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  • CTX 3030 Treasure

    CTX 3030 Treasure

    After first using the Minelab Sovereign GT, Excalibur II and the E-TRAC.I got myself a CTX 3030 for just a week. Just getting into all the things the CTX 3030 can do. But I already got my first treas…

  • CTX 3030 Small Targets Deep

    CTX 3030 Small Targets Deep

    As I've stated many times before, in my 27 years of Metal Detecting, I have used numerous models and brands of detectors, never locking myself into one specific company as I always liked to use what…

  • Just Had to Have an E-TRAC

    Just Had to Have an E-TRAC

    I live in a very historic area. I had permission to hunt woods around a lake that was active from about the 1820's to the 1960's. Though I assumed it had been hunted before, I knew there had to be ol…

  • Best Part of Detecting

    Best Part of Detecting

    My name is Tim Hess. I'm 46 and received my first metal detector when I was 6. I took several years off but have been pretty serious for about 5 yrs now. About 2 years ago I purchased a White's v3i an…

  • Corfe Rally

    Corfe Rally

    In your last Minelab Times, I read with interest the article "Staffordshire Hoard" accompanied by a photo of detectorists in a field near Corfe Castle in Dorset. That photo has special significance f…

  • George Washington Inaugural Button

    George Washington Inaugural Button

    I have finally hit it big with my V3i. I was out detecting a few days ago at a new spot that I have acquired permission to metal detect. In a matter of minutes I was digging up colonial button after b…

  • First Attempt!

    First Attempt!

    I travelled down to a site where there used to be a fun fair every year (when I was a child many, many moons ago!) and got permission to "practise" using my E-TRAC.  As this was the first time o…

  • My First $20 Coin

    My First $20 Coin

    I had to go to the bank today , on my way back I saw a park and decided to give it a go. The first coin I dug was a wheat cent, the second was this CSA $20 coin. It turns out to be a novelty coin. It…