TreasureNet - The Original Treasure Hunting Website

This section contains guides tutorials on how to use the new TreasureNet.com software.

New to TreasureNet? Introduce yourself to our community here! Welcome aboard and Happy Hunting!

What did you find today? Share it with others in the Today's Finds Forum. Always a "timely" place to visit.

Browse some of our members' most amazing discoveries. The ORIGINAL Best Finds Forum! Have you made some great finds? This is THE place to show them off!

Some posts just stand out. This is where we move posts that get a treasure hunter's blood pumping! If you're new here, we suggest browsing here first!

Have you found something and need help ID'ing it? Ask here.

Open discussion of a wide variety of topics, including, treasure hunting, metal detecting, prospecting, relic hunting - even antique hunting. A great place to meet other treasure hunters!

TreasureNet Members are always welcome to organize their own hunts! This forum is where these "unofficial" hunts can be discussed, and experiences shared! Metal Detecting is a great way to get exercise, meet people in public spaces, and find cool things from our past. Join us in the great a hobby of metal detecting... and experience a lifetime of fascinating finds and adventures.

If you're curious about what your treasure finds are worth, post them here!

Discuss treasure hunting laws, pending legislation, etc.

Post a picture that shows your surroundings... what you see... Your world... just a shot out a window will work... then say something in 50 words or less.

No beauty contest here, (although some would certainly qualify!) :-) Get to know your fellow TreasureNet'rs here!

Countless items have been found over the years, and returned to their owners through TreasureNet. This forum is where the good deeds of our members get noticed!

Do you need help locating a lost item? Have you successfully recovered lost items for other people? Here is the place to post your stories or requests.

Announcements can be found here.

Do you have an idea for a new feature here at TreasureNet? Do you have any suggestions on how we can do things better? Frequently asked questions, ideas, suggestions and site feedback for TreasureNet can be found here.

We've only scratched the surface of what is still waiting to be discovered in our oceans and lakes. Billions are just sitting there waiting to be discovered. Use the Shipwreck Forum to discuss wrecks and other underwater treasures, and the technologies used to recover them. This is the original Shipwreck Forum!

Spanish cobs, usually irregularly shaped silver coins are true treasure coins. Use this forum to discuss these unique coins and post pictures of your found cobs!

Before there were banks people buried their money! There really are buried caches and hoards waiting to be found! Use this forum to discussed lost/buried land treasures.

Legends of lost treasure, mines, shipwrecks, and other caches are usually based on historical fact. Use this forum to discuss various treasure legends.

Discuss conditions, values, mis-strikes and more. If you need help identifying a coin, or estimating it's value, this is the place to post it!

A great way to find old coins is to purchase rolls of coins from banks. Misstrikes, silver, proof, even rare coins can be found. Post your "Roll Hunting" experiences and questions here!

Not all treasure is gold, silver and gems! Some paper money has value to! ;) Post your paper money finds and collections here!

Have you heard or read about a treasure that's been discovered? Here's the place to let the treasure hunting community know about it. Please post the credits if you read or heard about it in the media.

Potential treasure hunting hotspots and points of discovery! Share your Google Earth discoveries! Post your Google Earth (.kml) files here!

Have you made an amazing garage sale discovery? Post it here!

Did you find something while Dumpster Diving? Let us know about it in here!

Discuss Techniques & Experiences - show your magnet finds, types of magnets and your magnet set up.

The Original Metal Detecting Forum. Share your experiences here, and learn from others. What's the oldest coin you've ever found? Have you ever found a diamond ring? A Gold Coin? The chat room for detectorists.

Brand specific discussions.

Discuss your Favorite Brands of Electronic Pinpointers and why, improvements you would like to see etc.

Discuss your favorite beaches to hunt, techniques, your best finds, etc.

Old farmhouses, ghost towns and other historical sites are loaded with relics of our past. What have you found? What are you looking for? The Relic Hunting Forum is the place for old items - especially iron, lead and other non-precious objects.

Discuss trade tokens, and tags of all sorts.

If you're an electronics hound, this is your forum. Discuss circuitry, theory, and other technical related issues.

Here's where you can discuss all the tools of the trade, metal detectors, digging tools, probes, electrolysis, etc

Follow along as prospectors share their successes, failures, and adventures while prospecting and mining. Start a journal of your own, and share your gold diggin' adventures!

Whether you are sluicing, dredging, drywashing, or just a weekend gold panner, this is YOUR forum! Talk about your favorite rivers/lakes, equipment, techniques, and anything else related to prospecting for gold. The ORIGINAL gold dredging, sluicing, drywashing and panning forum!

Metal detecting for gold nuggets can be fun AND profitable! If you hunt for gold nuggets with a metal detector, this is YOUR forum, feel free to post your best finds, talk about the best areas to hunt (if you want!) or just about anything else related to searching for gold nuggets with a metal detector.

The prospecting equivalent to vacuuming up treasure, gold sluicing is one of the most efficient gold retrieval methods known. With the right tools and some determination, gold sluicing can be most rewarding. Share your experiences and ask your questions here. This forum is also just a great place to hang out!

For just a few dollar investment and some sweat equity, anyone can get out and start finding gold. It's fun, great exercise, and you can actually find real gold! Ask the experts here how they got started... or share your experience and wisdom! Gold panning is alive and well in the 21st century!

River bank operations, and other dredging discussions.....

It's all about technique and location! The rest is hard! :-) Our drywashing members are a rugged bunch... stop on in and get an ear --er panful. :-) This forum is where everything is on the rocks!

The gold rush continues if you're willing to work for it. Certainly hard rock mining lives up to it's name. Discuss claims, techniques, marketing, and more.

A place for all Trommel related discussion

We encourage all our members to create videos of their hunts and discoveries! There is no better way to share the thrill of discovery.... Stop in here for REAL videos from REAL treasure hunters..... you'll be amazed!

Is there a treasure you are aware of, and don't have the time to go after? Talk about it here! No copyrighted material please.

The place to discuss magnetometers, ground penetrating radar, electromagnetics, micro-gravity, resistance and more.

If you are aware of any conventional or unconventional technique that others can use to locate treasure, post it here. This would be a good place to talk about infrared photography and treasure sniffing dogs.

Share your artifact and coin cleaning and preservation techniques here.

If you've read a great book on treasure hunting/metal detecting, recommend to the users of this forum!

Properly documenting significant finds is important. GPS is an essential tool for any serious treasure hunter. Discuss Global Positioning Systems and related mapping software here.

If you have old maps (uncopyrighted!) you'd like to share, or know of a great map site, post it here.

Do you have old photos that could be useful for research? Post them here. Please do NOT post copyrighted materials.

The place to discuss tree marks, rock carvings, and other treasure signs and symbols.

Need help getting started in treasure hunting? Looking for new ways to improve your finds? Willing to share the secrets of your success? This is the place to swap ideas, experiences, tips & techniques, and other how-to info.

A place to discuss family history and lineage.

For the Civil War buff. A place to discuss the Civil War. Especially recovered artifacts, and known sites.

A forum dedicated to the discussion of the Revolutionary War, and for the posting of related artifacts.

Discussions related to North American Indian artifacts. Canada/USA/Mexico.

Discussions related to Eurasian stone artifacts.

Discussions related to Central / South American Indian Artifacts. Guatemala to Argentina.

A place to discuss anything related to the Fur Trade Era 1660 - 1840 (buttons, rings, glass beads, brass, iron axes and hoes, Jews harps, gun parts, peace metals, trade silver)

A place to share your finds and discuss this interesting time frame and share information.

Not all treasure is gold. Many glass items can be worth thousands. If you've found some interesting glass, post it here!

Marbles are common finds for metal detectorists... even though they're not metal! Some marbles can be quite valuable! Share your marbles finds with others here! Some people really have lost their marbles!

Forum dedicated to fossil hunting, collecting and identification.

There are natural and man made treasures to be found in caves. Discuss spelunking and caves here.

A forum for rock hounds and gem hunters. Talk about locations, techniques, finds, and more.

Some treasures fall from space. Use this forum to post your meteorites!

For thousands of years people have divined for water and hidden objects. Use this forum to discuss L-rods, Spanish dip needles, map dowsing, and other dowsing related subjects. Discussion is limited to simple, inexpensive devices and techniques. (no electronic LRL discussions please)

A forum dedicated to the geological works of nature... a rock, bone, shell, or the like that has been modified by natural processes that then appears to look like an artifact.

Are you a collector? Here's the place to show of your collections! Whether you collect coins, buttons, bullets, even cars or figurines, this is the place to show off your favorite collections!

Discuss postage stamps and related objects, such as covers (envelopes or packages with stamps on them).

The ultimate antiques forum, discuss values, conditions, and more. A great place to buy and sell

Please post up your Supporting Vendor reviews in this section. Keep your post clean and civil and just state the facts.

Anderson Detector Shafts - Fort Erie, Ontario

AviTech Technologies Inc

Big Boys Hobbies - 405-206-9010

DetectorPro - Raritan, NJ - 908-333-2942

Fort Bedford Metal Detectors - Alum Bank, PA

Metal Detecting Stuff - Spring, TX - 832-928-9135

Nokta Detectors - Istanbul, Turkey

Quest Metal Detectors - Covina, CA

River Team Six Metal Detectors - Maryville, TN - 865-679-3935

Steve's Detector Rods - Norman, OK

Buy/sell/swap used metal detectors, prospecting, and treasure hunting equipment.

Here's a place dealers can advertise.

Members offering equipment repair & modification services.

Discuss metal prices, buying and selling, refining, etc.

Scrap metals are a HUGE business. This is where you can discuss spot prices and more.

A place to discuss individual stocks, the DOW, Nasdaq, and other world markets.

All about Ghost Towns. Known and unknown sites. Post your stories, finds, and experiences here.

Discuss photography, scanning, cropping, resizing, posting images, etc. You can also use this forum to upload images for use in your TreasureNet posts.

Where in the world are you? Discuss G.P.S. (global positioning system) devices and systems, and G.I.S. (geographical information systems) Both are valuable tools for modern treasure hunters!

Sometimes treasure hunting projects require a bit of hiking and camping. Use this forum to talk about your hiking and camping experiences, techniques, and advice.

Here's a great place to express your opinion! Post your treasure hunting and metal detecting-related polls here.

Discuss various hidden treasures, puzzles and more.

Where you can discuss your favorite music, books, recipes, movies or discuss your favorite activities - besides treasure hunting! - What are your "favorites"?

If your post just doesn't fit anywhere else, post it here.

Enjoy a little friendly competition? Ready to match wits with the best in ID, trivia, and guessing contests? Let the games begin! Post your guessing and trivia games here!

Government and Military employees sharing stories, pictures, support, research, assignments, links, and information on timely issues. Civilians, Enlisted, Officers, Retirees and those who support them from every country and every service. A friendly board about people, NOT politics.

We will host any metal detecting and/or treasure hunting clubs pages for free! Just post your request here! (all submissions subject to approval)

Post your treasure related links here!

For the posting of metal detecting and treasure-related events.