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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…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • Purpose of My V3i.

    Purpose of My V3i.

    I got permission to hunt an old 1700s property that has been many things over the years. Today it is a rooming house but in the past has been everything from a large farmhouse to a coach stop. So ther…

  • Another Try with the CTX 3030

    Another Try with the CTX 3030

    This weekend I got the time to go hunting again with my new CTX 3030. I went to a place where the farmers took off the grain from the field. And I was walking behind them. Not the easiest way to sear…

  • Good Start to the New Year!

    Good Start to the New Year!

    Last Saturday I decided to get out and enjoy the unusual, for January, weather here in N. Calif. I met my partner Reno Jim and headed for a spot we've hunted for years. We didn't expect to find anyth…