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  • Fisher Metal Detector Finds 1897 Dime

    Fisher Metal Detector Finds 1897 Dime

    I have had my new CoinStrike for about 3 weeks now, and I continue to learn more about it each time I take it out. It is a bit different to operate than any detector I have used in my 35 years of det…

  • My Best Find

    My Best Find

    A buddy and I were detecting in southern California looking for gold nuggets and had a great time and found a railroad agate marble from 1885-1890. The marble was used to move the ore carts into the t…

  • Backyard Success

    Backyard Success

    My father and I have been detecting for a couple of years never finding much but clad. I finally got into the hobby a bit more and purchased the E-TRAC! I un-boxed it and charged the battery overnigh…

  • Love my X-TERRA 705

    Love my X-TERRA 705

    Got out tonight. So I passed by town and I noticed the pond in town was very low due to the drought. So the park is super busy. I asked the town guy who cleans the park and he gave me a trash bag and…

  • V3i Finds Chinese Coins on the OR Coast

    V3i Finds Chinese Coins on the OR Coast

    This is a photo of four ancient Chinese coins I came across recently while beach detecting on the N. Oregon coast, using my new Spectra V3i. The stretch of beach where I found the coins has lost quit…

  • 1829 Capped Bust Dime

    1829 Capped Bust Dime

    A friend of mine invited me to hunt with him where he had found a large cent. We were there for about an hour and his wife called and said she was ready to eat. As she informed him of this, I pulled…

  • Old Coin For Austalia

    Old Coin For Austalia

    Hello my name is Jordan. I'm 13 and I've been metal detecting for 3 years now and this is my 1881 coin found in Camden, NSW. This is now my best find but not my oldest, my oldest is an 1879 sixpence…

  • Day Three and the E-TRAC Pays For Itself!

    Day Three and the E-TRAC Pays For Itself!

    This whole mess of metal detecting started when my friend got his first Bounty Hunter and showed me how it worked in the front yard of my house. I was instantly intrigued and thought it was very inte…