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  • V3i Cleans Up After Another Brand on the Beach

    V3i Cleans Up After Another Brand on the Beach

    This winter I have been detecting with my White’s V3i on a Northeast beach that has been producing lots of finds from the 1800’s. To be honest, I thought I was the only one who detected t…

  • 1,2,3...Bam a Hit

    1,2,3...Bam a Hit

    Today I was detecting behind a friend's barn and 1, 2,3… Bam a slamming hit, so I said “let it be something nice.”  What do I know, I pulled out my Bullseye Pinpointer and the…

  • 43 Years Later I Returned to the Hobby

    43 Years Later I Returned to the Hobby

    In 1970 I purchased for my then 7 year old son a White’s Coinmaster. We lived in California at the time, and we found so many interesting items, such as coins, rings, bracelets, medals, and so…

  • 40 Years of Detecting = Nice Copper Finds

    40 Years of Detecting = Nice Copper Finds

    My name is Bill and I live in Michigan. I am now in my early seventies, but my yearning for the discovery of copper artifacts began about 35 years ago. But first let me tell you my introduction to th…

  • Perfect End of a Season with My V3i

    Perfect End of a Season with My V3i

    I have been an enthusiast metal detectorist for some years now and I want to share with you my finds from the last detecting trip of 2012. I was talking to a local farmer from my Central PA area and…

  • A Coinshooters 1850 o Twenty Dollar Gold Piece

    A Coinshooters 1850 o Twenty Dollar Gold Piece

    My name is Dan Sloan. I have been in the hobby for 43 years now. My interest in the hobby is a strong 10. My grandfather had told me of an old homestead back in the woods that he and some friends woul…

  • Post Colonial/Revolutionary War Era Coins

    Post Colonial/Revolutionary War Era Coins

    My name is Don Surles; I am retired, live in Smyrna, DE and found myself looking for some form of physical activity other than walking or bike riding. I bought my first metal detector in October 2014.…

  • On Cloud Nine with a Flying Eagle

    On Cloud Nine with a Flying Eagle

    Today I had nowhere new to go so I went back to the farm where I dug my 100th Indian last fall... almost winter. This yard gave up a ton of wheat, several silver and a lot of Indians, and a couple V…

  • A First for Everything

    A First for Everything

    I'm from Niagara Falls, Canada. I just purchased an E-TRAC detector after I read all the good success stories with Minelab machines. After I received my machine I was excited to test it out, I read o…