Posts written by Edd

XP Deus digging deep

XP Deus secrets This is a follow-up to my earlier metal detecting article and video called XP Deus Deep Targets, the earlier article shows some deep targets being recovered using 4Hhz this time I wanted to go out and try my Deus on 8Khz and…

Garmin E Tex 30 test

The Garmin E Trex 30 – Not a full review but a few things you should know before purchasing. Having recently borrowed a Garmin E Trex 10, I soon realised that the features installed were not what I wanted for my metal detecting needs, so…

XP Deus deep targets

XP Deus digging deep targets using 4Khz Lower frequencies are better for big targets right ? Yes and no……As many of you know the XP Deus has a choice of operating frequencies most people use 11Khz or 17Khz, this suits most of their metal detecting…

Tesoro saves the day

I got up at 5:30 am and made the school yard by 6:30am. No rain last night, expected to find hard dry ground…Blue skies and the sun was out in full force. I Found several area’s that were dig-able where you wouldn’t need a pick…

Garys Detecting review

Metal detecting web site review As relative newbies to detecting choosing our first metal detector has been a journey of up’s and down’s based on conficting information from so many web sites which Google throw up these days. Our savior and guardian angel was Gary’s…

Beginners guide Dowsing

This is a short guide about rod Dowsing for metal Dowsing is something everyone can do as long as you can clear your mind and have confidence. It’s not going to give you good results every time but it’s fun and adds another dimention to…

Short Cross Legends book

short cross coin identification

This is a fantastic book and fast tracks the identification of British Short Cross Coinage. Short Cross Legends is the most up to date, most comprehensive and by far the easiest wat to identify Short Cross Hammered coins. Written by a good friend and respected…

Aftershokz bone conducting headphones for metal detecting

Afterchox headphones position

Bone conducting headphone are the very latest technology…well when I say latest various forms of this technology have been used over the years. For example : Ludwig van Beethoven, the 18th century composer who was almost completely deaf discovered he could hear music through his…

How deep will a metal detector go

How deep can a metal detector find treasure The buried hoard test : I wanted to know how deep a discriminating metal detector could detect a small hoard, so was told to go and get some machines, a big spade and some coins. These days…

Tesoro Amigo review

Tesoro Amigo

Some of you know I have a weakness for early Tesoro’s, especially the Silver Sabre’s and the Gold Sabres. For many years I have been looking for a clean Tesoro Amigo to go into my dust gathering collection, then all of a sudden two became…