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  • 2 Continental USA Buttons in the Same Week

    2 Continental USA Buttons in the Same Week

    I have been wanting to find one for a long time now, and now I have got 2 in the same week. For those who don't know, The Continental Army was a military force organized in 1775 to represent what wou…

  • Winter 2013 Finds

    Winter 2013 Finds

    I decided to take stock of my winter finds recently. I only beach hunt and these are my finds. It took a whole morning of sorting and counting. With a little bribery I even got my kids and fianc&eacu…

  • Minelab Finds What White's Had Missed

    Minelab Finds What White's Had Missed

    It was a chilly November night when my wife and I were invited over to my brother-in-law's house. Never wanting to miss a chance to swing my E-TRAC I was sure to load it up and take it with us. Once…

  • A Nice Hotspot in an Hacienda

    A Nice Hotspot in an Hacienda

    I saw this place in the distance when I was driving to a work meeting, something told me that it was a good place to detect with my X-TERRA 705. I began the investigation of the Hacienda, apparently…

  • MXT Finds Old Guardian Angel

    MXT Finds Old Guardian Angel

    I wanted to share this find with you all. I found this religious medallion on a playground. At first, the VDI was all over the place 21-63 and after several sweeps it settled at 63, I thought for sure…

  • 1943 Mercury dime and other finds

    1943 Mercury dime and other finds

    I have been metal detecting with my MXT for around three years. I also have been reading your stories on the Internet for about the same length of time. I've picked up several good tips from the stor…

  • Lady Liberty Hiding in Dirt

    Lady Liberty Hiding in Dirt

    Last year while detecting in Wyoming I found a round copper like disk. It looked like a bottle cap. Not seeing anything on it at the time I just put it in my finds pouch. We save all copper, brass and…

  • So Much History...So Little Time

    So Much History...So Little Time

    I was asked by one of my local farmers if I could concentrate on one particular part of a field. Reason being that he was building a new barn in the not too distant future and it would be the last ti…

  • MXT Finds a 10oz Brick of Silver

    MXT Finds a 10oz Brick of Silver

    A few weeks ago my buddy Dave and I went to a local park in Puyallup, WA with our DFX’s to do some detecting and after a couple of hours and very little to show for it, we called it quits. Toda…