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  • 1st Time Out with My V3i is a Success

    1st Time Out with My V3i is a Success

    I am excited to tell you about my first outing with my new V3i metal detector. Being we had a streak of unusually warm weather this winter I decided to go over to the local ballpark. I was anxious to…

  • Time To Watch Targets

    Time To Watch Targets

    Hi, sometimes when my targets are watched down from the beach, I have a little wonder about who lost it, how he lost it, and maybe there is some history behind the watch, so it's a bit of a time trave…

  • V3i Finds Family Heirloom Wedding Band

    V3i Finds Family Heirloom Wedding Band

    Many thanks to White's for helping me find a family heirloom wedding band this past week. My family owns property near Asheville, NC that has been in my family since before the Civil War. The propert…

  • 1863 Civil War Breast Plate

    1863 Civil War Breast Plate

    I want to tell you about an awesome find I made with my M6. My wife and I were at my mother-in-law's house mowing her lawn. I took my M6 along in hopes of searching her yard when we were finished mow…

  • Some of My Best Finds So Far

    Some of My Best Finds So Far

    I started detecting around 8 months ago now, after securing my first farm permission I quickly got to work using my newly purchased Safari. After reading all the advice on the Minelab owners forum and…

  • MXT and Deepscan are Finding Gold!

    MXT and Deepscan are Finding Gold!

    I have two White’s MXT detectors. The first MXT is equipped with a Deep scan DD 1400 elliptical coil. The second MXT is equipped with a Shooter DD coil. We use the deep scan to scan the ledge y…

  • Right in the Middle of Nowhere

    Right in the Middle of Nowhere

    I did some research and found a new site. There was some brick and a little pottery so I looked for the high points on the field. Pulled a few buttons and then got a monster signal on the CTX 3030 in…

  • Priceless Finds

    Priceless Finds

    I just wanted to share my story. I bought my house and land from my family after my grandparents passed. The house was made back in the late 1800's and my family moved in in the early 1900's. I have…

  • V3i is a Great Machine

    V3i is a Great Machine

    I had the best year I have ever had. Last year we detected up to the last day of 2011. Here are some of my favorite finds. 1840 Seated Dime was a Surface find from a Construction site on a old Civil…