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  • The X-TERRA 505 Holds Its Own

    The X-TERRA 505 Holds Its Own

    I've owned my X-TERRA 505 since March last year and I'm totally blown away with its performance. It has more than held its own against other much more expensive detectors owned by my friends! Over th…

  • Two Rings in Two Nights

    Two Rings in Two Nights

    I was busy detecting one summer evening during our summer holidays here in South Africa, when I was approached by a family who was very interested in what I was doing. I showed them, and as they left…

  • Our Lived Completely Changed

    Our Lived Completely Changed

    My name is Mohamed Khalif and my family lives in Moyale, Kenya. We did buy a Minelab GPX 5000 and from the day we got my detector, it only took 2 weeks to find more than 550 grams of gold. We just co…

  • 1837 Province du Bas Canada Bank Token

    1837 Province du Bas Canada Bank Token

    Got out for my first hunt with the new Safari. Detected a local park that was a farm until the 1940's, which has never given up anything except modern clad. About 30 minutes into my hunt I got a soli…

  • The GPX 5000 Does It Again!

    The GPX 5000 Does It Again!

    I thought I'd go to an old spot to get in a little warm up hunt. I started off by digging a few bullets and decided to change fields, and hit an area I'd hunted before. I had a small amount of luck w…

  • Talked into an Upgrade!

    Talked into an Upgrade!

    I was perfectly happy and content to be swinging around the bush with my GPX-4500. I am a part timer, but with a lot of years under my belt. I had picked up over 3 ounces with the GPX-4500 and things…

  • A Contribution to My City's History

    A Contribution to My City's History

    Two weeks ago a buddy and I went out for our usual Saturday hunt, we had only found a few wheats and a couple silver dimes. We finally agreed on going to a spot in the woods we had heard had been an…

  • All in a Day's Work

    All in a Day's Work

    After some weeks of research, I finally came across some area I wanted to detect. So, early one morning off I went. And after only 2 minutes, I got my first target... an 18 carat gold ring. From ther…

  • First Day Find

    First Day Find

    First day with my new Minelab X-TERRA 305. No big gold bars or silver coins. But I did find two old relics. A tootie toy truck that was built-in the USA. Those were the good old days. The second was…