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  • Metal Detecting Old Homesteads

    Metal Detecting Old Homesteads

    Knowing how to read the landscape is what can make a detectorist successful. That’s true when metal detecting old homesteads, too. There are some specific indicators to look for when searching old…

  • Christmas Time Metal Detecting Finds

    Christmas Time Metal Detecting Finds

    I was detecting at a new city park with my Garrett AT Pro just after Christmas in a really trashy area in the woods. I had only been detecting about 30 minutes when I had…

  • Metal Detecting Snow Recovery

    Metal Detecting Snow Recovery

    I was able to recover some tools and supplies lost after an accident. My AT Pro works like a charm in snow that was 1 to 2.5 feet deep. Great gob Garrett!…

  • Relic Metal Detecting Finds

    Relic Metal Detecting Finds

    I am relatively new at the metal detecting hobby, having purchased a Garrett Ace 250 only a few months ago. In a recent outing, I found the items shown in the attached ph…

  • Two Rings Excalibur 2 Metal Detector Find

    Two Rings Excalibur 2 Metal Detector Find

    I waded into the water with the Minelab Excalibur 2. The first target was a nice wedding band and in less than a half hour I found the second ring. I almost missed the s…

  • Cuban Coin Metal Detector Find

    Cuban Coin Metal Detector Find

    Today I found a Cuban coin on a beach on the Treasure Coast of Florida. I was using my Minelab Excalibur detector with a 12 x 15 coil, hunting in pinpoint when I got a hi…

  • Birthday Metal Detecting Find

    Birthday Metal Detecting Find

    While vacationing in the Matagorta Bay area of the Texas coast in our RV I decided to go metal detecting. Having searched the locale beaches and parks, I decided to do som…

  • Teaching a Rookie to Metal Detect

    Teaching a Rookie to Metal Detect

    Finally after me telling stories of finding treasures and other people finding treasures my friend broke down and bought a new Garrett AT Pro. I told him that I would take…

  • Live Bomb Metal Detecting Find

    Live Bomb Metal Detecting Find

    I must agree that everyone needs to be very careful when they are out TH'ing. While I was stationed in Augsburg, Germany in 1977-1979 I had the fun of digging up a WW…