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Penny Penny Pick Me Up (Post)
My name is Bruce and since December of 2013 I have been having a ball. In Dec I found a 1551-53 English shilling. Now for some of you that isn't so great a feat but I live in Victoria BC. Since Jan. 2
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Excited is An Understatement (Post)
While hunting civil war relics at DIV 19 in Culpeper, Virginia, a good tone rang out in the headphones of my GPX 4800. Once I opened the hole up the tone changed to a good tone with a loud iron tone a
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Silver and Stone (Post)
I was hunting for an old stage coach stop from the 1850's with my Minelab CTX 3030, when I came across a high tone that I've grown accustomed to love. Upon looking at my detect screen, I saw the 12/4
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Retracing Old Ground (Post)
As I continue down the get familiar with the CTX 3030 I am hitting some old haunts that I have worked very hard with the E-TRAC. I headed back to the Colonial that I recovered the 2 Reale, Colonial B
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Rocky Road to History (Post)
My CTX 3030 has pretty much become my partner. Riding along with me in my truck to work and play. So when it was time to take the family on our long awaited vacation, it was only natural that the CTX
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Cool Token (Post)
Went to a 1902 house for some detecting and on my 2nd visit I found a token. At first I thought it was a cool old token but today (Sept. 23 2013) I found out it is rare also. I have been spending a b
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The 6" Excelerator Coil is Hot! (Post)
When I first got the 6" Excelerator coil, I tried it in my backyard and wasn't too impressed, but this wasn't a fair way to try out a new coil. So, I took it to eight dif
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I Won't Top This One! (Post)
I had been pounding one of my favourite spots for about a year before digging what will surely be my best find. I had pulled about 10 coppers out of one side of the area but only ventured to the othe
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You Never Know (Post)
The last week of October broke to warm temps, I did some hunting on a site I had recently obtained permission. Monday and Tuesday were great Indians, barbers and a seated dime with the assorted clad
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Detecting in the Grounds of Cyfartha Castle (Post)
I have recently been given sole permission to detect in the grounds surrounding the home of the former powerful Iron Master William Crawshay. He once owned one of the largest iron works in the world.
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Awesome Day of Metal Detecting at the Beach (Post)
This past week at the Jersey shore there was a free concert on the beach of a well-known country singer which drew a crowd of approximately 30,000 people into one area. With that in mind I planned on
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Fun in the Sun - Summer 2013 (Post)
I am not prepared to tell the full story at this time as the story is still ongoing and if I left out details to protect the identity of this camp I feel it would be an injustice to history. So I'll