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  • 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…

  • A Crazy Signal

    A Crazy Signal

    I had the opportunity to revisit a colonial house that was built in 1704(ish), I've hunted a few times. I was on site for about 5 hours and worked in an area measuring 100X100. This property is 47 ac…

  • Jump For Joy

    Jump For Joy

    I was coin hunting Wednesday 4/6/2011 with my X-TERRA 705 and I had found 7 pennies, a nickel and a dime and moved around to another section of the lot I was hunting when I got a tid of 38 and 40. I…

  • A Signal Most Would Have Passed Up

    A Signal Most Would Have Passed Up

    I got permission to detect a 1947 home of a friend of my parents. I went slow and basically dug everything that sounded good and some things that were questionable. Close to the road, I got a signal…

  • 99 Gram Nugget

    99 Gram Nugget

    I have been detecting with Minelab for the last 2 years and have been very lucky. Today I found a 99 gram nugget and then another 21 grams through the rest of the day. I am very blessed to be using M…

  • New Silver

    New Silver

    Back in June I brought the X-TERRA 705 home, read the manual and was off and running. I was hunting the biggest of four parks in my hometown. I found 6 wheat pennies 2 to 6 down that first week. I wa…