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AmberLynn @ScribbledAdNauseum (104615) • United States 7 May 20

Most of you have been chatting with me here for years and already know this. If you didn't, or if we haven't been chatting for long, let me introduce myself. Hi, my name is Amber and I am a nerd. Not just any kind of a...

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How not to find buried treasure

John Welford @indexer (4852) • Leicester, England 31 Jan 18

A burgeoning hobby in the UK - and probably lots of other places - is treasure hunting with the help of a metal detector. Some important hoards have been discovered by this means, although some "detectorists" are less responsible...

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History within the soil.

AmberLynn @ScribbledAdNauseum (104615) • United States 22 Feb 17

As many of you know, I have a few facebook pages "liked" that give me a tidbit of history across Britain each day. One such page has a member whom often posts things they've found whilst metal detecting. I always get a kick out...

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What a Waste of Time

Scholera @Scholera (56) • Newcastle Upon Tyne, England 23 Nov 15

I borrowed a friend's metal detector and took it to the local beach on a relic hunting trip. I pictured myself in the local newspaper after unearthing a hoard of Roman coins, but it was not to be. I think the detector had a fault...

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I started metal detecting as a hobby, do you have any hobbies ?

Breelyn @spicysweetie21 (2572) • United States 13 Apr 13

I think that a part of living a happy life is to try new things, so recently my boyfriend and I have started metal detecting as a fun hobby. We aren't doing it really to make money, just mostly for fun and something to get outside...

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Metal Detecting

wolfen @wolfen (4) • United States 22 Jun 09

anyone have any cool finds to share,tips on local hot area's ,tips on machines,looking for hunting partners,calling all detectors

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Well, ive been out detecting up on the moors around my home again and have found

ESKARENA1 @ESKARENA1 (18260) 30 Jun 07

Well, ive been out detecting up on the moors around my home again and have found some interesting coins. OK most were modern, all but one is of the 20th century. What struck me as odd was why, with money being so short for most...

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Check my website out on metal detecting and treasure hunting

sonnyp68 @sonnyp68 (1) • United States 29 Jun 07

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Questions about Metal Detecting..

Ravenladyj @Ravenladyj (22902) • United States 25 Jun 07

Seeing how we live on 50 acres of overgrown land (mainly thick woods) I've been wanting to try this for some time now since this is old land I'm figuring theres gotta be SOME neat stuff out there ya know! My husband isnt as...

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Civil War Harmonica - near petersburg Va.

tiggyann @tiggyann (614) • United States 17 May 07

haven't posted much latley and thought I would share with you all what I found during our trip to hatchers run, and outside petersburg. Place had been hunted out so bad, 6 of us went and the only thing we found in 4 days of...

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The begining of a dream!

tiggyann @tiggyann (614) • United States 30 Jan 07

okay so you wanted to know how did I find treasure hunting so appealing and what motivated me for more. When I was a kid, I used to dream of finding some lost long treasure. But didn't get into this until 5 years ago. One...

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GPAA....detectorist delight!

tiggyann @tiggyann (614) • United States 29 Jan 07

If you have ever watched prospecting america, you will know that this club is the Gold prospecting association of america, when joining they give you a prospecting book with lots of good hunting spots.it has great places to hunt...

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GPS...the detectorist best friend!

tiggyann @tiggyann (614) • United States 29 Jan 07

You all are going to love this one, lol.... GPS tracker can help you many ways. It will keep you from getting lost in the woods, also you can use it to keep track of coordinates of great hunting spots that you have found. So...

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Lake hunting!

tiggyann @tiggyann (614) • United States 27 Jan 07

Now we got a sport for the adventurous spirit, like me, lmao! For this you will need a underwater detector, so if can get fully wet witout killing your machine. You can find many thing in the lakes themselves. Old swimming...

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Coinshooting!!!!!!!

tiggyann @tiggyann (614) • United States 27 Jan 07

Coin shooting is another excellent thing you can do with your detector. The best places to coin shoot is old parks, old homesteads, old dumps, old swimming holes. The older the better! Where are some tips on finding hidden...

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Anyone own a Tesoro Sand Shark?

jjones474 @jjones474 (123) • United States 24 Jan 07

Does anyone else on here own a Tesoro Sand Shark? What are your experiences with it, and how do you hunt with it? Beach, etc?

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The successful detectorist!

tiggyann @tiggyann (614) • United States 24 Jan 07

what does it take to be a successful detector! Well to start out it takes dedication. Dedication to your hobby. If you ever want to find stuff, you have to keep swinging the big D, lmao. Don't expect that will you ever find...

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Metal detecting tips!

tiggyann @tiggyann (614) • United States 22 Jan 07

I have had alot of people interested in this hobby so thought I would give a few pointers! :) If you beach hunt, there are certain days that are better than others. A event is always good hunting at the beach, so many people...

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Silver and gold finds

tiggyann @tiggyann (614) • United States 19 Jan 07

I posted this before but forgot to add the picture. anyways this was found at the local beach in florida, I was on the beach for like only 5 minutes, then bam, out came this baby. Nearly paid for my detector in just one...

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where to go ?

tidalwave @tidalwave (2) • United States 14 Jan 07

I got a metal detector for christmas, bounty hunter pioneer202,my first question like everybody else is where to go,i've been told to go where people gather like parks, school grounds, beaches, campsites, and old empty homesites,...

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