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  • Finds of a Junior Detectorist

    Finds of a Junior Detectorist

    My name is Max, I am 11 years old and I developed an interest in metal detecting about two years ago. I purchased my first metal detector with my Christmas money, a Minelab X-TERRA 705. On my first o…

  • Digging Pays Off

    Digging Pays Off

    Well my story starts in some woods where everyone had told me this place was pounded to death, but I had some time to kill so I figured maybe, just maybe the 705 could find something. Well after about…

  • Missing Helicopter found with Garrett Ace 250

    Missing Helicopter found with Garrett Ace 250

    My brother and I were in the local area of Huntington Beach, Calif. We usually go to hunt coins & rings. He with his Garrett Ace 350, I with my Garrett Ace 250 with double D coil. We are both find…

  • Like a Completely New Site

    Like a Completely New Site

    I discovered the same civil war camp twice, well it seems like I have. After finding a camp in 2005 my buddy John and I had hunted it hard ever since. After the relic finds slowed down I decided to b…

  • Second Gold Ring

    Second Gold Ring

    Gold ring No.2 just two weeks ago, it was my first! Found with AT Pro and Dectectorpro Jolly Rogers Head Phones. Emerald, Diamonds, and GOLD!!! Buy Garrett AT Pro Metal Detector with Waterproof 8.5…

  • 1793 Liberty Cap From Between the Corn Rows

    1793 Liberty Cap From Between the Corn Rows

    My find of a lifetime! I found this in a field that I have detected many times over the years, and I have come away with a lot of great coins, buttons, etc. including some British coins and a 1798 la…

  • My Wheat Penny

    My Wheat Penny

    My current job is working 4 days a week. One of the 3 days off I try to hit up one of several beaches here in Southeast Florida. From South Inlet Park in Deerfield Beach all the way down to South Ft.…

  • 1942 Dutch East Indies Trading Coin

    1942 Dutch East Indies Trading Coin

    South East Asia: I had no more than 15 hours under my belt in California before I took off on a trip overseas, learning how to metal detect on Volcanic mineralization as I did, was quite frustrating u…

  • Early Cut Half for the CTX 3030

    Early Cut Half for the CTX 3030

    It was a lovely morning as we met up for the detectingscotland.com club dig on Sunday, June 16th. Laughs were had, spirits were high - but the ground conditions were tough and ultimately keeping dete…