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  • It All Changed When I Got My E-TRAC

    It All Changed When I Got My E-TRAC

    I have been metal detecting for 6 years in Southern Nevada. It is tough detecting here because the area is not that old and the soil is mineralized. I have used several name brand detectors and only…

  • Nice Find Leads to an Even Nicer Experience

    Nice Find Leads to an Even Nicer Experience

    It is funny how things work out. A couple of weeks ago, my friend Doug, my wife Diane and Doug’s son Malachi decided to go to an old park that has been good to us in the past, giving up such it…

  • A Very Successful Morning

    A Very Successful Morning

    I took up metal-detecting in November 2009 and joined the Essex Detector Society. I started off by purchasing a Minelab X-TERRA 305 and soon started finding coins. These were both copper and hammered…

  • What Detecting is All About

    What Detecting is All About

    This has to be my best find ever and I have found some really great artefacts. Brand new land, which is steeped in history within 1/2 mile of a Manor House and on a "How" a mound which was used in th…

  • My Heart Skipped a Beat

    My Heart Skipped a Beat

    My girlfriend and I drove down a gravel road to detect an old church/school built in 1879. It was clear it was built for function as there was nothing fancy about it. It did boast a beautiful view of…

  • Lucky Me and Minelab

    Lucky Me and Minelab

    Having taken early retirement I was keen to extend my hobbies and my wife conspired with my friend Steve Wright, a very active detectorist with the Coventry Heritage Detector Society, to purchase me…

  • The Grand Prize of Chuck E Cheese Items

    The Grand Prize of Chuck E Cheese Items

    Almost every Detectorist in the United States has found a Chuck E Cheese Game token and there is a running joke about finding one. I have a can of them myself so they are nothing to be excited about.…

  • A Great Find With the Good Old E-TRAC

    A Great Find With the Good Old E-TRAC

    Long, long ago there was a time. The early black ages were a really dark time. Why? Because we still don't know much about it. Roman, and even Celtic time is more known then the 6 till 10 century. So…

  • One More Off the List!

    One More Off the List!

    Hello everyone! I was in Boston for work today (May 3rd, 2012) and stopped at a green on the way back that we have hammered !! It is not very big. City block one way and about 1/2 block the other. I…