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Customer Treasure Stories
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Brought to you by KELLYCO Metal Detector SuperStore
All of the treasures shown below are items that our customers have either brought to Kellyco to show us or have emailed us their pictures. As you can see, a metal detector can unearth some of the worlds most beautiful treasures and bring a lifetime of excitement.
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Danish Coin Found With Excalibur 1000!
The ground conditions at the beach that day were black sand. I had been out just a couple of hours and had dug quite a few coins and a couple rings. Then, with the discrimination set at 3 and automatic sensitivity on, I found this 1628, 6 (VI) Danish Skilling buried about 8” down.
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Well...I decided I would really put the 10 x 12 SEF coil to the test today. I took it to 3 small parks that I have pounded into submission with other coils...just to see how good it really is. My final impression....It is a deep coin killer.
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Minelab Excalibur II Pays For Itself
All in all a great week, thanks again for the great service you gave me in April when I bought my metal detector, its nealy paid for itself already. Another trip to spain in 3 weeks should see that done.
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The first coin was an 1853 seated half dollar (hold by in XF condition).My second find was a 1823 dime in good condition. My third and fourth find were 2 large cents dated 1850 (VF condition but corroded) and 1853 (also fine condition but corroded). Click Here to Read More. |
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 I walked about 4ft and got another nice low growl on my headphone and out pops this nice 14k mans diamond ring with 7 diamonds!
In just a matter of a few minutes I had found two really nice rings! Click Here to Read More. |
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 After having searched for two hours and not finding anything significant, I got a good signal. About 8" down I found my favorite find to date - a Civil War button and the name plate for "Captain James Hill" of the Iowa Infantry. Thanks to the local historical society I was able to identify the plate and button from the Civil War era, and I am positive that both were his, since this was his house that he built and lived in.
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 So you can imagine how surprised and elated I was to dig 10" into dry, hard ground and pull out a Confederate CS tongue belt buckle! I immediately knew what it was from my prior research into Civil War relics, and in the area I found several Confederate States buttons. No one was with me for this great find, so I immediately called a relic hunting buddy of mine by cellphone to share the good news. I've found Civil War bullets at this site before,
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What lay beneath my finger tips was a 140 year old time capsule that contained a variety of relics including buttons, bullets, bottles, coins, a religious medal and a comb. The value of this cache is literally priceless, and I can't describe the excitement I felt upon finding it
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Call it beginner's luck, but young Garrett B. calls it the find of a lifetime. New to the hobby of treasure-hunting, this Arizona youth recently joined his grandfather Jim in a search for gold. As fate would have it, he found his first gold on that hunt. The metal detector he was using was - appropriately enough - a Garrett ACE 250. .
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I thought I'd let you folks see what I have done in my first 10 months in the hobby using an ACE 250. Even though by most people's standards I am still in the "beginner" phase of this hobby, I pretty much attacked it as I do all things I am passionate about .
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It has very impressive depth and functionality for the price that more than rivals some of the more expensive machines on the market.Since owning my Ace, I have managed over $4000 in change, 12 gold rings (one of which is a diamond ring valued at $8000), 11 silver rings...
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I've been hunting about 37 years and I recently went to a field where an open hunt was held about 8 years ago. I've hunted the site with one of your competitor's metal detectors, a $900 unit, and only found several dimes, so I figured the field was about hunted out.
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About two weeks after purchasing the ACE 250, I headed to the beach to hunt. Not long after, I got a signal that hit just below the nickel slot, so I decided to dig. In the second trowel of sand, out falls a white ring!
Later that week, I took it to a jeweler and they appraised it between...
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While her mom was registering her at school, my daughter Kayleigh and I took her Garrett ACE 150 to have a look at the woodchips in the playground area. I was swinging on the swing and Kayleigh came walking over to me with a big smile. She handed me a ring. At first, I thought it was a kid's play ring but it said 10K on the inside and had a diamond chip in it!!
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I haven't used it in areas that could yield more lucrative finds, but based on the immediate success I've had with lost change in my yard, you can bet I'll be putting the ACE 150 to better use. I haven't given up on finding that buried pirate treasure of my childhood dreams. And even if I never find it, I'll have fun looking for it with my ACE 150.
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FBI
Trains with Garrett GTI 2500 - Calls KELLYCO First! I have provided crime scene metal detection training for the FBI on several occasions in the past. The supervising agent for the ERT asked for my recommendation regarding the purchase of metal detectors for the 32 member
unit. I suggested the Garrett GTI 2500 Pro Package. I further recommended that the bureau contact KELLYCO which they
did and subsequently purchased (2) GTI 2500 units.
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 I got a strong signal and after digging about 5” deep a silver buckle popped out. I didn’t even clean the mud off until I got home, but when I did I recognized it right away. I cleaned it under running water and saw a beautiful, small silver shoe buckle that was used from 1650 to 1720. The chape and tongue design are noted in several reference books as those of the Tudor-Georgian period. Click Here To Read More. |
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Roger's Finds From St. Martin...
One hour’s worth of finds with a Headhunter in St. Martin. We can’t wait to see the rest of his finds. Roger is a DetectorPro dealer in Sequim, Washington. “I hunted for a little over an hour. The buckle is a Smith & Wesson (44 Mag.), also some Euro coins and Guilders. One ring, one earring and several pendants.”
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Finds From Nevis...
We have gotten back from Nevis a couple of weeks ago and the pulse machine works GREAT. Very impressive on depth, some of my finds were around 16 inches deep.
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Summer is Finally Here!
What a long wait. There was no Spring here in the East. The first time I went to do some water hunting, I traveled over 50 miles to find the lake still frozen. Luckily I had a backup lake not far away that was not frozen.
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Dan Yarruso has been treasure hunting for over 20 years. He is an “all-around” treasure hunter. His main love is wading in the water for Gold jewelry. This past year Danny has found 115 pieces of gold. Click Here To Read More. |
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I was almost ready to give up when out popped the only gold coin ever produced in Australia - a beautiful, rare, 1884 gold sovereign in VF or XF condition. With a young (cute) Queen Victoria on one side and St. George slaying a dragon on the other, this coin has almost no wear and a few tiny spots have the original luster on the gold. Click Here To Read More. |
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I dug down about 10 inches into the hard ground and saw my first Civil War relic - a U.S. buckle plate! I knew what it was immediately, and you can only imagine how pumped I was. The first person I told was my wife, and while I don't know the value of it and haven't found another Civil War relic at the site since, I will always consider it my favorite find to date. Click Here To Read More. |
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 J-Man says coins were found as deep as 10 inches and a gold plated ring was found at 6 inches with his new Pirate detector. "Although we are both Excel users, he wanted something for a back up machine or for company to use."
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 I got a chance to do a little land fishing with the 12 inch coil for the Fisher 1270.I found some old school board land that has never been hunter in Loranger Louisiana.This place is really grown up.There was not a lot of trash as i thought it would be. Click Here To Read More. |
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We have 150 acres so there is a lot you can see if you can follow the old wagon trail along most of the creek and see some old rotten wood, rocks from where houses use to sit, Back in the early 1800s if you go up across the ridge down few more you will go into my friends property in which has a 1750s Trading post waiting for weeds to die down so I can go detect. Click Here To Read More. |
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I was so far from help, driving an Isuzu 4x4 into grass over a foot deep when I began to have ignition problems. I had to remove the points and wouldn't you know it, I lost the little screw that held the things all together. It was a bummer of the worst kind, and both me and that screw were no where to be found by anyone. Click Here To Read More. |
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I really enjoyed using it because it is so lightweight. I found a few coins and also a necklace, (I don't think it is real) but a nice start anyway. It seemed to penetrate very deep as far as I could tell. River hunting is not at all like the ocean where your hole fills in right away. This is why I know it gave good depth.
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The first day with the new rig I located my first palisite meteorite, HALLELUJAH! It was 3 feet deep and weighed 11 pounds. The next morning I found an iron meteorite weighing 9 pounds in a wheat field 30 inches deep. The following day was Sunday so I did not look. On Monday my Mojo really started working. I heard a clear strong signal over my headphones. This was the best signal yet. Can it be another disk pan?
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 Using the pinpoint feature on the Explorer and my trusty brass coin probe, I quickly located the target at about 6 inches. Carefully digging a plug to retrieve the target, I soon spotted a quick glimpse of silver in the hole. After a few handfuls of mud were removed, I knew I had a quarter-sized object covered with dirt in my hand. To my very pleasant surprise, I wiped away the dirt to uncover a Standing Liberty Quarter Dollar.
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 After spending Sunday morning with other Gold Coast Treasure Club members at our annual silver hunt and picnic, I had 42 silver dimes in my pocket, but I wasn't done yet. I hit a few local beaches and didn't give up until I landed this nice 14kt white gold ticket with my Excalibur: Click Here To Read More. |
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 I can say that my White's MXT with 6" Excelerator was on fire this weekend. I hit a few tot lots and parks and I did pretty good. My favorite finds were the dollar coins, the Kennedy half and the 25" 14K gold chain. Like I said we had a great weekend.
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 I headed for the park to dig up a present.LOL Well it didn't take long swinging my MXT with 6" Excelerator. I got a strong steady 10-12 VDI at 3 inch's. I recovered a nice gold ring which has a ruby and diamonds. I took the ring home to my wife and she loved it, and it fit her to boot, but I have the feeling I am not going to get off that easy for Mother's day. Hallmarked and 10K. D.A Idaho.
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Sorry, no pictures...just impressions. I've been out several times with the 10 x 14 in the fields and have reported it's a very solid performer. I was interested to see how it did at the beach, in the wet salt sand and shallow water. The answer: Excellent.
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 I finally got the Ex2 and did some tests against the SE. I would locate a target with the SE and mark it with a golf tee which I had number 1 thru 6. I then wrote the digital readout I got on a paper. I went back with the EX2 with the same settings and got the same reading. Click Here To Read More. |
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 During my hunt I began to notice that some of the coins I was digging up were pre-82 pennys, 1965 quarter, 1953 nickel and 1965 and 1966 dimes. I had been hunting pretty fast, but after seeing the dates on these coins I slowed down. I had just recovered 3 pre-82 pennies and before moving on. Click Here To Read More. |
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 David
Found Hundreds of Religious Jewels on ONE Hunt with his Fisher Metal Detector!!Recently a friend of mine invited me to hunt an area he had
been hunting for the past few years. He felt like he had recovered most of the things that could
be found with a standard 12" coil. After we arrived at
the location we discovered it was an old home site. Click Here To Read More. |
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 Three Holes, One TreasureI was out hunting an old site that was home to ballgames and picnics back in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Nothing there now but a cow pasture. I had dug several nice old coins that day and was making my way back to the car, when I got a loud signal that indicated a good target. Click Here To Read More
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Two brothers working on a water well in their backyard have unearthed more than
two pounds of gold nuggets and are digging deeper in hope of finding a pirate’s chest full of treasure. "I don't think
there's any doubt in the world there's something down there," said Kent. "It could be a jewelry box. It could be
bigger."
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 Orange Grove Yields Strongbox with Thousands of Dollars For decades adventurers have plied the shores of Florida's peninsula in search of sunken riches, mostly in vain. But James S. hand only to sink a shovel in an orange grove. A few feet beneath the rich black soil he clanged against an old metal box containing four bill in denominations from $100 to
$1,000 dating back to 1839. Two of them were issued by United States bands prior to the Civil War. The oldest,from the Clinto Band of Philadelphia, was issued to a Samuel Benedict for $100 on December 2, 1839..
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Three Minnesota Landscape workers struck it rich on a job recently when they uncovered about 375 U.S. coins dated 1822 to 1930 cached beneath a concrete wall they were removing. One of the workers was removing pieces of concrete with a tractor, when he noticed a coin, He investigated and soon "started finding 'pennies' and more 'pennies.'" A third worker joined in the dig and came up with a leather pouch containing a California territorial gold coin.
Local residents recall a story of an old recluse who once lived on the property where the landscaping was being done, and speculated that he burried the coins shortly after the bank crisis at the beginning of the Great Depression. A Minnesota Attorney said that ownership of the coins, valued at more than $5,000.00, will be disputed between the owner of the land and the men who found them, if the true owner cannot be located after a reasonably diligent effort.
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 1738 George II Half Penny Found With Minelab Explorer! See what T.J. FOUND: 8 year old T.J. digs up a 1738 George II Half Penny with a Minelab Explorer! Thanksgiving Day was a very thankful day as TJ adds this 265 year old find to his coin collection. Click Here for rest of story.
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 1945 War Nickel ! In a half hour I bagged a wheatie, some clad, and a '45 war nickel. I think this is a good starter machine and would recommend it for anyone as their first unit. The 8" coil seems to be good around the trash as I was hunting an area with a fair amount of junk in the ground.
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 2000 Year Old Coin! While on a treasure hunting vacation in the U.K., George unearthed this 2000 year old coin! Identified as a 50 B.C. Celtic Stater, this coin is currenty in the British Museum undergoing further study.
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 1880 Five Dollar Gold Coin! After a search of about 15 minutes I had found no home site. There seemed to be nothing but trash around the trees. Then I got a good hit! I dug down about 3 inches and found some silver coins and the 5 dollar gold coin. What a surprise! The coins were in an old leather sack that fell apart when I picked it up.
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 In Haifa, Israel a "gold rush" broke out near the port of Haifa after a tractor driver uncovered a treasure trove of gold coins buried for centuries while digging a ditch. Nearby residents and port laborers rushed to the scene to hunt for coins as word of the discovery spread.
An archeologist later said the 24-carat gold coins dated to the Byzantine period in the fifth century. Eyewitnesses said that between 100 and 200 coins were grabbed during the "gold rush". Police guarded the area during the night and are now searching for the missing coins. |
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 The Sports Car of Search coils! Larry learns that bigger isn't always better when trying his new 5" EXcelerator Searchcoil for the first time. See Larry's finds and read his opinion on this coil. Click Here for entire story. Click Here To Read More |
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 BILL & DENNIS HAVE FOUND OVER 1,000 RINGS The Minelab Excalibur has turned out to be one of the best metal detectors we have ever used for beach and water hunting. We have a small pontoon boat that four (4) of use to hunt a favorite water site. We use Minelab Excaliburs and so far have accumulated over 1,000 rings!
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 14" EXcelerator Searchcoil Field Test Finds
I found over two hundred and fifty clad coins, three watches, boy scout clips, a match box car, a Kennedy and Susan B, keys, tokens, silver chains, two foreign coins and six silver rings. I was so tired that Thanksgiving night I couldn't cut my turkey so I just ate pie! Click Here To Read More. |
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 "A Day with Fabian"
I accumulated $37 in quarters and enough pennies, dimes and nickels to fill two coffee cups. I also found ten rings and some other treasure.
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 The Excalibur metal detector is awesome!
Its brought me thousands of hours of fun and enjoyment as well as lots of money and treasures. Anyone of any age can operate the Excalibur and probably do as well as I can. The more you use Minelab's Excalibur metal detector the better you become and the more you find. Click Here To Read More. |
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 EXcelerator Searchcoils Provide Superior Separation!This little coil has superior separation and I dug a 1929 wheat penny at a measured 6 inches today. In all I got six wheats, a US ARMY solid brass whistle at 7-8 inches a small buckle and what looks like a cleaning jag for a small caliber muzzle loader. Click Here To Read More. |
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New stories are added all the time. If you have a treasure story you would like
to have posted online, send an email to jparrish@kellycodetectors.com.
Make sure to include your name, a picture and a story explaining your find,
what kind of detector you used, your hunting experience and any additional info
you would like to share.
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