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  • Gold Ring

    Gold Ring

    First gold ring with diamond on the beach, I used the Excalibur II that I won in the last Go Minelabbing in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Buy Minelab Excalibur II Metal Detector with 10" Search Coil Now…

  • Not Bad for a 12 Year Old

    Not Bad for a 12 Year Old

    Well Thursday yielded me back at my favorite old spot for a hunt. I started out very slow with the usual ring pulls and the other usual junk. Then, walking around that I hadn't detected often gave me…

  • 1 Grown Man + 1 Gold Colin = Little Kid Again

    1 Grown Man + 1 Gold Colin = Little Kid Again

    After detecting the whole Brigade camp with the CTX 17" smart coil I decided to go back over hot spots infested with iron using the stock coil. It has paid off, big time, especially yesterday. I had a…

  • Breton Sun and CTX 3030

    Breton Sun and CTX 3030

    Under a bright sun in Breton, the Minelab CTX 3030 worked hard in depth to bring out this beautiful 18k gold ring adorned with three stones and flakes of diamonds. Buy Minelab CTX 3030 Standard Met…

  • Success All Around

    Success All Around

    I received my X-TERRA 705 over a month ago. I have read Diggers info over and over regarding the X-TERRA 705. Now I am ready. I arrived at a local park on Galveston Bay to be met by a group there det…

  • Vikings at the Gate of Paris

    Vikings at the Gate of Paris

    It has been a while, but finally I can put a story down here again after too long not searching. And only working, working. But all the waiting paid off. After a car drives 350 KM towards a spot, and…

  • 1864 Two Cent Piece

    1864 Two Cent Piece

    It began when I spotted an article in the local newspaper about an overnight fire that had destroyed a very old house in a nearby central Illinois town. I immediately called my friend and local White…

  • Radio Orphan Annie Decoder Pin

    Radio Orphan Annie Decoder Pin

    My friend and I have been hunting an old school house site that was in use from 1898 to 1965. We have found several old coins, but the most interesting finds are the relics that range from toy gun par…

  • Civil War Ohio State Seal Breastplate

    Civil War Ohio State Seal Breastplate

    During the fall and winter I like to hunt old home sites from the 1800's that are now in farm fields. We tend to find a lot of 1800's coins, buttons and relics where the farmers didn't even know that…