A few years ago in Austin during an extended drought, I searched the dried-up Barton Creek. I used to live on the Barton Creek Green Belt and had tubed the creek after heavy rains along with many o...

Hunting an old mental hospital near my home that’s been closed down for years right on LIS I found a nice small silver disc which turned out to be a 1/2 Reale I was hoping it was a Trime but I’ll t...

Hunted the same patch of grass as last week in hopes of finding another seated dime instead dug up a 5 gram gold nugget at 6 inches deep. VDI at 66, Beach Sens program on the Deus2. XP Deus2 is now...

Found this on St. Pete Beach, Florida. By: Matt M.

Hunted a small patch of grass in the oldest part of town which dates back to late 1850’s. I hunted the area with the Minelab explorer with SEF 10x12 coil, Garrett ATX, and Minelab CTX. The CTX did ...

First time at a new place while wearing my Serious Detecting hat, with my Equinox 800. The first day on my second sound out pops out an 1895 Barber Half. I was having a hard time with my cheap Garr...

Found in my front yard about 4 inches down. Found with Minelab Vanquish 540. By: Andrew B.

I was using my old Bounty hunter on a beach and kept getting a hit. I did not have a pinpointer. After many attempts to sift the sand, I had to resort to searching handfuls of sand. Finally found t...

I have been metal detecting for over 30 years, and I really enjoy the hunt for buried treasure. I have unearthed many unusual items. Literally handfuls of rings, earrings, chains, watches, phones, ...