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  • My Top Find Yet!

    My Top Find Yet!

    Hello Kellyco family! My name is Ty Gemberling, age 35. Now I am not a professional metal detector by any means. I have only gone out maybe 15 times in the last 2 years, due to my wife's illness. So I…

  • Life can Turn on a Sovereign

    Life can Turn on a Sovereign

    I have three detectors, all Minelab and they have all paid for themselves. I recently graduated from the E-TRAC and although a little intimidated at first, within a few short weeks it has almost beco…

  • Beyond My Wildest Dreams

    Beyond My Wildest Dreams

    Been using the E-TRAC for about 18 months now and my finds are beyond my wildest dreams. It's amazing what you are going to dig up next. Like this 1890s police badge. I've been running a Neil Jones pa…

  • The Lost Plantation On The Machipongo

    The Lost Plantation On The Machipongo

    Back in 2009 I started a grist mill on the Eastern Shore of Virginia to grow, cure and grind an heirloom variety of Indian corn known as Bloody Butcher 1840 DNA. I marketed the cornmeal to local, natu…

  • Shot to Hell

    Shot to Hell

    Usually we Detectorists remove nickels from the ground and the condition is what we most times would fondly call "Shot to Hell"! While out last weekend with the E-TRAC, the nickel I found was literal…

  • Detecting an Old 1800's Site

    Detecting an Old 1800's Site

    It was another great day in Adelaide with clear skies sunshine and a high around 33 degrees. So as I sat there looking out the window while chatting online to my friend Shaun I was having a hard time…

  • My First 1700's Silver

    My First 1700's Silver

    On December 1st I had plans with a club member to hit a 1760's cellar hole that has yielded great results this year. We've pulled 13 coppers mostly from the early to mid 1700's. 6 pieces of US silver…

  • Hard Working Detector

    Hard Working Detector

    Having been detecting for only three and a half months, I have two Minelab detectors at present, an X-TERRA 305 and an E-TRAC. I am pleased to report that I am impressed with these two detectors as t…

  • 23 Gram Gold Ingot Viking or Bronze Age

    23 Gram Gold Ingot Viking or Bronze Age

    I started out on a normal day detecting, or so I thought! The first good signal turned out to be a very worn Elizabeth hammered penny but they all counted and I was up and running. I headed up the fi…