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  • Over Five Hundred Coins

    Over Five Hundred Coins

    I have been metal detecting for over thirty years using all different brands of detectors and in June of 2011 I purchased my Minelab E-TRAC. After a few months of in the field training with it I obtai…

  • I Owe It All To This E-TRAC

    I Owe It All To This E-TRAC

    I went to a field that I have visited in the past with some excellent success. Though when I do hit this field, it is always very hit or miss. Good targets are slim but usually very old when I do fin…

  • A Great Find for a Great Weekend

    A Great Find for a Great Weekend

    After attending the Goanna Gold prospecting muster held at the Burrendong Dam, I made some new friends to go metal detecting with. My new friend Terry was very keen to come along with me to get some…

  • Holes, Holes Everywhere!

    Holes, Holes Everywhere!

    I thought I'd go out to a local construction site and try my luck when, arriving at the site, I noticed dig holes everywhere and I thought this place is cleaned out. I started out digging a few piece…

  • Amazing Pendant

    Amazing Pendant

    I had just recently gone archery cow elk hunting with my wife and my sister. Our plans were to stay out for a week. We would go and set up a couple of ground blinds for them to hunt in. I was to watc…

  • If Only These Finds Could Tell a Story

    If Only These Finds Could Tell a Story

    As I watch videos of Treasure Hunters around the World, it is so interesting to find items we are un-accustomed to finding. Some of the items are coins minted in their region or a bronze age tool. So…

  • Harley Ring Returned

    Harley Ring Returned

    My wife and I are full time RV'ers. At most RV parks the owners are kind enough to let me hunt in the parks. We are currently in Alpine, WY and about a month ago, while hunting with my E-TRAC, I came…

  • Rubbish Turns Out to be One of Nation's Greatest Finds

    Rubbish Turns Out to be One of Nation's Greatest Finds

    The first week out with my E-TRAC, I came across a small bronze disc with glass enamelled to one side. It was so well made I thought it was off a Victorian snuff box and threw it in the garage with m…

  • The Tale of the Tin Hoard

    The Tale of the Tin Hoard

    Out detecting in the W.A. Goldfields with my GPX 5000 I got a strong signal, My expectation was high, It just had to be Gold. We were detecting in an area of no rubbish and had already found a few ni…