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  • I Couldn't Believe it!

    I Couldn't Believe it!

    In Maine we don't have too many places to swing unless you have permission on private property. The beaches are heavily picked over, and the parks are small. However if your research methods are up t…

  • My Best Find to Date with My MXT

    My Best Find to Date with My MXT

    My dad and I went metal detecting around some old mining ghost towns in Nevada. We were digging a lot of trash both inside and outside the old building foundations. While searching around the perimet…

  • MXT Finds a 1827 1/2 Dime on My Test Run

    MXT Finds a 1827 1/2 Dime on My Test Run

    I have had other detectors in the past and have been around others with the White’s detectors. I was impressed while on hunts by the finds the White’s machines would produce behind me and…

  • Pleased and Impressed

    Pleased and Impressed

    The E-TRAC is only the 2nd detector I’ve ever used (I also have a Cobra Beach Magnet from a BOGO offer, but I’ve never used it). The first was a cheap model I had in high school in 1981.…

  • Good Start to the Month

    Good Start to the Month

    After last month finding a ounce with the GPX 5000 I had started this month (May) off in a good way. I found a little run of gold which had a 4 gram nugget mixed in with them. In 3 days I had picked…

  • The M6 Really Rocks!

    The M6 Really Rocks!

    I purchased my M6 in January 2013 and although I did not use it much for a few months I have been finding coins everywhere I go. My first White's detector was an Eagle Spectrum, and after 21 years I p…

  • A Class Ring Safely Returned to Owner

    A Class Ring Safely Returned to Owner

    It was getting late in the season and I decided I had better get out and do some detecting before the weather changed for the worse. So, I usually just drive around and look for a yard to detect and…

  • Coastal Site Reveals Art Nouveau Pansy Pin

    Coastal Site Reveals Art Nouveau Pansy Pin

    Been a while since I dug. It started at 4:45am yesterday at a coastal site that was a scrap metal/junk car area of the city. In the early 20th century, they bulldozed all the buildings, filled in a t…

  • The V3i is so Accurate

    The V3i is so Accurate

    I have been having a blast with my White’s V3i for two years now. I have been finding many wheat penny's and more silver this year than ever before. Most of the older coins are down six to eight…