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  • Seeing Double??

    Seeing Double??

    Sept. 12, 2013: My detecting buddy and I went to a new park that is on a 1905 map of the area. I saw some plugs that had been made probably the day before, and they were filled in but pretty obvious.…

  • Leprechaun's Pot of Gold/Platinum

    Leprechaun's Pot of Gold/Platinum

    Every good Irishman knows there is a pot of gold at the end of a rainbow. The rainbow pictured led me directly to a beach on Cape Cod, MA, USA. I not only found gold and silver there this summer, but…

  • huge Gold NFC Ring!

    huge Gold NFC Ring!

    With a metal detector in hand I just started scanning a beach that I haven’t scanned in my short time as a "detectorist"( less than 3 months) and was soon approached by someone offering a monet…

  • Found 1817 Large Cent with V3i

    Found 1817 Large Cent with V3i

    I found this nice 1817 large cent this week with my White's V3i using the 950 coil. It was about 8" in the ground from an old farm dating back to the 1700's in Massachusetts. I wanted to try the 950…

  • Just Getting Started

    Just Getting Started

    It's been cold, wet and nasty for most of the beginning of this year here in Philadelphia. It hasn't stopped me from getting out and doing what I love. Metal Detecting. There are so many lost treasure…

  • Still Smiling

    Still Smiling

    This year I decided to upgrade to a Minelab Safari after seeing my friend recover 3 silver coins on 3 separate occasions with his Safari. This weekend I took it out for the second time to a local Suf…

  • Awesome Piece of History!

    Awesome Piece of History!

    Recently, I was hunting at a New Hampshire beach with my Excalibur II, and 5 minutes in I got my first signal which turned out to be an encrusted Mercury dime. I thought to myself this is going to be…

  • Finding a Relative of a 1930's Find

    Finding a Relative of a 1930's Find

    Recently I dug a 1930's depression era token at around 10" at the site of a torn down home. Although it was neat, I didn't give it much more thought. A couple of days ago I decided to clean the token…

  • First Minelab Hunt

    First Minelab Hunt

    I recently traded in my Garrett AT Pro and upgraded to the Minelab CTX 3030. Today was my very first hunt using the CTX 3030. I have a large learning curve since this machine is way more advanced the…