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  • A Lock on the Past

    A Lock on the Past

    My very special Minelab Safari metal detector is almost three years old and it keeps on finding some of the most interesting items that my little home town can produce. I never really gave much consi…

  • The Return of Ms. Tiffany

    The Return of Ms. Tiffany

    I only had my Safari for a few weeks, when my Brother in law asked me if I could help him recover a Silver Tiffany Ring that his daughter, my niece lost in their front yard about 5 yrs ago. So I said…

  • New Safari finds 1780 Reale

    New Safari finds 1780 Reale

    Hello, I recently purchased a Minelab Safari and am loving it. The more I learn about the machine and its many functions, the more I am enjoying it and the more great stuff I am digging up. Last week…

  • Preserving World War II History

    Preserving World War II History

    Gusap in the beautiful Ramu Valley of Papua New Guinea (PNG) is a service town for the growing and refining of sugar by Ramu Agri Industries (RAI). During World War 2 it was one of a number of airfie…

  • Killer on Coins

    Killer on Coins

    I would just like to say Minelab will always be in my stable. I have been a white detector person for a long time. I almost bought a v3i until I heard it was complicated and had problems. I hardly ev…

  • E-TRAC Finds Gold Nugget

    E-TRAC Finds Gold Nugget

    The scene is: I’m hunting in a spot I’ve hunted in many times before. Because of all the time I’ve spent here, I’ve conditioned myself to ignore a lot of signals, because of t…

  • First 3 Days Out With My New VX3

    First 3 Days Out With My New VX3

    The day I bought my VX3 I took it out to try it. The very first target I dug was a '43 mercury dime! I was like wow! Then within 10 minutes after that I dug a walking liberty half dollar, and by the e…

  • A Happy Balance

    A Happy Balance

    I enjoy posting videos, reading forums and making new friends in the Detecting Hobby. Having said that, it upsets me when I see users of other metal detectors talking down on Minelab products and mak…

  • E-TRAC Finds 200-Year Old piece of History

    E-TRAC Finds 200-Year Old piece of History

    I was hunting a spot where I had been told was an old war of 1812 area of Ontario on a friend's property. I had just purchased my E-TRAC the week before. The day after I bought it I started finding s…