Hello From Middle Earth!- New Zealand Metal detecting

DrunkBrother

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Jan 22, 2013
61
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Auckland, New Zealand
🏆 Honorable Mentions:
3
Detector(s) used
Minelab E-track, Excalibur 2 ,CTX3030
Primary Interest:
Beach & Shallow Water Hunting
Good day,
Let me Introduce myself first.
My name is Max :-) and i am a Russian Kiwi - moved to Nz in 2004 from Moscow,but was born at far East of Russia .
I've been metal detecting since December 2011 ,so just 16 month, but amount of time i put is probably euqal to someones 5 years of detecting :-)
i have 2 machines- Etrac for land and Excal for water (and no- i do not like CTX3030)
I got over 50 gold rings and hundreds of silvers in these 16 month.
Done 3 Treasure hunting trips to Rarotonga , here is one of the Videos (2012,but more on my Youtube channel) :


WE are lucky in NZ with coin shooting - our 1-2$ are at 0.85 value of US dollar and have a good buying power (egss 3$, milk 3$ 2leter, bread2-3$, butter 4$, petrol 2$ a liter,) and more over they are made of Aluminum bronze alloy - that makes coin shooting in disc mode absolutely fantastic
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Our water/beach detecting is either really hard or really easy - our tides are HUGE from 0.2 to 3.5 meters! so you either walk on wet send where the drop area (when high tide during the day and people swim ) or you have to go into water during low tide chest deep and have only about 2 hours for detecting if pople were swimming during the low tide time

As everyone else here- i would like to share my finds and stories and make some friends in remote parts fo the world in case i go on Treasure hunting trip you way :-)

Here is my Blog for all older stories:
Auckland Metal Detecting
and my Youtube channel :
Max Botkov - YouTube

And here is me from my March Rarotonga trip "
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bigscoop

Gold Member
Jun 4, 2010
13,373
8,689
Wherever there be treasure!
Detector(s) used
Older blue Excal with full mods, Equinox 800.
Primary Interest:
All Treasure Hunting
Awesome! I've always wanted to be able to travel to New Zealand, some really beautiful places. (I also fly fish!). You're living a dream! :thumbsup: Welcome to Tnet!

That video is absolutely killing me! AWESOMER scenery!
 

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JJohnson

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Mar 14, 2013
193
48
Glen Allen, VA
Detector(s) used
Minelab: Explorer, XS, E-Trac, CTX-30/30
Garrett: Ace 250
Primary Interest:
All Treasure Hunting
Nice video...welcome to the site, you will like this site.
 

digging440yrs

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Dec 5, 2012
5,946
4,410
UPSTATE NEW YORK
Detector(s) used
1970 COMPASS-
WHITES SILVER EAGLE-
WHITES DFX, 4X6DD COIL, 6X8DD COIL, 950 COIL, 10X12SEF COIL-
GARRETT PRO POINTER AT, GARRETT AT PRO , MINELAB EXPLORER SE with 8.5x12.5 Cors coil
Primary Interest:
All Treasure Hunting
WELCOME ABOARD :occasion14:
 

general

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Sep 9, 2004
509
73
Parrish fl
Detector(s) used
White's XLT,Tesoro tiger shark, excal 2, CZ21
Welcome and thanks for sharing! I always wanted to go to New Z. Sounds like a challenging place to hunt with some great returns.
 

hamiddetecting

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Feb 22, 2012
6,398
2,510
North Pole
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Sovereign GT and Excalibur II, Whites, Garrett, Fisher, Alert, MD,Cscope,Tesoro, Compas, XP, Long Rs
Primary Interest:
All Treasure Hunting
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Congratulations on the gold:hello2: I'm waiting to see more about your adventure:treasurechest:
Regards,
Hamid
 

jeff of pa

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G'day Max ! Dobro pozhalovat' to TreasureNet


( I hope I got that right :tongue3: )
 

Southern_Digger

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May 21, 2012
573
221
Florida
Detector(s) used
Minelab Explorer and Excalibur; Tesoro Tejon; Fisher 1265-X; Garrett Master Hunter; White's Coinmaster; In closet: Bounty Hunter and Relco
Primary Interest:
Other
Nice video DB... what was the water temp.? My cousin married a NZ'er and moved over their from Florida. I always wondered if anyone was actively water hunting in NZ. I like the idea of dollar coins,,, we have them but rarely circulated and lost. Good hunting.

SD
 

gold nuggets

Bronze Member
Apr 5, 2008
2,444
176
Springfield, Oregon
Detector(s) used
Explorer SE, Pro coil inline probe. Also the Excal II
Primary Interest:
All Treasure Hunting
Welcome to T-Net Max. Thanks for the video and sharing some of your treasures.
Looking forward to seeing the results of more of your hunts. :hello:
 

Sandman

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Aug 6, 2005
13,398
3,992
In Michigan now.
Detector(s) used
Excal 1000, Excal II, Sovereign GT, CZ-20, Tiger Shark, Tejon, GTI 1500, Surfmaster Pulse, CZ6a, DFX, AT PRO, Fisher 1235, Surf PI Pro, 1280-X, many more because I enjoy learning them. New Garrett Ca
Primary Interest:
All Treasure Hunting
Great to have you on Tnet Max. Welcome to Tnet..JPG Great video!!!
 

aussiedigger

Jr. Member
Sep 10, 2008
28
48
Brisbane Queensland Australia
Detector(s) used
ctX 3030 6 &17 inch coils all with shafts... 2 x Sovereign GT's... Modified Excal11 with PP switch on the handle and Connection for GG Amphibians & Skullies headphones by JBN ...Cibola C/Sweep coil
Primary Interest:
Beach & Shallow Water Hunting
What can I say I do like the CTX 3030. All part of my detecting Arsenal. ;)
 

lorraine

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Dec 15, 2010
4,470
3,762
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Dzien dobry, Max!

Witamy!

( Polish, but close enough, I think :hello2: )

Lorraine
 

Captain PopTop

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May 3, 2012
435
265
Detector(s) used
Minelab Excalibur II & Garret. AT PRO
Primary Interest:
All Treasure Hunting
Welcome !!! , great hunt !!!
 

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