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  • Old Roman Stamp and Coins

    Old Roman Stamp and Coins

    Again new finds with the CTX 3030 Minelab detector! I was once again found in the same field as the last two times and had 12 Roman coins, but also an old Roman stamp! Where I was looking for an earl…

  • Hitting the Hills with My GMT and 4x6 Coil

    Hitting the Hills with My GMT and 4x6 Coil

    I went down to Sonora, CA. for a 2 day trip to meet up with my friend to go out mining. We got out to the tailing piles and I turned on my GMT with my new 4x6 coil, put my gain on 8, VSAT on 2 and th…

  • First Gold in West Australia

    First Gold in West Australia

    In March 2014, we were looking for gold in Western Australia! We were travelling from Kalgoorlie to Menzies, however, one must not look everywhere for gold, yes, because there is a lot of land alread…

  • Great Friends, Great Finds

    Great Friends, Great Finds

    On May 7th and 8th 2014, myself and my good friend Frank had the great pleasure of hosting the guys from Dirt Fishin' America out of Idaho right here in my home town of Philadelphia Pa. We did 2 long…

  • My 1st Year is a Big Success

    My 1st Year is a Big Success

    My first year using the V3i was a big success! I started with the standard Coin and Jewelry program and was rather quickly able to create my very own custom program which is working extremely well. I…

  • Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)

    Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)

    Our club has a monthly outing, this month we went to an old CCC camp near Cave Creek/Seven Springs, Az. I had not been hunting for more than 15 minutes in the camp area and I got a nice reading of 38…

  • I Am Really Enjoying My V3i

    I Am Really Enjoying My V3i

    I want to thank you for building such superior metal detectors. After several months of investigating different types of metal detectors and talking to metal detecting companies, I found Jimmy Sierra…

  • 4,000 Year Old Bronze Age Lunula

    4,000 Year Old Bronze Age Lunula

    While out on one of our weekly digs with the Stour Valley Search and Recovery Club, in the heart of the Dorset countryside, I was privileged enough to find a piece of Bronze Age gold, with a possible…