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Hi everyone, In my defense I just started metal detecting this spring so I've had a lot of first this year. lol I went back to the old abandoned swimming hole from the fifties that I've been hunting and found my first Franklin half dollar, a 52. It has a scratch on the face, not sure if I...

Hi, I'm living in Lamoni, down in south central Iowa. I was thinking it'd be cool to do a group hunt this fall somewhere in the Des Moines area. Figure it'd be a good location since it's about the center of the state. I don't really have a site in mind but would be open to suggestions. Adrian

Hi, I find cartography to be almost as rewarding as metal detecting and was hoping we could start a discussion. So I was wondering if anyone else out there is making maps and what methods, file types, software, and hardware are you using? And I guess I'll kick off the thread by explaining what...

The weather has been lousy but we finally got a half inch of rain and it cooled off to 90 degrees, so me and a friend went hunting at an old forgotten swimming hole from the 50's. The rain made it so we didn't need jack hammers to get the coins out the of the ground. My friend only found a wheat...

Hi, Could somebody give me a better explanation of SAT then the manual? More specifically how it relates to the relic mode and when and how I should adjust it. Thanks

Hi, I've always thought the 1943 S Steel wheat penny were cool because of how they were made due to the copper shortages during WWII. My grandfather used to talk about all the different shortages, due to rationing, and the ration book coupon books. I've always thought it'd be neat to find one...

Hi, I've been detecting for about a year. I like hunting for relics, the farther out in the boonies the better. And coin shooting is fun too. Feel free to hollar at me if you live in the area and would like to go hunting. I'm using a White's Spectra V3I with the stock 10 D2 coil and a Eclipse...