Metal Detector’s Blog

I first got into metal detecting after my parents bought me one when I was 10 years old. On and off for the last 30 years I’ve been treasure hunting. I had a Bounty Hunter 505, but now own a trusty Fisher 1236-X2 . My favorite places to treasure hunt are private property and construction sites, and this past October I got a chance to go to a cleared construction site in Smyrna, Georgia that I was hoping would turn up something good.

The ground was hard and the dirt was dry, so I put my Fisher into “all metal mode” with no discrimination. After about 15 minutes of searching, I heard something and it sounded serious. I dug down about 10 inches into the hard ground and saw my first Civil War relic – a U.S. buckle plate! I knew what it was immediately, and you can only imagine how pumped I was. The first person I told was my wife, and while I don’t know the value of it and haven’t found another Civil War relic at the site since, I will always consider it my favorite find to date.

- Randall S.

I was part of a tour group that was hunting certain properties in the U.K..  This was my second trip as I usually go for two weeks at a time. 

It was the second week of the tour that we came to this selected hunting field.  There are several fields to hunt and Chris leaves the decision where to hunt every day to the fellows in the group, so thats what we did.  As several of us arrived to the chosen location I began my particular search pattern.  About two hours into the morning hunt I got a nice signal and unearthed this 50 B.C. Celtic Stater.  As of now, the 2000 year old coin is currently at the British Museum undergoing further study for it is a rare, one-of-a-kind coin.

Found in the U.K. by George W. from Copper Center, Alaska