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  • Richard 111 Long Cross Silver Hammered Groat 1483-1485

    Richard 111 Long Cross Silver Hammered Groat 1483-1485

    Hi my name is Colin and I live in Halifax, West Yorkshire in the United Kingdom. I am a member of the Yorkshire Searchers Metal Detecting Club, and have been a keen metal detectorist since 1990. On S…

  • Winner So Far!

    Winner So Far!

    Yesterday I got a call from a lady that lost her engagement ring in a communal garden a week ago. In the meantime we have experienced torrential downpours on almost a daily basis. She told me that sh…

  • First Bust half!!

    First Bust half!!

    This is my second silver find for the year, an 1836 lettered edge Bust Half!!! This is my first silver half find ever. Got it with my Ace 250, fitted with the 10x14" DD Excelerator search coil. It is…

  • 2012 In Review

    2012 In Review

    2012 was a good year for me with the GPX 5000. I dug hundreds of bullets, many buttons and other great relics, many first time finds and many at hunted out sites. I'm hoping for a better 2013. Thanks…

  • First Hunt of 2013

    First Hunt of 2013

    I started off the new year at an old spot using my GPX 5000 and sniffed out some more civil war relics with my new Double-D coil. I'm hoping this year is as good as the last! Buy Minelab GPX 5000 M…

  • 3 Cent Silver Find With My V3i

    3 Cent Silver Find With My V3i

    I was hunting a pretty hard hit civil war winter encampment with some of my hunting buddies in Stafford county VA. My one partner found a couple button backs in a small area and called over the rest…

  • CTX Pillages a rare Medieval Annular Brooch

    CTX Pillages a rare Medieval Annular Brooch

    Story by John Winter England and Scotland were uneasy neighbours in the Middle Ages, but I believe the situation has improved since those turbulent times. :-) Scottish detectorist Rob Fallen certainl…

  • Success on the Kalahari

    Success on the Kalahari

    I bought my first detector, a GPX 5000 in September 2012 and haven't had the chance to use it as I am always busy with my full time job. In December, I got it out from the cupboard and took it along…

  • Returned Ring Lost in 1965

    Returned Ring Lost in 1965

    Hunting beach haven beach front 2 weeks ago I found a high school ring in the surf at about 12" down... it was a class ring from 1965 missing the stone. Inside of the ring was the initials K.G.E. 111.…