Treasure Hunting America

Oct 19, 2007
656
13
born in 3 sisters, tx. now living west of tilden
Detector(s) used
X-Terra70, X-Terra 50, Ace250, Ace150, GTI 1500,GTA 1000 Ultra, Tejon, Vaquero
Hea everybody i think Treasure Hunting America which is sponsored by Whites Metal Detectors
is a GREAT site, shure is informative and shows old areas which can give new members a idea
of where to go out & hunt.

http://www.justiceent.com/tha.htm

Produced & Written by : Kyle Justice

The episodes show folks hunting for Coins, Gold Nuggets, Dredging ect.
just a great web site just wished there were more manufactors that would
do episodes like these to promote their produces.

Episode Information

EP101 - View Episode
Episode features Jimmy Sierra, a long time treasure hunter who gave up his day job and went to find several hoards. He now leads treasure hunting teams to England. Episode also features Greg Moscini who hunts in Golden Gate Park and Lane Rigg who hunts on the beaches in LA

Ep102 - View Episode
Episode features Vernon Mack of Marysville, California. He combines his hobby of flying planes and metal detecting to scope out new places. He’s also researching new places along the Sierra railroad and the Chinese who built it. Then we’ll feature Jim Roper, a long time detectorist of Medford, Oregon who’s found over 175,000 coins. Finally we’ll feature Scott Seville of Seattle who hunts the old coal towns for coins.

Ep103 - View Episode
Episode features Bob Howard of central California. He gave up his day job at HP to go full time into prospecting. The episode also features Mike Howard of Eureka. He’ll explore the underbrush at Riverside Park in Redding and share some of his unique finds dating back to before the Civil War.

Ep104 – Mojave Desert Special - View Episode
Episode features Pat Keene, grandson of the founder of Keene Engineering. Pat will take us out to the Mojave Desert to hunt for gold using metal detectors and drywashing. He’ll explain the geography and how to read the land to find gold. Steve Pacard will join Pat to share his story of finding big nuggets on their claim.

Ep105 - Segment 1, Segment 2, Segment 3, Segment 4....Note Segment 3 does not work
Episode features Gary Edwards, author and treasure hunter. He got into treasure hunting after a near-death car accident. He’ll share about his find of a Spanish Galleon freighter off the California coastline as well as take us to his claim to find over an ounce of gold. Episode will also feature Art Apodaca, a Hispanic treasure hunter who goes after relics in the California ghost towns.

Ep106 – Lake Havasu Special - View Episode
Episode features Sue Sallee of Lake Havasu City. She’ll take us out into the Arizona desert to prospect for Gold. She’ll show us her large nugget collection and meteorites she’s found over the years. Episode will also feature Jeri Markinson who hunts the shores and waters of Lake Havasu for jewelry and sunglasses left by the tourists. She’ll also share about her gold prospecting and meteorites.

Ep107 - View Episode
Episode features Mark Jenkins of Seattle who hunts the beaches for old coins and artifacts with his teenage daughter. He’ll share about getting started at the age of eight and show his massive collection. Episode will also feature "Digger" Bob who hunts for gold nuggets in the Sierra foothills and has found cashes of gold coins in a watermelon field. Finally, we’ll visit with Dan Cantral who will take us to Mt. Tabor, an 1888 Portland area park which sits on an ancient volcano.

Ep108 - View Episode
Episode features Randy Smith of Tulsa, Oklahoma who’s found a $10,000 1715 Spanish gold coin. He love to hunt for Civil War relics and use the Internet to find new sites. We’ll also feature Phil Foster who’ve family owns a coin shop and got started in metal detecting after he was someone come into the store with $20 gold pieces found with a metal detector. He now hunts old homesteads and lakes with his five-year-old son. Finally, this episode will feature Richard Brooks of Portland, Oregon. He’ll hunt in a large historical Portland park and find silver jewelry.

Ep109 - Segment 1, Segment 2, Segment 3, Segment 4
Episode features Frank Serroni of Grants Pass, Oregon. He got started metal detecting in the last ten years and has been very lucky in finding cashes of coins and gold. He’s passionate about he hobby and has a claim for gold prospecting. His house has been decorated house with prospecting paraphernalia and he bought a dog to join him in prospecting after being confronted by a bear. Episode also features Dennis McDaniels of Eugene, Oregon. He hunts lakebeds with his wife and uses the newspaper to find public gathering places where he finds many coins and jewelry. He’ll share his impressive collection of finds found in over thirty states.

Ep110 - View Episode
Episode features Bob Buttafuso of Centerville, Virginia and his hunting buddies, John Kendrick and John Craig. They will show off their Civil War relics and hunt a 140 year old winter camp site.

Ep111 - View Episode
Episode features Norma Larson, a 73 year old woman who took up metal detecting after her husband died and has been very successful in finding Colonial and Civil War artifacts. Episode also features Steve Kelly, a New York City native who hunts the city's ancient past. And finally, episode features Nelson Jecas who hunts the Atlantic Ocean in search of treasure from wrecked ships.

Ep112 - View Episode
Episode features treasure hunting legend Bob Lavoy of Albany, New York. Bob was the first to discover batows from the French and Indian War on the bottom of Lake George in the 1960s and has been treasure hunting every since. He retired from his day job in 1996 and now hunts full-time. Episode also feature Greg Heath of Virginia who hunts for Civil War artifacts.

Ep113 - View Episode
Episode features Nina who took up metal detecting after her young son found a $5,000 Confederate States army belt buckle in her backyard. She has had incredible luck in her few years as a treasure hunter, including finding over a dozen Gardner exploding bullets dating back to the Civil War. Episode also features archeologist and high school teacher, David Wilson. David shows off his extensive Civil War artifact collection and takes us to an Confederate old earthen fort to hunt for bullets and grape shot.

And yes one of the people may live close too some of you folks

 

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guzz1

Bronze Member
Nov 7, 2007
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Vanquish 540 . Carrot
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Beach & Shallow Water Hunting
Thats really cool ,,Thanks for posting that ,, Guzz1
 

Keppy

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Nov 19, 2006
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** WHAT ONE I FEEL LIKE ON HUNTING DAY *****
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Yes it is very good i bought the 2 dvd set off Whites web site about 2 years ago and still watch it ........==Jim==
 

stringfrenzy

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Jun 8, 2006
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NW OH
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Detector(s) used
Deus CTX Excalibur II E-Trac White's DFX Garrett Ultra GTAx 1000
Primary Interest:
All Treasure Hunting
The treasure hunting america episodes are very good. I have watched them numerous times and still enjoy watching them. Great stuff.
 

rockyredbaron

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Jul 20, 2005
846
101
Texas
Detector(s) used
Garrett GTAx 1000 and Garrett AT Pro
Primary Interest:
All Treasure Hunting
Just a shame they decided to discontinue this program...these same episodes are the only ones available unless there are others that they refuse to post up online at their site. I've attempted to contact them directly but they just hang up on me..no explanation or anything. Oh well, I guess we will all have to be content with whats available to us.


HH to all
 

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