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  • More Precious than Gold

    More Precious than Gold

    I am only 4 hours new to metal detecting, and had not used one before in my life. The first thing I found was a wheat penny from 1958 that was buried 7 inches at a park near my home back in Riverside…

  • 21k ring

    21k ring

    I found this nice gold ring in the Chesapeake Bay on Columbus day.we had a nor'easter come through and really stired up the sand. It's 9 grams of 21k Gold. Thanks for looking. Dennis M.…

  • The Find of My Lifetime - 1834 Capped Bust Quarter

    The Find of My Lifetime - 1834 Capped Bust Quarter

    I had a Capped Bust silver coin on my wish list but never really expected to ever find one, let alone a quarter. I found this dream at a public park I’ve been to many times but this is the firs…

  • Bracelet in Bulgaria

    Bracelet in Bulgaria

    Hello, here is my interesting discovery. The beach of Sunny Beach, Bulgaria. Bracelet found in the water of dead U.S. soldier in Iraq, with names and date via the Internet I could find a woman dead an…

  • Family Time

    Family Time

    I wanted a metal detector so I could spend some quality time outdoors with my seven year old son. I took my new Minelab X-TERRA 505 out to my brother's farm the first chance we had. Within a few minu…

  • My Excalibur II

    My Excalibur II

    My first "finds" story here on this great site. I have been a Whites kind of guy for the past 8 years, using the DFX to search the beaches here on Maui. But not until February 2011, did I go (finally…

  • Six Edward I Silver Pennies

    Six Edward I Silver Pennies

    Just found 6 Edward 1st hammered silver pennies all within 10 metres. All from around 1300. Although I dream of having a CTX 3030 or E-TRAC, the X-TERRA 505 keeps on performing so well as a coiner!…

  • 11 Silver Day

    11 Silver Day

    Was invited by a friend to hunt a very old site that had some recent construction done & a few inches of dirt removed. This was only my 3rd hunt with my new Minelab E-TRAC so not knowing the mach…

  • SOS Mobile Phone Missing

    SOS Mobile Phone Missing

    On a Saturday morning, the 8th of December, I got a call from a friend who explained to me that his partner’s son had lost his phone. He asked me if it would be possible to find it with a detec…