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Do you think we will have to answer on Judgement Day for all of the innocent worms we cut in half while digging for treasure? lol

Hello to all, I am new to the Mobile, Alabama area and am interested in meeting some fellow detectorists to go hunting with whether it be land or beach. I am over on the west side of the Bay. I have been hunting since the mid-1970s. That was the end of the BFO era and transition into the...

Hi - I am not sure if I am posting in the correct spot. I am needing to provide somone help for a lost item search in Campbellsville, KY. Is anyone out there near that area?

Here are a couple of articles to help you understand the history beyond the enemy...the Pull Tab aka Zip Top and Pop Top. [color=black]http://www.squidoo.com/canpulltab [b] http://www.rustycans.com/HISTORY/zips.html

I have read hundreds of forum articles each day from various sources and one of the things that I see each day are people who have physical limitations. From bad backs to sores legs, stiff necks, arthritis, illnesses, recent surgeries, etc. A lot of these people are faced with reducing their...

If I get a signal and it looks like the coin might be on the top of the ground or an inch deep, I will pull out my coin probe and tap around until I feel or hear a clinking noise. I may not be in Vegas, but I love the sound and easy recovery. :rolleyes:

Just curious if anyone out there owns or has used a WHITES VX3. I can't find many customer reviews on it. Thinking of a back-up MXT Pro, but also considering the DFX and VX3 possibilities.

I have never hunted an old swimming hole. It has always been one of my detecting wish list items. I know there has to be a quiet, long-forgotten one around here with sleeping silver and jewelry just waiting to be awoken by a loud beeping sound.

One of my previous thread questions took an unexpected involving an issue that I just had to bring as a separate entity....grubs and worms. :shocked04: How do you deal with grubs or worms when you come across them? :dontknow: Yes, I may be strange, but I always feel like I have disturbed them in...

Can anyone suggest a good organized competition hunt?

I have had many times when children want to jump in and help me to dig. In cases like that, I will leave my tools in the tool pouch. Children's hands and jagged digging tools don't mix. Kids can be lightning quick and jump in to help you dig. They also think tools like this are toys and will...

I entered into the world of metal detecting at the tail end of the Beat Frequency Oscillator days. I started with Jetco Mustang and Treasure Sensor. The first discriminator-capable BFO was just emerging onto the market from the assembly room of Garrett Electronics in late '73. I would to hear...

I was at my brother's out-of-town football game in the Fall of '74 and just happened to venture over near the playground where I saw a grandfatherly looking gentleman with with what I clearly remember to be on of those old White's Coinmaster beasts with the huge rectangular control box with a...

This is me at the Hoosier Hills Treasure Hunt in Freetown, Ind. - July 1981 And 30 years later at the Pepsi Cola Treasure Fest in Vallonia, Ind. - July 2011

Well, this is not exactly a discussion topic... These are two really cute Youtube videos about the excitement of receiving a metal detector on Christmas Day. This spans two generations and shows that you are never too old or young. Maurice gets a new metal detector Cameron and the Metal Detector

When you find yourself out detecting and it seems like the time is flying by and you often feel that you didn't cover as much area as you had hoped, consider doing this. (This is based on normal procedure for organized and competition hunting) As soon as you recover something, put it in your...

I think I have learned over the years that attracting the least amount of attention while metal detecting is the best thing. I guess you know you are a true treasure hunter when you pre-select greenish colored clothes so you will blend in with the green grass or tan and beige to camou:usaflag:e...

Hi from Lexington, KY! Got my first detector (which I still have) in 1974 and started hunting the following spring as soon as the snow melted. Still long for the days of my Garrett Groundhog, but love my lightweight Tesoros of today :yes: :yes: Compadre, Silver, Tejon :perfect10: and picked up...