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  • Find of a Lifetime

    Find of a Lifetime

    To my surprise I found through research an old homesite on my family's farm from the 1880's. There was no sign of the homestead and we never knew it existed even though we lived there for over a deca…

  • Key Date Mercury Dime

    Key Date Mercury Dime

    Hunting a park that dates to the late 1800's I found a hot spot where I've been finding lots of Mercury dimes, a few Barber dimes and many wheat pennies from the teens and twenties, even an 1899 Cana…

  • Worked out Park No Match For the E-TRAC

    Worked out Park No Match For the E-TRAC

    I have been detecting since I was 9 years old and have owned 5 detectors over the years with number five being the E-TRAC. I had left the hobby for various reasons and at the time it was an easy choi…

  • V3i Finds Ring in -5 Degree Weather!

    V3i Finds Ring in -5 Degree Weather!

    I have been metal detecting with White's detectors for over 10 years now and have found different ways to use the detector. Initially I purchased one to find property markers and underground lines. I…

  • In the Right Spot

    In the Right Spot

    I'm so happy I bought a Minelab E-TRAC! It was only a week old when I visited a local park again to practice with it. I had been there a few times in the past using another brand detector with margin…

  • 2 Identical Rings

    2 Identical Rings

    I found one of these silver rings about a month ago at our local city school yard. My wife and I went metal detecting again today to the same school and she found an identical one! What are the chance…

  • First Target of 2013. What a Coin!!

    First Target of 2013. What a Coin!!

    I decided to hit a small field closer to home I have always wanted to try. This field is next to a house that was torn down a few years ago. It was an old home. So I got the E-TRAC ready and started…

  • Discovering the Gold Dollar

    Discovering the Gold Dollar

    I had a small job this morning close to a place I have been trying to get to all winter but the road was impassable, a small mining town in the foothills with lots of iron and few targets. I was hunt…

  • 1774 Two Reale on Baseball Field

    1774 Two Reale on Baseball Field

    Found this on a baseball field I've hunted many times before. I've found many Rosie's and some silver Washington quarters on this ball field but was stunned when I pulled this 2 reale out of the grou…