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  • Brilliant Finds

    Brilliant Finds

    Have been out and about with my CTX 3030 and made some really great finds recently. The first one was a really highly decorated spur dating to the 15th Century. Then I discovered a Georgian period rub…

  • How A Bad Day Turned Out To Be A Good One

    How A Bad Day Turned Out To Be A Good One

    Yesterday, I started a new painting job on a house of a customer of mine. The morning went well, and the work was going great. That was until the rain came. The work I have done was ruined. And I cou…

  • Brand New X-TERRA 705 Hits Hungarian Cornfield

    Brand New X-TERRA 705 Hits Hungarian Cornfield

    I’ve started detecting in early 2011. First I purchased a cheap turn on and go detector that turned out to be unsuitable for true finds, therefore I moved to a better detector, similarly with m…

  • Giving to the Future

    Giving to the Future

    It all started on a wet Sunday morning in West Wales, the car was loaded as my detecting partner and myself made the 90 mile trip to attend a charity rally run by the Gwent Metal Detecting Club, this…

  • Seated Grand Slam

    Seated Grand Slam

    Recently on a Saturday morning, I had a little time and went to the same field near home I often hunt. The field has been heavily hunted for years. Coins are sparse and I frequently get skunked, but…

  • A Good Luck Day

    A Good Luck Day

    Not too long ago I was able to get a week off from work. I planned to drive west of Charters Towers here in Queensland Australia to an old goldfield town site that I had recovered many relics from. N…

  • Wish It Was My Full Time Job

    Wish It Was My Full Time Job

    I went and picked up my buddy today, April 28th, and he doesn't have a car or a very good detector. I usually feel bad as I pull tons of coins, silver and more out and he ends the day with very littl…

  • Great Finds

    Great Finds

    My CTX 3030 continues to astound me with its performance especially on pastureland. Here are some more of my recent discoveries. which include an eagle figure possibly from a Saxon helmet, a lovely Sa…

  • Wanted to Find For Ages

    Wanted to Find For Ages

    Recently dad and I haven't been hunting as we have been looking for some old spots to try for pre-decimal coins as I am only 8 off 100! We had found a spot that we think had to be over 100 years old…