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  • This One was About More Than the Finds!

    This One was About More Than the Finds!

    Between snow, freezing rain, wind, or just the demands of the daily grind, getting time to go digging is a commodity. Especially getting to dig with my father in law. Virginia's winter often has a fu…

  • Civil War Canteen - US 1858, Shot Through

    Civil War Canteen - US 1858, Shot Through

    I found this canteen in shallow water after the Spring rains. Found on private property near a famous Tennessee battlefield. I have been hunting since 1979. Although this item was near the battlefield…

  • Found in My Garden

    Found in My Garden

    I have the best garden ever. See what I found between harvest time. I found these treasures in my garden with my Garrett ace 250. People seem to think there was a union camp on this location. I sure…

  • First find with my CTX 3030

    First find with my CTX 3030

    Following a tip to an old smelter a few miles from my near Vernal, Utah I hit my first major find. I've only had my minelab for a couple weeks and have been very impressed with it. But I can't explai…

  • GMT Holds its Own in Idaho

    GMT Holds its Own in Idaho

    A couple weeks ago, I went to see my Daughter and Family in Boise, ID. Not much for me to do, sense my son-in-law and daughter work. On Sunday my Daughter (Cindy) and I went to Boise basin, where she…

  • Never Had So Much Fun

    Never Had So Much Fun

    I was sitting in my living room and it suddenly dawned on me what an amazing machine the E-TRAC really is. I have owned it for about two months now and as I learn more about the machine the more resp…

  • A Deadly Combination

    A Deadly Combination

    I was detecting an area close to Stanton ,AZ using my GPX 5000 with 8" Minelab Commander coil. I had been finding sub Gram pieces all morning, I was working some decomposing bedrock, and got a faint s…

  • The Extreme Versatility of the Commander 15 x 12 Mono

    The Extreme Versatility of the Commander 15 x 12 Mono

    After using a Minelab GPX 5000, the above photo was set up and taken using a march fly as a measuring stick to show the extreme capabilities of the Commander 15 x 12 Mono coil and what it is capable…

  • New Coil, New Finds

    New Coil, New Finds

    I got an early Christmas present from my wife a 12x15 Double-D coil for my GPX 5000 and went to a spot that's been real good to me and it really amazed me by it performance with these civil war finds,…