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  • Better to Give Than Receive

    Better to Give Than Receive

    This past Memorial weekend I was up in Northern Michigan at my buddy's cabin and he took me to a little beach around 7 miles away to do some water hunting with my Excalibur II. This is a man made lak…

  • My Oldest Find Yet

    My Oldest Find Yet

    It was my first time hunting in the water. Just purchased a detector 2 weeks ago. Found my oldest find yet, 1800s. It reads Knight Templar Hoc Signo Vinces. Thank you Minelab! Buy Minelab Excalibur…

  • 800 Year Old King Stephen Silver Penny

    800 Year Old King Stephen Silver Penny

    Armed with my trusty Minelab X-TERRA 705 I attended a metal detecting club dig in Oxfordshire, England where we had access to extremely old farm land with a huge selection of fields. After a few hour…

  • First day finds with the CTX 3030

    First day finds with the CTX 3030

    Well, I recently obtained the new Minelab CTX 3030 metal detector and, as always with a new detector, I was initially operating in Factory Preset mode. I like to do this as it's always the best platf…

  • 29 Grams of Gold in 2 Days!

    29 Grams of Gold in 2 Days!

    On 3 different hunting excursions. The first one I came away with was a 5.7 gram 14k gold ring. The next day with my buddy I hit pay dirt. A 14k gold 10.8 gram medallion, a 14k gold 6.5 gram ring and…

  • CTX 3030 Scores the Trifecta!

    CTX 3030 Scores the Trifecta!

    Today was a good day in that I scored the Trifecta! Copper, silver and gold! I suppose you could call it a grand-slam as I actually found four nice items, of four different metals. First was the 1939…

  • Ultimate SEF Coil Speaks For Itself!

    Ultimate SEF Coil Speaks For Itself!

    Hello Kellyco and JW, this is Wayne from Pittsburgh and I wanted to thank you guys for all your generosity and support. These pics are coins that I have found recently with your SEF Ultimate Coil and…

  • Two E-TRACS = A Shared Hoard

    Two E-TRACS = A Shared Hoard

    A few weeks ago myself and my friend Alun, both E-TRAC users, met up for a few hours out. Initially we were going for a dig on Alun's field. When we arrived we were a bit disappointed to see the farm…

  • A One in a Million Find

    A One in a Million Find

    This story begins in 2011 when I started metal detecting the beach in Lewes, Delaware. Lewes Beach is the site of an Army Corps of Engineers beach replenishment project that took place in the fall of…