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  • Badge Of Success

    Badge Of Success

    As the year winds down, I was 1 away today from my goal of finding 30 silver coins for the year. I decided to head out about 40 minutes from my home, to a park in an old town that was established in…

  • What a First Find

    What a First Find

    Just bought a X-TERRA 305 last week for my sons and I. I did a lot of looking online hints and tips and videos on how people use the X-TERRA 305 e.g. (running in all metal mode w/ full range sound) a…

  • Brilliant Finds

    Brilliant Finds

    Have been out and about with my CTX 3030 and made some really great finds recently. The first one was a really highly decorated spur dating to the 15th Century. Then I discovered a Georgian period rub…

  • How A Bad Day Turned Out To Be A Good One

    How A Bad Day Turned Out To Be A Good One

    Yesterday, I started a new painting job on a house of a customer of mine. The morning went well, and the work was going great. That was until the rain came. The work I have done was ruined. And I cou…

  • Brand New X-TERRA 705 Hits Hungarian Cornfield

    Brand New X-TERRA 705 Hits Hungarian Cornfield

    I’ve started detecting in early 2011. First I purchased a cheap turn on and go detector that turned out to be unsuitable for true finds, therefore I moved to a better detector, similarly with m…

  • Giving to the Future

    Giving to the Future

    It all started on a wet Sunday morning in West Wales, the car was loaded as my detecting partner and myself made the 90 mile trip to attend a charity rally run by the Gwent Metal Detecting Club, this…

  • Seated Grand Slam

    Seated Grand Slam

    Recently on a Saturday morning, I had a little time and went to the same field near home I often hunt. The field has been heavily hunted for years. Coins are sparse and I frequently get skunked, but…

  • A Good Luck Day

    A Good Luck Day

    Not too long ago I was able to get a week off from work. I planned to drive west of Charters Towers here in Queensland Australia to an old goldfield town site that I had recovered many relics from. N…

  • Wish It Was My Full Time Job

    Wish It Was My Full Time Job

    I went and picked up my buddy today, April 28th, and he doesn't have a car or a very good detector. I usually feel bad as I pull tons of coins, silver and more out and he ends the day with very littl…