiar with it. I went to a park where I had found a couple of silver coins previ…

  • Liberty on a Home Site

    Liberty on a Home Site

    One of our members located an old home site in St Charles Missouri built between 1820 to 1830. The Home site is up on the market to be sold so I contacted the real estate agent handling the property…

  • Find of a Lifetime

    Find of a Lifetime

    To my surprise I found through research an old homesite on my family's farm from the 1880's. There was no sign of the homestead and we never knew it existed even though we lived there for over a deca…

  • Key Date Mercury Dime

    Key Date Mercury Dime

    Hunting a park that dates to the late 1800's I found a hot spot where I've been finding lots of Mercury dimes, a few Barber dimes and many wheat pennies from the teens and twenties, even an 1899 Cana…

  • Worked out Park No Match For the E-TRAC

    Worked out Park No Match For the E-TRAC

    I have been detecting since I was 9 years old and have owned 5 detectors over the years with number five being the E-TRAC. I had left the hobby for various reasons and at the time it was an easy choi…