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  • X-TERRA 705 Hits Nice Gold Ring From the Saltwater Rocks

    X-TERRA 705 Hits Nice Gold Ring From the Saltwater Rocks

    I was testing out a new X-TERRA 6" Double-D - 19.75kHz coil I just received from my friend Kevin (neswiper) and while testing in the rocky area on the Chesapeake bay the new coil was able to find a n…

  • New to the X-TERRA 705

    New to the X-TERRA 705

    I have used an old cheap detector, on and off, for a few years with virtually no joy. But after reading the success stories on the Minelab site, I decided to give detecting a proper try and purchased…

  • A Special Birthday Present

    A Special Birthday Present

    Finally a Giveback. My wife and I were recently invited to my daughter's girlfriend's birthday celebration at the girlfriend's mothers home. Knowing that it might be a long day, I brought the E-TRAC…

  • Can You Identify?

    Can You Identify?

    On the way back home from our club's annual camp (May 2012) that was held at Norrie Station North of Cue I stopped at Nallan Lake for the night before heading back to Perth, and of course got the det…

  • A Find Brings Back Pleasant Memories

    A Find Brings Back Pleasant Memories

    I have a shortlist of items I would like to find with my metal detector. One of these items I never expected to fulfil in a thousand years. Yesterday I had an hour to spare so I went hunting in a loc…

  • Old Clothes Iron Reveals Treasure

    Old Clothes Iron Reveals Treasure

    I found iron clothes, used in the time of the slaves. The iron was found in a field that does not exist as vestiges of civilization! So I wonder what that was doing iron buried there? And best of all…

  • Great Finds With My Minelab CTX 3030

    Great Finds With My Minelab CTX 3030

    I was recently on vacation and decided to take my new CTX 3030 along and see what I could find in some parks in the area. I knew one of the parks had been detected pretty heavily, but hoped the CTX 3…

  • First 10 Days With The CTX 3030

    First 10 Days With The CTX 3030

    I bought the CTX 3030 for myself as a birthday gift on August 22nd. So far, I’ve been able to convince my wife to let me go to the local beaches about 4 of the last 10 days which is pretty good…

  • My First Gold After 2 Years of Metal Detecting

    My First Gold After 2 Years of Metal Detecting

    I have had and used an X-TERRA 305 for well over a year and a half and loved it so much but it was time to upgrade. I decided to go with an X-TERRA 705 and boy I am not disappointed! I have been find…