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Be a Good Ambassador for Our Hobby! Today has been an interesting day to be involved in metal detecting. I wore one of my Central Texas Treasure Club t-shirts today. About an hour before sundown, I decided to go detecting for a little while because I didn't go any last week because of the dry...

Our Central Texas Treasure Club held our Fall Open Competition Hunt this past Saturday and it was amazing and set a 37-year record for the number of entrants with 52 hunters. Here are a few photos that our member Greg Costa took of the event. "Texas Jay" Longley, President, Central Texas...

My Garrett Ace 250 metal detector keeper finds from July 4th to August 7th. No gold this month but I did find a couple of pieces of silver - a 1940 Mercury dime and a sterling chain marked "Italy 925". I found over $10 in modern coins, including one more Sacagawea dollar coin which is the...

My Garrett Ace 250 metal detector keeper finds from July 4th to August 7th. No gold this month but I did find a couple of pieces of silver - a 1940 Mercury dime and a sterling chain marked "Italy 925". I found over $10 in modern coins, including one more Sacagawea dollar coin which is the...

These are my metal detecting "keeper" finds from June 5th to July 3rd, 2018. I found them all using my little Garrett Ace 250. I also found a lot of scrap brass and copper items which are not shown and pounds of metal trash which I disposed of properly. The top of the old bottle is...

I just put my 96th hour of my 100-hour goal on my Garrett Ace 250 metal detector, hunting in my own front yard for an hour this evening. I found 1 dime, 3 memorial pennies, and 1 old wheat penny which was 8" deep. I'm soaking some of the dirt off of the wheat cent so that I can read the...

I posted this on my Facebook page last night after this exciting hunt. I have now logged 86 or the 100 hours that the late Charles Garrett recommended on my Garrett Ace 250. I had to drive some distance to get to my detecting site this evening but it was worth the time and effort. Since my...

I posted the following on my Facebook page last night after this exciting out-of-town hunt. I had to drive some distance to get to my detecting site this evening but it was worth the time and effort. Since my goal this year is to find as much gold as I can, I targeted a place that was a good...

I had a great time at today's Central Texas Treasure Club's Picnic at the beautiful Comanche (Texas) City Park and I think everyone else that attended did too. I didn't count but I'd estimate that we had about 20 people in attendance there today. A big "Thank You" goes out to Don and...

I found this a couple of weeks ago at a location where my detecting buddy and I have found many pieces of iron and brass pieces of horse tack, buckles and other items. The site is not mentioned in any of our local history books and no one seems to know the reason why so many people obviously...

My metal detecting finds from April 6th to May 1st. At the top is a chrome part from an old Chevrolet (Chevrolet emblem on the top), a circular radiator emblem from an old Dodge Brothers car (1914-1928 model), and a few old bullet shells and a shotgun hull. I only found two pieces of...

My metal detecting finds from April 6th to May 1st. At the top is a chrome part from an old Chevrolet (Chevrolet emblem on the top), a circular radiator emblem from an old Dodge Brothers car (1914-1928 model), and a few old bullet shells and a shotgun hull. I only found two pieces of...

After this month's Central Texas Treasure Club meeting, I was able to buy this beautiful vintage Garrett Deepseeker from one of our most loyal members. It's in Like New condition. The main reason I bought it was because it's identical to the third metal detector I bought and used in the...

Central Texas Treasure Club - Officers for 2018 At our January 2nd C.T.T.C. meeting, we elected a new slate of officers for our club. Our goal is to make this year the best and most fun ever, for our members, in our club's 36-year history. With all of our members working together and...