metal detecting

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Hi all I just want to know what this is, it was found this evening on a plowed field and looks copper or bronze. Could it be some sort of buckle etc the only thing is, it has some sort of dip on one side.See for yourself in the photos :thumbsup: Collectorconor

Hi all, Found this (what looks to be a lead weight) the other day, forget where I found it as I was in a few different fields and I found a gold half sovereign, so I was all excited about that and didn't bother with the other finds. It is solid lead and has stripes going all the way around it...

Tomorrow night .. Sept. 24th, 2013.....8:30 PM EASTERN TIME...The Detecting Lifestyle Radio Show ....."BACK TO THE BEACH"This show will focus on metal detecting on the beach. Discussion will center around detecting the beach in the coming fall/winter months...Strategies, things to look for ...

Hi all well I went out to a local field yesterday metal detecting, over 20 degrees Celsius (quite warm) and wasn't expecting to find anything. Ive never found anything REALLY good, nothing to write home about, but little did I know when I got an iffy signal in the 50's on my Teknetics eurotek...

Hi all, anyone from Ireland on here? I just want to complain about the unfair and unjust laws regarding metal detecting in Ireland at the moment. According to the recent advice notes 'thimbles,coins,buckles,strap ends,pendants,medallions', the list goes on, are classed as 'archaeologically...

hi everyone looking for some one in my area to hunt with metal detecting an gold paning

Snoopy and I (DL Detectorists) explore upper Maryland and parts of southern Pennsylvania in search of treasure. Check out our finds from 3 days of digging over Labor Day Weekend. We had a blast and look forward to next weekend!

trying to find places to go... already dug up my yard

Anyone near Roanoke Rapids Nc that does metal detecting? i'm new and wandering where to go? any rules etc ?

I need some tips for metal detecting in the woods later today. What are some good spots to look for?

Hi, this will be the first time I will metal detecting on the beach. I was wondering if any can give me some beginner tips. Thanks!

I was in the woods a few years ago and found a old rusty car. Inside the car was a cache of gold coins. I sadly I dropped a octagonal coin I could not find it. When I got home I did research and found out that most of them were tokens, but one was a authentic California fractional gold coin...

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I wasn't sure where to ask this question so hope that this forum is ok. I have for a long time though about getting a metal detector for beach combing but my trips to the beach are rare so have been putting it off, however I now need to get one to locate some "buried treasure" and even after...

So I've been thinking for a quite some time now about gridding off a park (on paper) with the help of a handheld GPS unit and Google Earth. Has anyone done this? I'm trying to hunt a huge park but not really overlap where I'm hunting. I'd also like to grid off some smaller parks as well. For a...

Hi everyone, I would like to announce the start of a new metal detector forum for Ottawa and the surrounding area. This forum is in it's infancy but should grow as the word gets out. If you would like to converse with other hobbyists in Ottawa and share your stories please feel free to join...

Have you ever been iffy on digging or about to give up and then you get a great find? I know it's happened to me. Tell us a story of when it happened to you (if it happened to you). Here are times it happened to me. I was in the woods of a school from the 1950s that I mainly detect because it...

I try not to dig any zinc signals, but today I found something out. I was testing different coins to see what the show up with on my metal detector and discovered that all small cents that are from before 1943 will show up as zinc pennys. It all depends on where you are, so if you are at a 1980s...

I've been having a lot of troubles determining which parks are metro and which are local and legal to hunt. I live in Nashville TN, if you know of any parks or have hunted here yourself pm me or leave a comment.

I got a susan b anthony in my backyard 1979 p, the odd thing that in "in God We Trust" the trust is "Trus" I have the image with the loope below can someone help me figure why this is.. Thanks for your help in Advance

I started metal detecting in early March 2013 and have gotten one silver dime after a week of metal detecting, None since. I metal detect almost everyday for at least two hours. I just got a Fisher F2 as a upgrade to my Bounty Hunter Pioneer 202 so hopefully my luck will change. Good luck,

I am on vacation on the grand cayman and have been searching a few public beaches in the water and out with nothing but a decorative ring and clad to show for it. I know that there are a few of you out there that know their way around down here and I'd appreciate any help I can get.

Hello - I purchased my husband a metal detector (something he has ALWAYS talked about) for Christmas... and he still hasn't gone out to use it yet. He is a little overwhelmed with where to start and where he can go without getting permission, etc. I was hoping that someone here would be...

Revolutionary War cannonball shell! I found this sticking out of the ground in the woods. It is a cannonball shell from the Revolutionary War. I had know idea what it was up until today while I was looking up cannon ball pictures on the internet. Also I think it is from the Revolutionary War...

The ranger service thinks it's the prospectors who mess up the river... When is the last time one of those hikers, families or fisherman brought a metal detector to the river? Oh, that's right! They just bring a bunch of trash. Well, I hope the ranger service can keep things clean for them if...

Today I found my first silver while metal detecting. I have been detecting in a park near where I live for the past few days and have only found pennies and a clad Texas quarter. But tonight, I found a 1946 Roosevelt dime. I do not own a pinpointer, so I had to use the pinpointing feature on my...

I'm from the center of central Missouri, our town literally has more cows than people lol! Today it is a small settlement with one school that goes from K-8. I look for the school to close with in the next decade as the post office recently did. The one luxury we did have was a soda machine up...

Went back to the nickel zone again today and there was a nice rain just before I arrived ! I think that the added moisture made dimes hit really good got ten total. Got sixteen nickels this time a new record for this site in one trip:blackbeard: The zinc pennies are on the left the coppers...

I am looking for a Whites DFX metal detector. Please email me at dadbrio@gmail.com if you have a great deal on one. I have a Garrett AT PRO that I would be willing to trade just let me know.

i was detecting at an "old" church (old is 1920s in the Miami area), Saturday. I was working on a silver coin under a root. I could see the rim, but dimly, as I scratched away at the dirt with a twig I'd picked up. Someone stopped by to help, and if she wasn't a metal detectorist, she was an...

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This group welcomes all treasure hunting enthusiasts who either enjoy hunting for treasure in Texas or who are interested in doing so. treasurehuntingtexas : Treasure Hunting Texas Happy Hunting Texas ! ~ Texas Jay

I was in a old school built in the '40s and the field had been hit by metal detectors hard. In the field I got no good signals. I normally do not dig zinc signals but I really had really good feeling about this one. I figured "What the heck, i'll dig it" Then at 6" the object was out of the...

I have a Bounty Hunter Pioneer 202 Which can only get a consistent coin signal down to 6". In a month I have found $10 or more in clad, 7 wheats, 1 barber dime and a buffalo. The Barber dime, 1 wheat and the buffalo were in the same hole. A weird thing is I have found two surface wheats and one...

Anyone have any information on the old Perryville Fairground in what now is Port Royal, PA? The fairgrounds were there in the early to mid 1800's I believe. I remember seeing a rough drawing of a map of it in a book but cannot find it anywhere. Any information is much appreciated. Thank you!

I have only been at this site for three days and have found a 1904 dime, a 1919 nickel,a 1915 D penny, a 1913 penny, a 1956 D penny, and a 1959 penny. Here is a link to pics of the 1904 Dime, 1919 nickel., and 1915D penny...

THIS IS FOR DETECTORISTS IN THE USA I don't want to step on any toes by posting a link on this forum (got warned in the past), but I will tell you that there is an EXCELLENT search tool if you google: "Steve's Old, Vacant Property Metal Detecting Tool" The page should come up #1 or #2 on a...