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I went back to work the trashy area of the picnic grove for a few hours and recoverd a couple more keepers. A 54 Rosie, a 1916 Buffalo, 4 wheats and $ 2.96 in clad.

I returned to my picnic grove honey hole on Friday for a three hour hunt and was not disappointed again. I decided to hunt an area that is filled with trash. I usually swing the coil over this area on the way back to the car. On Thursday after a short search in the woods I slowly searched over...

Tuesday I hunted another old ballfield at a Catholic church. I located this site from looking at old aerial photos and plat maps. This is a different site than my last hunt which was a Catholic school yard. The first ten minutes produced a pair of Mercs 45-D and 42. It was two hours and two...

I obtain permission to hunt a Catholic Scools playground area. The grassy area I wanted to hunt had a ball diamond on it at one time. I have a 1941 photo that shows the diamond location. My first find was a deep wheat so I thought this is going to be fun. After about 9 wheats I finally hit a...

On Thursday I returned to a old church site that I had previously hunted. This site was the site of my best silver day, which was 11. I wanted to see if the new Detech coil could produce a few more keepers. I managed to find 5 deep wheats 7 plus inches and this very nice Sterling cross. The...

I returned to a church that I had hunted in the past with the V3i. Most of the area around the church has been filled and graded except for the front yard. I had difficulty with EMI last time I hunted it and I was fairly new to the V3i. I also followed a random pattern during that hunt. So I...

I had about a five hour hunt with the new coil on Monday. Here is a link to the post on the hunt finds and video. http://www.americandetectorist.com/forum/index.php?topic=9539.0 I first tried the coil in my coin garden and the results for depth were not as good as I was expecting. It was...

I took my new Detech 13 inch coil out for its first hunt and it produced a few keepers from a couple of spots I've covered in the past. I did a short review on the coil under the Minelab section. Both dimes are 46 with one being an S. The Buffalo has no date and the war nickel is 43-S. I also...

I had a couple hours to hunt today so I returned to my honey hole and it produced a few more keepers. I switched to the SunRay X8 coil and slowly worked a small trashy area. The Merc is 1917. I also found 2 wheats 19 and 56 and $ 1.64 in clad. The ring is stamped Avon, it came in like a silver...

I returned to the old ballfield in the woods on Monday and found a few more keepers. I decided to pick a small area and work it slowly digging almost anything that was conductive. The results were pretty good. A 46 Washington, 43 Merc, 45 War Nickle, 2 Buffalos 35, 36, 9 wheats and about 90...

I returned to the grove on Tuesday for a 5 hour hunt. I spent the first 3.5 hours hunting the woods with little succes so I switched to the X8 coil and hit a trashy area of the picnic grounds and manged to find 4 wheats, a 23 Merc and a 1911-D Barber dime. I also found $1.69 in clad. The...

Have you checked out the XP DEUS. It has been in use in the UK for about a year now and just started selling in the USA. The design of it is just amazing. Totally wireless (coil to control box and head phones) It only weighs 2.4#'s and the UK users say it has a great balanced feel.

This is an article about the TV show &quot:grin:iggers It was published in the Billings Montana Gazzete. Montana is the home state of the shows two hunters. It looks like they may have broken a few laws and could be in trouble. I copied and pasted a couple of the paragraphs that stood out. For...

I've been an Independant member of the FMDAC for several years now and was curious as to how many of our members belong to this organization. It is an organization that was first developed by Dick Stout to promote, protect and preserve the hobby of Metal detecting. The annual dues are $10.00 for...

I found this in a wooded area near a river on Thursday. Any ideas as to what it is? It is the size and thickness of a Nickle and the color after being in the ground is gray. The VDI# on the Etrac comes in at 12-42 which is normally a wheat cent. There are no dates or writing on it. Thanks for...

My last two hunts were not the best but not the worst. Tuesday I hunted for about 5 hours first at two new sites that turned out to be duds, I then hit a farm field that had produced in the past and came away with one 1918 wheat. I had two hours left so I headed to my favorite grove, changed to...

On Thursday I returned to the old ball field in the woods that I hunted last year and I found a few more keepers. The coins are 64-D and 58-D Rosie's, 41 Merc, 27 Buffalo, one wheat and $.84 in clad. I also found a religious medal and a nice 22 .925 Italy chain. Metal Detecting Wisconsin with...

I received the link to this from Minelab on Twitter. Its good to know there are positive projects like this and that a company like Minelab is involved. New Program Encourages Collaboration Between Metal Detectorists and Archaeologists CHICAGO, IL— MARCH 5, 2012 Minelab Americas, the...

I took advantage of another nice Feburary day here in Wisconsin with a hunt at my favorite honey hole. The first silver of the day was a 1951 Rosie and it got much better after that. I found 7 wheats 5 of them were within a couple feet of the Rosie and were all in the 20's except one was a 1910...

I thought this might interest some of you techies http://www.minelab.com/__files/f/11043/METAL%20DETECTOR%20BASICS%20AND%20THEORY.pdf