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Minelab Treasure Stories
Danish Coin Found With Excalibur 1000!
Minelab Metal Detector Helps Tony Find Treasure!
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.
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!
After about three hours in this field I got a good signal.It was only 4" down and my hunting partner knew immediately what it was. The only Texas Unit button ever made, only a few have ever been found. It's a Waco Guards Civil War button, worth anywhere from $2,500.00 to $3,000.00 - but priceless to me! 
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.
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. 
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. 
“Metal detecting started out as something for me and my wife to do with our children when they were little. Living in Florida, we would take the family to the parks and beaches. I would detect while they played, and often they would help dig. Now that they’re older my wife and I have more time to treasure hunt and we truly enjoy the hobby. 
It was getting dark out but there were several other metal detectorists on the beach.
I decided to work my way down to the water. I was able to get into the water very easily, so I turned on my Excalibur 1000 and set the threshold. On my 3rd sweep I got a great tone. I thought to myself this could not be that easy. I made my first scoop and was going to make another sweep at the target. I then looked down at my scoop and there on top of the mud was his wedding band. 
I was able to get out today with my Minelab SE and the new 6 inch DD Excelerator coil. This coil has proven to be an exceptional coil for me. It is hot on small gold items and coins. The deepest coin I've dug was a 1920 wheat penny from 8 inches down with this coil.
This is my first gold find. The coin is in Arabic and had it translated to 1327. It is probably a 50 Kurish from Turkey. My eleven year old daughter and I are very happy with the three Minelab detectors we have purchased from Kellyco. and look forward to finding more interesting items. 
A few minutes later another signal, "more rubbish" I'm thinking. I start to dig the hole and a clump of clay came away from my pick. It was weighty, so I broke it in half and I was looking at what was my first significant find with a detector. My maiden nugget. When it was washed under the tap, back at the caravan park, 40.3 grams of pure gold my first nugget. 
I pulled my metal detector upwards and heard my reading again and dug another foot off to the side. I ran into another boulder and dug about 6 inches and there it was it was lodged in a groove. I pulled out a gold nugget half as big as my hand from the groove and said "OH MY GOD!" I held it up and thanked God. 
A few days later we discovered a fairly large Roman site, the land owner stated no one had detected there before so we were really enthusiastic. Spending over 10 hours on this site revealed over 78 coins, and 15 Roman brooches , the majority of which fell to the Explorer SE...already this machine was speaking my language. 
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: 
The days just got better. For six weeks I detected 2 beaches, 5 sports grounds, 2 parks and 2 race tracks between Port Headland and Karratha. I found a total of just over $3,000 in $1 and $2 coins, 17 rings, 22 pendants and 20 odd dollars of 1 and 2 cent pieces. Approximately $50 in silver, mostly 50c pieces (once I got the hang of the discriminator). 
First day out with the Explorer II I unearth a sterling silver ring in an area that was well hunted. Several points of interest makes this machine a winner. Superb discrimination. It almost virtually eliminates junk, the stem is cordless allowing the user to hunt more effectively in heavy brush or wooded areas without cord entanglement. 
I decided to hunt in this mode with a threshold hum and the sensitivity set to 20. The key that made me switch was the manual stating that Prospecting mode as designed for highly mineralized ground. I immediately could tell a difference. The signals locked on harder and it was very easy to locate the targets in this mode. I also noticed a considerable increase in depth. 
Walking while metal detecting down old roads that have existed since the founding of Maine Douglas has located and recovered incredible items from 18th century Fugio Cents and old rings to a Beautiful Hand Painted Broach and an antique metal bookmark. The broach features a Francois Gerard painting of Madame Recamier. This portrait painter was a court artist for both King Louis XVIII of France and Napoleon. 
Beautiful
1883 Indian Penny Was 6 Inches Deep!
Kellyco
Donates Cutting Edge Sovereign GT Detector For The 3rd Consecutive
"Diggin In Virginia" Hunt For the third consecutive Diggin'
In Virginia Hunt, KELLYCO showed their support for the hobby
by donating a metal detector to be given away free to a lucky
participant. The winner of the Minelab Sovereign GT at DIV III
was Roland Hankey. Congratulations! Click
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Last November, when we got
our first snow of the year, I figured that winter was upon us
and detecting was over for the year. So, I removed the batteries
from my detectors and cleaned them up for the winter. A couple
weeks later, the weather warmed up a bit to give us a few days
in the "bonus round". Since the snow had kept the
ground from freezing, I decided to give it another shot while
the warm temperatures held. I had been "admiring"
a couple of old yards here in town.
Minelab
+ EXcelerator Searchcoil = Great Finds! 
Minelab
Detectors Unearth Piles of Lost Jewelry
After a while I got another 38 signal and figured it was another quarter when out pops the silver ring. It was over a foot deep. Also, notice the tiny ring (like from a pen maybe, looks like steel) that was a full foot deep in the wet. 
We once found a 1906 Indian Head Penny, then a pre-1900 coin was our goal. We haven't found one yet but on Thanksgiving Day we found a 1738 George II Half Penny.It was found a short distance from our home at a place we've hunted before. When nine year old TJ removed that coin fromt he hole his eyes became as large as pie plates and he started screaming "WE'RE RICH! WE'RE RICH!" 
Here is a photo of the 18 pound bar of silver, dated 1858, that I found about 18 inches deep on the beach. Over the next few days, I found two sterling silver and two men's 14K gold rings, with diamonds and semiprecious stones (onyx and star sapphire) on the beaches of Ft. Lauderdale and Pompano Beach. 
When I stuck the coil right in front of the block, I was getting a repeatable solid 30. The depth showed full depth on the meter. I went back to the truck and got the shovels and started digging. My wife got out the camera and started snapping away. We both had a good feeling about this, but I kept saying this is just too obvious of a place to bury something of value.
The diamond bracelet was found with the Minelab Excalibur and was appraised at almost $5,000.00. We had a tough job convincing my wife to give up the bracelet for a picture taking session. She wasted no time putting it back on her wrist the instant we brought it back.
In less than an hour I dug a 1909 S with a full liberty. Hunting with Randy is simply amazing. I even have seen day's he could throw a knife (that's what we use to use to dig with), and where it would stick in the ground he would upon retrieving the knife find a coin at that spot. Sound crazy but it happened on enough occasions that we still talk about it to this day.
Since using the new smaller coil I have been able to revisit sites that were considered worked out. I am truly amazed at the number of good old coins that have been masked by trash which are now detectable.I have been fortunate enough to find 13 Indian pennies, a Silver 1853 3 cent piece, 18 older wheat pennies, 4 Barber dimes, 2 Roosevelt dimes, 6 Mercury dimes, and a 1853 Seated Half. 
After getting the Explorer and putting on the Excelerator coil - On four outings I found six rings at one of the parks I've been over several times in the past. In a 30 by 30 area -$ 3.68 in clad. I know for a fact I hit that area with the Garrett and thought it was clean - Man the 14" excelerator coil goes Deep!!! 
I found this 1773 Spanish reale in shockingly good shape. It was about 4 inches down. This was at a site along the El Camino Reale trail in central CA. We knew that there was a small and short lived trading post on the spot in the mid 1800's and there were a lot of corresponding seated coins found. 
I was surprised when I saw the large coin, and then very surprised when I pulled it out and it was a 1882 silver dollar. I went to my brother-in-law, who lived there and had been watching, and ask how long I had been there. His answer was "15 minutes, 20 tops.
I spent nine hours straight walking in a field and had one of the best days yet. Along with a bunch of bullets, some old silver, buttons, buckles, etc. It's a relic hunters wonder land. It was a colonial plantation that dates back to the early 1700's. 
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